“Alright, now all we need is a name.” – Lisa Simpson “How ’bout Blabbermouth: The Jerky Doll For Jerks?” – Bart Simpson “How ’bout Minerva, after the Roman goddess of wisdom.” – Lisa Simpson “Not enough commercial appeal.” – Stacy Lovell “Wendy Windbag? Ugly Doris? Hortense the Muleface Doll!” – Bart Simpson “I think we should name her after Lisa. We’ll call her Lisa Lionheart.” – Stacy Lovell “No, Loudmouth Lisa! Stupid Lisa Garbageface! I can’t stand this any longer, somebody please pat attention to me!” – Bart Simpson
Tag: Lisa vs. Malibu Stacy
Quote of the Day
“I’m thirsty. Eww, what smells like mustard? There sure are a lot of ugly people in your neighborhood. Ooh, look at that one!” – Abe “Grampa” Simpson
Quote of the Day
“Though it was unusual to spend twenty-eight minutes reporting on a doll, this reporter found it impossible to stop talking. It’s just really fascinating news, folks. Good night. . . . Oh, and the President was arrested for murder, more on that tomorrow night or you can turn to another channel. . . . Oh, do not turn to another channel.” – Kent Brockman
Quote of the Day
“Change what she says. It’s your company.” – Lisa Simpson “Not since I was forced out in 1974. They said my way of thinking just wasn’t cost effective.” – Stacy Lovell “That’s awful.” – Lisa Simpson “Well, that, and I was funneling profits to the Vietcong.” – Stacy Lovell
Quote of the Day
“Holy smokes, that’s it! From now on I’m thinking, acting, and looking young! And I’m gonna start with a bottle of Buzz cola! . . . Ow! The bubbles are burning my tongue!” – Abe “Grampa” Simpson
Quote of the Day
“That’s it! I’m calling the company.” – Lisa Simpson “Hello, you have reached the Malibu Stacy customer service center. If you have a complaint about Malibu Stacy’s appearance or odor, press one. If you’ve given Malibu Stacy a haircut and need to order a replacement head, press two.” – Malibu Stacy Customer Service Recording
Quote of the Day
“Look, Achy Breaky Stacy for a dollar ninety-nine!” – Little Girl #1 “Live from the Improv Stacy’s only eighty-nine cents!” – Little Girl #2 “Ewww.” – Little Girls
Quote of the Day
“A hush falls over the General Assembly as Stacy approaches the podium to deliver what will no doubt be a stirring and memorable address.” – Lisa Simpson “I wish they taught shopping in school.” – Talking Malibu Stacy
Quote of the Day
“It’s awful being a kid, no one listens to you.” – Lisa Simpson “It’s rotten being old, no one listens to you.” – Abe “Grampa” Simpson “I’m a white male, age 18-49, everyone listens to me, no matter how dumb my suggestions are.” – Homer Simpson
Primetime Cartoons: Lisa vs. Malibu Stacy
“Mom! We can go on the factory tour and I can complain in person!” – Lisa Simpson “Honey, you’re not going to throw red paint at the executives, are you? The Keebler people were very upset.” – Marge Simpson Welcome to tonight’s open thread, or live blog, or live watch, or whatever it is we’re doing for the Season 5 episode “Lisa vs. Malibu Stacy”. The comment section is open, the Twitter hashtag is #NewHat, and feel free to quote things as you see fit. Also, please tell us, during or after, how you think we can improve this. As…
Quote of the Day
“Trust in yourself and you can achieve anything.” – Lisa Lionheart “You know, if we get through to just that one little girl, it’ll all be worth it.” – Lisa Simpson “Yes, particularly if that little girl happens to pay forty-six thousand dollars for that doll.” – Stacy Lovell “What?” – Lisa Simpson “Oh nothing. Kudos to you, Lisa. Kudos.” – Stacy Lovell Happy 20th Anniversary to “Lisa vs. Malibu Stacy”! Original airdate 17 February 1994.
Quote of the Day
“Lisa, ordinarily I’d say you should stand up for what you believe in, but you’ve been doing that an awful lot lately.” – Marge Simpson “Yeah, you made us march in that gay rights parade.” – Bart Simpson “And we can’t watch FOX cause they own those chemical weapons plants in Syria.” – Homer Simpson
Mike Reiss Takes You Behind the Scenes
“Welcome to Enchantment Lane, where all the parts come together and Malibu Stacy is born. Some folks say there’s a little touch of fairy dust in the air.” – Tour Lady “Aw, crap, there’s a clog in the torso chute! Leroy, get your ass in gear!” – Assembly Line Worker “Shut your hole.” – Leroy On Monday this week, Mike Reiss gave a speech at Virginia Tech. This comes from an interview conducted by the student paper in advance of that: CT: What is your involvement with the show? I’m currently a consultant. I go in every Wednesday, I fly…
Quote of the Day
“I’m sure we can think of something together, come on!” – Lisa Simpson “Not now, I’m too drunk.” – Stacy Lavelle “No you’re not . . . uh, I’ll come back tomorrow.” – Lisa Simpson
Reading Digest: All Hail “Lisa vs. Malibu Stacy” Edition
“No, Celeste, I mean the things she says are sexist.” – Lisa Simpson “Lisa said a dirty word!” – Girls This week we have two people who watched “Lisa vs. Malibu Stacy” for a class and had to blog about it. Isn’t the internet wonderful? “Lisa vs. Malibu Stacy” is just about the quintessential “watch for a class” episode when it comes time to study female portrayals in popular media. But if I may make a suggestion to the syllabus writers of the world, don’t overlook “Dukerella”, the penultimate episode of The Critic. Presumably because the DVD revenue is miniscule,…
Slapped Together
“As you may know, I might not be around much longer. So I’ve decided to give you your inheritance before I die, that way I can see you enjoy it.” – Abe “Grampa” Simpson Frankenstein’s Monster had less obvious stitch marks where the pieces were sewn together than this episode. We’ve got Lisa and Nelson getting involved (“Lisa’s Date with Density”), Marge splurging on something and returning it (“Scenes from the Class Struggle in Springfield”), Grampa passing on money to kick start the plot (“Lisa vs. Malibu Stacey”), the kids doling out their inherited money (“Bart the Fink”), and someone…
Reading Digest: Bizarre Dolls Edition
“Don’t you people see anything wrong with what Malibu Stacy says?” – Lisa Simpson “Oh, there’s something wrong with what my Stacy says.” – Celeste “My Spidey-sense is tingling! Anybody call for a web slinger?” – Malibu Stacey WordPress went down again for a little while today, and that was after it ate the “City of New York vs. Homer Simpson” Crazy Noises post last night. (This is why backups are important.) I am outraged at not getting proper value for the nothing a month that I pay them! Oh, right. Seriously, WordPress kicks ass. Why we ever started this…
Quote of the Day
“The good lord let’s us grow old for a reason: to gain the wisdom to find fault with everything he’s made!” – Abe “Grandpa” Simpson
Zombie Simpsons Commercial to Air During Super Bowl (Updated)
“The bubbles are burning my tongue!” – Abe “Grandpa” Simpson It’s late January and that means that it’s time for the annual torrent of news about Super Bowl commercials. How much do they cost? How clever are they? Will the NFL franchise that drafts Tim Tebow wish he had been aborted? Well, Coke is going to have an ad that sounds like the plot of a Zombie Simpsons episode: In one commercial starring characters from The Simpsons, Mr. Burns has lost his millions and only looks at the bright side of life after convenience store clerk Apu gives him a…
Marketing Horrorshow Coming Soon to a Vagina Near You!
“I want you to hear what Malibu Stacy is telling a generation of little girls.” – Lisa Simpson “Thinking too much gives you wrinkles.” – Malibu Stacy Doll Are you female? Do you like being marketed to by condescending idiots? If you answered “Yes” to the first question then the people behind Simpsons merchandise couldn’t care less about your answer to the second. Behold the unironically stereotypical marketing push known as “Ladies of Springfield”. Fisking time! 20 years on and The Simpsons is still going strong. We take a look at the Ladies of Springfield licensing drive. It may be…