“I can’t stand this any longer, somebody please pay attention to me!” – Bart Simpson Glyn Stott, he of the idiotic plan to watch all of The Simpsons and Zombie Simpsons in a row, was interviewed by a radio show in Britain. After listening to it any reservations I had about criticizing this guy evaporated. There are two important parts. The first is the hilarity at the 3:00 minute mark when Generic UK DJ Guy asks him about “Cape Feare” and neither of them can remember the title of the Robert de Niro movie (which was itself a remake). I…
Tag: Lisa vs. Malibu Stacy
Too Cool for School
“Do not turn to another channel.” – Kent Brockman Herein I disagree with Alessandra Stanley of The New York Times: With the show now in its 21st season, it has become fashionable for bloggers to grouse that “The Simpsons” used to be a lot funnier a decade ago and boast that they’ve stopped watching new episodes. (She goes on to cite the same Zombie Simpsons writer we mentioned earlier.) First of all, and Dave and Mad Jon will back me up on this, I have never done anything “fashionable” in my life. They don’t call me “sweatpants” for nothing and…
Compare & Contrast: Car Humor
After we sat through Sunday’s “Rednecks and Broomsticks” Dave and I cleared our heads with some regular Simpsons. We decided that we should watch a good Lisa episode to cancel out the bad one so we threw on “Lisa vs. Malibu Stacey”. It didn’t occur to me before we picked it but both of these episodes have extended scenes with the family in the car. In the Zombie Simpsons scene the only thing that happens for almost a minute is the kids playing the “Bonk It” game. It goes on and on (and on and on) and there are less…
Friday Link Dump – Losing the Signal Edition
“Come in. Come in! Mayday! I’m losing your transmission!” – Abe “Grandpa” Simpson Comic-con was last week and as a result there was lots of news about the next season of Zombie Simpsons. Judging by the content of my inbox and search engines, two things are apparent: Coldplay is very popular (they are going to guest voice on Zombie Simpsons) and Canadians like curling (there is going to be a curling episode to coincide with the Vancouver Olympics). Adding to the confusion is a third story, the one about Obama having a beer with the cop and the professor, and…
Zombie Simpsons and Zombie Doris
“I can feel death’s clammy hand on my shoulder! Wait, that’s my hand.” – Abe “Grandpa” Simpson This list is a pretty impressive display of Simpsons trivia. It’s real deaths of real people that changed the way The Simpsons went. Doris Grau and Phil Hartman I knew about, but the other four were news to me. Go read the whole thing, it’s quite good. This deserves special notice as a further illustration of how horrifyingly soulless Zombie Simpsons truly is: Doris Grau died from lung cancer (who could have guessed?) on December 30, 1995, a scant eight days before the…
Quote of the Day
“Hello Smithers. You’re quite good at turning me on.” – Electronic Mr. Burns “Um… you probably should ignore that.” – Waylon Smithers
Oh look, they weren’t lying
“I’d be mortified if someone ever made a lousy product with the ‘Simpson’ name on it.” – Lisa Simpson Lo and behold! The United States Postal Service and Fox have unveiled the stamps they hinted at not one week ago, featuring oddly stylized artwork of America’s favorite funny family. You’re encouraged to vote “early and often” for your favorite stamp online, though curiously “none of the above” is not an option. Oh well. These sticky little fuckers and related ephemera go on sale May 7th. We won’t be buying any, because we can’t condone anything related to celebrating 20 years…
Quote of the Day
“We need some more secret sauce, put this mayonnaise in the sun.” – Old Man Peterson, Krusty Burger Manager