Quote of the Day

“Yeah, I’ll fetch you a ride little missy. Hop on in! Mind the skunk. Them things can go off even after theys dead.” – Cletus Happy 20th Anniversary to “Lost Our Lisa”. Original airdate Whacking Day, 1998.

Behind Us Forever: Super Franchise Me

“Don’t make me tap the sign.” – Bus Driver There are episodes of Zombie Simpsons that border on manic, where they just throw crazy shit at the screen and hope that some of the incoherent jumble produces a chuckle or two.  But there are also episodes like “Super Franchise Me”, that feel like they were produced by people in the depths of an Eeyore level depression.  This is Zombie Simpsons going through the motions: slowly, reluctantly, joylessly.  The story, Marge opens a sandwich franchise, is paper napkin thin, and since there’s no B-plot, they had to tack on a slow…

Quote of the Day

“Check it out, Bart, X-ray specs! . . . Hey, these don’t work.” – Milhouse van Houten “Uh, lead shirt.” – Yuk-ingham Palace Clerk “I’ll take three pairs!  Here’s my prescription.” – Milhouse van Houten

Crazy Noises: Lost Our Lisa

Image used under Creative Commons license from Wikimedia Commons. “This exhibit is a once in a lifetime event.  It’s the first time these Egyptian artifacts have been allowed out of England.” – Lisa Simpson There’s no new Zombie Simpsons until September at the earliest (October? fingers crossed!), so we’re going to spend the summer overthinking Season 9.  Why Season 9?  Because we did Season 8 last summer, and Season 9 was when the show started becoming more Zombie than Simpsons.  Since we’re too lazy to do audio and too ugly to do video, we’ve booked a “chatroom” (ours is right…