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Tag: Marge Be Not Proud
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“Mom, this fake snow is making me dizzy.” – Lisa Simpson “We’re almost finished. There’s just a little bit of green left.” – Marge Simpson
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“This is great! And all I’ve done is enter my name, Thrillhouse!” – Milhouse van Houten Happy 20th Anniversary to “Marge Be Not Proud”! (I guess.) And Happy Simpsons Day!
Reading Digest: Snowmen Edition
“Check it out, boy, it’s like looking into a living snow mirror.” – Homer Simpson Two different people in St. Louis decided to use this winter to make some snow Simpsons. One is just Homer, but the other is the whole family and the couch. It’s great. In other impressive fan feats this week, there’s glow in the dark zombie Simpsons, a zombie Springfield, a grammar rodeo t-shirt, and money. In addition to that we’ve got some excellent usage, lots of Nimoy links, reviews of old episodes and Season 7, and someone who literally agrees with us. Enjoy. Zombie Simpsons…
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“Buy me Bonestorm or go to Hell!” – Bart Simpson “Bart!” – Marge Simpson “Young man, in this house we use a little word called ‘please’.” – Homer Simpson
Behind Us Forever: I Won’t Be Home For Christmas
“Hey, I thought Krusty was Jewish.” – Lisa Simpson “Christmas is a time when people of all religions come together to worship Jesus Christ.” – Bart Simpson According to IMDb, this is the first whole episode Al Jean’s written in a long time. Sadly, it didn’t seem to matter. Homer goes on one zany little escapade after another, there’s plenty of expository nonsense, several musical montages that seem designed to do nothing more than eat clock (efforts at which fell so short that they added a preview of the next episode to help fill all twenty of their contractually obligated…
Sight Gags: Marge Be Not Proud
“It’s a Krusty Kinda Kristmas, brought to you by ILG, selling your body’s chemicals after you die. And by Little Sweetheart Cupcakes, a subsidiary of ILG.” – TV Announcer He is Carvallo: And I’ll bet they don’t even pay overtime: But could you use Hitler’s brain to construct an unbeatable swimmer?: I used to have an old Apple II game that let you play all the winter Olympic sports, even biathlon. It sucked: Could be worse, could be a soap bar stabbing:
Reading Digest: Simpsons Day Celebration Edition
“Stealing! How could you? Haven’t you learned anything from that guy who gives those sermons at church, Captain Whatshisname?” – Homer Simpson The internet’s annual holiday/end of year ennui has set in, so we’ve got a shorter than usual Reading Digest this week. We do have several links marking Simpsons Day (which I will see become a real holiday if it’s the last thing I ever do), including a couple of looks at other events on December 17th plus a history of the show and other cartoons. There’s also a DJ version of the theme song, obscure animation, more about…
Compare & Contrast: Bart’s Remorse
“Oh, yikes, what is that?” – Bart Simpson “It’s the centerpiece, Bart.” – Lisa Simpson “Well, it’s taking up valuable real estate.” – Bart Simpson As our friend Mike Amato has been plowing through all the old episodes, I’ve been wondering what he was going to say about “Marge Be Not Proud”. This week, I got to find out. He’s a lot more upbeat about the episode than I am, but what surprised me in reading his take was how little we actually disagreed. There really are a lot of good and excellent parts in this episode, and his long…
Crazy Noises: Moms I’d Like to Forget
“That must be the happiest kid in the world.” – Bart Simpson In our ongoing mission to bring you only the shallowest and laziest analysis of Zombie Simpsons, we’re keeping up our Crazy Noises series for Season 22. Since a podcast is so 2004, and video would require a flag, a fern and some folding chairs from the garage, we’ve elected to use the technology that brought the word “emoticon” to the masses: the chatroom. Star Trek image macros are strictly forbidden, unless you have a really good reason why Captain Picard is better than Captain Kirk. This text has…
One Bad Episode
“Aw, come on Dad. This can be the miracle that saves the Simpsons’ Christmas. If TV has taught me anything it’s that miracles always happen to poor kids at Christmas. It happened to Tiny Tim, it happened to Charlie Brown, it happened to the Smurfs, and it’s gonna happen to us.” – Bart Simpson The Dead Homer Society Manifesto lists Season 7 as having “One Bad Episode”. That episode is “Marge Be Not Proud”. Please understand that we only consider “Marge Be Not Proud” a ‘bad’ episode by the towering standards of early season Simpsons. Compared with the wretched dreck…
Crazy Noises: Marge Be Not Proud
“I don’t think we should hang out together anymore. You’re turning me into a criminal when all I want to be is a petty thug.” – Bart Simpson As part of our efforts to bring you only the finest in low class, low brow, and low tech internet Simpsons commentary we’re applying our “Crazy Noises” series to “Marge Be Not Proud”, the “One Bad Episode” our Manifesto has in Season 7. Because doing a podcast smacks of effort we’re still using this “chatroom” thing that all the middle schoolers and undercover cops seem to think is so cool. This text…