“Krusty, why won’t you answer my calls? You’ve never even seen our son.” – Fraught Woman In our continuing mission to bring you only the finest in low class, low brow, and low tech internet Simpsons commentary we’re bringing back our “Crazy Noises” series and applying it to Season 21. 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 has been edited for clarity and spelling (especially on “illegitimate”). I sometimes wonder whether the people behind Zombie Simpsons operate from…
Tag: Once Upon a Time in Springfield
Synergy Contradicts Itself
“Smithers I’ve been thinking, is it wrong to cheat in order to win a million dollar bet?” – C.M. Burns “Yes, sir.” – Mr. Smithers “Let me rephrase that. Is it wrong if I cheat in order to win a million dollar bet?” – C.M. Burns “No, sir. Who would you like killed?” – Mr. Smithers In its never ending mission to praise Zombie Simpsons in the most obsequious of ways IGN will sometimes slip up. Like all paid sycophants, IGN doesn’t have a coherent, well thought out world view. It simply finds ways to praise and doesn’t concern itself…
Does Seth MacFarlane have feelings?
I’ll give the writers of Zombie Simpsons credit where credit is due: when they want to go out on a formulaic note, they don’t hold back. To say that Sunday’s ending was supremely schmaltzy is an understatement, as Krusty and Penelope lovingly floated away on the Seine under a starry sky to an acoustic version of “Moon River.” As if that weren’t enough, the writers took an additional opportunity to blanket the audience with warm fuzzies in the form of a passive aggressive “fuck you” to the haters (i.e., us.): Right. Ignoring the self-delusion in the second line, it’s interesting…
Better Lucky than Good
The numbers are in and as expected they are monstrous. FOX’s relentless anniversary promotion combined with the highest scoring playoff game in NFL history prompted 21.07 million people to watch last night’s Zombie Simpsons. According to TVbytheNumbers that number is likely to change somewhat (probably down, if I read it correctly) because the Packers/Cardinals game didn’t finish until after 8pm. So we’ll update this when the final numbers are available. By 8:30, when Spurlock’s thing was supposed to start, the numbers were down to a still large, but by no means enormous, 13.46 million. I’ll do the math when the…
Zombie Simpsons Violates My “No Romantic Comedy” Rule for Me
“Morons, pathetic morons in my employ stealing my precious money. This is hopeless. None of these cretins deserves a promotion.” – C.M. Burns I was slightly afraid we’d be in for some schlock on account of the whole fake 20th Anniversary thing. I should have been more afraid. No only did the B-plot pervert Burns beyond even what Zombie Simpsons has done before,* but the last half of the A-plot was a romantic comedy that would’ve made Julia Roberts ashamed. Also, it’s not a good idea to take up a lot of your run time with things that are deliberately…