Quote of the Day

“I wonder where Marge could be? She’s missing her own initiation.” – Evelyn “I hope she didn’t take my attempt to destroy her too seriously.” – Susan

Quote of the Day

“Homer, I don’t think you should wear a short sleeve shirt with a tie” – Marge Simpson “But Sipowicz does it.” – Homer Simpson “If Detective Sipowicz jumped off a cliff, would you do that too?” – Marge Simpson “Oh, wish I was Sipowicz…” – Homer Simpson

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“Marge! You look wonderful! And to think I heard you married Homer Simpson!” – Evelyn “I did marry Homer.” – Marge Simpson “Come, you must show me the pumps.” – Evelyn

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“I’d love to wear this someplace special.” – Marge Simpson “Spurlock’s Cafeteria it is.” – Homer Simpson “What about the symphony, or the theater?” – Marge Simpson “What’s the point of going out? We’re just gonna wind up back here anyway.” – Homer Simpson

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“Do I have to go? That country club is a hot bed of exclusionist snobs and status seeking social climbers.” – Lisa Simpson “I’ve told you I don’t like you using the world hotbed.” – Marge Simpson (Sorry for the late quote. I blame food poisoning.) 

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“Where’s Homer? And to think I spent all afternoon baking him this cake.” – C.M. Burns “Mmm…I, ughhh…” – Mr. Smithers “I pickled the figs myself.” – C.M. Burns

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“I’ll be there with bells on!” – Marge Simpson “Bells?  Where exactly will you be attaching them to that mangled Chanel suit?” – Susan “Oh, don’t worry, Marge, her idea of wit is nothing more than an incisive observation, humorously phrased, and delivered with impeccable timing.” – Evelyn Happy 20th Anniversary to “Scenes from the Class Struggle in Springfield”! Original airdate 4 February 1996.

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“Come on, Mom, you never treat yourself to anything.” – Lisa Simpson “Oh, sure I do, I treated myself to a Sanka not three days ago.” – Marge Simpson

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“You know, Homer, the traditional way to cheat in golf is to lower your score.” – Tom Kite “That’s one way.” – Homer Simpson

Reading Digest: Lots of Clothing Edition

“I need a formal dress for tonight!” – Marge Simpson “You’ve come to the right place.” – Patty Bouvier “We’ve got classy duds up the yinyang. . . . I call this one, ‘Fantasy in Maroon’.” – Selma Bouvier “It’s got some cigarette burns, but we can patch ’em up with new vinyl.” – Patty Bouvier “It’s a bit peppery for me.  Why don’t we put this in the maybe pile?” – Marge Simpson Season 25 rolled unmourned into the past this week with hardly a peep from the internet.  I was sort of hoping for a few more stories about…

Quote of the Day

“Yay!  We’re getting a new TV!” – Homer, Bart and Lisa Simpson “Let’s go to the Sharper Image!  They’ve got a TV shaped like a 50s diner.” – Bart Simpson “No, let’s go to The Nature Company, they’ve got a TV assembled by Hopi Indians.” – Lisa Simpson “We can’t afford to shop at any store that has a philosophy.  We just need a TV.” – Marge Simpson

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“I thought it was so opulent, like the Playboy Mansion, but non-sexual.” – Marge Simpson “That place is weird.  A man in the bathroom kept handing me towels till I paid him to stop.” – Bart Simpson “Shoulda held out longer, boy.” – Homer Simpson

Reading Digest: Terrible Costumes Edition

“This was originally a Halloween costume, but it found its way into my regular rotation.” – Selma Bouvier Once you get above the age of twelve or so, it becomes difficult, bordering on impossible, to wear a store bought Halloween costume without looking like a dork.  Things are made even worse if the store bought costume is something that you could’ve put together if you’d given it more than ten minutes of effort.  Below we have three examples of why this is.  All three are just awful, and all three could easily be done better with spare parts (and probably…

Quote of the Day

“They got valet parking tonight.” – Homer Simpson “We can’t drive this up there.  They’ll see the dent.  They’ll see the coat hanger antenna.  Stop the car.  We’re walking.” – Marge Simpson “But, Marge, valets.  For once maybe someone will call me ‘sir’ without adding, ‘you’re making a scene’.” – Homer Simpson

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“Oh, Mrs. Simpson, you are looking very prosperous today.  Might I interest you in some of our impulse items here by the cash register?” – Apu Nahasapeemapetilon

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“Honey, I don’t think these clothes are us.” – Marge Simpson “Who are they?” – Lisa Simpson “Hey Brandine, you could wear this shirt to work.” – Cletus “Oh Cletus, you know I got to wear the shirt what Dairy Queen give me.” – Brandine Happy birthday Tress MacNeille! 

Everything’s Coming Zombie Simpsons! (Except the Ratings)

“Fritz, you idiot!  I didn’t order a boloney sandwich, I ordered an abalone sandwich!” – Kent Brockman’s Daughter Zombie Simpsons is sort of the deluded trust fund baby of television.  It has all the money and fame it could want, but had basically nothing to do with acquiring them.  (There are only a handful of people still working on the show who had anything to do with its success.)  As a whole, the program lives quietly off of its inheritance.  Only occasionally does it pause to congratulate itself, a sort of nervous tic designed to perpetuate the pleasing fiction that…