“Eww, you like the Monkees? You know they don’t write their own songs.” – Girl on Bus “They do so!” – Marge Bouvier “They don’t even play their own instruments.” – Girl on Bus “No! No!” – Marge Bouvier “That’s not even Michael Nesmith‘s real hat.” – Girl on Bus “Ahhhhhhh!” – Marge Bouvier “Kids can be so cruel.” – Dr. Zweig “But it’s true, they didn’t write their own songs or play their own instruments.” – Marge Simpson “The Monkees weren’t about music, Marge, they were about rebellion! About political and social upheaval!” – Dr. Zweig When The Simpsons…
Tag: Specs and the City
Behind Us Forever: Specs and the City
“This is my pride and joy: I’ve had hidden cameras planted in every home in Springfield. I got the idea from that movie ‘Sliver’, what a delightful romp.” – C.M. Burns If there’s one thing Zombie Simpsons has perfected, it’s taking familiar elements of The Simpsons, blasting away everything that made them wonderful, and then propping up the barely recognizable remains as though they weren’t decrepit garbage. In its own ass backwards way, “Specs and the City” was a tour-de-force of that. Homer actually spent time at the nuclear plant and stopped for a beer at Moe’s when he was done.…