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“But if you really want to sleep easy at night, I recommend sealing off every door and window with bulletproof lucite.” – Ex-Con Home Security Guy “Wouldn’t we all suffocate?” – Marge Simpson “Well, I should hope not.” – Ex-Con Home Security Guy “Let’s get that, the suffocation thing.” – Homer Simpson

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“Looking for a good time, sailor?” – Allied Tradesperson “I certainly am.” – Bart Simpson “No, you’re not! . . . He’s really not.” – Marge Simpson

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“Of all the terrible things you’ve ever done in your life, this is the worst, the most despicable.” – Marge Simpson “But, Marge, I swear to you: I never thought you’d find out!” – Homer Simpson

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“Assault weapons have gotten a lot of bad press lately, but they’re manufactured for a reason: to take out today’s modern super animals, such as the flying squirrel and the electric eel.” – Lenny Happy 20th Anniversary to “The Cartridge Family”! Original airdate 2 November 1997.

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“Just gimme my gun!” – Homer Simpson “Sorry, the law requires a five day waiting period.  We’ve got to run a background check.” – Blood Bath & Beyond Guy “Five days?  But I’m mad now.” – Homer Simpson

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“I’d like to buy your deadliest gun, please.” – Homer Simpson “Aisle 6, next to the sympathy cards.” – Bloodbath & Beyond Clerk

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“I’m sorry, Homer, no weapons.” – Marge Simpson “A gun is not a weapon, Marge.  It’s a tool, like a butcher knife or a harpoon or an alligator.” – Homer Simpson

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“What began as a traditional soccer riot has escalated into a city wide orgy of destruction.  Reacting swiftly, Mayor Quimby has declared mob rule.  So, for the next several years, it’s every family for itself.” – Kent Brockman “Excuse me, sir, I think you’ve got my TV.  Sir?” – Ned Flanders

Reading Digest: New Stuff on the Road Edition

“I’d like to order a wake up call, please . . . three am . . . uh, for every room except this one . . . that’s right.  Good night.  Always love trying out new material on the road.” – Bart Simpson This week we’ve got three links to brand new Simpsons graffiti in foreign countries (and only one of them is Canadian).  There’s also a British newspaper that agrees with us, two kickass YouTube videos of Simpsons music, the rarely seen poor usage, and a never before published Bill Oakley interview from England, which you should probably read…

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“Now, I believe you have some sort of firearm for me.” – Homer Simpson “Well, let’s see here.  According to your background check you’ve been in a mental institution.” – Bloodbath & Beyond Gun Shop Guy “Yeah.” – Homer Simpson “Frequent problems with alcohol.” – Bloodbath & Beyond Gun Shop Guy “Oh yeah.” – Homer Simpson “You beat up President Bush.” – Bloodbath & Beyond Gun Shop Guy “Former President. . . . ‘Potentially Dangerous’?” – Homer Simpson “Relax, that just limits you to three hand guns or less.” – Bloodbath & Beyond Gun Shop Guy “Woo-hoo!” – Homer Simpson

Australian Simpsons Art Exhibition

Image by Mike Foxall, taken from here. A couple of weeks ago I mentioned in Reading Digest that there was a show of Simpsons related artwork in Newcastle, Australia running through October 22nd.  Reader Adam (many thanks!) was nice enough to send in not only a link to their page, but also to a gallery of photographs from the opening night.  The pictures aren’t all high resolution, but there is more than enough to give you a good sense of what’s there.  I was particularly taken by the Monty Burns Dress Up item: See my vest!  Unfortunately, I can’t make…

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Image yoinked from here. “Tell you what, you come with me to an N.R.A. meeting, and if you still don’t think guns are great, we’ll argue some more.” – Homer Simpson

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“But surely you can’t put a price on your family’s lives!” – Ex-Con Home Security Guy “I wouldn’t have thought so either, but, here we are.” – Homer Simpson

Crazy Noises: The Cartridge Family

“Try the Sleep-Eazy Motel, I woke up there once, seemed nice.” – Selma Bouvier “Why can’t we stay here?” – Marge Simpson “Uh, we have a gentleman caller.” – Selma Bouvier “Hey, this TV’s not broken, it’s just unplugged.” – Unsuspecting Gentleman Caller 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…

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“Halfback passes to the center, back to the wing, back to the center.  Center holds it . . . holds it . . . holds it.” – Kent Brockman “HALFBACK PASSES TO CENTER, BACK TO WING, BACK TO CENTER, CENTER HOLDS IT – HOLDS IT – HOLDS IT!” – Generic Non-American Good luck to everyone but fuckin’ England.  (Love you in general, but not tomorrow.)