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 been edited for clarity and spelling (especially on “dickey”). I’ve linked the…
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Compare & Contrast: Burns Hosts a Party
“This party is over.” – C.M. Burns Over the years, Zombie Simpsons has gutted a lot of the great characters bequeathed to it by The Simpsons. Moe went from being a bitter bartender running various criminal side businesses to a perpetually lovesick wet blanket. Chief Wiggum used to be a gleefully corrupt and incompetent police chief, now he’s their go-to guy when they want a fat and/or stupid joke and Homer’s already in use. I’m not even sure Patty and Selma are on the show anymore. The less said about what happened to Lenny and Carl the better. Burns hasn’t…
All Downhill
“Gimme your fortune or I’ll pound your withered old face in!” – Nelson Muntz “Oh, I like his energy. Put him on the callback list.” – C.M. Burns Once the overwrought couch gag finally ended, and I think it may have been longer than Avatar itself, Zombie Simpsons had a secret media conspiracy inside the Statue of Liberty. To my astonishment, it was actually funny. To no astonishment whatsoever, the rest of the episode was not. Even by the filler-rific standards of Zombie Simpsons, the last, oh, seventeen minutes or so of this episode were filler-rific. Burns’ odd suicide alone…
Sunday Preview: “The Fool Monty”
Sweet baby Jesus, Zombie Simpsons are at it again this week with another spiritual rehash of an old episode. Tonight, Lisa takes an interest in curmudgeonly old Burns, only to realize that he’s incapable of being changed. Sounds familiar, right? It’s basically the plot of Season 8’s “The Old Man and the Lisa,” and I harbor doubts that “The Fool Monty” can outshine its predecessor. If you’re still curious, here’s the actual rundown from Simpsons Channel: After learning that he is suffering from multiple illnesses and has only a few weeks to live, Mr. Burns becomes distraught by the…