“Alright leeches, I want you to see what a good writer looks like!” – Roger Meyers Jr. This week we have some excellent usage, shoes, cool fan made stuff in the form of a word poster and some Simpsons checks and, most importantly, Sam Simon telling us what we already know. Enjoy. Via SNPP’s Twitter feed comes the truth from none other then Sam Simon himself: Amen. Check Designs – Seriously well done Simpsons check designs, one each for Bart, Lisa and Homer. Hank Azaria at the WSOP – This is a YouTube video of Hank Azaria talking about how…
Tag: The Front
Quote of the Day
“According to this book the first thing we need is a setting.” – Lisa Simpson Happy Birthday, John Swartzwelder!
Midpoint
We had a minor Dead Homer Society conclave this evening and I noticed something peculiar while we were watching “The Front”. Homer and Marge attend their 20th high school reunion in 1994. The episode ends with a flash forward to them at their 50th reunion in 2024. 2009 is the midpoint between 1994 and 2024; it’s been fifteen years since then and it’ll be fifteen more until we get there. There’s nothing at all profound or interesting about that, I just thought it deserved mentioning.
Friday Link Dump – Burning Donuts Edition
“The bright blue flame indicates this was a particularly sweet donut.” – Principal Dondelinger The right half the image above is taken from our first link this week about a donut fire in New Zealand. There’s also a couple of cromulent lists, some excellent usage and a Japanese gymnast who made a perfect dismount on what was later revealed to be a broken leg. Seriously. Enjoy. D’oh! Springfield’s giant Simpsons doughnut gets toasted – The town of Springfield on the South Island of New Zealand received a 4.5 meter donut as a promotion for the movie. They were debating whether…
Quote of the Day
“Grampa, how’d you take off your underwear without taking off your pants?” – Lisa Simpson “I don’t know…” – Abraham Simpson
Quote of the Day
“Yo, Grandpa, time for the awards.” – Bart Simpson “Did you call the girl from the escort service?” – Abe “Grandpa” Simpson “They said their insurance won’t cover you.” – Lisa Simpson “Ohhh, that’s an onion in the ointment.” – Abe “Grandpa” Simpson
Animating the Fourth Wall
I was poking around for items for tomorrow’s link dump when I came across this from a blog called “Art Brut(e)”: See I was going to be really clever and somehow link “Mom and Pop Art” with “Duck Amuk” to Larry Johnson and it was going to be really clever, but the conceit doesn’t work anymore so– eh, why don’t you pick up an Art Forum or something. “Duck Amuck” is one of the most memorable Merrie Melodies ever and, prior to clicking that link, I hadn’t actually watched the whole thing (~7 min) in years. It’s still very clever…
Take this episode, please!
“It’ll be great to see the old gang again, Potsie, Ralph Malph, the Fonz.” – Homer Simpson“That was ‘Happy Days’.” – Marge Simpson“No, they weren’t all happy days, like the time Pinky Tuscadero crashed her motorcycle, or the night I lost all my money to those card sharks and my dad Tom Bosley had to get it back.” – Homer Simpson The next new Zombie Simpsons episode is less than a week away. The buzz seems to revolve around the fact that it will be in HD, but I don’t care about that. I, like everyone else who is fortunate…
End The Simpsons #1 – The Less Than Seamless Opening
“Wow, it must be expensive to produce all these cartoons.” – Lisa Simpson “Well, we cut corners; sometimes to save money our animators will reuse the same backgrounds over and over and over again.” – Roger Myers Jr. There are often jarring incongruities in Zombie Simpsons. Stories twist and turn, characters jump in and out of scenes, exposition and repetition destroy anything that could be called flow. You never know what you’re going to get, you just know that it’s probably going to be shitty. However, there is one jarring incongruity that is as reliable and neverending as the renewal…