“I don’t like it. He’s got Johnny Carson, Bette Midler and Hugh Hefner! What do we got?” – Gabbo “Ray J. Johnson.” – Arthur Crandall In our continuing mission to bring you only the finest in low class, low brow, and low tech internet Simpsons commentary we’re bringing back our “Crazy Noises” series and applying it to Season 21. Because doing a podcast smacks of effort we’re still using this “chatroom” thing that all the middle schoolers and undercover cops seem to think is so cool. This text has been edited for clarity and spelling (especially on “blaspheming”). The internet…
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Zombie Simpsons Gets (Unintentionally) Meta
“I’m sorry, I’m really not comfortable with this, Ethan.” – Bumblebee Man “What’s the matter, love?” – Ethan the Director “It’s just, it’s, it’s the same old tired gags, isn’t it? I mean, let’s give the audience some credit.” – Bumblebee Man “How about a giant mousetrap?” – Ethan the Director “I love it!” – Bumblebee Man Programming note: Not that anyone is frantically hitting the refresh button in anticipation of three slightly tipsy guys blathering about why Zombie Simpsons sucks, but this week’s Crazy Noises post has been delayed by a schedule conflict.* It should go up on Friday.…
Synergy Doesn’t Learn From Its Mistakes
Image used under Creative Commons license from Flickr user iotae. “You gotta give her up.” – Lisa Simpson “No, no, wait, hear my plan: put up with her for seven more years. Then we’ll get married, once the first baby comes along she’s bound to settle down and start treating me right. After all, I deserve it.” – Bart Simpson This week’s edition of IGN’s “corporate fanboy” writing was a mixed bag of praise and criticism. (It still scored a 7.3, of course.) The most direct criticism is of Sacha Baron Cohen and the way this episode didn’t live up…
Tourism Brochures Are Funnier Than This
“Oh, not my Paris backdrop! How am I gonna make fun of the Frogs?” – Krusty the Klown At some point the “destination” episodes of Zombie Simpsons became little more than excuses to have Homer and Bart act out in front of famous landmarks or generic “travel” backdrops. Why yes, Bart brought his skateboard to the Wailing Wall (and got into a pointless chase/fight sequence); why yes, Homer took a nap in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre; and they both goofed around in David’s Tomb. Did they make it to the Dead Sea and the Dome of the Rock? …
Sunday Preview: “The Greatest Story Ever D’ohed”
We’re less than sixty minutes away from “The Greatest Story Ever D’ohed,” wherein the family Simpson goes to… another faraway place. Hilarity – or groaning, more likely – ensues. Simpsons Channel graciously provides the lowdown for us: The Simpsons vacation in the Holy Land, where Homer is convinced that he is the Messiah — and gets in trouble with the Muslims, the Jews, and the Christians, who all band together, despite their religious differences, to teach Homer a lesson. Sacha Baron Cohen guest stars as Jacob, an eccentric tour guide who shows the the Wailing Wall. Homer with a delusional…
Doing Less with More
“Hi, I’m Troy McClure. You may remember me from such films as ‘The Greatest Story Ever Hulaed’ and ‘They Came to Burgle Carnegie Hall’.” – Troy McClure In three weeks there will be a Zombie Simpsons episode titled “The Greatest Story Ever D’ohed”. This is, obviously, a play on “The Greatest Story Ever Told”, the 1965 Charlton Heston movie about Jebus. It goes almost without saying that The Simpsons already did a pun on that movie, way back in Season 7 (“A Fish Called Selma”) when Troy McClure uttered the quote above. Let’s compare and contrast. The Simpsons took a…