“Good thing this alley got so narrow in the middle.” – Lou Since I don’t know much about animation, I submit this with my usual caution. But can anyone tell me what the fuck is going on with the hallway through which temporarily crazy Joan Rivers drives a golf cart? First image: Right here this already doesn’t scan. I think they’re trying to go for some kind of fisheye type shot, except that the scale is all out of whack. The door on the right is bowed like it would be, but the closer door on the left is only…
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Compare & Contrast: Krusty’s Nadirs
“That dummy doesn’t scare me. I’ve had plenty of guys come after me and I’ve buried ’em all: hobos, sea captains, Joey Bishop.” – Krusty the Klown “Don’t forget the Special Olympics.” – Ms. Pennycandy “Oh yeah, I slaughtered the Special Olympics!” – Krusty the Klown In the introduction to yesterday’s Crazy Noises, I mentioned that “Krusty Changes His Show” should be up there with travel episodes, Homer gets a job, and other serially repeated plots (Lisa gets a cause, Bart gets a girlfriend, etcetera). A corollary to that is the way we see Krusty freak out once he’s at…
Crazy Noises: The Ten-Per-Cent Solution
“Ladies and gentlemen, the clown show has been put on hiatus for retooling.” – TV Announcer As part of our tireless efforts to demonstrate the many ways Zombie Simpsons fails to entertain, Season 23 will be subjected to the kind of rigorous examination that can only be produced by people typing short messages at one another. More dedicated or modern individuals might use Twitter for this, but that’s got graphics and short links and little windows that pop up when you put your cursor over things. The only kind of on-line communications we like are the kind that could once…
Dated and Hack-y
“These days people like observational humor, about things they deal with in everyday life.” – Jay Leno “Oh yeah, you mean like when your lazy butler washes your sock garters, and they’re still covered with schmutz?” – Krusty the Klown “Well, kind of.” – Jay Leno It’s somewhat refreshing, if still well short of entertaining, when Zombie Simpsons drops the charade and just makes hacktacular Los Angeles/show business references. Once the episode got rolling with Krusty and Joan Rivers, they just went with it, basically ignoring the actual Simpsons except to note that they kept attending Krusty’s shows. It was…
Sunday Preview: The Ten-Per-Cent Solution
Dave’s busy being a real adult and doesn’t have time for childish photoshop follies. (At least, that’s what he told me.) So instead of another bloodied preview image I thought I’d put up a picture of Joan Rivers doing something that’s actually funny. Simpsons Channel has us covered for the other thing: Krusty the Clown is stuck in a rut when the television network pulls his show from the air and his talent agency drops him as a client. But when the Simpsons introduce him to seasoned agent Annie (guest voice Joan Rivers), they are surprised to learn that Annie…