Quote of the Day

“Oh, gosh, you know, I’m not much on speeches, but it’s so gratifying to leave you wallowing in the mess you’ve made. You’re screwed. Thank you, bye.” – Ray Patterson “He’s right, he ain’t much on speeches.” – Moe

Makeup Quote of the Day

“My campaign is a disaster, Moe. I hate the public so much. . . If only they’d elect me . . . I’d make ’em pay!” – Homer Simpson

Makeup Quote of the Day

“Sorry I’m late, everyone. Somebody tampered with my brakes.” – Ray Patterson “Well, then you should’ve been early.” – Homer Simpson

Quote of the Day

“Okay, people, we need to cook up a new holiday for the summer. Something with gifts, cards, assorted gougeables.” – Costington’s Boss “How ’bout something religious? We had great penetration last spring with Christmas 2!” – Costington’s Executive

Makeup Quote of the Day

“Dad, is this another one of those situations that could be solved by a simple apology?” – Lisa Simpson “I never apologize, Lisa. I’m sorry, but that’s just the way I am.” – Homer Simpson

Quote of the Day

“John Paul, how are the new uniforms? Do they match the suede boots? Beautiful! Did you get the new trucks? Are they amphibious? Well, there’s only one way to find out!” – Sanitation Commissioner Homer Simpson Happy 20th Anniversary to Simpsons classic “Trash of the Titans”! Original airdate 26 April 1998.

Quote of the Day

“Listen, Homer, I hate to be a fussy Freddy and all, but Maude’s folks are here are they’re a tad touchy about odors.” – Ned Flanders “Then you might want to close your windows before the sun hits Diaper Hill.” – Homer Simpson “Look, Daddy, I’m the king of the mountain!” – Rod Flanders “Rod get off of there!” – Ned Flanders

Quote of the Day

“Hey, Ray, cleaning out the old office, eh?” – Homer Simpson “If I hadn’t already packed my letter opener, I’d give you such a stabbing.” – Ray Patterson

Quote of the Day

“Lenny, my man!” – Homer Simpson “So, Homer, if we vote for you, what are you gonna do different?” – Lenny “What am I, the answer man?  Just vote for me!” – Homer Simpson

Quote of the Day

“Homer, that crazy lady who lives in our trash pile attacked me again.” – Marge Simpson “That’s not the way she tells it.” – Homer Simpson

Behind Us Forever: Walking Big & Tall

“Well, this man doesn’t crawl, he stands tall!  That rhymes, Marge, and you know it rhymes.  Admit it!” – Homer Simpson Another week, another structurally messy, weirdly lifeless, exposition heavy, joke lite episode of Zombie Simpsons.  They open with a flashback to “30 years ago” when Hans Moleman was mayor and all the current adults were kids.  They sing a crappy song, have a montage, sing it some more, then Bart and Lisa are commissioned to write a new song.  After all that, Marge sends Homer to a support group for people to lose weight, but he ends up at…

Reading Digest: Outsourcing Edition

“Can’t someone else do it?” – Homer Simpson This week we’ve got two links to reviews of “Lisa Goes Gaga” that use my favored technique of pointing out how crappy Zombie Simpsons is compared to The Simpsons.  If this keeps up, maybe I can just outsource all of the criticism next season.  In addition to that, we’ve got a great new Tumblr, a couple of longer reads about The Simpsons and other comedies, some fresh information about the Maggie short that’ll be in theaters this summer, an old video game review, two people who agree with us, and lots more…

Quote of the Day

“I want to register to run for sanitation commissioner, and tell the fat cats upstairs: things are gonna change in this town.” – Homer Simpson “Okay, but this is where you register as a sex offender.” – Clerk “Aw, jeez, there’s always a line.” – Moe

Quote of the Day

Image shamelessly stolen from worthpoint.com. “How could you spend 4.6 million dollars in a month?” – Marge Simpson “They let me sign checks with a stamp, Marge!  A stamp!” – Homer Simpson

Crazy Noises: Trash of the Titans

“Gentlemen, I’m pleased to report strong holiday sales from the Christmas-Hanu-Kwanza spend phase, and things look good for the Mom-Dad-Grad gift corridor.  Uh, then we’ll have the usual summer lull but, hey, we’re making enough money, right?” – Doomed Executive There’s no new Zombie Simpsons until, gulp, the end of the month, so we’re going to spend what’s left of 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 do…

Quote of the Day

“Whoa, whoa, whoa, can I help you?” – U2 Concert Security “Potato man.” – Homer Simpson “Where the hell have you been?” – Paul McGuinness

Reading Digest: Overwhelmed by Sycophancy Edition

“Now, uh, you were saying how great I was?” – Homer Simpson On account of Christmas and New Year’s there hasn’t been a Reading Digest in a couple of weeks.  (I should’ve made note of that in advance, but I deluded myself into thinking I’d get at least something up.  Sorry.)  And now in its return week it’s overwhelmed as the world takes note of FOX celebrating 450 episodes and twenty years.  Of course, only about a third of those episodes are actually Simpsons caliber and the real anniversary was three weeks ago, but we’re talking about FOX and Zombie…