“It has the power to grant wishes to its owner.” – Merchant “Oh yeah, how much?” – Homer Simpson “Sir, I must strongly advise you to not purchase this. Behind every wish lurks grave misfortune. I, myself, was once president of Algeria.” – Merchant
Tag: Treehouse of Horror II
Quote of the Day
“This is all the Simpsons’ fault.” – Woman “Before I was just bored with their antics and their merchandise, now I wish they were dead.” – Man
Quote of the Day
“I’ll make a wish that can’t backfire. I wish for a turkey sandwich, on rye bread, with lettuce and mustard and-and I don’t want any zombie turkeys, I don’t want to turn into a turkey myself, and I don’t want any other weird surprises. You got it? . . . Hey! Hmmm, mmm, not bad, nice hot mustard, good bread, the turkey’s a little dry . . . the turkey’s a little dry! Oh foul accursed thing! What demon from the depths of hell created thee?” – Homer Simpson Happy birthday Dan Castellaneta!
Quote of the Day
“Every day, same old cat. I’ll make it more interesting.” – Bart Simpson “Ahhhh!” – Homer Simpson “Ah, there, that’s better.” – Bart Simpson “Much better . . . oh good, the curtains are on fire!” – Marge Simpson
Quote of the Day
“Smithers, hand me that ice cream scoop.” – C.M. Burns “Ice cream scoop?” – Mr. Smithers “Dammit Smithers, this isn’t rocket science, it’s brain surgery!” – C.M. Burns
“The Computer Wore Menace Shoes” Makes Baby Jesus Cry
“And did I mention that the monster is a 10-year old boy? Quite a twist, huh? Bet you didn’t see that one coming.” – Narrator The brain searingly awful third act of this monstrosity is based off of a short lived 1960s British television program called The Prisoner. It’s a sort of lamented cult classic for nerds and geeks of an older vintage than me. Had I, or any of my friends or family, heard of The Prisoner when “The Computer Wore Menace Shoes” was first broadcast we might not have been quite so bewildered by the whole island kidnapping…
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…