“Are you helping me or are you going on and on?” – Homer Simpson “Oh, right, and of course within we find the, uh, doomed individual.” – Prof. Frink [Note: a discussion of the ending of the movie is at the end of this post.] Having been largely shielded from the internet discussion of Backrooms, I went into the film and my subsequent reading of its Wikipedia page as a mostly blank slate. I had completely forgotten the “Backrooms” internet meme, but as a premise for a horror movie it’s a great one. What is this image if not an…
Tag: Treehouse of Horror VI
Quote of the Day
“It all started on the thirteenth hour of the thirteenth day of the thirteenth month. We were there to discuss the misprinted calendars the school had purchased.” – Marge Simpson “Lousy Smarch weather.” – Homer Simpson
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“Can you tell us what it’s like in there?” – Dr. Hibbert “It’s like . . . uh . . . did anyone see the movie Tron?” – Homer Simpson “No.” – Dr. Hibbert “No.” – Lisa Simpson “No.” – Chief Wiggum “No.” – Marge Simpson “No.” – Bart Simpson “No.” – Patty Bouvier “No.” – Chief Wiggum “No.” – Ned Flanders “No.” – Selma Bouvier “No.” – Professor Frink “No.” – Reverend Lovejoy “Yes. . . . I mean, no. No.” – Chief Wiggum
Makeup Quote of the Day
“Good morning, everybody! Panic is gripping Springfield as giant advertising mascots rampage through the city. Perhaps it’s part of some daring new ad campaign, but what new product could justify such carnage? A cleanser, a fat free fudge cake that doesn’t let you down in the flavor department like so many others?” – Kent Brockman
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“Ah, they’re not so tough.” – Chief Wiggum “Uh, Chief, that wasn’t a monster. That was the captain of the high school basketball team.” – Lou “Yeah, well, uh, he was turning into a monster, though.” – Chief Wiggum
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“Help! Please help me!” – Groundskeeper Willie “Willie, please, Mr. van Houten has the floor.” – Principal Skinner “I for one would like to see the cafeteria menus in advance, so parents can adjust their dinner menus accordingly. I don’t like the idea of Milhouse having two spaghetti meals in one day.” – Kirk van Houten
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“What’s going on here? I’m so bulgy. My stomach sticks way out in front and my- ahhhh!” – Homer Simpson Happy 20th Anniversary to “Treehouse of Horror VI”! Original airdate 29 October 1995. And happy birthday to the one, the only Dan Castellaneta!
Reading Digest: Roots Edition
“I am the wondrous wizard of Latin! I am a dervish of declension, and a conjurer of conjugation, with a million hit points and maximum charisma!” – Martin Prince This seems to be the week for rare, higher quality stuff, and while there are fewer links than usual below, what we lack in quantity we make up for in quality. There are three or four that would be a Link of the Week most of the time, including the Latin language link, the six eras of the Simpsons link, the 9 minute video about Homer, and the one about movie plots. And…
Quote of the Day
“Homer, just give him the donut! Once he has it, that will be the end of all this horror.” – Marge Simpson “Well, okay. If it’ll end horror. . . . Don’t you ever get tired of being wrong all the time?” – Homer Simpson “Sometimes.” – Marge Simpson Happy birthday Dan Castellaneta!
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“Here comes something!” – Kodos “Remember the story. We’re newlyweds on our way to Earth Capital.” – Kang “Oh, shazbot.” – Kodos Goodbye, Robin Williams.
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“Homer, where did you get that?” – Marge Simpson “Get what?” – Homer Simpson “That giant donut.” – Marge Simpson “Well, I acquired it legally. You can be sure of that.” – Homer Simpson Happy birthday Dan Castellaneta!
Animation Alley: Treehouse of Horror VI
(this episode directed by Bob Anderson) Matt Groening has talked about how he feels the less lines needed to convey a character or emotion, the better. This show, and to some extent Futurama, has always hinged on simplistic design, but in an incredibly economical way. A great example is Homer with pantyhose on his head here. Two lines on his forehead to represent the stretching, and his nose being pushed down, and that’s it, you perfectly understand what’s happening. The second frame is unrelated to this topic, I just love Lard Lad’s pose as he comes to life with a…
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“Bart, don’t you realize what this means? The next time we fall asleep we could die.” – Lisa Simpson “Enh, welcome to my world.” – Abe “Grampa” Simpson
Reading Digest: Real Life Simpsons Edition
“Eww, this is the worst place yet.” – Homer Simpson This week we’ve got lots of translations of everyone’s favorite yellow cartoons into the real world. There’s a fantastic rendition of the theme song done solely by one guy with no instruments, there’s maybe the best Patty & Selma costume I’ve ever seen, there’s more Duff beer, and there’s even a car with speed holes. On top of that, there’s quite a bit of fan art, plenty of usage, only one Super Bowl link, a great Zombie Simpsons design, and several people who relate to their lives and loved ones…
Reading Digest: Dreams Edition
“Groundskeeper Willie was in my nightmare too, but he got me with hedge clippers.” – Lisa Simpson “He ran his floor buffer over me.” – Nelson Muntz We’ve got a lot of good links this week. There’s two promising new blogs, several people who agree with us, and lots of fan made stuff (including a Mexican Bart figurine). But we’ve also got three – count ’em, three! – people who had the Simpsons in their dreams this week. Good thing you don’t have to pay a royalty for that yet. There’s also some good discussion of older episodes, a cool…
Quote of the Day
“Bart, what happened?” – Marge Simpson “Well, we hit a little snag when the universe sort of collapsed on itself. But Dad seemed cautiously optimistic.” – Bart Simpson “Crap!” – Homer Simpson Happy birthday Nancy Cartwright!
Treehouse of Horror VI Script
“Astronomers from Tacoma to Vladivostok have just reported an ionic disturbance in the vicinity of the Van Allen Belt. Scientists are recommending that all necessary precautions be taken.” – Radio Announcer Five years ago, a better than average copy of William Shakespeare’s First Folio was sold at auction in Britain for £2.8 million. Part of what made it so attractive to the sort of people who are rich and bored enough to covet such items is the fact that, despite being printed in 1623, it contained notes from fans of the period: Annotations are written throughout in brown ink and…
Reading Digest: Just Don’t Look Edition
“Just don’t look. Just don’t look.” – Paul Anka & Lisa Simpson [Note: The Halloween themed animated .gif above comes courtesy of reader Api who sent it in with the subject line, “The perfect GIF to symbolise what needs to be done with The Simpsons.” Damn right.] This week, the Vatican’s shitty newspaper, with which I’ve had dealings in the past, wrote something dumb about Homer being Catholic. And so, for about the third week in a row, the Simpsons part of the internet was flooded with one boring topic. The number of “Homer? Catholic?” type articles I read and/or…
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“Ah, the Miracle Mile, where value wears a neon sombrero and there’s not a single church or library to offend the eye.” – Homer Simpson
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Image used under Creative Commons license from Flickr user Casey Serin. “Remember class, the worse you do on this standardized test the more funding the school gets, so don’t knock yourselves out.” – Mrs. Krabappel