“I want the whole world to hear the story of my harrowing struggle with hypohemia.” – C.M. Burns
The post-apocalyptic Mr. Burns play continues to spread. Local theater companies in both Arizona and Colorado are putting it on the next couple of weeks, and we have links to both. At this rate, the play itself might survive the apocalypse. In more regular links, we also have a couple more unhappy reviews of the crossover, some excellent usage, several .gifs, an in-depth look at the varieties of Duff on sale in Florida, and the relentless filler of Zombie Simpsons demonstrated in YouTube format.
Enjoy.
(Oh, and in case anyone cares, Season 17 will be released on home video on December 2nd. I got a nice press e-mail from FOX about it, including this image that has the entirely predictable details:
The only interesting thing is that they’re including “Krusty Gets Busted” and “Cape Feare” on the Blu-Ray versions, and since I could get either of those with a good season, it’s a pretty weak upsell. That is all.)
Bort license plate: Simpsons fans get them in real life, comprise nerdy club – Smooth Charlie’s Link of the Week is a story about license plates that comes with lots of cool anecdotes and pictures.
All 554 Simpsons couch gags in one video – This was making the rounds this week, and is kind of neat. I would just like to point out that this is what it looks like halfway through:
Please note that it’s almost entirely Zombie Simpsons, the only exception being (what I assume) is “The 138th Episode Spectacular”, where they replayed a bunch of them. They eat clock with this thing regularly (even when they do it themselves).
4 Ways The Simpsons Might End – Our old friend Bob Chipman lays out four scenarios. I’d suggest a fifth, if only because it almost happened three years ago: FOX cans the show and they have to pick something that’s already in production as the finale.
Curtain Critic: ‘Mr. Burns’ at Space 55 manages dark, apocalyptic pop-culture comedy – Oh, cool, you can go see the Mr. Burns play in Phoenix for the next three weekends.
Boulder troupe imagines ‘The Simpsons’ surviving apocalypse – And in Arizona too.
Hey Internet, I Tried. Part 2: The Simpsons/Family Guy Crossover – There was no way to fit all the reviews in last week, but the ones from this week aren’t any more positive:
They might as well have had Maggie shoot Peter.
Nothing sucks more than missed opportunities. The Family Guy/Simpsons crossover had a lot of that.
So… the Family Guy and The Simpsons crossover – Oh, what the hell, one more:
Was as we all expected, a flaming ball of excrement. I will keep this brief, as not much can, and not much needs to be said.
Lukas Podolski posts picture of Danny Welbeck as a skinny Homer Simpson – And tall.
‘Simpsons’ Fan Complains About Too Many Quotes In Facebook Group – I am reminded often, if not quite daily, that I’m glad I never joined Facebook, but this is pretty damned funny.
5 Fandom Friday: Gateway Fandoms That Made Me Who I Am Today – You have chosen . . . wisely:
My love for The Simpsons knows no bounds. I’ve been a fan ever since I was about 7 or 8. My mom won some radio contest and the prize was any DVD/Box set we wanted. They had so many choices and I almost picked up King of The Hill, but I picked up The Simpsons season 5. That was probably the best decision I’ve made in my whole life thus far.
‘The Simpsons Are Going To..': Ranking Every ‘Simpsons’ Travel Episode – No surprise, the couple from the single digit seasons are at the top here. (Though I’m not sure I’d count “Itchy & Scratchy Land” as a travel episode since it’s not a real place, but to each his own.)
The Simpsons ‘Springfield’ as you’ve never seen it before – You’ve actually probably seen these before, since I’ve linked them a couple of times, but they remain as gorgeous as ever.
Brew Review – Duff Beer at Universal Orlando – A serious beer fan takes a look at what’s on offer at the amusement park. There’s actually a “Duff Dry” that looks pretty good.
The Simpsons Family History by Matt Groening (2014) – A short review of that new book they published.
Aurora Borealis?! – Excellent usage:
“BIG NEWS: People in Sydney, New York, the UK and other middle latitude cities may be able to see the Southern or Northern lights this weekend, thanks to two huge solar storms heading our way.”
My first thoughts?
Aurora borealis? At this time of year? At this time of day? In this part of the country? Localised entirely in your kitchen?!
Heh.
New Techniques: Cold Smoked Cheese – Heh:
I thought I would start with cheese as it’s the cheapest and least complicated, plus cheese rules everything around me.
Marge: Have you been up all night eating cheese?
Homer: I think I’m blind.
Get the gouda, chedda chedda bill, ya’ll.
Start with a T – All the ways you can rock a Simpsons t-shirt.
Only the Lonely – A review of The Zero Theorem starts with excellent usage:
FXX is running classic episodes of The Simpson’s, but I just couldn’t allow myself to watch another three-hour block and then call it a night. Unless A Fish Called Selma is showing, that might be my favorite episode (“No, what I have is a romantic abnormality, one so unbelievable that it must be hidden from the public at all cost. You see…”).
And it comes with a .gif of Troy McClure repairing his beanbag chair.
New trending GIF tagged cartoons & comics dance… – Homer’s missing the chili cook off. It’s going on right now and he’s missing it!
On TV: Review of ‘The Simpsons’ Season 26, Episode 2 – And finally, I get to end with someone who agrees with us:
I start every fall optimistically. I think Lucy will let Charlie Brown kick the football. And I think they’ll be a funny episode of “The Simpsons.” I’m wrong on both counts.
If I’d thought of that sentence five years ago, we might never have needed this whole damn blog.
