“Well, you’re certainly doing your job today, Mr. Sun. Oh, rats.” – Hans Moleman
The internet didn’t have much by way of Simpsons stuff this week, so it must be the middle of August. We do have some very good reads, though, including a Simpsons themed short story, a passionate, life long embrace of the show, and an excellent job quitting Troy McClure e-mail. In addition to that there’s some Season 5 and 6 trivia, a couple of food related excellent references, and a couple of haikus.
Enjoy.
[Note: I’m out of town and away from the internet for the weekend, so I had to schedule this in advance. So anything that happened since yesterday afternoon, Harry Shearer conquering the Moon or something, won’t be in here.]
Day 24 Prompt – A Future with the Simpsons – Smooth Charlie’s Link of the Week is this short story set in a post apocalyptic world. A quick and funny read.
Madeline’s Farewell – Now this is how you quit your job:
Hi, I’m Troy McClure.You might remember me from such Out of Office Messages as Going to a Doctor’s Appointment that’s Definitely Not an Interview and Eek! There’s a Spider in my Ear!
I’m here today to talk to you about one of your coworkers- Madeline is no longer employed here
The whole thing is just as good, especially when little Billy shows up. Bravo.
The first step towards getting somwhere is deciding you are not going to stay where you are – An entertainment industry internship led to a table read for Zombie Simpsons. There’s a picture of the cover of the script for episode SABF14, “What to Expect When Bart’s Expecting”. Going by production numbers, we should be suffering through that sometime late in Season 25 or early in Season 26.
A weekend of madness: I was promised sun! – Friends get together and start coming up with the top ten episodes list. Season 12’s “Lisa the Tree Hugger” is on there, but other than that it’s all single digit seasons.
Under The Dome, a haiku – Bravo:
Stephen King annoyed
Not seen The Simpsons Movie
Didn’t rip it off!
Wring His Neck, a Simpsons haiku – More syllabic poetry:
Homer strangles Bart
That’s a criminal offence
Lucky it’s not real
Nice.
Two Up and Coming Trends for Fall. – We’ve got male models wearing designer Bart stuff now.
THX Movie Opening – There was a reason they put the THX thing in “Burns’ Heir”, it was everywhere for a couple of years there.
TSTOgame on Flickr, share pictures of your town – Just what it says:
One of the most common requests I received when I asked for suggestions and general feedback was to enable visitors of this site to share picture of their town. So now this blog has its own group on Flickr.
Best. Episode. Ever. (Round 58) – Whew, “Lisa’s Substitute” vs. “$pringfield” is rough.
Speeding it up, slowing it down – Our old friend Alec Nevala-Lee informs me of something I don’t think I’ve ever heard before:
David Mirkin, the showrunner responsible for what are arguably the greatest seasons of The Simpsons, would often speed up an entire episode very slightly rather than cut material to fit the show into its time slot, which is why the dialogue in episodes like “Who Shot Mr. Burns?” seems to zip along so quickly.
Ehhhxcellent…Meh heh heh. – Giant Mr. Burns hands at Ned Flanders’ alma mater.
Jobs (movie)…In 10 Words – He was the first wealthy man in America to wear jeans with a sport coat.
Lee Daniel’s The Butler…In 10 Words – Then we’re all happy!
Face Off…In 10 Words – I do like the way the blush brings out my cheekbones.
Face/Off…In 10 Words – He can’t shoot if he doesn’t know which one of us is the real Krusty!
My Simplistic Review Of The Simpson’s Tapped Out Help Blog With Guest Blogger Tom – Just what it says:
Tom: Yes, the voices are done by the actual actors. The buildings all have unique animations when someone is in them. All in the Simpson style and look.
Chris: I also like the Playboy Marge task where she goes around flashing the other characters.
Tom: There is no Playboy Marge task. This is a family game.
Chris: Well there should be.
Damn ESRB.
Our Simpsons-ized Family/Birth Announcement – Cool.
The first real test. – Going sugar free sure sounds tough, but this is an excellent reference:
There is an episode of the Simpsons in which Homer is hallucinating about being in chocolate land. He skips through a chocolate town with whimsical music playing. He hops along with chocolate bunnies, before grabbing one and taking a bite out of it’s butt. He spins around a candy cane lamp post and then takes a lick. It’s starts to rain chocolate and he gathers it in his hands and stuffs it into his mouth. It’s literally raining sugar in his fantasy land. That pretty much sums up my weekend perfectly. Except for me the theme song from Jaws is playing, the bunnies are rabid and are chasing me bent on my destruction, the candy cane lamp post is laughing a maniacal horror movie villain laugh and the chocolate rain is acid and I’m running for my life.
Wow, sugar, half price.
Holidays Ain’t the Same Without Some Carvel’s Ice Cream – On the food theme, here’s another excellent reference:
Plus, Carvel is known for making novelty items such as: “Flying Saucers”, which are ice cream sandwiches on chocolate wafers. Also included is the “Fudgie the Whale”, which has made a cameo on one Simpson’s episode where Marge & Homer get married reading “To A Whale of a Wife”.
D’oh… – A short YouTube video of people falling down set to Homer’s favorite saying.
A Yellow Marriage: The Simpsons – And finally, this is more forgiving of Zombie Simpsons than I am, but it does make the distinction and this is self evidently true:
But one rule-one defining, thrusting, pulsingly huge rule-I live my life by is this: NEVER trust someone who doesn’t like The Simpsons.
Amen to that.
