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Quote of the Day
“Nice PJs, Simpson! Did your mommy buy ’em for you?” – Jimbo Jones “Of course she did. Who else would have?” – Bart Simpson “Alright, Simpson, you win this round.” – Jimbo Jones Happy birthday,...
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A Little Unintentional Meta-Blogging Humor for New Year’s Eve
“Good morning, everybody, and welcome to an event that harkens back to the carefree days of the Great Depression: the soap box derby.” – TV Announcer Every once and a while I am moved to briefly...
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Reading Digest: New Year Edition
“Now this is exactly what Bart’s teacher was talking about. Our son did something wrong and you look the other way.” – Marge Simpson “But Marge, look at that hang dog expression; he’s learned his...
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Quote of the Day
“You may not remember me. I’m Homer Simpson, I mooned for rebuttal.” – Homer Simpson “Yes, I remember.” – Marge Bouvier Happy birthday Al Jean!
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Reading Digest: Joining the Club Edition
“But we’ve already bought five Golden Globe awards!” – Studio Executive “I don’t make movies to win awards! Especially now that I have two Oscars.” – Mel Gibson As has been reported widely on Twitter...
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The Simpsons 23rd Anniversary Yellow Jubilee
“Push out the jive. Bring in the love.” – C.M. Burns If there is one persistent misperception about this blog on the wider plains of the internet, it is that we simply hate Zombie Simpsons and that’s...
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Permanent Record: Dr. J. Loren Pryor
“Ah, finished already? Principal Skinner will be very interested to . . . oh. . . . You know, you misspelled ‘confession’.” – Dr. J. Loren Pryor Even at its earliest stages, The Simpsons was always...
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Animation Alley: Bart the Genius
[Note: Mike Amato of Me Blog Write Good is going to be writing about the animation for the Yellow Jubilee.] If we’re gonna talk about the animation from the first season, then we must start with the...
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DVD Commentary: Bart the Genius
Be gentle, it’s my first one of these. Four guys on this commentary, David Silverman, Matt Groening, James L. Brooks, and Jon Vitti. David Silverman talks about the popularity of the show after the...
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Reading Digest: Imaginary People Edition
“Any words for the Christmas thief, if he’s watching?” – Kent Brockman “Uh, yes, Kent. Hello, jerk, we may never find you, and we should probably all stop looking. But one thing’s for sure, you do...
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Animation Alley: Homer’s Odyssey
Make no mistake, there’s a lot of really weird and wonky animation in the first season. I used to find it really off-putting, but now I’ve learned to accept it, and it actually makes these shows all...
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Reading Digest: Personal Inspiration Edition
“You’ll never go broke appealing to the lowest common denominator.” – Lisa Simpson “You’re going to miss your brother’s antics.” – Mr. Bergstrom “When?” – Lisa Simpson “When? When your life takes you...
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Sunday Preview: The Changing of the Guardian
After surviving a tornado, Marge and Homer seek out guardians for the kids, in case the worst should happen. They first turn to friends and family, including Homer’s half-brother, Herb Powell with...
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Permanent Record: Burns Manor
“There it is, kids, stately Burns Manor, heaven on earth.” – Homer Simpson Watching Season 1 episodes with the knowledge of what the show was going to become can often blur out just how well formed...
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Compare & Contrast: Parental Substitutes
“Who wants to be the first to enter God’s good graces?” – Ned Flanders Zombie Simpsons has a well established track record for wild plot twists, nonsensical stories, and characters behaving so...
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Reading Digest: Limits of Monolingualism Edition
This week we’ve got three rather excellent foreign links, which means that I have to put my faith in the always dubious efforts of Google Translate. There’s what I think is someone trying to learn...
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Saturday Morning Cartoons
“And is this your girlfriend, Ralph?” – Krusty the Klown “Yes! I love Lisa Simpson, and when I grow up I’m going to marry her!” – Ralph Wiggum “Noooooooo!” – Lisa Simpson There probably isn’t any hard...
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Eulogy for an Inanimate Object
“Well, friend, you’re going back where you came from, the curb in front of Flanders’ house.” – Homer Simpson I am typing this on an unfamiliar keyboard. My preferred instrument, the one I have been...
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Reading Digest: Celebrities Behaving Well Edition
“But this isn’t about show business, this is about some kid down a hole, or something. And we’ve all got to do what we can.” – Sting Dead Homer Society is coming at you live from my new and...
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Sunday Preview: Love is a Many Splintered Thing
A mature Bart looks back on his life when his heartstrings are pulled once again when Mary Spuckler returns to Springfield, but his failure to pay her enough attention strains their relationship....
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