marge simpson-related stories
Posted Nov 16th 2009 3:10AM by Jason Hughes
Filed under: OpEd, The Simpsons, Animation, Episode Reviews, Reality-Free
(S21E05) I've been waiting all season for this episode. As a long-lapsed fan of
The Simpsons, it was beginning to look like someone had sucked the heart right out of Springfield's first family. Maybe they have, for the most part, but everything that made
The Simpsons such a great show 20 years ago was there tonight.
Maybe it was that we finally got to see Mr. Burns again; he was always my favorite. Yes, he only had a bit part, and in fact the part of maniacal boss was played by Carl instead of Burns, but his presence set up the stories of the entire episode. I'll go so far as to say everything about that episode worked, from Marge's sexy calendar to Ned Flander's role in the final moments.
Even the brief encounters with Bart at school fed the main story, and were handled perfectly. This is what
The Simpsons is capable of, and despite a few moments that were a bit more crass than I recall the
Simpsons of yore being, it was classic
Simpsons all over again.
Continue reading The Simpsons: The Devil Wears Nada
Posted Nov 10th 2009 11:05AM by Danny Gallagher
Filed under: Other Comedy Shows, Animation, Commercials, Children, TV Squad Lists, Reality-Free, TV Squad Ten
Marge Simpson's spread in Playboy was a groundbreaking moment for cartoon women everywhere. Her sensual skin pics paved new ground for the "feminine-animated."
She told the world that the women of animation aren't just vehicles for humor or straight characters to set up punchlines for the males on the paper. She helped us realize they have thoughts, feelings, emotions and yes, even urges that make them unique, infinitely interesting and utterly fascinating. They are, as Dr. Frasier Crane so eloquently put it, "like a fine wine: always intoxicated, ever surprising and only getting better with age."
And so, for the cause of gender equality and female empowerment, here are the ten cartoon chicks who should pose naked because it would be righteously awesome.
Continue reading TV Squad Ten: Cartoon women who should have Playboy centerfolds
Posted Nov 9th 2009 7:28PM by Bob Sassone
Filed under: Programming, The Simpsons, Reality-Free
As you know, we're in the middle of the 20th anniversary of FOX's
The Simpsons, and
the network has a special contest that actually starts during tonight's episode of
House.
It's a scavenger hunt, and here's how it works. During this entire week (November 9-13) the network will scatter references to the show throughout their lineup. And this isn't something that will show up in just a few shows here and there, you're going to find a reference to
The Simpsons in every FOX prime time show.
Continue reading The Simpsons scavenger hunt starts tonight
Posted Oct 19th 2009 8:06AM by Bob Sassone
Filed under: The Simpsons, Reality-Free
Warning: the following might be NSFW, if your W objects to cartoon nudity.
We told you last week about
Playboy's new issue with
The Simpsons mom Marge on the cover. Well, she's also the subject of a pictorial inside (complete with a questionnaire) and now the images have made it online. After the jump, one of the pictures (
here are the rest).
The funny part is (and something I didn't really think about before) was that Matt Groening drew these pics himself.
Continue reading Here's Marge Simpson - nude!
Posted Oct 12th 2009 2:10AM by Jason Hughes
Filed under: OpEd, The Simpsons, Animation, Episode Reviews, Reality-Free
(S21E03) "Call me a killjoy, but I think that because this is not to my taste, no one else should be able to enjoy it!" --Marge Simpson on Ultimate Punching
I'm not a fan of
Ultimate Fighting, though I think that other people should be able to watch it, if they're so inclined. But it is an all too common stance among watchdog groups, including mothers, sympathetic school officials and the clergy, as Nelson so kindly pointed out. Of course, this has been going on for years, but it was still a clever enough send-up of the problem.
Maybe it's because I don't find Marge to be one of the funnier characters on the show and this episode focused on her, so there weren't as many funny moments in the main storylines. Luckily, there were plenty of side characters and moments to spotlight.
Continue reading The Simpsons: The Great Wife Hope
Posted Oct 9th 2009 3:27PM by Bob Sassone
Filed under: The Simpsons, Reality-Free
Come on guys, admit it: you've wondered what Marge Simpson looks like naked, right? She has always had a great body for a cartoon character, looking great on the rare times that the Simpsons go out to a fancy dinner or party. Wait, is it just me that thinks that way? Never mind. Ahem.
Anyway, Marge is the cover girl for the November issue of
Playboy! I wonder if we'll see more of her than we've ever seen before.
[via
TMZ]
Posted Jun 23rd 2009 7:13PM by Bob Sassone
Filed under: The Simpsons, Web, Reality-Free
This wooden
Simpsons couch can be yours for only $5000 or so!
It's one of 1500 displays that were sent to movie theaters when
The Simpsons Movie came out. Now
it's being sold on eBay. You can either bid on it or buy it now for the above price. Might be kind of fun to have the show's couch in your living room next to your own couch.
[via
MTV]
Posted Apr 9th 2009 5:33PM by Danny Gallagher
Filed under: The Simpsons, Reality-Free
I can vividly remember a time when
The Simpsons was the hot new show that every parent had to keep away from their kids or Child Protective Services would show up and take them away. So every time I see the newest thing that
The Simpsons are on this week, I can feel myself aging.
I love
The Simpsons. It has been my all time favorite show as it was in the beginning, is now and ever shall be, world without end, amen. So I have to have the coolest
Simpsons stuff. But every time I see Bart on a TV shirt, I can feel my hair turning gray and thinner.
Continue reading Postal Service unveils new Simpsons stamps
Posted Mar 24th 2009 2:01PM by Danny Gallagher
Filed under: Reality-Free, TV Squad Ten
The MILF has become a staple of the modern male's sexual appetite, along with groveling and porn.
How did this evolution occur? Did the average young male grow tired of trying to impress shallow women their own age who wouldn't pay attention to them if a shark was eating them? Were older women going broke from the rising cost of chlorophyll? What chemical imbalance caused this carnivorous and shallow love affair and how can I increase it without melting my brain in the microwave?
Maybe the true answer is like opening the Ark of the Covenant. The only way to walk away from its truth unscathed means not opening your eyes to it. So here are the hottest TV moms who could make any guy turn his knob in their direction (thanks to the digital switch, that innuendo no longer works so enjoy that image I put in your head).
Continue reading TV Squad Ten: The hottest MILFs on TV today
Posted Mar 10th 2009 9:25AM by Danny Gallagher
Filed under: The Simpsons, Reality-Free
I've often heard from married guys that the best way to test your loved one's love is to change the wedding plans at the last minute to something completely outrageous. I'm assuming they mean an idea more outrageous than marriage.
If you're a football fan, tell them you want a cake in the shape of Dick Butkus' head -- or John Madden, if you've got more than 100 people. If you're a
Star Trek fan, tell your bride you want a Mr. Spock impersonator as your best man who will say in his toast, "After today, I now understand this human emotion called love."
The whole thing sounds like a foolproof escape plan, which would explain why married guys are the ones who keep thinking of it. But for
one groom who is organizing a Simpsons themed wedding, it seems to have either backfired or fulfilled his deepest dream.
Continue reading Love, Simpsons style
Posted Oct 22nd 2008 7:09PM by Bob Sassone
Filed under: The Simpsons, Video, Reality-Free
Hasn't
The Simpsons already spoofed
It's The Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown on one of its many "Treehouse of Horror" episodes? You would think it would be a natural for them and it would have been done years ago.
The classic Peanuts show is one of the segments spoofed (it's called "It's The Great Pumpkin, Milhouse") on the
annual Halloween episode of the show. The other segments include a
Transformers spoof (the robots try to destroy Springfield, of course), and the segment I'm most looking forward to, a
Mad Men takeoff. Seems that advertising agencies hire Homer to kill celebrities so they can make a bunch of money off of their likenesses. It's called "How To Get Ahead In Deadvertising." We'll see Homer falling off of a building a la
Mad Men's opening credits.
As is often the case, the
Simpsons "Treehouse of Horror" episode will actually air after Halloween, on November 2. After the jump, a video retrospective of the show's Halloween episodes and a sneak peek at one of the scenes from the new one.
Continue reading Simpsons to spoof Mad Men, Peanuts on Halloween episode - VIDEOS
Posted Aug 29th 2008 2:00PM by Bob Sassone
Filed under: The Simpsons, Reality-Free
The Simpsons is about to go some place it has never gone before: Homer Simpson's colon.
According to
The New York Post,
Homer is going to undergo a colonoscopy this season. Actually, it's not going to be part of the long-running FOX show, it's going to be part of the multi-network cancer benefit on September 5 titled
Stand Up To Cancer. The
Post even quotes a line from the segment that already has me laughing, from Marge: "There's his wedding band! He told me he was having it polished!" Which begs the question, do Marge and Homer even wear their rings?
Stand Up To Cancer is an ambitious telethon that will air on all four networks (ABC, CBS, NBC, and FOX). The three network news anchors (Katie Couric, Charles Gibson, and Brian Williams) even went on the morning shows several weeks back to promote this rare display of unity between the networks.
Hopefully Homer will be clean as a whistle, despite 40 plus years of eating fried foods and donuts.
Posted May 18th 2008 11:02AM by Kristin Sample
Filed under: Other Comedy Shows, News, CSI, Desperate Housewives, The Simpsons, Animation, Celebrities, Psych, News and Gossip, Reality-Free
I went to Universal Studios in Hollywood on Saturday for the revealing of
The Simpsons Ride. Celebs walked the "yellow" carpet. The mayor welcomed the crowds and led the countdown. A human cannonball was shot into the air. And a yellow sheet dropped to reveal a 32-foot Krusty the Clown face at the entrance to the attraction.
Despite the launch being for
The Simpsons, there were hardly any members of the cast there on the yellow carpet. Kelsey Grammer (Sideshow Bob) was there along with creator Matt Groening and producer James L. Brooks but no other voice talents were anywhere to be found. See who I talked to and read more about the ride unveiling after the jump.
Continue reading News from the yellow carpet: Simpsons ride launches at Universal Studios
Posted Apr 28th 2008 1:25AM by Richard Keller
Filed under: OpEd, The Simpsons, Video, Episode Reviews, Reality-Free
(S19E17) "Sorry, Lise. I can't be a vegetarian. I love the taste of death." -- Bart Simpson
Another Bart-centric episode, which means another decent installment of The Simpsons. It's unfortunate that these types of episodes couldn't have been dispersed more evenly throughout the season. This would have made for a less Homer-centric run of shows during the first half of the year -- something that many fans (or maybe just me) were expressing concern about.
Continue reading The Simpsons: Apocalypse Cow - VIDEO
Posted Mar 30th 2008 11:37PM by Richard Keller
Filed under: OpEd, The Simpsons, Video, Episode Reviews
(S19E15) "I'm not a nerd. I'm a jock who's too cool for sports." -- Bart Simpson
From the outside, the Family Simpson comprises a group of people who go from one wacky adventure to another. Yet, when you go beneath their four-fingered exteriors, each member of the family is actually fighting their own little battle. For Bart it's the fight against the establishment; for Marge it's finding order withing the disorder of her life; for Maggie it's getting through an entire day on one pacifier; and for Homer it is the philosophical dilemma of whether or not death brings forth life or life brings on death. That, or just trying to get between breakfast and lunch without starving to death...it really depends on the day.
Continue reading The Simpsons: Smoke on the Daughter - VIDEO
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