the simpsons-related stories
Posted Nov 19th 2009 10:27AM by Brad Trechak
Filed under: OpEd, The Simpsons, Reality-Free
Recently, to celebrate the show's 20th season, there was a contest to create a new character for
The Simpsons. Well,
the winner has been announced as Peggy Black of Orange, Conn., and the character is Ricardo Bomba, who is quite the ladies' man.
While the concept of a womanizing male character has been done on
The Simpsons before (
Life on the Fast Lane, anyone?), it hasn't been done with any regularity. This could be the case of
The Simpsons stealing from the
Family Guy character of Glenn Quagmire (although likely with more taste). However, the concept of the ladies' man has been around since Casanova himself so I don't think it actually qualifies as a theft.
With a show like
The Simpsons, it's always tough to find new concepts and new characters. The popular theory is that television ideas can be recycled every seven years, but
The Simpsons has been around for twenty. Let's hope Ricardo Bomba can inject some life into the franchise.
Posted Nov 15th 2009 12:07PM by Bob Sassone
Filed under: Programming, What To Watch Tonight, Reality-Free
At 7, ABC has a new America's Funniest Home Videos, followed by new episodes of Extreme Makeover, Desperate Housewives, and Brothers & Sisters.- CBS has a new 60 Minutes at 7, then new episodes of The Amazing Race, Three Rivers, and Cold Case.
- NBC has a new Football Night in America at 7, followed by the Patriots vs. the Colts.
- At 8, FOX has a new episode of The Simpsons, then new episodes The Cleveland Show, Family Guy, and American Dad.
- PBS has a new Nature at 8, followed by a new Masterpiece Contemporary.
- AMC has the premiere of The Prisoner at 8.
- Food Network has a new Challenge at 8, then a new Next Iron Chef.
- Also at 8: Lifetime Movie Network has Ann Rule's Everything She Ever Wanted.
- At 9, HBO has a new Curb Your Enthusiasm.
- There's a new Dexter on Showtime at 9, followed by a new Californication.
- History Channel has a new WWII in HD at 9.
- At 11:30, Cartoon Network has a new Titan Maximum.
- At midnight, Cartoon Network has a new episode of The Venture Brothers, then a new Metalocalypse.
Check your
local TV listings for more.
Posted Nov 12th 2009 3:04PM by Bob Sassone
Filed under: Programming, Web, Reality-Free
I know, I know, you're thinking, those are the only two choices I get,
Happy Days and
Gilligan's Island? Yes, according to this poll over at AOL Television. For the past several weeks they've
pit various TV show theme songs against each other in a tournament, and the two finalists, for some reason, are
Happy Days theme and the
Gilligan's Island theme.
Now, it seems like these aren't the "best" theme songs, just the ones that readers and TV fans thought were the most iconic, or maybe it's the fact that they both have lyrics and that's what readers were looking for?
Continue reading What's the best TV theme of all-time, Happy Days or Gilligan's Island?
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 Nov 2nd 2009 11:01AM by Bob Sassone
Filed under: The Simpsons, Animation, Web, Reality-Free
While we wait for the World Series to be over and
The Simpsons (and other Sunday night FOX shows) to return, here's something fun: a list of the
14 most awesome fake products from the show (
The Simpsons I mean, not the World Series).
I'm sure that there have been a gazillion funny products over the years on the show. I can't even remember more than a few of them. But this list brought back a lot of memories of certain episodes with great fake products, including: Malk, Cheezus H. Rice, and Nuts and Gm (Together At Last!).
[via
Pop Candy]
[Watch
clips and episodes of The Simpsons and other shows at SlashControl.]
Posted Oct 19th 2009 8:46PM by Danny Gallagher
Filed under: The Simpsons, Animation, Reality-Free
Do you just love it when life imitates art? It makes me wonder if art can legally sue for copyright infringement.
Fox wants
Simpsons viewers to design a new character as part of a contest for a future episode at
TheSimpsons.com. Aspiring character engineers have until Oct. 24 to submit their entry.
And here's the best part: you don't even have to know how to draw to enter. All you have to do is describe your character and the animators will draw it for you. That should come in handy for the next WGA Strike. I wonder if the winning character will go in a fire extinguisher case in case of contractual emergencies.
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 18th 2009 12:13PM by Bob Sassone
Filed under: Programming, What To Watch Tonight, Reality-Free
At 7, ABC has a new America's Funniest Home Videos, followed by new episodes of Extreme Makeover, Desperate Housewives, and Brothers & Sisters.- CBS has a new 60 Minutes at 7, then new episodes of The Amazing Race, Three Rivers, and Cold Case.
- NBC has a new Football Night in America at 7, followed by the Bears vs. the Falcons.
- FOX has a new Brothers at 7.
- At 8, FOX has a new episode of The Simpsons, then a new Cleveland Show.
- TBS has Baseball Playoffs at 8, the Dodgers vs. the Phillies.
- Nickelodeon has a new Nick News Special Edition at 8.
- At 9, PBS has a new Masterpiece Mystery!
- Food Network has a new Next Iron Chef at 9, then a new Iron Chef America.
- IFC has Monty Python: Almost The Truth (The Lawyer's Cut) at 9.
- HBO has a new Curb Your Enthusiasm at 9, followed by a new Bored To Death.
- Also at 9: Showtime has a new Dexter, then a new Californication.
- At 9:30, FOX has a new American Dad.
- At 10, AMC has a new Mad Men.
- At 11:30, Cartoon Network has a new Titan Maximum.
- At midnight , Cartoon Network has a new Venture Brothers.
Check your
local TV listings for more.
Posted Oct 16th 2009 11:03AM by Brad Trechak
Filed under: Programming, OpEd, The Simpsons, Reality-Free
As part of the 20th anniversary celebrations, Fox is holding a contest in which fans can
create a character online that will appear in an upcoming episode of
The Simpsons. Entries can be submitted on
The Simpsons website (although apparently not yet) and should include such information as name, age, appearance, occupation and catchphrase ("D'oh!").
I suspect that all entries will be the property of Fox upon submission. Since the show has been around for so long, it must be tough to invent new, unique and interesting characters so Fox is having the fans do it.
Of course, everyone could always just submit themselves as a candidate. It would be a little like that "
Simpsonize yourself" craze from not too long ago. So many celebrities have made appearances on the show over the years, it would be nice if a non-celebrity, the sort that kept the show in business, would have a cameo.
Posted Oct 11th 2009 12:17PM by Bob Sassone
Filed under: Programming, What To Watch Tonight, Reality-Free
TBS has Baseball Playoffs all night.- At 7, CBS has a new 60 Minutes, followed by new episodes of The Amazing Race, Three Rivers, and Cold Case.
- NBC has a new Football Night in America at 7, then the Colts vs. the Titans.
- FOX has a new Brothers at 7.
- At 7:30, ABC has a new America's Funniest Home Videos (30 minutes), followed by new episodes of Extreme Makeover, Desperate Housewives, and Brothers & Sisters.
- At 8, FOX has a new episode of The Simpsons, then new episodes of The Cleveland Show, Family Guy, and American Dad.
- Food Network has a new Challenge at 8, followed by new episodes of Next Iron Chef and Iron Chef America.
- At 8:30, Disney has a new Jonas.
- At 9, PBS has a new Masterpiece Mystery!
- HBO has a new Curb Your Enthusiasm at 9, then a new Bored To Death.
- Showtime has a new Dexter at 9, then a new Californication.
- Lifetime has the season finale of Drop Dead Diva at 9, followed by the season finale of Army Wives.
- At 10, AMC has a new Mad Men.
- At 11:30, Cartoon Network has a new Titan Maximum.
Check your
local TV listings for more.
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 Oct 7th 2009 10:02PM by Danny Gallagher
Filed under: TV on the Bigscreen, The Simpsons, Reality-Free
If you fondly remember watching the first
Simpsons Movie hoping that the sequel would bring you equal amounts of life affirming excitement, keep hoping.
Matt Groening and Al Jean said an interview with Morgan Spurlock, the
Super Size Me star and director hired for
the show's big anniversary extravaganza, that they have
no plans to start doing another Simpsons movie anytime soon.
They didn't rule out the possibility of another movie, but it certainly won't be in the foreseeable future. The pair said the process for the first movie was so frustrating that they couldn't fathom even starting a second one without some kind of heavy duty anti-psychotic medication.
Posted Oct 5th 2009 7:02PM by Danny Gallagher
Filed under: The Simpsons, Awards, Reality-Free
The Simpsons have been around for so long that one must wonder if there is an award they haven't been given yet. I mean other than that stupid, meaningless paperweight the industry calls
the Emmy.
The Paley Center for Media will pay a special tribute to
The Simpsons at this year's annual fundraising gala. The Center's president Pat Mitchell said they chose to honor the show because of its "tremendous impact on the television sitcom over the last 20 years and continues to influence and redefine the medium."
So I guess now when the nominating committee for the Paley Center has their annual honor candidate hoedown and someone suggests
The Simpsons, the
South Park delegate can yell "
Simpsons did it!"
Posted Oct 4th 2009 12:19PM by Bob Sassone
Filed under: Programming, What To Watch Tonight, Reality-Free
At 7, ABC has a new America's Funniest Home Videos, followed by new episodes of Extreme Makeover, Desperate Housewives, and Brothers & Sisters.- CBS has a new 60 Minutes at 7, then a new Amazing Race, the series premiere of Three Rivers, and a new Cold Case.
- NBC has a new Football Night in America at 7, followed by the Chargers vs. the Steelers.
- At 8, FOX has a new episode of The Simpsons, then new episodes of The Cleveland Show, Family Guy, and American Dad.
- Food Network has a new Challenge at 8, then the season premiere of The Next Iron Chef.
- At 9, PBS has a new Masterpiece Mystery!
- HBO has a new Curb Your Enthusiasm at 9, then a new Bored To Death.
- Lifetime has a new Drop Dead Diva at 8, followed by a new Army Wives.
- Showtime has a new Dexter at 9, then a new Californication.
- Discovery has two new episodes of Raging Planet at 9.
- At 10, AMC has a new Mad Men.
- At 10:30, HBO has the season finale of Entourage.
- At 11:30, Cartoon Network has a new Titan Maximum.
Check your
local TV listings for more.
Posted Sep 27th 2009 12:09PM by Bob Sassone
Filed under: Programming, What To Watch Tonight, Reality-Free
At 7, ABC has the two-hour season premiere of Extreme Makeover, followed by the season premieres of Desperate Housewives and Brothers & Sisters.- CBS has a new 60 Minutes at 7, then the two-hour season premiere of The Amazing Race and the season premiere of Cold Case.
- NBC has a new Football Night in America at 7, followed by the Colts vs. the Cardinals.
- At 8, FOX has the season premiere of The Simpsons, then the series premiere of The Cleveland Show and the season premieres of Family Guy and American Dad.
- TBS has The Wizard of Oz at 8.
- Nickelodeon has a new Nick News Special Edition at 8.
- Also at 8: Food Network has a new Challenge, followed by a new Iron Chef America.
- At 8:30, ESPN has the Red Sox/Yankees game.
- At 9, HBO has a new Curb Your Enthusiasm, then a new Bored To Death.
- Showtime has the season premiere of Dexter at 9, followed by the season premiere of Californication.
- Cartoon Network has a new Total Drama Action at 9.
- Hallmark has the movie Mrs. Washington Goes To Smith at 9.
- At 10, AMC has a new Mad Men.
- At 10:30, HBO has a new Entourage.
Check your
local TV listings for more.
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