“Mom, don’t make me do this. I don’t want to be an actor.” – Milhouse van Houten
“Nonsense, you’re going to be great! Now, take off those glasses so they can see your beautiful eyes.” – Luann van Houten
Posts Tagged ‘Radioactive Man
30
Apr
13
Quote of the Day
09
May
12
Quote of the Day
“Hey, didn’t you direct ‘Unnatural Discretion’?” – Homer Simpson
“Well, yes, I did.” – Director
“Phew-ee, whew, oh, you know I never walk out of a movie, but yecch.” – Homer Simpson
Happy Birthday James L. Brooks!
22
Apr
12
Quote of the Day
“Movie stardom is just so hollow.” – Milhouse van Houten
“Hollow? The only thing in show business that’s hollow is the music industry.” – Mickey Rooney
“Okay, here we are, alt.nerd.obsessive. Need know star RM pic.” – Comic Book Guy
We have two amazing compilations of Simpsons stuff this week, one is merely big, the other is huge. The merely big one is a YouTube rich list of Simpsons quotes that get used in everyday conversation. The huge one is a list of all the famous paintings and such that have been in episodes one way or another. As befits this modern time, I found both of these through regular people blogs; many thanks to them. There are also three fan made Simpsons Pokemon cards, some excellent usage, another blog taking a futile whack at ways to revitalize Zombie Simpsons, a sweet fan made quick, a DVD review that agrees with us, and the poignant, life affirming story of a Homer Simpson cardboard cutout.
Oh, and just for fun, in response to this morning’s quote on Twitter, a lonely spam bot replied with this:
@deadhomers Check out here to see if you’ve already met your true love!
Happily, the account has already been suspended. I don’t know if this has been anyone else’s experience, but Twitter spam seems to be greatly down in the last 6-8 months.
Enjoy.
13 Simpsons Quotes We Use In Everyday Conversation. – The first of our awesome lists comes via The Nerdy Girl Life, and is chock full of YouTube and great examples.
Art History via The Simpsons – Holy crap:
I grew up watching The Simpsons and was introduced to so much history and popular information that way, for better or for worse. Music, fairy tales, world events… I’ve had several occasions where, when asked if I recognize a particular name or fact will instantly brighten up with “oh yeah, that simpsons episode!”.
Art is no exception to this. Complex.com has put together a complete list of all art references during the course of The Simpsons.
When they say “complete” they aren’t screwing around. Wow.
Quiz: Tom Berenger or Troy McClure Film Title? – Berenger has been in a lot of terrible movies.
Law Man Walking: Nature Treks With Bill Holston – This was making the rounds on Twitter this week, but near Dallas there’s a lake called Bart Simpson Lake. It was the result of a levee built after floods in 1989. You can see a satellite picture of the lake here, but you’re going to have to squint if you want it to look like Bart’s head.
The Simpsons aim for viewer world record – As a publicity stunt for the 500th episode, which is officially going to be broadcast on February 19th, FOX is asking people to sit in and watch all the episodes in a row. The current record is eighty-six hours. Out of curiosity, I just queued up a bunch of seasons, and if you go from Season 1 through Season 10, it’s 86h:16m:34s. I wonder if the previous record holder staggered through Season 10, then ran screaming from the room at the thought of beginning Season 11.
The coolest cars from the Detroit auto show – Nice reference:
We’ll admit that every time we hear the words “concept car” we think of Homer Simpson, who designed “The Homer” for his brother, the head of Powell Motors. Complete with extra Homer-ish options (bowler hood ornament, sound bubble for the kids), it turned out to be a hideous, pea-green disaster that cost $82,000 to build and bankrupted poor Herb Powell’s car company.
And yet the Homer is probably closer to the assembly line than many concept cars presented each year at the big car shows. And yet we can’t stop looking at them.
If Your Argument Can’t Beat Homer Simpson, It Probably Sucks – A nice pairing of Pascal’s Wager with a Homer quote. I’d be in love, except that they botched the quote. Homer actually says:
And what if we picked the wrong religion? Every week we’re just making God madder and madder.
The story of life-sized cardboard Homer Simpson – If only all minor marital disagreements could be solved by beheading.
3/4 There – A report on the final stretch of comedy school, complete with non-English clown college YouTube.
Pokemon Card: Marge Simpson by ~Pokecardcreator on deviantART – Exactly what it says.
Pokemon Card: Lisa Simpson by ~Pokecardcreator on deviantART – Same as above.
Pokemon Card: Maggie Simpson by ~Pokecardcreator on deviantART – And Maggie makes three.
Proof positive – A little history about Fermat’s Last Theorem and the equation that appears behind Homer when he’s 3-D.
The Simpsons: The Fourteenth Season – A Season 14 DVD review I can get behind:
The release of The Simpsons’ fourteenth season on DVD and Blu-ray means you can choose to watch the series’ continued slide into mediocrity as often as you want. For longtime fans, it’s a painful descent to watch, but it’s one where the progress is clear as day. Whereas three seasons back the majority of episodes still had that comedy magic that made the series a fan-favorite, seasons 11, 12, and 13 saw the ratio shift dramatically, with unfunny episodes gradually increasing and eventually making up the majority of each season. By the fourteenth, fans should consider themselves lucky to have even five episodes that elicit a belly laugh, but even then the whole episodes don’t match up to the franchise highs. There might be just enough in this fourteenth season set for truly forgiving fans to overlook the fact that laughs are separated by minutes and not seconds, but for everyone else, episodes like “How I Spent My Strummer Vacation”, “Large Marge”, “Dude, Where’s My Ranch”, “’Scuse Me While I Miss the Sky” make it clear the show had made its third jump over the shark.
By Season 14, I’m of the opinion that the series had completely flatlined.
Audio: Stephen Hawking’s Best Quotes – Most of these are about, you know, science and junk, but I’d never heard this:
“My daughter, Lucy, knew one of the scriptwriters for the Simpsons. He said he would like to write an episode involving me. I accepted immediately because it would be fun, and because the Simpsons is the best thing on American television.”
The Why-Are-We-Here Debate: Live Thread – Heh:
9:08: Romney’s explanation of why he didn’t run again, that he had basically achieved everything he needed in four years, sounds an awful lot like what “George H.W. Bush” said in the Simpsons episode where he moved into Springfield.
Not Quite Breakfast, Not Quite Lunch – Excellent usage:
I love doing brunch! “It’s not quite breakfast, it’s not quite lunch, but it comes with a slice of cantaloupe at the end. You don’t exactly get what you would at breakfast, but you get a good meal.” ~ The Simpsons
Today I had Sunday brunch with my cousin Jay, a belated 30th birthday outing since I missed her big day when I jetted off to FL for the holidays.
Jacques says “completely” not “exactly”, but other than that it’s dead on.
Dynamic Duos on TV – Lots of good YouTube here, and Bart and Milhouse check in at #1.
Bart Simpson dress up by ~matermctarget223 on deviantART – Fan made Flash dress up program for Bart. The “I Shot Tupac” t-shirt is a nice touch.
Simpsons Didn’t Do It: Five Plotlines That “The Simpsons” Have Yet to Explore – This is from Dish TV’s in house self promotional blog, but it falls along many of the same lines as those doomed Split Sider suggestions from a few months ago.
The Awesomeness of James Earl Jones – Some YouTube love for James Earl Jones, including “The Raven”.
It’s A Brad, Brad World…In 10 Words – Wow, that looks awful.
Get the Hint…TV Outstaying Welcome – Zombie Simpsons easily makes a list of TV shows that have stayed on longer than they should have. My dear, we couldn’t have this list without you.
Ode To Spewing Your Drink Out Your Nose And Needing Breath So Bad Your Ribs Hurt – And finally, I get to end the way I like, with someone who agrees with us on a thing that can always get you to laugh:
I guess this is why things that can always make me laugh are like treasured possessions. The first 9 seasons of The Simpsons;
Huzzah.
“Thanks to modern editing techniques we can using existing footage to complete the film without Milhouse. Watch.” – Hack Editor
“Looks like we’re in trouble, Fallout Boy.” – Radioactive Man
“Jiminy Jillikers, Radioactive Man!” – Fallout Boy
“We’ll have to fight our way out. Are you ready?” – Radioactive Man
“Yes.” – Fallout Boy
“Seamless, huh?” – Hack Editor
“You’re fired.” – Movie Producer
“And with good cause!” – Hack Editor
We’ve got quite a bit of video this week, including two Simpsons mashups, one with Kanye West and the other with Breaking Bad. God bless modern editing techniques. There’s also video of an office with some nice optical illusions and the best rolling trampoline you’ll see all day. In addition to that we’ve got an excellent selection of fan art, a podcast that dislikes Family Guy, the usual assortment of usage, and some more postcards like the Barney one from last week.
Enjoy.
Lord of the Simpsons – These fan made drawings of Simpsons characters as Lord of the Rings characters is easily Smooth Charlie’s Link of the Week. They look fantastic, and Moe as Gollum is inspired. Check out her DeviantART page for some additional crossovers, including Lisa in Assassin’s Creed and Skinner as Severus Snape. Bravo all around.
Mash-up Monday: Bart Simpson vs. Kanye West feat. Daft Punk- “Do the Bartman (Stronger Remix)” – If I couldn’t embed this it would be Smooth Charlie’s Link of the Week. But I can embed it so you don’t actually need to click through:
At first I thought it was just the song and the video, but then they kept the vocals from “Do the Bartman” on top. Sweet. And for our second mashup . . .
Simpsons/Breaking Bad Mashup Wins The Internet This Week – . . . you need to know at least a little bit about Breaking Bad to get this, but it’s pretty good:
Sadly it involves that stupid, out-of-nowhere meth plot on Zombie Simpsons from a couple of weeks ago, but the vast majority of the clips are from the before time, the long long ago.
New map: In honour of 22 years of "The Simpsons", Springfields of the world – Maps of both the US and the world with various Springfields plotted on them. There are quite a few in Australia.
Maggie Simpson – Remember that Barney postcard from last week? Here’s Maggie’s from the same series. There’s a high-res copy if you click through and want to read Maggie described baseball card style. (Oh, and thanks for the link.)
Spreading some Love – And here’s one of Bleeding Gums Murphy that looks like it was done a long time ago. It quotes about half his dialogue from “Moaning Lisa” and lists him as “Lonely Bluesman”. Aww.
The Lucy Show…In 10 Words – So many harebrained schemes.
The Nine Best Sitcom Couches – A truly cromulent list:
1. The Simpsons
Tell the truth. When you saw the headline, did you think that any other couch could possibly finish in the top spot? There’s absolutely nothing remarkable about the couch on The Simpsons, other than Homer’s ass groove. And yet, it’s been the source of a different couch gag for hundreds upon hundreds of episodes. More fun has come from the couch on The Simpsons than all of the other couches on this list combined. It’s the king of the list, the unquestioned number one.
Huzzah!
Amazing Character Illusions!**MUST SEE** – I don’t know what company’s office this is, but it sure looks fun:
Damn fine job.
UH Alum Ready to Rock Again – There is a Houston band called “Mr. Plow”:
Creative Pride: Let’s go back to 1999. How did you guys decide on the name of the band?
Jeremy Stone: We started thinking of names, and Mr. Plow got thrown out there. For better or worse, it stuck. It was the least offensive choice. And, we all love “The Simpsons.”
But did they cover the Mr. Plow song?
Lisa Simpson by ~DaniellBlack – Evocative fan made drawing of Lisa playing her sax with everything she’s got. Excellent.
Snarky holiday sentiments – Moderate usage:
4. Aren’t we forgetting the true meaning of Christmas, the birth of Santa? — Bart Simpson
Bart actually says “this day” instead of “Christmas”, but if you’re making a list of funny holiday quotes I suppose you might need to put the actual word in there like that.
Pop and Rock Listings for Dec. 9-15 – The New York Times gets in some decent usage:
The Devil Wears Prada (Tuesday) Despite the bewildering, self-imposed indignity of sharing their name with an Anne Hathaway rom-com, these screamo rockers from Ohio balance aggressively thrash guitars with blood-curdling histrionics. This slipshod Christian group may be the first religious rockers to take Bart Simpson’s sage advice: “All the best bands are affiliated with Satan.”
Perfectly quoted, though I don’t think it’s meant to be complimentary. On the other hand, being scoffed at by the Times might be high praise in Christian rock circles.
Trambopoline!!! – Excellent YouTube usage:
Ha.
13 Simpsons Scenarios Since Season 10 James Lavender Won’t Like – This James Lavender sounds like a fine fellow:
James Lavender and myself often argue about the relative merits (or lack of) of The Simpsons since its (approximate) Season 1 -10 heyday. He thinks it stinks since 1998; I don’t. So I thought I’d show him what’s what.
Then I decided I might as well just prop up his point by going for the stupidest Simpsons episode ideas since Season 10.
There’s a gallery of ghastly stupid Zombie Simpsons episodes there. Just on these examples, it’s a tight race between Season 15, Season 17 and Season 19 for supremacy in “holy shit, that’s dumb”.
Random Assault Podcast Episode 012: 25% Less – A long podcast that features a ten minute Simpsons-Family Guy discussion, with lots of love for The Simpsons, starting at the 100 minute mark. You can download the mp3 by clicking on the image.
Slow News Day, Check Out ‘The Simpsons’ Next 30 Years – Want to see all those Christmas cards from the beginning of last Sunday’s Zombie Simpsons? Here you go.
Mr. & Mrs. Ned Flanders – This is not the best picture, but those are pretty damn good costumes.
The instant expert: The Simpsons – Things I learned today:
D’OH! A Simpsons episode, Trash of the Titans, provoked considerable controversy (and no little mirth) for two uses of the word "w****r" when it aired in the UK at its usual 6pm time slot on April 15, 2008. While the word is not well known in the US, it is of course considered offensive in the UK. Ofcom, which deals with UK television complaints, received 31 calls of protest. Channel 4 said the compliance staff had incorrectly certified the programme as suitable.
IN ARABIC The show was broadcast in the Gulf region with Arabic subtitles on networks such as Showtime Arabia and Dubai’s One TV. It was finally given an Arabic translation in 2005, with references to alcohol, pork and many other themes deleted or significantly modified. A baffling curiosity, it was not a success.
I had no idea “wanker” was considered unsuitable for children. Then again, seeing as how the protest was lodged in 2008 on an episode that premiered in 1998, it’s probably just another case of one concerned prude with too much time on his hands.
Classic Christmas: The Andy Williams Christmas Album – Other things I learned today:
There are two reasons we think of Andy Williams fondly. First, there is the classic episode of The Simpsons when Bart, Milhouse, Nelson and Martin travel to Branson where they see Williams perform. A teary-eyed Nelson said, "I didn’t think he’d do "Moon River," but then — bam! — second encore!"
The second reason is The Andy Williams Christmas Album, which was as common in adult Christmas record collections in the ’70s as avocado green and mushrooms were on decor in the kitchen.
Nelson actually says “he was gonna do”, not “he’d do”, but it’s still excellent usage.
FN Spy: All About Eve…Heel Thing – A Yeardley Smith interview promoting her shoe line and that New Year’s Eve movie contains this:
It made me giggle that the three [actors] who play my kids were [so] excited to meet ‘Lisa Simpson.’ She might have been 8 years old for the past 23 years, but [Lisa] is a force to be reckoned with.”
Ah, the absurdities of animation.
"Tebowing" Is Now An Official English Word, Except It’s Probably Not – Nice use of cromulent here:
Today’s entry: something called the Global Language Monitor says that "Tebowing" is now an accepted English word. Defined as "the act of taking a knee in prayer during an athletic contest," Tebowing now takes its place alongside other the perfectly cromulent words in the English language, if a provocative press release is to believed.
The rest of the article just takes whatever that Global Language Monitor is to task for being publicity whores. I’ll believe “Tebowing” is a word if he isn’t hanging off the ass end of someone’s depth chart three seasons from now. (Thanks to David via e-mail!)
Sideshow Bob by ~Lalazinha07 – Sweet fan made drawing of Sideshow Bob during the finale of HMS Pinafore.
Real life summer of 4 foot 2 (Simpsons) – Cool:
Just came back from a walk to library to return books.
There were teens skateboarding outside on the ramp for disabled people. One dude was wearing a tie-dye t-shirt and had blonde shoulder length hair.
It made me think of the episode of the Simpsons when they go on holiday and Lisa goes to the library, but doesn’t want to go in because she’s left her old nerdy self at home.
The tie-dye dude would definitely call people dude and say words like narly and give people high fives.
I’ll try to remember this the next time I hallucinate Alice and Eustace Tilley popping out of the stacks.
A Hairy Situation – Regarding one of the excellent 60s haircuts in Faster, Pussycat! Kill Kill! comes an excellent reference:
Seeing as I can’t just become her completely, I’ll just settle for having her hair. Maybe some aspect of her astounding personality will be passed on to me, somewhat like the way Homer was possessed by Snake’s spirit in Hell Toupée. What? That doesn’t seem at all possible? Oh well, a girl can dream.
A Real Holiday Letter – A rather amusing fan written version of the Simpsons’ Christmas letter.
Mmmmmm Shanghai – Awesome Brooklyn sandwich board.
Thought of the Day – I can’t recall having heard this theory before:
Is C. Montgomery Burns of The Simpsons a partial caricature of Peyton Place‘s malevolent town patriarch Martin Peyton? No one else on the whole of the internet seems to have suggested this idea, and I grant it would be an obscure connection. But Burns’s voice, in particular, recalls the breathy, aged drawl of the great George Macready. And it strikes me as the kind of thing that Harry Shearer, who voices Mr. Burns, would remember.
I’ll defer this to any readers who are more familiar with Peyton Place than I am. Though I am pretty sure it was in a somewhat famous Billy Joel lyric.
I can assure you, my intentions are strictly homer-able … – Fan made Homer post-it note.
The Three Stooges Syndrome: a life lesson I learned from The Simpsons – Even Season 11 has some moments that stick with us forever.
The Sitter…In 10 Words – Probably would’ve been better with a hobo.
29
Nov
11
Quote of the Day
“Uh, these aren’t real x-rays are they?” – Milhouse van Houten
“Good question! We’ll check into that. Okay, x-ray machine to full power and . . . action!” – Director
21
Feb
11
Knowing Your Audience
“Thank god we’re back in Hollywood, where people treat each other right.” – Movie Guy
No sooner do I make fun of Zombie Simpsons for its relentless Hollywood navel gazing than they spend an entire episode navel gazing in Hollywood. Starting with that interminable Itchy & Scratchy thing and running through awards ceremony cliches and a stunning number of glacially slow short films, this thing was one long exercise in entertainment industry self congratulations. (I’m sure these sorts of things will get people at L.A. area cocktail parties to praise them, but for the rest of us it’s a little less fun.) In between all that we were treated to some truly bizarre set pieces that had nothing to do with anything. Was Lisa hallucinating when the Pixar lamp attacked her? Was that the theme music for Jurassic Park and, if so, why? What ever happened to the chair guy?
This episode was like watching one of Michael Bay’s more impatient films. Characters and storylines appear and disappear at random, most scenes have nothing to do with the ones before or after them, and all the pyrotechnics can’t conceal how poorly constructed the whole thing is. You’ve got twenty minutes to fill, you shouldn’t be worried that people are going to click to a different browser tab every ninety seconds. These are not YouTube videos or, at least, they’re not supposed to be.
Anyway, the numbers are in and while they’re up from last week they’re still bad. Last night’s unintentional warning about the dangers of attention deficit disorder was left on by 6.35 million people while they clicked around Twitter and Facebook. That’s the second lowest number all season, though it’s going to need to get worse if Season 22 is going to take Season 20’s crown for least watched.
“Excuse me, you didn’t answer me. You just trailed off.” – Kirk van Houten
“Yeah, yeah, I did kinda trail off there, didn’t I?” – Chief Wiggum
I had such high hopes for this commentary. It has Joe Mantegna, a man with a proven ability to rescue Zombie Simpsons commentaries from their ordinary mediocrity. Sadly, although Mantegna was here, he barely spoke. The commentary was actually worse than normal, in no small part because the third act of this episode is so wretchedly bad that Al Jean and company basically admit it sucks and then talk about anything else that occurs to them. And, as you’ll see, I mean anything else that happens to pop into their heads: people they saw at the coffee shop, Anthony Hopkins, what their wives do in their spare time.
Seven people on this one, including token female Caroline Omine and Joe Mantegna, even though Fat Tony isn’t in this episode.
1:30 – In discussing the concept for this episode, Selman talks about how having Homer unable to speak makes things a lot more difficult because he’s their best character. Things are a lot harder for them when they can’t have Homer acting crazy all the time. Jean then jumps in and talks about how this is a bit of a departure because Homer realizes that Bart has feelings. Basically, they admit that without Jerkass Homer they’re kinda lost. Zombie Simpsons, everyone.
2:15 – Short discussion about coming up with fake movie titles. It’s fun to do.
3:00 – Reminiscing about Simpsons things that used to be on before movies. There was a Dolby sound thing with Grampa and they put some of the Ullman shorts before some movies.
4:05 – They think this may have the most boner jokes of any episode.
5:00 – Homer takes his shirt off a lot in public, according to Jean.
6:00 – Discussing the realities of having one’s jaw wired shut. Apparently it happened in real life to one of the writers.
6:30 – General laughter when Homer inhales a piece of steak up his nose and Jean says that this would kill him in real life. Mantegna’s only said like two things, why won’t they just let him monologue?
6:55 – More chuckles at how scenes are just kind of smashed together here.
7:35 – Here’s a fascinating story: at the coffee shop that morning one of the writers saw someone with a tattoo. The end.
8:15 – Trying to remember where they got the chalkboard idea leads to joking about Anthony Hopkins movies.
9:05 – Interesting animation note about trying to keep things consistent between close ups and other shots. On a close up the camera is so much closer to the artwork that it makes the lines seem thicker.
10:00 – Long, post-animation discussion silence is broken by someone basically rehashing the premise and telling a story about the time he had to use a pad to write notes to people after he had throat surgery.
10:55 – Helpful tip from Al Jean, if you’re doing something with a mirror reflection, lighten up the yellow a little bit in the reflection.
11:15 – More discussion about the “man yells at cloud” thing and how often that gets used.
12:30 – Okay this was actually funny. Someone points out that Homer and Marge are at an awfully formal looking event, and Jean cracks that it’s because “The Blue Danube” is free.
13:20 – The episode just went to its second commercial break, and Jean comments that everything at the read through went well right until here.
13:45 – More chuckling at their dirty jokes.
14:40 – Jean’s helpfully explaining that this is a parody of The View.
15:05 – Still discussing the cast of the view.
15:10 – Finally, Mantegna gets a word in edgewise and it’s a crack on Elisabeth Hasselbeck. Heh. Keep it up, Joe. We’ve only got seven minutes to go.
15:45 – Uproarious laughter at Homer fighting an ostrich.
16:30 – Someone notices a long silence.
17:05 – Commentary’s going downhill here, lots of chuckling but little actual commentary.
17:15 – I think they’re kinda embarrassed at how dull this is. Jean’s rambling about how much tougher it is to be funny when Homer is being intentionally boring.
17:40 – We’re talking about people’s personal lives now.
18:40 – Selman is plugging his wife’s store. Meanwhile, there’s a demolition derby going on.
19:10 – See above. They just got done arguing about where the store is.
20:00 – About twenty seconds ago Jean nudged things back to the episode, and then it got instantly quiet again.
20:40 – Homer’s little Popeye impression means they can talk about Popeye now.
21:30 – Still talking about Popeye.
22:00 – And we end on them plugging things their wives do.
22
Sep
10
Quote of the Day
“Oh, I only grew half an inch. I’m still too short.” – Bart Simpson
“Growing half an inch in one day is still pretty good, Bart.” – Marge Simpson
“Yeah that’s how fast Grampa is shrinking.” – Lisa Simpson
“Oh I’m as tall as I ever was.” – Grampa Simpson
10
Jul
10
Quote of the Day
“William Faulkner could write an exhaust pipe gag that would really make you think.” – Moe Szyslak
28
Apr
10
Quote of the Day
“Oh my god! He’s killed the original Alfalfa!” – Studio Hand
“Yeah. Luckily Alfalfa was an orphan owned by the studio.” – Moe
30
Jan
10
Quote of the Day
“Milhouse, baby! Lionel Hutz your new agent, body guard, unauthorized biographer and drug dealerrr . . . keeper-awayer.” – Lionel Hutz
Season 21 picked up pretty much where Season 20 left off, in the darkest center of a comedy black hole from which nothing can escape. It hit all the usual Zombie Simpson notes: recycling plots and jokes, filling time with humor free “action” sequences, giving Homer a new job, and having him act bipolar. In this particular instance it was a wretched cross of “Radioactive Man” and “King of the Hill”, only it was actually worse than that because it was so openly aping Entourage that it mentioned one of the characters.
There’s lots to pick on here, but for tonight I just want to highlight this little nugget of smug, baseless self satisfaction:
Zombie Bart: That was awesome!
Zombie Lisa: Although there were a few holes in the story.
Movie Guy: That’s the problem when you have seventeen writers. But don’t worry, we have two fresh ones working on it.
(Cut to Maggie and Mr. Teeny baning on laptops.)
Clearly the Season 12 commentaries are not an anomaly. Going by previous season premiers, plus the heavily advertised debut of the newest Family Guy spinoff, I’m setting the over/under on the ratings at 9.5 million viewers. As always, I’m hoping for the under.
Update: The numbers are in and the under has it. Last night’s Zombie Simpsons was endured by a mere 8.21 million viewers. Pointless gloating here.
28
Jul
09
Quote of the Day
“I don’t see why Rainier Wolfcastle should be the star. I think we should bring back Dirk Richter, kids will want to see the original Radioactive Man.” – Movie Executive #1
“I keep telling you, he’s 73 years old and he’s dead.” – Movie Executive #2
“Granted.” – Movie Executive #1
