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“Meet me tomorrow for brunch.” – Jacques
“What’s brunch?” – Marge Simpson
“You’d love it, it’s not quite breakfast, it’s not quite lunch, but it comes with a slice of cantaloupe at the end. You don’t get completely what you would at breakfast, but you get a good meal!” – Jacques
One of the most irritating results of the continued propagation of Zombie Simpsons across the world is the degradation of actual Simpsons knowledge. The show is now famous and well known less for what’s actually on the show than for just being famous and well known. And so you get things like the first link this week, where Homer is invoked as a way to hook the reader but the actual Simpsons take on the subject at hand is ignored. Also this week a wooden Homer gets burned in an electric chair, a metal Homer is carved into a Euro coin, Al Gore wrote a book, Mickey Mouse got his groove back and we found some other people that agree with us.
Enjoy.
Brunch is the perfect meal – This is a review of some brunch places in North Carolina. This is the opening:
I feel about brunch the way Homer Simpson feels about donuts. Brunch is the perfect meal: not too early, not too fussy, come as you are, eat breakfast or lunch, savory or sweet
You’re combining Simpsons and brunch without quoting Jacques? For shame.
The 14 most awesome fake products from The Simpsons – This is a pretty weak list. It’s got some Zombie Simpsons on it, about three of them are from “King Size Homer”, and there isn’t one product from “I Can’t Believe They Invented It”. It does have “Nuts and Gum” though (via Twitter).
Simpsons Confidential: uncensored history of the show – It’s the New Zealand version of Ortved’s book.
Halloween inferno proves to be popular tradition – This guy builds giant things to burn for Halloween bonfires. This year he built Homer in an electric chair and there’s a picture of it.
Kieron Gillen and Jamie McKelvie interview – Scroll way, way down for yet another Marge Simpsons costume. This seems a tad harsh though:
Have there been any notable cosplayers for you?
JM: There was a fantastic Lion-O.
KG: Lion-O rules!
JM: Lion-O’s brilliant, and it was his own hair, which was good!
KG: And there was also the return of Marge Simpson
JM: Yeah, Marge Simpson, who doesn’t look like they’re dressed as Marge Simpson – it looks like they’ve killed Marge Simpson, skinned her, and are wearing her skin.
KG: It’s like a Buffalo Bill, fucked-up Marge Simpson. Very sinister. And it scares me.
It doesn’t look that creepy.
DOH! – A guy with Homer shaved into the back of his head. That is all.
Spanish shopkeeper finds Homer Simpson euro – This is from last year, but it’s new to us. Someone scratched out King Juan Carlos and replaced him with Homer (via):
Image via Reuters.
‘Super Size Me’ filmmaker Morgan Spurlock to speak at Washburn University – Live in or around Topeka, Kansas? Spurlock is coming to Washburn University at 7:00pm on Thursday, December 3rd.
the simpsons chess set – Exactly what it says. Though I think it’s a pretty lazy chess set. With all those characters from which to choose they only used the family, and Bart is all of the pawns on both sides. Why not mix things up a bit? Sure make Homer and Marge the King and Queen on one side, but what about Ned and Maude on the other?
*xmas* Mini Pez “the Simpsons” Moc No Maggie? – Krusty Brand Seal of Approval alert.
IPhone Application Translates Babies’ Howls – A few months ago we came across a baby translator gizmo, now there’s an iPhone app for it (via Twitter).
qotd – Swartzwelder stuff from Ortved’s book. Very much worth a click.
While We’re On The Subject Of Al Gore’s Credibility… – Al Gore has apparently written a new book. You know what that means: time to celebrate (with YouTube)!.
A Solar Powered Monorail System For Bologna – Mono means one, and rail means rail (via Twitter)
The Foliage – Obscure but well done usage. (Also, if you look at this profile picture you can see the author wearing Simpson pants.)
Mickey Mouse gets his edge back – Disney is rebranding Mickey Mouse as a bit more of a scamp. The New York Times wrote an article about it which Wallet Pop quoted in a DHS approved kind of way:
He was, as the New York Times, puts it, "the Bart Simpson of his day," but even that reference is dated by about 20 years, as Bart himself, like Mickey, has gradually grown sweeter and milkier with time.
He’s “milkier” alright.
Donut Bath – Donut bath? Donut bath. (With some Simpsons context.)
Film Festivals and The Simpsons, Part 1. – This is just a screen grab of Bart, Lisa and Maggie at the innuendo laden “Stock Footage Festival” from “Grandpa vs. Sexual Inadequacy”. And the screen shot was grabbed from our old friends at Eye on Springfield. But the name of the blog is “I Prefer Your Earlier Work” and if that doesn’t sum up how we feel about The Simpsons, what does?
November: The Money Pit, part 2 – Excellent usage.
The Ten Best Simpsons Episodes – This is a cromulent list. The breakdown of episodes per season:
- Season 3: 2
- Season 4: 2
- Season 5: 3
- Season 6: 1
- Season 7: 1
- Season 8: 1
- Zombie Simpsons: Zero.
The Ten Greatest TV Shows – Same blog as above, and yes The Simpsons is #1, but here’s the money quote:
The first half of the shows long and successful run of almost 20 years is simply untouched it terms of quality in the writing.
Yes, yes, a thousand times yes.
Tell Aaronson and Zykowski:
The Mob Has Spoken