Not to be outdone by TVs that look like Spongebob, Samsung has made some cell phones with The Simpsons Movie logo plastered on them, which probably also come with some annoying Simpsons ringtones. According to the reporter, “if done right, these have the potential to be the geek phone of the year.” He probably should have waited a day before making such a pronouncement. [The Inquirer]
Sam Simon “Is Not A Man of His Word,” Says Insane Woman
Ivy Supersonic, who according to Wikipedia is “a New York fashion designer, entertainer, publicist, promoter, event planner, and animated character designer,” sent out a press release claiming that former Simpsons producer Sam Simon helped steal her idea for the squirrel thing from the Ice Age movies and tried to blackmail her into starring as his wife in a TV show (????):
“Sam Simon is not a man of his word — he is a man of many words that do not hold true. He said Howard Stern asked him to be a writer on the show,” Supersonic said. “He was considering it but said he would not do it unless I had a starring role as his wife. I was blown away when Ice Age 2 hit the theaters. Simon’s partner and writer Matt Groening, was one of the writers on Ice Age 2, released by 20th Century Fox. Sam Simon’s Simpson cartoon short premiered in front of Ice Age 2. There is nothing more I hate than someone who is dishonest to land me in the sac. I am more than outraged, I am eternally livid!” Supersonic says angrily.
New Trailer for Homer in Pain: The Movie
Check out the new Russian trailer for Homer in Pain: The Movie, featuring 2 hours of everybody’s favorite punching bag Homer Simpson getting himself hurt in wacky and zany ways! That’s not the correct way to hammer, you idiot!!!! [Simpsons Channel]
Lisa Simpson is the Top 7th Geek Girl of All Time
Hey girls, it’s okay to a geek! Just look at the many upstanding role models such as Ada Byron, Marie Curie, and…. a fictional character?!? [CNET]
FOX AFFILIATES REFUSING TO AIR SIMPSON SHOW
Oh, that Simpson. Sorry, false alarm. [Yahoo! News]
The Blogosphere Versus The Simpsons
Some conservative bloggers were outraged at a recent episode that supposedly made fun of the US military! Could the show that gave them their beloved war chant “cheese-eating surrender monkeys” actually hate America??
Yesterday’s episode wasn’t just unfunny, it was very poorly animated – a 1970s Hanna-Barbera-level of crudeness. The sequence in which Lenny’s car was crushed looked like it had been drawn by a 10 year-old trying to draw The Simpsons. I can only assume they’re devoting all their time and effort to the movie.
As for BSG, I agree with Jonah’s long-trusted reader and had exactly the same argument, err, discussion with my wife during the episode. Far more fun was Doctor Who in the hour beforehand, which involved Rose berating a pompous psuedo-patriot for not knowing how to fly the Union Flag and also included an interesting nod to the realization that families need fathers at the end…
I got tons of e-mail about the military-bashing Simpsons episode last night. Here’s a bit of the video if you haven’t seen it and want to get in a bad mood. The mockery of Army recruiters and enlistees is absolutely disgusting. This comes on the heels of last week’s election-timed episode mocking the Iraq war.
The show is getting long in the tooth and low on funny. Don’t bother with it.
Keep on fighting the good fight [alicublog]
Alan Moore To Guest Star
Comics legend Alan Moore will be playing the role of the hitherto unseen “Uncle Gareth,” a creepy uncle who will take Bart aside during a family reunion to show him some disturbing x-rated drawings of Wendy from Peter Pan, Dorothy from Wizard of Oz, and Alice from Alice in Wonderland. [Northants News]
Simpsons Movie Trailer To Air Sunday
In a break from tradition, Fox will be showing a commercial after or during The Simpsons. Here’s a preview of the preview [Animation Magazine]
The Simpsons Movie Is Serious Business
Once the cast records their lines, the script pages get shredded to preserve secrecy.
Yeah ok [“Watercooler Stories”]
Simpsons Writers: “Apparently There’s A War Or Something Going On”
The final segment of the upcoming Simpsons “Treehouse of Horror” episode on November 5 will take a few not-so-subtle shots at the current conflict in Iraq as aliens Kang and Kodos (who are featured in every “Treehouse of Horror”) attack Springfield before the humans can get their hands on “weapons of mass disintegration”. The connection to the Iraq war is made obvious, and there’s even a line at the end in which a character evokes the actual Iraq debacle.
“Hey you know it’s been more than three years, maybe we oughta get around to acknowledging the war in some way” [TV Squad]