For years, The Simpsons Archive has had a page documenting a long-lost Simpsons short called "Nazis on Tap" involving Hitler, Stalin, and talking dogs. It was supposed to air in Season 2, but was never animated and apparently forgotten about. I always assumed it was a joke, but apparently it's very real -- Simpsons Archive webmaster Jouni Paakkinen recently discovered the long-lost audio track on YouTube, probably uploaded by some disgruntled show staffer who's about to get 20 years of jailtime.

The cast of The Simpsons finally got around to renegotiating their contracts, thus putting an end to the pay dispute that threatened to tear apart humanity and resulted in at least thirty artists losing their jobs while production was halted. Dan Castellenta (Homer), Julie Kavner (Marge), Nancy Cartwright (Bart), Yeardley Smith (Lisa), Hank Azaria (Maggie), and Harry Shearer (Mr. Burns) will now each get $500,000 per episode, a substantial increase from $360,000, to donate to Scientology. Ironically, this pay increase comes at a time when viewership has dwindled by nearly fifty percent over the past five years. Aye carumba!

... in addition to the usual 20-or-so episodes ordered for that season. Also, Superbad screenwriters Evan Goldberg and Seth Rogen will write one.

On her first birthday, Ling (Selma's adopted baby from China) convinces Maggie, The One-Eyebrowed Baby and the Octuplets to eat dog food so they can turn into dogs. Margaret Cho guest stars.

Each January, a baby is stolen from a local hospital and taken to the Fox recording studio to provide Maggie's voice for the year.