Simpsons Channel has returned from the dead, and it's mad as hell!!! In a departure from the normally staid tone of the site, site owner Adam Wolf posted 10 reasons why readers should not buy the recently released Season 20 DVD/Blu-ray set. He even encourages readers to BREAK THE LAW by providing a link to a torrent site. Is nothing sacred??? [Simpsons Channel]
Labels: ANNOYED GRUNTS, WEB-WATCH
posted 1/14/2010 | permalink
Simpsons Channel, the New York Times of Simpsons news, has been knocked offline for unknown reasons, which means this site has moved up the ranks to become the world wide web's #1 source for Simpsons news!!! Booya!!! [Twitter.com/SimpsonsChannel]
Labels: WEB-WATCH
posted 1/11/2010 | permalink
Charlie Sweatpants of the sycophantic Simpsons blog Dead Homer Society nicely asked the Vatican's newspaper (The Vatican Plain-Dealer) for an unabridged copy of the story where Pope Ratzinger personally declared himself to be the world's biggest Bart fan and they tried to charge him eight whole euros ($800 American) for the privilege of reading an untranslated article. Has the Catholic Church adopted Rupert Murdoch's pay-for-news business model? [Dead Homer Society]
Labels: GABBIN ABOUT GODS, WEB-WATCH
posted 12/28/2009 | permalink
Simpsons Crazy is re-writing Simpsons song lyrics in code over the Twitter:
if ( lisa.isBirthday ) print "Happy Birthday, Lisa." #songsincode[Twitter.com/SimpsonCrazy via Sx2]
6:27 AM Aug 21st from web
if( floors.stickEMart && dad.sickEMart && hurl(brickEMart) && doh ) needKwikEMart = false; #songsincode #simpsons
7:54 AM Aug 21st from web
class Monorail { awfullyLoud=false; trackCouldBend=false; brainDeadSlobs.give(cushyJobs); sentByDevil=false; } #simpsons #songsincode
9:15 AM Aug 21st from web
Labels: RDRR REPORT, WEB-WATCH
posted 8/22/2009 | permalink
Lest you think The Simpsons Archive, the holy grail of Simpsons nerdery, has been slacking (it is currently seven years behind on its encyclopedic episode capsules), contributor Tim Reardon (?!?) has written an incredibly thorough 18,719- word summary, transcript, and review of The Simpsons Ride, including every line in the queue videos, the pictures on the walls, and a list of every character who appears in it. Why pay $50 to go on the ride when you can read this instead? [The Simpsons Archive]
Labels: READING DIGEST, WEB-WATCH
posted 7/07/2009 | permalink
posted 12 July 2008 source cnet
In an episode aired in early 2003, Homer's e-mail address is revealed to be Chunkylover53@aol.com. E-mails sent to that address would receive a response from "Homer," which was actually written by writer Matt Selman (see some of the responses here). That account has remained largely dormant until recently, when it resurfaced on AIM to spread malware to those who had added "Homer" to their buddy list:
Since then, the screen name has been inactive, until a few days ago when Chunkylover53's "Away" message appeared, prompting people to click on a link and run an executable in order to see "a *new* Internet-only exclusive Simpson's episode."
Of course, the file doesn't show a Simpsons video. It infects the machine with a Trojan that throws up error messages, crashes the computer when attempting to open Windows Explorer and drops other nasty files onto the machine, making it part of what is believed to be a Turkish botnet, according to FaceTime, which secures IM, collaboration and Web apps for corporations.
The real question: why is Matt Selman and his Simpsons co-workers spreading viruses to their fans?
Labels: THE MARGE REPORT, WEB-WATCH, WRITER WATCH
posted 7/12/2008 | permalink
posted 15 February 2008 source ?
Simpsons prop designer Jefferson Weekley has set up a blog, where he showcases his artwork, some of it Simpsons-related. I am only posting this so I can use the word "proposphere".
Labels: THE PROPOSPHERE, WEB-WATCH
posted 2/15/2008 | permalink
posted 23 November 2007 source hulu
Everyone knows that one of the major causes of the writers' strike was the fact that writers were not being compensated for profits made from online distribution. Rather than waiting to see how negotiations would turn out, News Corp. and NBC Universal launched the private beta of their YouTube rival "Hulu" at the end of October (I didn't get my invite until like a few days ago, so whatever). Hulu features clips and full episodes of all your favorite Fox and NBC shows, including The Simpsons, with some fairly annoying ads for the upcoming movie "Hitman" built in. It's actually a nice, clean interface, and you actually the option to turn on subtitles. As of right now, the Simpsons category only has full episodes from Season 19, as well as some 60-odd clips from Seasons 1 - 7, some of which are just couch gags.
So while you're waiting for the strike to end, you can just sit back, relax, and enjoy all your favorite Fox/NBC-owned content, with the knowledge that none of that ad money is going to the writers.
Labels: WEB-WATCH
posted 11/23/2007 | permalink
posted 18 November 2007 source youtube
The guy who exec-produced some of the worst seasons of The Simpsons (9-12) wrote a joke for Family Guy creator Seth MacFarlane. How fitting.
Labels: AZTEC THEATRE, THE SCULLYVERSE, WEB-WATCH
posted 11/18/2007 | permalink
posted 26 July 2007 source wonkette
Seriously man, what the hell?
Labels: CONGRESSIONAL CUTUPS, WEB-WATCH, WHAA??
posted 7/26/2007 | permalink
posted 19 June 2007 source simpsons zip
rubbercat.net/simpsons is nominated in three categories over at Simpsons Zip's Choice 07 Awards for "Choice Website," "Choice Section" and "Choice Support." Check it out and vote for rubbercat.net/simpsons. Or don't. Whatever. See if I care.
Labels: WEB-WATCH
posted 6/19/2007 | permalink
posted 18 november 2006 source alicublog
The Corner: 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...
Michelle Malkin: 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
Labels: WEB-WATCH
posted 11/18/2006 | permalink
