My cat’s breath smells like cat food.— Ralph
My cat’s breath smells like cat food.— Ralph
Homer Simpson could be the answer to world peace, according to the show's executive producer.
Al Jean, who has helmed The Simpsons since 2001, said the dysfunctional cartoon family's next venture would be to the Middle East.
"I think we're going to do one next year where they go to the Holy Land as we haven't been there yet. The premise will be that the Christians, the Jews and Muslims are united in that they all get mad at Homer. It's the only thing they can agree on," he said.
To promote the upcoming Simpsons episode where the family visit Ireland, FOX is sending Marge Simpson look-a-likes into Irish pubs across New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Boston and San Francisco on St. Patrick's Day, March 17th.
They will also distribute 20,000 "Irish I Was Watching THE SIMPSONS" buttons as well as 50,000 drink coasters offering a free Irish Bart wallpaper and Homer ringtone for recipients' mobile phones. At Times Square in New York, a musical number from the new episode will be shown on Astrovision.
In the Name of the Grandfather will for the first time air in Britain before America on Tuesday 17th March. It will air in the U.S. the following Sunday 22nd.
That's right, Fox has picked up The Simpsons for a further two years, taking the show though to Season 22.
44 episodes have been comissioned for the two series, meaning that the show will be close to breaking the big 500, with 493 episodes!
The Simpsons will also break more records, notably beating Gunsmoke as the longest running show (in years) and overtaking several shows by number of episodes. However, it will still be behind Lassie and Gunsmoke in number of episodes, with those shows having 588 and 633 respectively.
UK-based satellite channel Sky1 is to premiere a new episode of The Simpsons ahead of its U.S. airing for the first time ever!
Guardian.co.uk states that the Irish-themed episode, In the Name of the Grandfather, will air on St. Patrick's Day (March 17th). Nancy Cartwright (voice of Bart), Al Jean and James L Brooks will travel to Ireland for a special screening of the episode.
Starting from the next new episode on February 15th, Fox will begin airing The Simpsons in high-definition. It will also appear in a 16:9 (widescreen) aspect ratio. The opening titles will also be reanimated in HD, which could mean an entirely new opening sequence! Here's hoping they simply revamp it and not stray too far from the original sequence.
Sci-Fi Wire, the online magazine for the popular Sci-Fi Channel, has just recently done a very interesting story about how the Simpsons do a lot of references toward Star Wars. They have compiled an actual Top 10 list of these references..."The Simpsons is stuffed with references to science fiction, including zillions of allusions to one of the most popular futuristic mythologies of all time: George Lucas' Star Wars. The Lucas universe has intersected with the Groening universe countless times, and we've picked 10 of the funniest instances for your parody-loving enjoyment."
10) Season Eighteen: "Revenge Is a Dish Best Served Three Times"
9) Season Eighteen: "Please Homer Don't Hammer 'Em"
8) Season Fifteen: "Co-Dependent's Day"
7) Season Twelve: "Worst Episode Ever"
Continue for full list...
The Simpsons is leading the charge for the Writers Guild of America's (WGA) annual broadcasting awards, with five nominations.
OK, we're pretty late on this, but if you caught the latest Simpsons episode a fortnight ago, Homer and Lisa Exchange Cross Words, you will have seen the special crossword in the New York Times that Homer 'commisioned' to prove his love for Lisa. Well it's a real crossword that appeared in the paper the same day the episode aired!
Hallmark and its popular Keepsake Ornament line has released a brand new Simpsons ornament with sound. The ornament features Bart and Lisa sitting in from of the TV about to watch the Itchy & Scratchy show. When you press any of the buttoms on the TV the TV screen lights up and it plays the theme song to Itchy & Scratchy. The ornament, called TV Time, is only available at Hallmark stores for $20 and can be viewed online here.
OK enough about next year's THoH, here's the scoop on Treehouse of Horror XIX, airing November 2nd.
The opening scene has been leaked on YouTube. It's election day, and Homer tries to vote for Barack Obama. However, the machine is rigged and forces him to cast six votes for John McCain! Just as Homer is complaining - "I only meant one of those votes for McCain!" - the voting machine sucks him in to his death.
Watch the clip here! And hit continue for more details on the THoH episode.
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An upcoming site Planet Springfield has decided to close before opening, and the owner, Kane, has kindly donated some of its content to us.
We have 13 new wallpapers and 13 new images (ooh, unlucky) in the galleries. The pictures can be seen by clicking the "more" link below, and the wallpapers by clicking here.
I was thinking the other day how long it's been since I added any pictures to Simpson Crazy. So I got out my creative cap and put together a new set of classy wallpapers, each featuring a character with classic quote.
I finally got around to updating the Season 7 DVD guide with lots more details: includes special features, menu animations and more.
View the guide
I also updated the promo pictures page with a few new episodes.
View the promo gallery
A guide for the Season Six DVD has been added at last. It lists special features, 'Easter Eggs', and all the cool menu animations! Season Seven has been partially completed, but as I do not have this DVD yet it is not finished.
The Tracey Ullman shorts page has been finished finally! We now have en episode guide for all 48 shorts, where you can also download each episode.
Finally, the contests have been reset. Thing is, I kinda messed up the last one (long story...). I've decided to scrap the character contest and concentrate of the Secret Sound contest, which I have more enthusiasm for. Head on over to the Interactive page to enter the new Secret Sound contest!
It's been a long while since we made a content update, but we've got loadsa great stuff for you today!
First up, the song lyrics page has been totally revamped. The layout has been condensed so it is easier to see the songs - just click a song name to see the lyrics for that song. This will be merged with the music page (in downloads) over the next week or so, since both pages are very similar.
Simpsons Song Lyrics
More Ullman shorts have been added to our gallery: episodes 32 to 41 are up, and the remaining few will be up soon.
Tracey Ullman Shorts
The Itchy & Scratchy episode guide has been updated with episodes and appearances from the latest episodes. Other lists have also been updated:
Official Simpsons Websites
Homer says D'oh!
Newspaper headlines
Church Marquees
The promo pictures page has been updated with images from Season 16's episodes. We now have over 220 images in this gallery!
Promotional Images
And finally, the Secret Sound and Which Character contests have been updated; The previous answers were Simpson Tide (Secret Sound) and Roger Meyers, Jr. (Which Character). Matt Starr and Fredrik Larsson still reign supreme at the top of the leaderboards, but others are not far behind!
Play the new contests
Whew, that's everything! And we've got some more great stuff lined up soon, so keep your eyes peeled!
A seemingly small update, but it's taken me the last hour to mark the contests. The answers were: $pringfield (sound) and Captain McCallister (character). I have also made a page of the last six contest answers. New ones are now up, so go play!
Contests
Previous answers
We've got something very special for you today! We've gathered the best impressionists we could find to bring you a Simpsons fan-recording. Basically, it's a fan script acted out in the Simpsons voices by our impressionists.
None of the voices are perfect, but a couple are excellent. The recording quality also varies a bit, but we hope to work on this for future shows. Big thanks go to Poll aka OKC who has run the whole project, and chosen Simpson Crazy to host this file; and of course to the impressionists and everyone else involved in the show. Please let us know what you think!!
The Yellow Impression
Firstly, the DVD guide has been expanded and updated. It nows lists all the special features on the DVDs as well. More Easter Eggs have been discovered: I'm confident that we've got them all listed now, and a couple more animations were discovered. The guide is available from the Information page.
Furthermore, many new images have been added to the special gallery. It's too much trouble to list them here, but they're all marked on the page.
View the specials gallery
Yet more in-depth information pages have been added to our growing library: a guide to the Simpsons "Complete Season" DVDs. The Simpsons is a fun show, and the DVDs reflect this with lots of special features, cool animated menus and even hidden bonus material, more commonly known as "Easter Eggs". The section is split by DVD, and available from the information page or here:
Season 1 DVD
Season 2 DVD
Season 3 DVD
Season 4 DVD
Season 5 DVD
OTHER:
