Otto's look is based on former Simpsons writer Wallace Wolodarsky. In the commentary for "Bart the Daredevil", it is revealed that the writers planned to name him "Otto Mechanic", but the joke never appeared in an episode. His father being an admiral and their estrangement is a node to...
Bonus Holiday Podcast - What A Cartoon Movie - Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1990)0 Jan 15, 2025 Happy New Year! In case you didn't know, every month we release the premium podcast,What A Cartoon Movie. And, as we take a week off to rest and recharge, we're giving all of our li...
A running joke is that on The Simpsons, Futurama is a fictional cartoon show. On Futurama, however, it is The Simpsons that is a fictional cartoon show. Both shows crossed over in the comic book 2 parter Futurama Simpsons Infinitely Secret Crossover Crisis, and again in the 2 parter The...
Josh Weinstein, writer–executive producer, The Simpsons (1991–98): When Jim and Matt and Sam first assembled a group of actors for the show, they didn’t go for voice-over actors, people who did kids’ voices and cartoon shows. They went for real actors and actors who had a lot of...
World records set in the fictional universe ofThe Simpsonsare documented inThe Duff Book of Records– a publication created by Duff Beer in order to settle pub arguments. Sound familiar?! The book also has a spin-off TV series of the same name, hosted by Johnny Herelately. ...
Lisa: [laughing at an Itchy and Scratchy cartoon] Bart, you’re not laughing. Too subtle? Simpsons mocking itself Episode: 8F04, Homer Defined Krusty: I’m going to personally spit in every 50th Krusty Burger! Homer: I like those odds! Episode: the one when krusty gives away food based...
a classic funny animal book by writer/artist Stephanie Gladden, who drew early Simpsons comics and has since gone on to work for Cartoon Network and get a Harvey nomination for illustrating Paul Dini’s Jingle Bell. She also writes and draws her own webcomic, “Girls of Monster Paradise,”...
The government had previously tried several things, such as ordering that networks cut down on the number of foreign animated series being aired in 2000 and in 2004, passed a rule that would ensure that 60 percent of cartoon content came from Chinese studios.[10] The move was heavily ...
episode “April in Quahog,” informing Peter that “everyone’s special” before boasting about how cool it is to have sex while wearing sunglasses. The cartoon rocker also tells Peter that “if your wife ever tells you that you’re not special, punch her really hard right in her hepatitis...