The Simpsonshas heavily influenced popularcultureand other television series. The characters’ voices are widely recognized, and many of the characters’neologismsand catchphrases (such as Homer’s “D’oh!”) have entered common currency. Moreover, the show branched out to include comic books, vi...
(This episode, like so many Simpsons things, did it first.) This is all mirrored by wordless sequences depicting the Simpson family’s prehistoric ancestors, rendered in an entirely different animation style that calls to mind cave etchings, as well as primordial Simpsons designs. (Bart and Lis...
Thefilmwas directed and written byBrad Bird, whose previous credits included the television showThe Simpsonsand the filmThe Iron Giant(1999).Craig T. Nelsonprovided the voice of Bob Parr, also known as the superhumanly strong Mr. Incredible, andHolly Hunterplayed his wife, Helen, who used her...
Donkey Kong's appearance in the Simpsons episode. At the Noiseland arcade, Donkey Kong is shown sitting under a banner declaring that on Friday he can be met in person, but no one seems to be coming to see him. The Manager walks by and says, "Sorry Donkey Kong, you're just not a...
Watch the Smashing Pumpkins on the 'Homerpalooza' Episode of 'The Simpsons' Rounding out the lineup would beCypress Hill, the genre-bending hip-hop group from Los Angeles. "In the past, I was very skeptical about doing certain things, especially us in cartoon form,"revealedCypress Hill memb...
Watch the Smashing Pumpkins on the 'Homerpalooza' Episode of 'The Simpsons' Rounding out the lineup would beCypress Hill, the genre-bending hip-hop group from Los Angeles. "In the past, I was very skeptical about doing certain things, especially us in cartoon form,"revealedCypress Hill memb...
The Emmy-winning episode “The Seemingly Never-Ending Story” hides a story inside a story, a bag of gold in a cave, and enough origin tales to qualify as a hastily buried treasure. It begins with a Simpsons family nature walk. When Homer tries to get a souvenir piece of stalactite from...
With some of the most whip-smart people in the writers' room, The Simpsons episode titles are weird, brilliant, and a cultural encyclopedia - just like the show is. Standouts: “The Crepes of Wrath” “Revenge Is a Dish Best Served Three Times” “D’Oh-in in the Wind...
This style of gag informed the themes of the bulk of our comedy culture, ranging from Saturday Night Live to The Simpsons to Strangers With Candy. To properly honor his centennial, we at The Comics Journal thought it would be a good idea to dedicate the week to examining his work. Thus,...
That Hill Street Blues introduced multiple plotlines into primetime, a technique developed in Twin Peaks, ER, etc., that each episode of The Simpsons abounds with allusions, and that reality shows enact "elaborately staged group psychology experiments"--all signal the evolution of programming from ...