“Ah, my high school yearbook. You handsome devil . . . ‘I can’t believe I ate the whole thing’.” – Homer Simpsonr
This week we’ve got two links to pictures of Groening, one from just a few years ago, and one from way back when he was a squeaky voiced teen. In addition to that, we’ve got a lot of cool YouTube this week (including a couple of clever Simpsons/Lego ones), some excellent usage, a couple of good lists, and a True Detective/Simpsons drawing from a kid.
Enjoy.
A tale of two Springfields - Smooth Charlie’s Link of the Week is this article about a bar that may or may not be the inspiration for Moe’s. The link is worth the click just for the gawky pictures of high school Matt Groening.
LEGO® CUUSOO | The Simpsons | Kwik-E-Mart – Cool fan made Kwik-E-Mart, complete with squishee machine.
Simpsons: Evil Monk – This is a site with a bunch of comics that updates daily. There are a lot of Simpsons ones, and the McBain part at the link is quite funny.
The Simpsons’ Couch Gag in Lego Form | Graphic Policy – It’s the opening with heads and bodies mismatched from the Lego movie and the Simpsons Lego set. Cool:
Lego The Simpsons Short Film 60 Subscribers Special - On a similar theme, this came from our old friend Friz:
It could use better audio clip selection (happy to help!), but if they made a longer one I’d probably watch it.
LiveGaelic.com Video: St. Judes Recreate Classic Simpsons Moment - While I’m embedding YouTube videos, here’s some Irish people doing a hell of a live-action recreation of the garbage man song:
Watch This: ‘The Simpsons’ Couch Gag à la Française – Those episodes this week were awful, but the Chomet opening was pretty cool.
What ‘The Simpsons’ Have Taught Us About Life – Great list:
5.) AURORA BORREALIS CAN LOCALIZE ENTIRELY WITHIN YOUR KITCHEN!
Couple of good .gifs, too.
The 8 Best Simpsons References In Hip-Hop – Fantastic list with a lot of great rhymes, especially the song at #1.
Harriet M. Welsch, Scout Finch, and How to Be a Good Bad American Girl – Excellent references in The New Yorker about Lisa invoking both To Kill a Mockingbird and Harriet the Spy as meta-invocation of American girlhood.
The Simpsons: Krabappel of my eye – A nice encomium for Marcia Wallace.
8 Classic Episodes from The Simpsons, season 4 (and 14 memorable ones!) – Some love for Season 4.
Want secure software? Listen to Marge Simpson – Excellent usage:
When it comes to sourcing our security software, the great analyst Marge Simpson was right: “We can’t afford to shop at any store that has a philosophy” — whether that philosophy is about being designed by Apple in California, or many eyes, or freedom, or whatever hand-waving feelpinions people might proffer.
No, we don’t need a philosophy so much as need need science — or, more accurately, engineering.
Ay Caramba! Sawtelle Shop Black Market Salutes The Simpsons – Simpsons clothing on prominent display in Los Angeles.
TSTO Tricks – Official Launch! – One of the main writers over at tstogame.com has launched a second site that takes you through the entire game. That’s a hell of a lot of work, but looks very comprehensive.
Here We Grow Again – Speaking of tstogame.com, they’re looking for a few more writers. If you play the game and want to talk about it on-line, drop them a line.
5 Shows Everyone Would Like to See on Netflix – FOX will never allow that (at least not for years and years), but it would be pretty damned awesome.
FC Barcelona Get ‘Simpsons’ Treatment: Messi, Xavi, Iniesta and Neymar Featured – More Simpsonized soccer players.
The Simpsons 25th Anniversary Limited Edition Mega Set – Two hundred and twenty bucks ought to get you a lot of bendable Simpsons toys.
Simpsons Pewter Diorama - You can’t buy it or nothing, but that is pretty damned cool. (via @woohootriviaCHI)
No TV and No Beer Make Homer Something Something – A blog where the author gives up something each month. She’s on TV for March:
Reflection so far: Giving up TV is good. I find plenty of ways to entertain myself, and to be honest the only TV shows I’m hanging for once this month is up is Game of Thrones, and Supernatural (which I’m already a season behind on, and am waiting for the DVD…) That’s it. I think I want to keep our growing habit of having the radio on during dinner (and actually eating at the dining table instead of on the couch, for that matter) because we TALK now. Which is good. As much as I enjoy the Simpsons, I don’t need to watch it every day.
I try to watch one every day. Don’t always succeed, but that’s just how I was raised, damn it!
Homer-Apple – That always was a cool iPhone skin/case/whatever.
Enter GIFGIF – Lisa dancing to the Soul Mass Transit System.
I believe I can fly – We can all relate to this:
I haven’t been able to blog often because of work and, like I said earlier, gym time. Also, from now on please read gym as gime (Homer Simpson style) it’ll make all the times I mention the gym slightly more interesting (did you do it?).
I pretty much always read it as “gime” now. Once it’s in your head there’s no getting rid of it.
Rotisserie Chicken – they see me rollin’; they hatin’ – Jebus, that looks good, and bonus points for the .gif of Homer rotating his head with the spit.
With Matt Groening, Creator of The Simpsons – Groening has mastered the non-committal-famous-person-in-picture face.
Fashion Spotlight: Moe’s Where Everyone in Springfield Knows Your Name – I might buy one of those if they actually made them.
Homer Simpson is the ‘Yellow King!’ – I’ve still got a few episodes to go, but I will be very surprised if the bad guy turns out to be Dan Castellaneta.
Glennis Presents “The Simpsons Classics” On Facebook! – That San Francisco TV station that agrees with us by deliberately separating out Zombie Simpsons from their rerun pool has a “Programming Coordinator” who looks like she’s got a pretty Simpson heavy office. They would also like you to like them on Facebook, if that’s your thing.
