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9 February 2012

Mike Scully Wants To Die

scullyThe Hollywood Reporter did a "big cover story about The Simpsons in honor its meaningless milestone of having churned out a certain number of product. Former showrunner Mike Scully used the occasion to share his death wish with the nation.
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helen lovejoyThe Country of Iran has taken the unprecedented step of banning the foreign import of Simpsons dolls, thereby throwing a wrench in peace negotiations and putting the entire international community in mortal jeopardy.   More »

rag timeJudging from the feedback on the internet, "the rag episode" represents yet another low point for the series.  More »

matt groening dollSimpson creator Matt Groening went to Egypt to check out the pyramid and he foolishly ignored all the hieroglyphic warnings and trespassed into the forbidden zone when all of a sudden The Mummy appeared and cast a big curse on him. As karmic retribution for all his brazen merchandising and capitalist crimes, Mr. Groening was turned into a piece of merchandise himself, how ironic. Now he is no longer human, he is just a doll and can't do human things anymore, rip.  More »

adult swim logoFox hired a guy from Adult Swim to find out how to better compete with Adult Swim and his solution was for Fox to make their own Adult Swim. Brilliant!  More »

Would you like to watch all 500 Simpsons episodes in a row? Find out how!  More »

The National, an English-language newspaper in the United Arab Emirates, called Simpsons creator Matt Groening "one weird creature" for no apparent reason.   More »

Well here we are at the end of yet another year, and The Simpsons is still on the air, and will remain so for the forseeable future. Here are the top twenty Simpsons-related stories of the year, as reported by IN THE NEWS, considered by some to be the very best, most intrepid Simpsons news source in the known universe....  More »

Twenty-two years ago today, America got its first taste of The Simpsons stretched out to 22 minutes with the premiere of the show's Christmas special, "Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire." Check out this early review...   More »

family guyHoly crap, Lois! Remember the time when Family Guy writer Patrick Meighan got sent to the slammer for the heinous crime of occupying Los Angeles? What the deuce??? He set up a blog to share his ordeal.   More »

Matt Groening has returned to The Simpsons, and he's making some MAJOR, DRASTIC CHANGES to the show. We have the EXCLUSIVE details.   More »

Artist JK Keller created an intense video manipulation of The Simpsons entitled Realigning My Thoughts on Jasper Johns that will break your browser and possibly your mind if you try to watch the whole piece.  More »

james l. brooksSimpsons producer James L. Brooks thinks the iPhone's Siri application is a "troubling plot" against mankind.  More »

funtendoThe name of Modern Simpsons's devastating Nintendo "parody," Funtendo, has been hijacked for a breakout box, whatever that is.  More »

Will Herman Cain's strategy of quoting movies based on cartoon franchises win him the Republican nomination?  More »

homer streetcarAlan Sepinwall is a big-time TV critic whose opinions are highly revered by the industry. When he talks, people listen. Well, recently he set his sights on The Simpsons and wrote a DEVASTATING TAKEDOWN of the latest episode. Just peep these biting excerpts...  More »

If you like Tim & Eric, but don't want to bother watching a new episode of The Simpsons to see their guest appearance, I've got you covered.  More »

ojIn a shocking admission, Kardashian family matriarch Kris Jenner revealed in a new memoir that she could have saved Nicole Brown Simpson, the late wife of former Hertz spokesman OJ Simpson, from her alleged murder had it not been for her meddling kids.  More »

meanwhile...Here, without commentary, is a list of actual subplots from recent episodes of The Simpsons, as summarized by Wikipedia:   More »

mutation caught at ol fishin holeLiterally, like, for reals.  More »