Default! The two sweetest words in the English language!— Homer
Default! The two sweetest words in the English language!— Homer
Hey fans, the nominations for the 55th annual Writer's Guild Award were announced today with the Simpsons and Sex in City dominating with each recieving 3 nominations. The "Simpsons'" episodes "The Bart Wants What It Wants," "Blame It on Lisa" and "Jaws Wired Shut" were all nominated in the new animation category. Other shows in the field were King of the Hill as well as Futurama. Read the full story by Clicking Here.
With the Simpsons heading toward 300 episodes and it's agreement for 15 seasons, read all about Matt Groening's humble beginnings as a almost starving cartoonist and why he kept following his dream to get the Simpsons on the air by Clicking Here.
Hey fans, as we reported earlier, prime minister Tony Blair will be doing an episode of The Simpsons. "The plot will take Bart and his family on a trip to London. When they fly into the capital, they will be greeted by Princess Tone.
He will then personally drive them to their new time-share apartment in Bristol, where they will stay before returning to London two days later, hung-over but happy.
Then Tony will fly his special envoys to the Middle East, where they will avert war by forming a human shield around Saddam Hussein.
Sadie Frost will play herself." Read the full story by Clicking Here.
In products news, there is a big hype about Simpson mini-busts. Michael Crawford from MWC Toys reports that the mini busts will be similar to the busts just recently released for The Muppets. The first series is due out in August of this year and will include Marge, Homer, Bart and Lisa. Series 2 will have Apu, Moe, Burns and Comic Book Guy and is due out in October. The 3rd series, out in December will have Krusty, Ned, Sideshow Bob and Chief Wiggum. Price range is about $35.99 per bust. We'll keep you informed as more info on these products are released.
Hey fans, new episode tonight. After Marge gets robbed she decides to "buff up" and get even with her mugger. This is actually the 300th episode for The Simpsons but the Fox network has decided to make 02/16th episode be known as the 300th. Also, following this episode will be a special re-run of Large Marge.
Hey fans, The Museum of Television and Radio is celebrating the Simpsons 300th episode by having a panel discussion with Matt Groening, Al Jean, Dan Castellaneta, Yeardley Smith and Harry Shearer on Wendsday Feb. 12th. Click Here to see the PDF file made for the event.
As the 300th episode approaches, Entertainment Weekly has decided to review the episodes over the past 13 seasons and pick the top 25 (and 1 of the worst) in their opinion. Ranking at #1 is "Last Exit to Springfield" Don't agree?.. well EW says that they chose it as #1 because "Here's the thing: ''The Simpsons'' is all about subatomic degrees of brilliance. Is ''Last Exit'' that much better than ''Cape Feare'' or ''Duffless''? Not really. We can't tell you that it has the single best joke or visual gag in the show's history. But we can say that this episode is virtually flawless, the product of a series at the height of its creative powers -- when the satire was savage and relevant, when names like John Swartzwelder, George Meyer, and Conan O'Brien were relatively unknown, when Maude Flanders lived." ... and there you have it.
Ranking at #2 is "Rosebud" followed by "Care Feare" at #3. "Marge vs. the Monorail" hits #4 with "Homer's Phobia" at #5. The worst episode chosen was "Bart to the Future".. you know, the episode where Bart sees his future while at an Indian Casino. Well check out the FULL list as well descriptions of every episode at the EW website by Clicking Here.
Gamestop.com is now featuring a pre-order for the Environment of thr Military Antique Shop with Herman which is to come out in June. The set is going for $22.99 which is a pretty good price. We'll keep you informed as more information about future figures comes out.
