Silly customer. You cannot hurt a Twinkie!— Apu
Silly customer. You cannot hurt a Twinkie!— Apu
Hey fans, USC's OJR (Online Journal Review) has taken some time to interview actor, author, director, comedian, musician, political satirist, multimedia artist and radio personality, Harry Shearer. We may know him as the voice of Mr. Burns, Smithers, Ned Flanders, Dr. Hibbert and many more of our favorite Simpson characters. The interview talks about Shearer's movie "The Teddy Bear Picnic" as well as a few references to our favorite show. You can read the Full Interview by Clicking Here.
Well we've seen it once and it's happening again fans, the Simpsons are claimed as being anti-Gypsy by the group in Hungary. Will they ever learn that it's a show, a skit, a comedy? "
In a letter to the ViaSat3 commercial channel, Hungary's minority ombudsman said one episode of the satirical animated show featured a Roma character who proves his ethnic origin to a school inspector by saying: "I will drink your blood."
"In this scene, one of the characters declares Roma and vampires as borderline cases, and ... suggests the Roma in general cannot conform to social rules and expectations," Jeno Kaltenbach wrote in the letter dated November 25. " Read the full story by Clicking Here.
Hey again fellow fans, some interesting news from teentelevision.com. With the popular ratings of the MTV hit The Osbournes, MTV has decided to take the next step and make the family into an animated show. With Sharon Osbournes current battle with cancer and an uncertain 3rd season cause of it, MTV may see this as the future of the Osbournes on the network. The network is comparing the soon to be animated family to The Simpsons. "The source further reveals that the program producers believe the family perfectly matches the characters in the Simpsons - with Ozzy and Sharon as Homer and Marge, whereas Kelly is tipped for a Bart type role. " Can an animated Osbourne family compare to the Simpsons? We think not. Read the full story here.
Hey fans, the new Previews of Diamond Comics and Toys is in and we've got a great list of updates with images for you. The first up is the new Plush Simpson Toys by Applause. Appluase is known for really soft plush toys for really small kids. There are going tobe two types released, ones with sound and ones without. You can also read the Applause Toys Press Release about these toys by clicking here.
Next up n our list are these cool new Tin Toys from Rocket USA. Rocket USA is known for releasing already great Simpson items such as the wind-up Homer, Krusty-in-the-box, the clickers and more. These two new items are really fun interactive toys. The first lets you push Scratchy to see how hard he can hit the meter so Itchy rings the bells. The second item is a wind-up tim pool game with Homer and Moe. 
Finally we have the new 9inch Faces of Springfield figures. This item was a Target stores exclusive but Playmates has not decided to do that with Series 2. For now we know that the series 2 will have Barney and Moe, no word on a 3rd figure (as with Series 1 there were 3). We'll keep you updated as more information about these and other great items come out.
Hey there party people. If you're still searching for some fun stuff to buy as gifts or just for fun for the holidays, Spencers Gifts once again dishes out some very cool items. The first is a little wild, it's a 50 inch tall talking, moving Santa Homer. This is sort of like a MUCH larger version of the 12 inch one we mentioned earlier. The price for this Homer goes for $149.99 and is definately a holiday please. Next up for the ladies are some new Marge slippers. Marge's face goes across the top of these soft slippers. They go for $14.99 and make a great gift. Also.. before we let you go, Barnes and Nobles stores are carrying Simpsons Christmas cards. The most we've seen is a pack where it has bart in the front with the words "Jingle Bells, Batman Smells, Robin Laid an Egg..", a classic line from the very first Simpsons episode, the Christmas special. Have fun shoppers.
Hey fans, a brand new episode was on tonight featuring the Simpsons on Reality TV, due to a little Russian Termite problem. The episode is great, make sure to catch such things as the great King of the Hill parody, the return of Bill Cosby (not the real one) and special Guest Voice Star David L. Lander which plays his classic character Squiggy from the show LaVerne and Shirley.
Hey party people, Playmates has released the very first images of the next Playset being released after the Courthouse. The new one will be Bart's Treehouse with Military Bart (from one of the first episodes of the show). Remember that Playmates is no longer releasing the environments at 2 at a time. The courthouse will be released separate from this one and visa-versa.
On a side note from this first look, you can now also pick up gift wrapping and gift bags for all your holiday gifts. You can find these items at Carlton Cards as well as Spencer's Gifts ranging from $3-$4 an item.
Hey collectors, we've a cool new thing for your already empty wallets.. at least we know we're pretty low in the dough with all the new items coming out. While browsing around the Spencer's Gifts we found this great new Simpsons Pool Stick. This full-sized, hard wood pool stick is manufactured by DMI Sports. The lower portion of the stick has many images of Homer and "Doh!" written next to a few of them. Lower down there is a Simpsons logo. Full licensed by Fox this item is a great collectors piece for all of you who play pool. These sticks are priced at $19.99 and well worth the cost.
It was close, but the Pennsylvania miners wound up besting the Martin & Lewis story in Sunday's battle of the 9-11 p.m. original telefilms. And for all the sweep specials, Fox's 8 p.m. mainstay, "The Simpsons," was still the most-watched program overall Sunday. "Simpsons" combined with an NFL overrun helped Fox win the night in the adults 18-49 demo (a 5.9 rating/14 share), while ABC prevailed in viewers (15.6 million), according to preliminary estimates from Nielsen Media Research. "Simpsons" averaged 17.5 million viewers and a 7.9/18 in adults 18-49, which carried the day for Fox despite the significant slide registered at 8:30 p.m. by "King of the Hill" (13.1 million, 5.9/13) and at 9 p.m. by "Malcolm in the Middle" (9.9 million, 4.2/9). (Cynthia Littleton).
Hey fans, the second set of three Simpsons Illuminated Christmas Ornaments have been shipped by the Bradford Exchange. The new 3 ornaments are "MMM...Christmas Cookies." Homer kneels next to the fireplace, eating up the plate of cookies left behind for Santa. "Sno-mer Simpson." Bart builds a snowman closely resembling Homer. The snowman is even holding two cans of Duff Beer. and "Slippity-Doh! Do." Bart and Lisa look on as Homer, laden with packages, slips on the ice.
