Robert Lopez, the Tony Award-winning songwriter of Avenue Q and Book of Mormon, has written an original song that will be used in the April 29th episode of The Simpsons. This comes almost nine years to day of the last time The Simpsons featured a completely new song that was not a parody (the last was during season 14's "Dude, Where's My Ranch?), which is pretty crazy, considering how big music was to the earlier seasons of the show. The song will be sung by guest-star Steve Coogan, who will play a cruise ship entertainment director who, "entertains the ship's passengers with a song that causes Bart to [...]
Last night, for the 22nd straight year, dating back to 1990, The Simpsons aired its annual Treehouse of Horror episode. The results were, well, a little underwhelming, as you'll soon see below. What's below, you may ask? Well, I've ranked all 66 segments from every Treehouse episode, including last night's, from worst to first, with a plot description, reason for said ranking, and a memorable quote. If you just want to read the quote part and look at the pretty pictures, I totally get that.
So, brew up a Skittlebrau using the candy you'd have otherwise used for trick or treaters, and let's do this.
The cast of The Simpsons are prepared to take a substantial pay cut, although not one as bad as the rumored 45% slashing. The actors still won't get a cut of the show's back end profits, despite Harry Shearer's request for their share of merchandising glory (money).
It's pretty clear that the cast members want to keep their jobs on The Simpsons, and we know the producers are game. The big decision's all on you, Fox: do we get one more season, or two?
The Simpsons has been around for ages, and its characters have become deeply engrained in popular culture. Even secondary characters such as Groundskeeper Willie and Milhouse Van Houten are better known than the main characters in most other sitcoms. However, there are many, many characters, some recurring and some seen only once, voiced by people who aren’t in the show’s supremely talented cast: guest stars.
Guest stars have played a large role in The Simpsons since nearly the beginning of the show, but how the show has used them has changed drastically over the years. Looking at the use of guest stars over so long gives a good glimpse [...]
What do the Chicago Tribune, Netflix, and Rolling Stone have in common? They all used the event of Bart Simpson's birthday last week to promote themselves. Normally, I have no problem with Simpsons-related tweets, even for selfish reasons (I've posted almost 3,000 of them myself), but the thing is, Bart's birthday wasn't last week. All three of the above tweeted a Bart birthday post, and in doing so, they helped propagate a lie.
Maybe "lie" is too harsh a word, as it implies intent or even malice. The word "misinformation" is more apt. On Wednesday, the Twitter collective somewhat randomly decided that it was Bart Simpon's 32nd birthday. [...]
