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The A.V. Clubs Ranks the "10 Most Representative Episodes" of 'The Simpsons'

by | November 28th, 2012

As part of The A.V. Club's ongoing series "TV Club 10," they tried to rank the 10 most "representative" episodes of The Simpsons today, choosing a string of episodes that best summarize the show. These aren't what they find to be the best episodes; they're the ones that best sum up everything the show can do (and can't do). With 500+ episodes to choose from, it's a rather daunting task (The A.V. Club calls it a "fool's errand"), but here's their list:

  • "The Way We Was" (Season 2)
  • "Lisa's Substitute" (Season 2)
  • "Marge Vs. the Monorail" (Season 4)
  • "Last Exit to Springfield" (Season 4)
  • "Bart Vs. Australia" [...]
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Larry the Cable Guy Denies His Jar Jar Binks-ness

by | September 2nd, 2011

Feel free to read the Larry The Cable Guy A.V. Club Interview in it's entirety to get an in-depth look at Dan Whitney's influences, new History Channel show Only In America and thoughts on dropping character. Or you can read this pull quote about his Cars 2 character: "The dumbest statement I read this year was, 'Congratulations, Pixar, [Cars 2 character] Mater is your Jar Jar Binks.' I just want to confront the guy and go, 'Yeah, did Jar Jar Binks make $10 million of merchandise sales?'” Either way, we can all agree on one thing: both Cars 2 and The Phantom Menace made more money than [...]

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