I can remember a time when I used to get excited about a new Simpsons season. I didn't even bother to tune in for this season premiere, for the 2nd or 3rd or 8th time. I did however catch the above, the second episode of the 21st season ("Bart Gets a Z"), and wow, it had a glimmer of a hope when the kids decide to get Krabapel drunk, but then what the damn hell ass happened?
Krabapel never figured out she had been drugged by the class, a class with Bart Simpson in it...puh-lease. And frankly, I just stopped really watching. I mean it was on, but I decided to read my homework instead. Homework!? Is this how bad it's getting?
Maybe it's time to think about putting the Simpsons out to pasture...oh, wait, I just watched the ending. The new teacher freaking out and yelling "I hate children" is just stupid. Ok, the indigo pony line is almost funny. And maybe he hit on a truth with the line about life being only bearable with alcohol. Sadly, I believe I will need to be drunk in order to enjoy a new Simpsons.
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I can remember a time when I used to get excited about a new Simpsons season. I didn't even bother to tune in for this season premiere, for the 2nd or 3rd or 8th time. I did however catch the above, the second episode of the 21st season ("Bart Gets a Z"), and wow, it had a glimmer of a hope when the kids decide to get Krabapel drunk, but then what the damn hell ass happened?
Krabapel never figured out she had been drugged by the class, a class with Bart Simpson in it...puh-lease. And frankly, I just stopped really watching. I mean it was on, but I decided to read my homework instead. Homework!? Is this how bad it's getting?
Maybe it's time to think about putting the Simpsons out to pasture...oh, wait, I just watched the ending. The new teacher freaking out and yelling "I hate children" is just stupid. Ok, the indigo pony line is almost funny. And maybe he hit on a truth with the line about life being only bearable with alcohol. Sadly, I believe I will need to be drunk in order to enjoy a new Simpsons.
I don't know if you have been keeping up with the news lately, but there was some hub-bub over signing on the original cast for the illustrious return of episodic Futurama. I mean, can you imagine Bender not voiced by John DiMaggio?
This is what he looks like in real-life, in case you were wondering...
Anyhoo, by the end of July, it seems that salary issues were resolved, and as of this writing, we will be getting new Futurama with the real cast including Katey Sagal, Billy West, Maurice LaMarche, Lauren Tom, Tress MacNeille, Phil LaMarr and the aforementioned DiMaggio.
Did she think there was any chance they would replace the cast? "Well... first of all, I think it would be very hard to find five people to replace us. I think that it would have been a very different show. The fanbase for Futurama is so fiercely loyal; that's why we're back, because of the fanbase. And I think they were upset, really upset that the voices would be different.
"I don't think you can replace Billy West. I don't think you can replace John DiMaggio. But I'm sure they got submissions; I'm sure they got people that, you know, thought they could do that."
Recasting the voices of Futurama would lead to riots in the street...at least, my street.
Sagal also mentioned that they were having their first table reading last week. That is just too exciting, and it also means that we should be seeing new episodes in about a year. Huzzah!
Ok, one, not a fan of this ad. The video game renditions of the "Gillette champs" are, well, kinda creepy, especially the Federer character. Not to mention this ad is annoying. I am not keen on this ad campaign, despite being a golfer and a tennis player and a chick that shaves her legs
You may have run across an earlier post regarding our beloved Nancy Cartwright, otherwise known as the voice of Bart Simpson, being a Scientologist and donating a very large sum of money to that crazy Thetan-wanting cause.
Now, it seems that Cartwright is using her talents to directly appeal to those who may be crazy enough to attend a Scientology function. Check it out
Oh, I am not upset. And my post is more in jest, than anger. I am just tired of "celebrity endorsements." Does anyone actually allow themselves to be influenced by actors?
Hillary is already such a divisive candidate. And Barbra Streisand is not exactly a strong endorsement, in my opinion, or perhaps too "strong" as in working against rather than for. Rather akin to Jane Fonda, in the eyes of most Americans.
Funny, NPR's Talk of the Nation is going to talk about this very same topic right now.
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I couldn't agree with you more. He seems to put about as much weight in the grammy as Lisa does emmy's.