‘SIMPSONS’ NEWS FROM COMIC-CON
07.28.09
I know that all the “Simpsons” fans out there don’t really care about the show any more, but I’m still a fan of the annual “Treehouse of Horror” episode. And the 20th installment of the Halloween special in the animated series’ upcoming 21st season sounds promising:
[Creator Matt] Groening cued a very cool black and white sequence that felt like the new “Treehouse”‘s opening titles, which paid homage to Psycho and all things Hitchcock with Lisa chasing Bart through the Bates’ residence and encountering Mrs. Skinner as Norman’s mother.
The next clip was a short, but spot-on parody of Zack Snyder’s Dawn of the Dead, depicting the Simpsons dodging a zombie horde of Springfield residents while trying to get into Apu’s zombie bulldozer/Humvee hyrbrid. Apu runs over Moleman and literally leaves nothing but Moleman’s brains and eyes behind as the car peels off. [IGN]
So, okay, not the most exciting news, but I’m allowed to have the occasional nostalgia post. After all, Treehouse of Horror V is my favorite “Simpsons” episode of all time. It’s got The Shinning, Time and Punishment, and Nightmare Cafeteria, plus the lyrics to “One” from A Chorus Line changed to describe a fog turning people inside out. Hell, I named this blog after a line from that episode. So, yeah. Treehouse of Horror: Respeck.
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Frank Grimes: Best. Episode. Ever. Talk about when the Simpsons was funny makes me sad. It’s like looking at a once hot supermodel who went and selfishly got herself pregnant thereby ruining all that was once great.
“I knew I shouldn’t have stopped for that haircut.”
really? No love for the beer baron? “ooh kablaoee…sorry marge, must have been that bean I ate.”
I live my life by “To alcohol, the cause of and solution to life’s problems”
But those choices were all worthy.
The best Simpsons episode will always be Homer’s Triple Bypass. The shot of Homer’s “replacement” at the nuclear plant is priceless.
The best Simpsons episode ever is hands down Marge vs. the Monorail, and anyone who disagrees gets the “glove-slap” and a call to duel.
I hope they realized Dawn of the Dead was a remake.
I loved when Willie busted in to save the day a second time and gets the axe in the back from Skinner…capped that Treehouse off nicely.
/Picks up his “Sloppy Jimbo”
What Ufford’s typed is a window into his madness.
(Add 1 vote for Homer At The Bat)
“Let us all bask in television’s warm glowing warming glow.”
Indeed Ufford, indeed.
The Frogurt is also cursed.
When you’re discussing the best Simpsons episode of all time, you better not disrespect the late Frank Grimes. He lives above a bowling alley below another bowling alley!
Don’t blame me, I voted for Kodos
Oh, and “You go squish now!”
Still the best show on television.
I mean, other than “Daisy of Live”.
Fuck yeah Bryan Powers!
“No beer and no TV make Homer something something.”
“Go crazy?”
“Don’t mind if I do!”
warming glow!
/just got it.
Give me Treehouse of Horror VI. Lousy Smarch weather!
Mmmm….erotic cakes.
My fucking god is that picture horrific.
“It’s like we’re eating Uter, and he’s in our stomachs right now!”