Tag Archives: The Simpsons

The Daily Beast reports: Secretary of State Mike Pompeo tweeted a GIF of Lisa Simpson sobbing and ripping up papers during House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s speech at the Democratic National Convention on Wednesday night. Pompeo had mocked Pelosi by tweeting the same clip in February shortly after Pelosi ripped up President Trump’s State of the Union speech. The clip comes …

Deadline Hollywood reports: The Simpsons got out a response to a Trump adviser’s swipe at Kamala Harris, Joe Biden’s new running mate. Jenna Ellis, senior legal adviser to the Trump campaign, tweeted on Wednesday, “Kamala sounds like Marge Simpson.” Harris had been making her first appearance with Biden since he selected her as running mate. In the new post by …

Slate reports: The Simpsons is pulling an episode featuring Michael Jackson’s voice, co-creator James L. Brooks said. “Stark Raving Dad,” which featured Jackson as the voice of a mental patient who believes that he is actually Michael Jackson, is, or has been, one of the show’s most beloved installments, coming in 10th in the Ringer’s 2017 ranking of its best …

The Hill reports: Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) compared the Democrats to know-it-all cartoon character Lisa Simpson in a Thursday appearance at the Conservative Political Action Conference. “The Democrats are the party of Lisa Simpson and Republicans are happily the party of Homer, Bart, Maggie and Marge,” Cruz said, referring to the other Simpson family member on long-running cartoon show “The …

Rolling Stone reports: The Simpsons‘ resident bartender Moe helped step up relief efforts for Puerto Rico following Hurricane Maria with a video that both raised money and trolled Donald Trump. In the minute-long video, Moe personally addressed San Juan mayor Carmen Yulin Cruz, who clashed with Trump in the aftermath of the devastating hurricane. Moe also subtly mocked Trump, who …

The Wrap reports: He may have won the White House, but Donald Trump apparently lost out on another coveted honor: voicing a character on “The Simpsons.” During the animated show’s San Diego Comic-Con panel on Saturday, a fan asked if the long-running Fox series has ever turned down a celebrity’s request to join the Springfield fray. After pausing for a …

Rolling Stone recaps: Donald Trump attempts to make a deal with former FBI director James Comey and is visited by Richard Nixon’s ghost in The Simpsons’ latest biting look into the Trump White House. The “125 Days” short opens with scandal surrounding the administration, as Trump’s closest advisors – Steve Bannon, Jared Kushner and Kellyanne Conway – all hang from …

Entertainment Weekly recaps: President Donald J. Trump is wrapping up his first 100 days in office, and while he will undoubtedly take a victory lap, The Simpsons would like to offer up more of a slap. Sean Spicer has quit/hanged himself, Kellyanne Conway is refusing to replace him as press secretary, Steve Bannon and Jared Kushner are choking each other, …

The Huffington Post recaps: “The Simpsons” takes aim at GOP nominee Donald Trump’s reportedly cozy relationship with Russian president Vladimir Putin in a new web short. Homer Simpson is about to vote for Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton at the polls when he becomes suspicious of a Red Sox fan in front of him in line. “Good businessman, never sleeps. Doesn’t …

Rolling Stone recaps: The Simpsons interrupted their summer vacation by posting a two-minute campaign ad that asks Springfield residents whether they would rather have Hillary Clinton or Donald Trump in the White House during a national crisis. While The Simpsons don’t flatly state “I’m With Her,” they’re extremely critical of Clinton’s opponent: Trump is shown in a luxurious bedroom, up …

Via Newsweek: For the first time ever, after some 26 years on the air, The Simpsons hit a new milestone for an animated series by going live on Sunday night. For three minutes, Homer Simpson—voiced by Dan Castellaneta—fielded phone calls from fans during both the East and West Coast broadcasts and offered his opinion on the U.S. presidential candidates. Well, …

After 27 seasons, Waylon Smithers finally comes out of the closet on Sunday’s episode of the The Simpsons. As it turns out, there’s a great inside story too. Eric Hegedus reports at the New York Post: Longtime show writer Rob LaZebnik tells The Post he penned the episode in support of his own 21-year-old son, Johnny, who is gay. “I …

The world has known Mr. Smithers is gay for more than a quarter-century, but he’s finally going to formally come out this season. Executive producer Al Jean: “In Springfield now, most people know he’s gay, but obviously Burns doesn’t. We deal with that in two episodes. We actually do a lot with Smithers this year; he gets fed up with …

“I can’t believe this was once on his ass.”

The Simpsons game Tapped Out has launched a pride month update in which players can spend their winnings (issued in donuts, naturally) to buy rainbow flags, a pride billboard, and even the famous gay steel mill. “We work hard, we play hard.” Donuts are also available for purchase with real money, of course. Learn more at the link. (Tipped by …

No-diddly-no! Via CNN: Harry Shearer, the voice of iconic “Simpsons” characters like Mr. Burns, is walking away from a $14 million offer and is saying farewell to the show. “As the Simpsons continues its 27th and 28th seasons, Harry Shearer will not be within the show,” showrunner Al Jean said in an email message to CNNMoney. Besides the evil Mr. …

Tomacco!

Actor Frank Sivero, best known for playing a mobster in Goodfellas, is suing The Simpsons for $250M over a character he claims is based on him. Mr. Sivero, who evidently wants it to be known that he is not a clown and not here to amuse you, has filed a lawsuit against Fox and the creators of “The Simpsons,” saying …

Friday night The Simpsons celebrated its 25th anniversary with a concert of the show’s most famous musical numbers at the Hollywood Bowl. The Los Angeles Gay Men’s Chorus performed Spider-Pig from The Simpsons Movie and the Emmy-nominated We Do (The Stonecutters’ Song) from the classic 1995 episode, Homer The Great.