Fans of The Simpsons have been left shocked by how the voice of Mr. Burns sounds in the latest season of the show. The FOX series has been running for more than three decades, and as a result much of the voice cast have gotten considerably older than when the first season aired. Mr.Burns hasn’t always been … Read more
Sorry, Larry! “The Simpsons” viewers were shocked when the series unexpectedly killed off Larry “The Barfly” Dalrymple. And now co-executive producer Tim Long is reacting to the aftermath. According to TMZ, Long and the creative team behind the long-running sitcom wanted Larry’s death to hit the audience hard. Despite him not having a major role, … Read more
There’s an empty barstool at Moe’s Tavern. Fox’s long-running sitcom “The Simpsons” killed off one of its familiar characters Sunday night — Larry the Barfly. Larry, who was often seated next to his friend Sam, was (a fictional) 42 years old. While casual fans might not know the balding man by name, Larry has had … Read more
The Simpsons has been around for an impressive 35 seasons, which means many of us have grown up on the much-loved American cartoon. Despite spending many afternoons binge-watching the show, there is one little detail that some fans have only just started to wonder. Why in 35 years have any of the main characters not aged? The … Read more
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In all of our years binge-watching “The Simpsons” as young teens, never before have we thought too much about why the iconic characters are bright yellow. Until now. According to the much-loved US animation’s creator, Matt Groening, there is a good reason why Homer, Marge, Bart, Lisa and Maggie (and every other character on the show for … Read more
Be mine at TV time. Whether you’re snuggling up with your love, spending some time on yourself or opting to eat in to avoid the crowds, your favorite television characters can keep you company on this minor holiday. With only so many stories to be told, shows need as much inspiration as they can to … Read more
The “Simpsons” is truly a Vision-ary series. The world’s most clairvoyant cartoon has done it again. This time the Matt Groening-created animated comedy has been credited with forecasting the rise of the Vision Pro, Apple’s much-hyped virtual reality headset that is currently blowing up the tech sphere. “The Simpson predicted the future .. Yet again,” … Read more
Easily offended sensibilities and hand-wringing over every pop culture moment seem to characterize the times we’re living in, but such battles have been brewing for centuries. In his new book, “Outrageous: A History of Showbiz and Culture Wars,” Kliph Nesteroff looks at nearly 200 years of controversies to help us understand the present moment. In … Read more
After 35 seasons, “The Simpsons” appears to have released its iron grip on one of the beloved animated series’ longest-running gags. “Times have changed,” Homer Simpson announces to wife Marge in Episode 3 of the current batch, referencing the portly patriarch’s penchant for strangling son Bart. Making its debut on Fox in late 1989, cartoonist … Read more
A chance encounter between Adam Sandler and Dan Patrick at a Knicks game led to decades of friendship and collaboration. Beginning with “The Waterboy” in 1998, Patrick — the iconic sportscaster who was a fixture at ESPN and later hosted NBC’s “Sunday Night Football” coverage — has appeared in more than 10 of Sandler’s movies. … Read more
D’oh! Merriam-Webster surprised fans of “The Simpsons” by adding the word “cromulent” to the dictionary as part of the most recent update, making it official with the made-up term that first appeared in a 1996 episode of the game-changing animated show. A synonym for acceptable or satisfactory, the word joins an array of popular slang … Read more
Japan’s Prime Minister has eaten fish from the ocean off the Fukushima coast to dispel safety concerns amid an escalating row over the release of radioactive water — sparking comparisons with The Simpsons. Fumio Kishida and three of his ministers sat in front of cameras in the PM’s Tokyo office on Wednesday for a meal … Read more
This “Simpsons” prediction was no laughing matter. Conspiracy theorists have been torched online after crediting the seemingly clairvoyant cartoon with foretelling a wild and unfounded theory concerning the Hawaii wildfires. Tinfoil-hatted social media denizens detailed this outlandish allegation of life imitating art on social media amid the natural disaster in Lahaina, Maui, which has claimed … Read more
It seems that once again “The Simpsons” has predicted the future. In the past, the animated TV show has seemingly prophesied bizarre historical events which actually came to pass, such as Donald Trump’s 2024 presidential run and the death of Queen Elizabeth ii. This time, the show may have predicted the disappearance of the OceanGate … Read more
¡Ay Caramba! Simpsons star Nancy Cartwright — the longtime voice of Bart Simpson — has been honored for donating at least $21 million to the Church of Scientology, according to a new report. Cartwright, who has voiced the young rascal in the Fox hit for more than 30 years, has long been a fervent follower of … Read more
Hank Azaria, 59, opened up about voicing “The Simpsons” Apu Nahasapeemapetilon as a white man on the latest episode of NPR’s podcast “Code Switch.” Apu is a recurring Indian-American character in the show who runs the Kwik-E-Mart convenience store, which often keeps him from his wife and eight children. Azaria was first publicly called out … Read more
This may be the one time a Jerry Springer horror show didn’t refer to a guest on his long-running program. The legendary broadcaster — who died from pancreatic cancer Thursday — appeared in a particularly memorable “Treehouse of Horror” episode of Matt Groening’s ever-clairvoyant animated series “The Simpsons.” His voice cameo popped up in the … Read more
With the help of audio processing, a die-hard “The Simpsons” fan has unearthed never-before-heard audio — and, in turn, revealed another joke. In a Season 3 episode, Homer is taking his son, Bart, to the boy’s first-ever rock concert, but the buffoonish dad’s tinnitus, or ear ringing, drowns out a warning from his wife, Marge. Now, … Read more
The D’oh-racle of comedy cartoons has done it again. “The Simpsons” is notorious for making eerily accurate “predictions,” but this time they might’ve executed a prophetic twofer. Social media users are attributing the clairvoyant cartoon with foretelling two unrelated current events — former President Donald Trump’s arraignment and Greta Gerwig’s “Barbie” movie hysteria — in … Read more