Tag: The Simpsons
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‘The Simpsons’ Episode That Personifies the Show’s Golden Age
It’s hard to argue with the logic that The Simpsons is one of the best television shows of all time, and one of the longest running too. The Simpsons dominated culture in the 1990s and changed the landscape of comedy, animation, and television forever. While the series has continued to produce new episodes for over…
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This ‘Friends’ Character Saved the Show’s Final Season
Friends had an incredibly impressive run on NBC for 10 seasons, and the show has only spiked in popularity ever since it hit syndication and streaming platforms. The staggering popularity of Friends in the years that have passed since its finale can be best attributed to the show’s consistency of quality. Shows like Seinfeld or…
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The Most Underrated ‘The Simpsons’ Character Is This Guy
Lists of fan-favorite characters from The Simpsons often include Mr. Burns, Cheif Wiggum, Moe Szyslak, Seymour Skinner, Krusty the Clown, and, of course, the members of the eponymous family. After 34 years on the air, the residents of Springfield have come to feel like family; almost all of them have received at least one episode…
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Siskel and Ebert Voiced Themselves (and Sang!) in This Cartoon
There are no two film critics as well-known as Gene Siskel and Roger Ebert. The famed hosts of At the Movies spent over twenty years together reviewing movies, advocating upcoming filmmakers, and making their own picks for the winners of the Academy Awards. They appeared on talk shows, reviewed an episode of Saturday Night Live…
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This Is the Best ‘The Simpsons’ Character to Only Appear Once
The Simpsons is a timeless work of comedy. In its Golden Age, it employed some of the most gifted comedy minds in the business, from Conan O’Brien to the elusive John Swartzwelder. Alongside them were a variety of excellent performers, like Hank Azaria, Harry Shearer, and the late, great Phil Hartman. It is very rare…
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When ‘Friends’ Killed Off ‘Murder, She Wrote’
Television in the 1990s would be a decade that revolutionized sitcoms and dramas. The Simpsons spoofed a typical family comedy, while Twin Peaks descended a soap opera into dark surrealism. Never was that more clear than when a long-running mystery show confronted this new reality with an emerging sitcom. Murder, She Wrote ran from 1984…
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‘Disenchantment’ Deserves Just As Much Love As ‘The Simpsons’ & ‘Futurama’
We should all be thankful that we live in a world where Matt Groening is creating art, giving us one fantastic series after another in shows like The Simpsons, Futurama, and Disenchantment. Wait… what do you mean you’ve never watched Disenchantment? You know, Groening’s latest animated series that takes place in medieval times, has the…
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‘The Simpsons’: 10 Best Seasons, Ranked
The Simpsons isn’t just the greatest animated series of all-time; it’s a pop culture encyclopedia that has changed the way that audiences view television, animation, comedy, and what a “long running” show actually looks like. The Simpsons has broken so many cultural barriers throughout its run that it would be almost impossible to name them…
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We’d Never Have ‘The Simpsons’ if It Weren’t for This Comic Strip
Everyone knows that The Simpsons is what made Matt Groening one of the most iconic names in animation history, but he actually got his start writing a weekly comic strip titled Life in Hell. This comic ran from 1977 to 2012 and, for decades, was the purest way to tap into Groening’s biting, satirical sense…
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What ‘The Simpsons’ Could Learn From ‘Futurama’s Countless Revivals
Matt Groening’s groundbreaking animated series The Simpsons is one of the greatest of all time, running for decades on end with loads of the same creative talent still working on the show behind the scenes. But his other show, Futurama, has one thing over its vibrant and Earthly counterpart. Futurama has had the opportunity to…