Oct 19
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We’re about eight months into the coronavirus pandemic and, improbably, people are still arguing about whether or…
Oct 13
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It’s established Simpsons canon that Homer likes to talk through his thought process while voting, and also that he…
Sep 24
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Season 32 of The Simpsons will premiere on Fox this Sunday, the first new episode to air since the show announced…
Aug 19
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Let’s not dilly-dally: Here’s M83’s massive single “Midnight City,” only the distinctive musical refrain is now just …
Aug 18
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An oral history of a scene that’s also an oral history of a meme? How delightfully devilish, MEL. This piece on The…
Aug 14
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Marge Simpson (Julie Kavner) tries her best to stay out of politics (unless, of course, she’s the mayor of…
Aug 4
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Back at the end of June, the cartoon industry faced a bit of a reckoning with the number of white actors playing…
Jul 27
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Former Simpsons composer Alf Clausen’s lawsuit against Gracie Films, 20th Century Fox, and the show’s new owners at…
Jul 2
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Earlier this week, Wired posted a deep dive on YouTube into every single job Homer Simpson has ever undertaken over…
Jun 26
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The Simpsons and Family Guy are now the two latest shows to address the issue of white actors playing non-white…
Jun 23
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The Simpsons has had an immeasurable impact on our culture, but, not content to leave it at that, there are people…
Jun 17
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The shelf-life of memes can be terribly perilous things. One day, you’re on top of the world, right up there with…
Jun 15
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For the last 25 years, we’ve yearned to try Lee Carvallo’s Putting Challenge, the most exciting new video game of…
Jun 11
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In eras past, humanity bent its will toward the creation of towering monuments and intricately detailed art. Now,…
May 28
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Our long national nightmare is over: As of this writing, Disney+ subscribers can view episodes from the first…
May 20
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May 17
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In this year of our confinement, 2o2o, anything that happened before this February is colored golden in hindsight,…
May 7
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Bringing together—at long last—all the people who love to argue about when The Simpsons stopped being good with all…
Apr 29
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It’s been three years since Alf Clausen, the long-time composer for animated mainstay/greatest TV show of all time…
Apr 26
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“This town is like a snow globe—it doesn’t look like much until you shake it up a little.”