Archive | October, 2003

31 October 2003 0 Comments

Season 15 Begins Sunday!

Don’t miss the Season 15 premiere, Treehouse Of Horror XIV at 8:00pm Sunday! Spoilers follow: Yes, the latest installment of The Simpsons’ annual Halloween special is arriving a few days too late for the holiday. It allows the show to kick off with a joke from aliens Kang and Kodos at its own expense: “Pathetic [...]

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31 October 2003 0 Comments

Animating The Simpsons

As animation producer for The Simpsons, Rick Polizzi began working on the latest “Treehouse of Horror” episode months ago, and his work will pay on Sunday. After each Simpsons script is locked and the show’s brilliant voice cast has recorded the dialog, layout drawings are sent to a team of animators in South Korea, where [...]

30 October 2003 0 Comments

Eat My Lab Coat!

“When my youngest daughter became addicted to the Simpsons, I found myself slowly drawn in. For her, the initial attraction was in the yellowness of the characters. For me it was the humorous yet highly sophisticated angle the series offers on science. As far as I am concerned, it is abundantly clear that the people [...]

29 October 2003 0 Comments

Tomacco Becomes A Reality!

Rob Baur, a huge Simpsons fan, grafted a tomato plant to a tobacco plant, grew it, and tonight he has proof from the lab that it worked. “What we found was nicotine in the leaves”. said scientist Ray Grimsbo. The plant grew off the tobacco roots and sucked up the nicotine, just like Tomacco on [...]

29 October 2003 0 Comments

Mike Reiss Talks Simpsons

One face behind The Simpsons is writer/producer Mike Reiss, who recently spoke to The Michigan Daily about the show. “A little white guy was used to be Michael Jackson’s singing voice. For some odd reason Jackson only wanted to do the speaking voice.” Some guest stars have backed out after episodes have been written for [...]

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28 October 2003 0 Comments

The Simpsons On Vodafone

THQ Inc. and Vodafone today announced an agreement for the distribution of ‘The Simpsons’ branded mobile content exclusively to Vodafone customers throughout Europe, Australia and New Zealand. The first content scheduled for release under this agreement, including ringtones, animated picture messages, wallpapers and screen savers, will be available from November, followed by games. “I am [...]

25 October 2003 0 Comments

One Year Of Simpsons News

As we approach our 6th birthday at The Simpsons Channel, I thought we could reflect on the past year. On this day in 2002 I took a gamble to take the site in a huge new direction. Once being a haven for links and web news, in the space of 24 hours we rebranded ourselves [...]