Archive | February, 2004

26 February 2004 0 Comments

Mike’s Lessons From Bart

The bright, refurbished Great Hall of the Student Union was crowded Monday night. The speaker, a short, turtleneck-clad man, was a consultant for “The PJs,” helped put out “Alf” and wrote jokes for “Airplane II: The Sequel”. He also helps produce a lesser-known program called The Simpsons. Mike Reiss, a consulting producer on the show, [...]

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24 February 2004 0 Comments

Ratings: Smart And Smarter

This Sunday saw a Simpsons double, with new episode Smart & Smarter at 8:00pm, followed by a rerun of I, D’oh-Bot at 8:30pm. This is the standard schedule for a Simpsons double, and once again Fox received the standard result. 12.5 million viewers tuned in for Simon Cowell’s appearance at 8pm while 12.8 million caught [...]

23 February 2004 2 Comments

The End Of WoS; Save Maude

Once the hottest items on toy store shelves, Playmates Toys has recently confirmed that their “World of Springfield” Simpsons action figure line will end this year after releasing Series 16. Unfortunately, due to the untimely departure of Maggie Roswell from the show, an interactive Maude Flanders figure was never released. While The SCS is doing [...]

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22 February 2004 0 Comments

Smart And Smarter Airing Tonight

Tonight’s new episode has been in the spotlight moreso than most of the episodes this season. The episode titled “Smart And Smarter” sees Simon Cowell as the voice of an interviewer for a pre-school that Homer and Marge are trying to get Maggie into. When she gets in, Lisa doesn’t take it particularly well. Cowell [...]

22 February 2004 0 Comments

Simpsons Win Writers Guild Award

With three nominations in total, the chance of The Simpsons winning a Writers Guild Award this year was fairly high. The 56th annual awards were presented in simultaneous ceremonies in New York and Los Angeles this Saturday, with “Lost in Translation” and “American Splendor” taking top screenwriting honors. The Simpsons tops the television winners in [...]

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18 February 2004 0 Comments

Ratings: Milhouse Doesn’t Live Here

It’s another week of disappointing figures for The Simpsons after last week’s airing of “Margical History Tour” was trounced by the Grammy Awards as well as two other networks. “Milhouse Doesn’t Live Here Anymore” ranked #49 for the week with a total of 9.43 million viewers. While CBS easily swept the four primetime hours on [...]

17 February 2004 0 Comments

Season Four DVD Update

After months with no talk about the Season 4 DVD, it looks as though things are finally starting to happen. DVDFanatic.com today announced that Conan O’Brien will be providing a commentary for the episodes Marge Vs. The Monorail and New Kid On The Block. “After seeing a Conan O’Brien show, one of our devoted readers [...]

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