Archive | September, 2009

28 September 2009 21 Comments

Ratings: Homer The Whopper

Last night’s season premiere of The Simpsons was seen 8.21 million. This ranked it 3rd on the night behind Family Guy, which was seen by 10.17 million, and the series premiere of The Cleveland Show with 8.42. Fourth was American Dad with 7.12. Fox was 2nd among adults 18-49 on the night behind NBC with it’s Sunday Night Football.

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27 September 2009 0 Comments

LABF15: Bart Gets a ‘Z’

Bart Gets a ‘Z’ October 04, 2009 | 8:00pm The students of Springfield Elementary decide to spike Ms. Krabappel’s coffee to teach her a lesson after she takes away their cell phones. She is fired by Principal Skinner, who hires a new teacher named Zachary Vaughn. Although Vaughn impresses the students, Bart is plagued by [...]

27 September 2009 11 Comments

New Episode: Homer The Whopper

Catch the season 21 premiere of The Simpsons tonight at 8:00pm on Fox. Comic Book Guy casts Homer as the lead in “Everyman,” a feature film based on the new comic book superhero he created. To whip him into shape for the part, the movie studio hires celebrity fitness trainer Lyle McCarthy (guest voice Seth Rogen) but Homer has trouble sticking to his new, healthy regimen.

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25 September 2009 17 Comments

Promo: Treehouse Of Horror XX

Fox has released a promotional image and airdate for this season’s Treehouse Of Horror XX. For a nice change, the episode will be airing on October 18, before Halloween rather than after. The episode will parody classic Hitchcock films when Lisa strikes a deal with Bart to take revenge on their teachers; Lampoon “28 Days Later,” when Krusty’s latest fast food sandwich transforms Springfield into enraged zombies; And re-imagine “Sweeney Todd” when an impaled Homer provides Moe with an unexpectedly delicious beer flavored with his blood

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20 September 2009 8 Comments

Sacha Baron Cohen to Voice Israeli Tour Guide

Most famous for his work as either Ali G, Borat or the recent Bruno, British comedian Sacha Baron Cohen is soon to guest star in a season 21 episode of The Simpsons, where the family take a church-group trip to the holy land.

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15 September 2009 21 Comments

Synopsis: Bart Gets a ‘Z’

An official episode synopsis for the 2nd episode of the 21st season of The Simpsons has been released by Fox, entitled “Bart Gets a ‘Z’”. The episode airs on October 4th.

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14 September 2009 2 Comments

Dan Castellaneta Wins An Emmy

The Creative Arts Emmy award winners were announced this week, and while The Simpsons were in contention for Outstanding Animated Series for the episode ‘Gone Maggie Gone’, it lost out to South Park’s ‘Margaritaville’. It wasn’t all bad news though, as Dan Castellaneta was awarded his fourth Emmy in the voice-over category for his work in ‘Father Knows Worst’. This means that contenders Harry Shearer and Hank Azaria missed out. Congratulations Dan!