8 December 2008 3 Comments

Man Fined For Viewing Simpsons Porn

An Australian man has been fined $2,000 after Simpsons “pornography” was discovered on his home computer. The central issue in the case was whether a cartoon character could depict a real person. Judge Michael Adams decided that it could, and found the man guilty of possessing child pornography.

18 April 2008 0 Comments

Simpsons Returns For Season 19 In Australia

Australia, this one’s for you. The Simpsons has been notably absent from Channel Ten in 2008, with the 6:00pm daily slot on hold for the first time in quite a while. With the writers strike, Ten held off airing new episodes in February when the season usually begins. The good news is, new episodes resume [...]

7 September 2005 0 Comments

Don’t Vote For Mr. Burns!

Things are getting ugly in the latest New Zealand election campaign. A group called “The Lisa Simpsons” has proudly taken credit for altering large numbers of billboards for candidate Don Brash overnight and says it plans to keep doing so throughout the country. The Lisa Simpsons were out last night “repackaging” Don Brash to an [...]

18 May 2005 0 Comments

Gay Outing Tops Aussie Ratings

A heavily promoted ‘There’s Something About Marrying’ was postponed by half an hour in Australia last night, but that didn’t stop viewers tuning in to discover which character was gay. The first run Season 16 episode was the highest rating show on any station on Tuesday night, which had similar competition to Sunday’s season finale [...]

5 October 2004 0 Comments

Simpsons Hoax Drives Council Mad

Whittlesea council in Melbourne, Australia has been swamped by legions of Simpsons fans after a hoax spam email claimed the town had built a real-life replica of the cartoon family’s home. Since the email appeared on the net, complete with colourful inside and outside snaps, people have been trying to find it. The email suggested [...]

11 March 2004 0 Comments

Nancy Cartwright Vs. Australia

Despite being a star of one of the most popular TV series of all time, Nancy Cartwright can usually walk down the street virtually unrecognised. That is until she comes all the way to the other side of the world, where she can hardly walk 2m without a fan stopping her for a chat and [...]

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 [...]