The Simpsons

Shot on what I'd imagine was whatever money the director had in his pocket that day, the spot aired only on late-night TV and randomly during syndicated episodes of The Simpsons, when Fox gave up some airtime for local businesses. ...

There are times when I don't think my boyfriend and I actually communicate in anything but quotes from The Simpsons, movies we've seen together, TV shows we saw separately in our youth, and the old Woody Allen comedy albums and books we bonded over ...

Originally slated to be part of the Simpsons episode “Burns' Heir,” Robotic Richard Simmons was the casualty of a deleted scene, which resurfaced during the very special “138th Episode Spectacular.” The setup: Bart runs to Mr. Burns, with Homer in hot ...

by Todd VanDerWerff May 18, 2009 So your friend and mine Steve Heisler is otherwise detained this evening, which means that I will be guiding you through the season finales of the Fox animated bloc (depending on when, exactly, Fox chooses to burn off ...

Again, it was handled with understatement and artistry but I was also reminded of the gag from the Simpsons Spin-Off Spectacular where Troy McClure says the show will remain fresh by introducing wedding after wedding after wedding. ...

It's good to be back, people, but catching up on last week's episodes and reading Genevieve's blog bummed me out; wouldn't you know it, the one week I'm tied up with Sunday night commitments is when all four cartoons are pretty damn good. I agree with Ms. Koski: Last week's line-up was as close...

The Simpsons, “Dangerous Curves”: B Family Guy, “Man With Two Brians”: A- American Dad, “Escape From Pearl Bailey”: B+ • Okay, I know the Simpsons ending had to be a film homage of some sort, but I’ll be damned if I know what it is. Cinephiles, help me out?

Welcome back, Animation Domination, um, Obama-nations. (TBD.) We had a week off for the World Series—part of a game at least—and we're here just in time for the annual Treehouse of Horror tradition on The Simpsons.But before getting into that…here's a thought. How long is it going to be befor...