Year of the Month: BART ON THE ROAD
This episode is one of those episodes that people don’t often remember, but when they…
When THE SIMPSONS Was Sincere: Bart Gets an “F”
The Simpsons is known for embodying, maybe even inventing, a certain kind of arch nineties…
Taco Break: Angry Mob Justice
“Can’t this town go one day without a riot?” — Mayor Quimby Miller here: The…
The Simpsons Movie (Year Of The Month)
The Simpsons Movie is important to me less because of its content and more because…
Taco Break: Shows You Weren’t Allowed To Watch As A Kid
Over the weekend, I had a conversation with a friend who told me she wasn’t…
1997: The Year in the Simpsons Roundtable
BurgundySuit: The Simpsons is obviously a show that means a lot to all of us,…
Taco Break – Righteous Jokes
Comedy as has been noted tends to date badly. That’s not always the fault of…
Three Kinds of Worldbuilding
Mass Effect demonstrates systemic worldbuilding. The details are consistent and logically connected. The central premise…
Taco Break: Describe Your Favourite Show, Movie, Book, Etc With A Simpsons Quote
Dave Barry once said that you only get to write one article about writing articles,…
Steamed Hams But I Overanalyse It
TRANSCRIPT This scene demonstrates really well how comedy can come from following a character through…