Currently shooting the sequel to the “Scooby Doo” movie in Vancouver, Canada, actress Sarah Michelle Gellar revealed to Extratv.com that she’ll have a guest role on The Simpsons next season. That’s all we know at the moment, but when we learn more details regarding this we’ll let you know. Other guest stars lined up for Season 15 include Simon Cowell, Tony Blair, Ian McKellen, J.K. Rowling, Jerry Lewis, Jennifer Garner, and possibly Glenn Close & Jackie Mason reprising their roles as Mother Simpson and Rabbi Krustofsky, respectively.
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Chaplain’s Bible Study A Hit
“INCIRLIK AIR BASE, Turkey: Most people would not associate the somewhat irreverent nature of the long-running sitcom, The Simpsons, with church. However, Chaplain (Maj.) Steve Schaick, 39th Air Base Group senior Protestant chaplain here, is not most people. He not only managed to create a tie between a dysfunctional cartoon family and the Bible, but in the process walked away with a National Bible Association Award. The association hands out an award every year to the chaplain from each military branch who manages to teach Biblical truth with the most innovation and creativity. Schaick, who created the Bible study “Blessed are The Simpsons,” is this year’s Air Force winner. To honor award recipients, the association sponsors a New York City luncheon Nov. 18. The chaplain’s relationship with Bart, Homer and the rest of the clan began in 1989, shortly after the show debuted.” Read More >>>
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Duffman’s Can In The Clouds
Duffman may be a coward, but Justin Zollitsch, a recent UW-Madison graduate, certainly isn’t. Zollitsch will don a Duffman costume to pilot a Red Bull Flugtag contraption called Can in the Clouds. Flugtag is German for “flying day.” Red Bull has held more than 20 worldwide, where Aircraft must be entirely human-powered. Zollitsch and friend Eric Drazkowski designed a can of Duff Beer with a 30-foot wing span and propeller. Whether he pilots or not, Zollitsch will don spandex and play Duffman for the preflight skit. “I’m gonna do flips down the runway prior to take-off to pump up the crowd. Though I might shy away from the pelvic thrusts” that are Duffman’s hallmark. Red Bull Flugtag is being held in Chicago’s Monroe Harbour this Saturday August 9th at 11am. To read more and see their design, click here.
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Down Under Simpsons Update
Good news comes in threes for Australians this week. First up, a specialty DVD titled “The Simpsons: Risky Business” will be released on September 24th, retailing at $32.95. The DVD, which has previously been released in the UK, contains work-related episodes ‘Realty Bites,’ ‘Homer The Smithers,’ ‘Deep Space Homer,’ and ‘Marge Gets A Job,’ as well as a Chief Wiggum Featurette. Also on the DVD front, Fox Home Entertainment has finally given an Australian release date for Season 3. The set will be released on October 22nd, retailing at $84.95. Both DVD’s are available for preorder at DVD Orchard.
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Signed Simpsons Art Expo
The Comic Mint Australia is currently running an exclusive on-line Simpsons animation art exhibition with a superb collection of original production cels and drawings for sale, with specially signed cards by the extraordinary voice artist from The Simpsons, Harry Shearer. Harry is the voice of Mr. Burns, Smithers, Ned Flanders, Principal Skinner & many others! Harry has signed a limited number of the official FOX signature cards for any Simpsons cel or drawing purchased from this on-line exhibition. This offer is only valid for a short time, so order on-line to take advantage of this unique opportunity. The offer is also open to residents outisde of Australia. Harry recently appeared at the Comic Mint to meet and sign fans Simpsons items. Visit the website for further details.
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From Spinal Tap To Simpsons
“Harry Shearer has an interesting level of fame. Half of the performer’s public working life is spent hidden as a radio broadcaster or voice artist on The Simpsons. He says it’s one of his favourite things about the career that he’s “stumbled into”. It’s quite hard hearing such deadly serious talk from a voice that keeps reminding you of The Simpsons. Shearer’s natural tones sound more than a little like Principal Skinner’s. So what’s it like working on The Simpsons? “It’s the most fun you can have working in weekly television. It’s much more fun for me than being in a normal sitcom could ever be. I’ve turned down a lot of sitcoms because I never wanted to play the same part all the time, so this is perfect for me because I get to play like a dozen characters a week. Matt (Groening) is a great friend and I admire him tremendously and I think he’s done a great job of trying to keep the show on course.” Read More >>>
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SCSU Analyzes The Simpsons
Lisa Simpson would love this college class. The brainy, introspective daughter of blue-haired Marge and loutish Homer would eat up the intellectual challenge of determining the place of pop culture in postmodern American life. Lisa Simpson is an animated TV show character, so she can’t really sign up for Southern Connecticut State University’s new class on “The Simpsons.” But 25 SCSU students and a professor can’t wait for the fall semester to begin so they can begin discussing and critiquing the philosophical underpinnings of the long-running Fox-TV show. “Cartoons don’t have any deep meaning. They’re just stupid drawings that give you a cheap laugh,” Homer Simpson once said. SCSU Professor Charlene Dellinger-Pate, who will be teaching the course — “Postmodernism, Parody, Pastiche: Deconstructing ‘The Simpsons’” — begs to differ. Read More >>>
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Reminder: Bongo Creators
Repost: Comics Unlimited in Westminster CA are giving you the opportunity to celebrate ten years of Bongo Comics with an in-store appearance by Bongo editor Bill Morrison and writers Batton Lash and Jesse McCann. These people are heavily involed in the creation of Simpsons Comics, and McCann was also editor of The Simpsons Beyond Forever. You’ll have the opportunity to talk to the people, as well as get autographs and sketches, and meet other Bongo fans. The appearance will take place between 3 and 5pm tomorrow Saturday August 2nd, so if you live in the area or are passing by, make sure you check it out! The poster of the event can be found here, or you can find out more about Comics Unlimited at their official website.
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Homer Assists Wisdom Search
“The class came to a general agreement: Homer Simpson is incontinent. “With moments of continence,” a professor added. This is no normal college course, and not just because it sounds like the class is commenting on a popular cartoon character’s bodily functions. Don’t have a cow man, but Siena Heights University is offering a course on philosophy, theology, and The Simpsons. That’s right, the irreverent, animated television show that has aired on Fox since 1989 and made “Eat my shorts” a rallying cry for rebellious youths has taken its place in academia. “Philosophy 200: Animated Philosophy and Religion,” is making its debut here this semester at the Catholic, liberal arts university of 1,170 students.The idea is to use The Simpsons as a tool to introduce students to significant philosophical and theological figures and their ideas.” Read More >>>
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Canada’s Answer To Homer?
“When Jacob Thomas entered the Is Your Dad Like Homer? contest just before Father’s Day, his dad agreed to pose for the perfect character-driven picture. The picture Jacob submitted for the contest reveals his dad, Jim Thomas, lounging on a living room couch, grasping a bottle of beer in his left hand and balancing a plate of doughnuts on his swollen belly. Caught just as he’s taking a bite out of one doughnut, the north St. Catharines man looks as if he’s having a Homer Simpson moment. But wait — there doesn’t appear to be any slobber dripping down Thomas’s chin. And he has a full head of dark brown hair and a dark beard. And four fingers and a thumb on each hand. And is that a pillow stuffed under his shirt? OK, so maybe his dad doesn’t look like the infamous cartoon patriarch, but Jacob, 9, said Monday that his dad “drinks lots of beer, eats lots” and “sits on the couch a lot.” Read More >>>
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Bob Hope, Dead At 100
One of the nation’s most honored comedians, Bob Hope, has died at the age of 100. His longtime publicist says Hope died last night of pneumonia, while surrounded by his family at home in Toluca Lake, California. Hope was a star in vaudeville, radio, television and film — most notably a string of “Road” movies with longtime friend Bing Crosby. For decades, he took his show on the road to military bases around the world, boosting the morale of servicemen from World War Two to the first Gulf War. He was admired by his peers, and generations of younger comedians. Woody Allen called Hope “the most influential comedian for me.” Hope appeared as a guest voice on The Simpsons in Season 4’s “Lisa The Beauty Queen”.
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I Don’t Wanna Grow Up
No matter how many laughs a television show can squeeze from an impish boy, cracking wise and bugging out his eyes at various oppressors, a sudden end to the laughter looms. The comedy often stops when puberty starts. Fox’s Sunday night hit “Malcolm in the Middle” is the latest series to confront the reality of a star hitting adolescence, with all its attendant restructuring of face and physique and vocal cords. … Only one show has succeeded in keeping a kid in the lead for a decade: “The Simpsons” with the animated Bart Simpson. Watching Bart never mature is considered a key to its enduring appeal. “Early on, I know that the powers that be decided that no one would age,” said Tim Long, the show’s current head writer. “A kid with a starter ‘stache, that would just be unpleasant,” he added. “You don’t worry about his future because in a way he has none.” Read More >>>