OH my god, I just pooped my pants when I read the headline to this video. Do you have any idea how long I’ve wished to be a fly on the wall in The Simpsons writers room during its halcyon Conan O’Brien years? You know, when they were penning the monorail song, and sending Homer […]


After Joss Whedon’s completely sincere endorsement of Mitt Romney (to spur the Zombie Apocalypse, of course) we have the ever compassionate Mr. Montgomery Burns throwing his hat in to support Romney. The billionaire humanitarian from Springfield offers many reasons why one should vote for good ol’ Mitt, the most marked being that he strapped his […]


What do you get when you give the simplest of souls that which he seeks most? In the case of Homer J. Simpson and frosted donuts, you get a level of contentment on par with the most disciplined and enlightened of Zen monks. Ergo, Homer Buddha. Kidrobot has teamed up with The Simpsons to craft […]


After the popularity of the first set of Simpsons decks done by Santa Cruz, the NoCal skateboard company is going back to The Simpsons well for another set of boards. Homer, Bart and two varieties of Krusty the Clown get the Santa Cruz treatment, tho the full-face Homer and Rat Fink-style Bart are probably the […]


15 Mar
Humility and humor in the face of defeat

An animated typography interpretation of Conan O’Brien’s farewell address on his last day at NBC. Wow, truly bad ass. I’ve been with Team Coco since Day One (anyone who wrote the “Monorail Song” on The Simpsons has my eternal respect), and his humility and humor in the face of such a stunning career blow only […]


14 Jan
Storyboards unveiled from infamous October episode

Kind of a no-brainer here — if you love Banksy and/or The Simpsons, then you know how he did the opening sequence for an episode this past October. Well now Banksy’s opened up the vault to his creative process and uploaded his storyboard sketches for all to see. Yaye! Kill 2 minutes of your day, […]