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heywhat
11/16/09

In reply to Marge Got Naked in Tonight's "Simpsons"—Just Like in Real Life!
Eh, I still love the Simpsons. It hasn't been laugh out loud funny in years, but it's a part of my childhood. I rarely catch the new episodes but I always watch the repeats that air in syndication. It's still better than about 80% of all the shows on t.v. That isn't saying much but I still appreciate the fact that they are chugging along. #margesimpson
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D2theMatthews
11/15/09

In reply to Marge Got Naked in Tonight's "Simpsons"—Just Like in Real Life!
I thought this episode was okay. I liked the Superintendent Chalmers and Principal Skinner scene. #margesimpson
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VioletViolet
11/15/09

In reply to Marge Got Naked in Tonight's "Simpsons"—Just Like in Real Life!
The Simpsons still has enough credit in my book to do at least a (non-consecutive) season's worth of stupid episodes, but now that the merchandising craze is over and the movie has been made, maybe it's time to quit. I do enjoy the fact that Europe loves the Simpsons and I would not enjoy all of the farewall hoopla that a Simpsons finale would gather, but though some may argue that Sesame Street and SNL have run their course, the Simpsons truly have, and I'd like to see them retire with some dignity. #margesimpson
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boobookitt
11/16/09

@VioletViolet: I think the ship sailed on retiring with dignity about 4 seasons ago.

The Simpsons is the Willie Mays of TV. #margesimpson
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If_I_Had_a_Poodle
11/16/09

@boobookitt: SNL #margesimpson
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bens
11/16/09

@VioletViolet: They should only make 4 episodes a year or something. Let the writers work with more material. Cranking out 13 episodes a year has to be hell.

The world loves the Simpsons. I knew a guy from India who learned to speak American from watching the Simpsons. He learned English with 2 years of school and pirate satellite broadcasts. The kids wanted to be hip and cool and that meant understanding the American shows. The Simpsons does so much for democracy and promoting an American way of life that the U.S. should be broadcasting it 24/7 to turn hearts and minds our way. It would probably work. #margesimpson
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VioletViolet
11/16/09

@bens: I totally agree. In Spain they love the Simpsons, too. That's how they explained the word for "burp"--"eructo"--to me. "Like Homer Simpson. Blaaah." And I understood.
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sweet_communist
11/15/09

In reply to Marge Got Naked in Tonight's "Simpsons"—Just Like in Real Life!
Marge, you've got a butt that won't quit. #margesimpson
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Mike Byhoff
11/15/09

@sweet_communist: Playboy's five dollars?! Get outta here. #margesimpson
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sweet_communist
11/15/09

@Mike Byhoff: Unfortunately, they've got no big, chewy pretzels.
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Dickdogfood
11/13/09

In reply to Early Favorite For Time Person of the Year: Something Stupid
I won't be convinced that Time is at all serious about their brand of stupid unless they name Glenn Beck Man of the Year. Even "The Angry American" won't cut it. #media
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sanyucat
11/13/09

In reply to Early Favorite For Time Person of the Year: Something Stupid
How is Time still in print? It's the journalistic equivalent of scrapple. #media
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Steverino Begins
11/13/09

In reply to Early Favorite For Time Person of the Year: Something Stupid
Wouldn't be surprised if their POTY was a hashtag. Like #iranelection. #lame #media
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TheBusinessGuy
11/13/09

In reply to Early Favorite For Time Person of the Year: Something Stupid
Have you watched the CNN online newscast? It's two college kids doing the news from the bridge of the Enterprise but with most of the props missing. #media
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AzureTexan
11/13/09

@TheBusinessGuy: It's dead, Jim. #media
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Magister
11/13/09

@TheBusinessGuy: If there was no event that I was watching on one of their live channels, I've actually been known to leave the stationary shot of the White House or some other quiet thing open, rather than listen to the newbies blather. #media
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TheBusinessGuy
11/13/09

@Magister: Yeah, they make Wolf Blitzer sound like Edward R. Murrow. #media
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Magister
11/13/09

@TheBusinessGuy: More like Wolf Blitzer's producer because whenever I watch him, I can totally imagine Holly Hunter in his ear. #media
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TheBusinessGuy
11/13/09

@Magister: I know what you mean. I love Blitzer's idiotic tags to stories. For example, if Earth were blown up by the Martians, Blitzer would say on the outro, "The Earth has been blown up. Certainly a tragedy, and we will be following this." Jack Cafferty always looks at him as if he's a fly in Cafferty's soup. #media
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Magister
11/13/09

@TheBusinessGuy:
What gets me is when he's "interviewing" a reporter or analyst to provide background and asks questions which he should be able to answer, if he's half as smart as his audience, but some producer's obviously telling him there's an interesting factoid somebody, somewhere may not have heard.

The anchors on cnn.com were much the same way, except unlike Blitzer, I never expected them to know.
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TheBusinessGuy
11/13/09

@Magister: After watching Blitzer for five minutes, you really don't expect him to know much of anything. Actually, the only CNN headliners with real heft are Amanpour and Zakaria--especially Zakaria, whose Sunday show always feel like the ideal seminar at the Kennedy School. #media
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Front_Towards_Enemy
10/26/09

In reply to Hugh Hefner's Old Penis Gets The Sunday Media Treatment
Don't those girls understand that they are actually kissing the Pharaoh Ramses II ? #hughhefner
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depardoo
10/26/09

@Front_Towards_Enemy:

Is that a condom joke? #hughhefner
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Uncle_Billy_Slumming
10/26/09

In reply to Hugh Hefner's Old Penis Gets The Sunday Media Treatment
Likely, the had a small, private ceremony for his penis back in the 80's.

Hugh's epitaph: If this graves a-rockin' don't come a-knockin' #hughhefner
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Glib and Bitchy
10/26/09

@Uncle_Billy_Slumming: Or do you mean "small privates ceremony"?) #hughhefner
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Lorem Ipsum
10/25/09

In reply to Hugh Hefner's Old Penis Gets The Sunday Media Treatment
Given all the fucking he's done during his life, isn't it possible one of his GFs *IS* his great-granddaughter? Ew. #hughhefner
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Glib and Bitchy
10/25/09

In reply to Hugh Hefner's Old Penis Gets The Sunday Media Treatment
Robert Downey Jr. might play him in the biopic? Or, as Hef would title it: Iron Man 3.
p.s. Foster, story ran A1 in the lesser-read Saturday paper. #hughhefner
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MalinaMango
10/25/09

In reply to Hugh Hefner's Old Penis Gets The Sunday Media Treatment
I interpreted "old penis" as implying that he also has a new one. I guess he wore the other one out? #hughhefner
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TheBusinessGuy
10/25/09

In reply to Hugh Hefner's Old Penis Gets The Sunday Media Treatment
It's sad, though. Hefner has gone from innovative threat to morality--and thus a hero to many--to toothless beloved joke in just over half a lifetime. #hughhefner
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BxgrlJeri
10/25/09

@TheBusinessGuy: He was cool in the 50s and 60s but why anyone is interested in him and his "girlfriends" is beyond me. #hughhefner
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Glib and Bitchy
10/25/09

@BxgrlJeri: I think Playboy had a hand in influencing many Baby Boomers' attitudes toward sex -- which explains a lot.
Fun Wiki "fact": In 1970, Playboy became the first gentleman's magazine to be printed in braille. #hughhefner
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If_I_Had_a_Poodle
10/25/09

@Glib and Bitchy: Another fun Playboy fact, or urban legend: A significant portion of their subscription base is in prison. #hughhefner
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MadamButterfloozy
10/26/09

@TheBusinessGuy: ..Madonna will be in good company then.
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Wrapitup
10/21/09

In reply to Real Nudes, Cartoon Nudes Fail to Save Playboy
They could never make up their minds about whether the pictorials would be porn or erotica. Christie Hefner should have fired their terrible stuck-in-the-80s photographer Stephen Wayda a long time ago. He and the art directors are partly responsible for the failure of Playboy. Somehow they managed to make pics of pretty naked women look cheesy, boring and even occasionally schmaltzy. The fiction was always weird and dull. Many of the articles had a smug and superior tone. The best part of Playboy was the interview. There is no interview anywhere like the Playboy interview. Brutally honest, funny, strange. Not even Fresh Air was so direct and smart. I'll miss those the most . #playboy
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