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Funny Money
The cast of The Simpsons will now be paid $400,000 every week to show up to a studio for a few hours and say increasingly unfunny things. [THR]
The cast of The Simpsons will now be paid $400,000 every week to show up to a studio for a few hours and say increasingly unfunny things. [THR]
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Argentina Comically Outraged By 'Simpsons' Clip
South America is crazy about "The Simpsons," Fox's funny cartoon for grown-ups. Who knew? And the countries down there are apparently very sensitive to any perceived historical inaccuracies in the satirical show, no matter how obvious the joke. Citizens of Argentina are outraged over an episode in which Lenny and Carl—two fictional cartoon characters—call Argentina's former president Juan Peron a dictator, and joke that he was married to Madonna (who played Eva Peron in a movie) [WP]. Why, it's as if some foreign cartoon insulted Ronald Reagan! Venezuela recently declared "The Simpsons" to be unfit for children to watch, so who knows what official action will come out of this. The offending clip is below. More »
worst medium ever
'The Simpsons' announces the death of print
Did you watch The Simpsons last night? Probably not, no one really does anymore! But no one really reads newspapers anymore either. Above, Nelson pwns an industry.
"A 180ft image of Homer Simpson waving a doughnut aloft has appeared adjacent to the ancient Cerne Abbas giant, the 17th Century chalk fertility symbol in Dorset. Though Homer is drawn in biodegradeable paint, local pagans aren't amused, saying that the proximity of Homer is disrespectful." [Guardian]
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