The Simpsons turns 600 on Sunday and Homer Simpson did some press for the milestone. Yesterday, while Jimmy Kimmel was doing his monologue, his stage started to shake. Turns out it was Homer Simpson banging on his TV that caused it. The patriarch banged on it so hard that the ABC late night host found himself Springfield. Once he was there, we all got a one of a kind tour of our favorite town that we don’t where it is in the USA. A tour so cool even Bart Simpson would exclaim, “Cowabunga Dude!”
If someone would’ve told Tracey Ullman that a skit from her show would still be on the air in its 28th season and counting, I don’t think she would’ve believed them. Heck, I don’t think we would’ve believe them either.
But on October 16th, The Simpsons will hit a milestone only one other primetime scripted show has it. Homer, Marge, Bart, Lisa and Maggie will celebrate their 600th episode and it will be Treehouse of Horrors XXVII. I can’t think of anything more fitting for the iconic episode.
How many more episodes do they need to catch up to Gunsmoke? 34 to tie and 35 for the win!
The Simpsons are back for a 28th season tonight at 8p on Fox, but something is missing. When that missing item is replaced, it destroys the Springfield. The Mayor promises to rebuild, but he doesn’t have the money. They ask Mr Burns to give them the money, but he has a condition. Will Lisa be able to fulfill to that condition or will she Lisa it?
The Simpsons might be 28, but it never gets old.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eDYG6ato4J8
Then at 8:30p, Son of Zorn is going to learn about love from his dad. What can wrong? Everything. But by the end of the episode Zorn learns a little thing about love in this sweet episode of the original show that combines animated and live action.
Finally, Fox saved the best for last as in The Last Man on Earth. The season premiere at 9:30 picks up when their finale left off and the 3 men in radioactive protective suits are storming towards them. Our sensational six (Will Forte, Kristen Shaal, January Jones, Mary Steenburgen, Cleopatra Coleman and Mel Rodriguez) try to get away, but they are blocked in by Todd’s (Rodriquez’s) A-team van. They have no choice to confront the three men coming at them. When the mysterious strangers enter the house, Melissa (Jones) shoots one and it is a surprise A-List guest. He will not be back for another episode, but what about the rest of the cast? Are they destined for more episodes?
I won’t answer that, but I will tell you this is their funniest episode to date and they have all been pretty hysterical.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SDCg7f93R6o
The Pokémon GO craze has gotten so crazy, it has even reached the animated world. Homer Simpson was seen playing it at the Zoo while Bart and Lisa got close to the animals. A little too close, but it is OK. Unlike Pokémon GO, The Simpsons can start over!
BTW how much do you want to bet we won’t even remember what Pokémon GO was by the time The Simpsons return to Fox on September 27th?
This year’s Presidential race has been a horror, a real nightmare. Well, The Simpsons had some fun and made that nightmare a reality. An animated one, but still a reality.
Hopefully if the Presidential candidates see this, they will begin to comprehend how much a horrible joke they have become. Maybe it will get them to turn their campaigns around.
But then again, they are all too far gone in their egos to realize how badly they are screwing up this country and not making it great again.
One more thing, if only Jeb Bush would knee Donald Trump in the balls, the World would be a much better place.
