Short version: Go to www.simpsonizeme.com and try it yourself
Long(er) version: Burger King and Fox have created The Simpsonizer to promote their new movie (the one that was in the cinema). Go to www.simpsonizeme.com upload a photo of yourself and the application analyzes your face, turning you into an honorary Springfield resident. There’s a picker tool to help you dial in the details once your photo has been Simpsonized.
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Homer: Kids, you tried your best and you failed miserably. The lesson is, never try.
Lionel Hutz: Well, he’s kind of had it in for me ever since I accidentally ran over his dog. Actually, replace “accidentally†with “repeatedly†and replace “dog†with “son.â€
Homer: Here’s to alcohol, the cause of — and solution to — all life’s problems.
Ned Flanders: I’ve done everything the Bible says — even the stuff that contradicts the other stuff!
Read MoreIt has been revealed that in the upcoming Simpsons game, The Simpsons creator Matt Groening is going to be the final boss of the game, but read more below in the full interview of eurogamers.net
Eurogamer tackled Simpsons creator Matt Groening last night on the forthcoming EA game, following an exclusive 10-minute preview of the long-awaited movie of animation’s first family.
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In case you missed the first Simpsons episode that was aired ever some years ago, you can take a look at it below!
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When I first heard about The Simpsons going to the theaters I thought it was a joke – The Simpsons in the cinema? What the f? For me, The Simpsons have always been a series, short sequels of twenty minutes each that could be watched when eating a pizza after school/university or when waiting for the girlfriend to finish her hair. – but a movie?
I was not surprised when many people told me the movie sucked, but still many others that were no Simpsons fans (original fans) went to the cinemas and told me to go watch this movie. They are now Simpsons fans. So can one say, the movie lost old fans, but generated more new fans?
Certainly the movie was a blockbuster and played in several million $ (some $250m to my knowledge), then news hit the ground of a Simpsons game being released soon… Season 18 was a full success and now Fox offers (or thinks of offering) Season 19 already on Fox on Demand.
2007 – Year of the Simpsons?
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If Ernest Hemingway was the quintessential American man for the 20th century — alpha male, four wives, Pulitzer Prize, slayer of big animals — then Homer fills that role for the 21st. Fills it like a bellyful of chocolate doughnuts with sprinkles. (Mmmmm … sprinkles.)
Homer’s fat, lazy, sloppy, stupid — but he always comes through in the end. He’s always wrong, but always right. He loves doughnuts, TV and beer, but also loves his family. He sort of hates his job, but sort of loves it, too. He is the spirit of America, 2007. What professors call the gestalt. (that is german)
Here are 20 essential things I’ve learned from Homer Simpson. I’ve included the names and dates of the original ‘Simpsons’ episodes when it was easy to find them. When it wasn’t, I didn’t. Just like Homer would do.
** If you go to a Japanese restaurant and order that delicacy, the blowfish … and if the blowfish is not prepared exactly right … it becomes poisonous and you die 24 hours after eating it. (‘One Fish, Two Fish, Blowfish, Blue Fish,’ 1991.) I don’t know if this is actually true, but it was on a TV cartoon show, so that’s good enough for me.
** You can goof off as much as you want at work and you’ll never get fired. This is especially true if you work at a nuclear plant.
** The best way to discipline an unruly child is to grab him by the neck while shouting, ‘Why, you little — !’
** ‘When you participate in sporting events, it’s not whether you win or lose, it’s how drunk you get. ‘
** ‘Trying is the first step toward failure.’ This quote is on a Homer refrigerator magnet I found a long time ago. It replaced another refrigerator magnet I had that said, ‘Today is the first day of the rest of your life.’ Yeah, right, Mister Rogers.
** Being a vegetarian is the healthiest way to live, but it’s just too hard. Homer: ‘If God didn’t want us to eat animals, why did he make them out of meat?’
** And on a related issue: ‘All normal people love meat… . You don’t win friends with salad. ‘
** It’s fine to wear the same white shirt and blue pants every day of your life. Because people mostly recognize you by your clothes.
** If you make a mistake, any kind of mistake, just exclaim ‘D’oh!’ and everyone will forgive you. This is especially true if you work at a nuclear plant.
** ‘Facts are meaningless. You could use facts to prove anything that’s even remotely true!’ (This one is also on a refrigerator magnet. The greatest truths fit perfectly on a Frigidaire door.)
** If you have a holier-than-thou neighbor such as Ned Flanders, he’s not necessarily a better man than you are. He’s just a lot more likely to go to heaven than you are.
** ‘It takes two to lie. One to lie and one to listen.’ (‘Colonel Homer,’ 1992)
** It’s groups such as the Masons that secretly keep the metric system from taking over America the way it has taken over those European countries where people drive on ‘autobahns’ and drink ‘schnapps’ and have ‘free health care.’ (‘Homer the Great,’ 1995)
** Rio de Janeiro is filled with wild monkeys, big rats, larcenous orphans and dangerous cabbies, as documented in the 2002 episode ‘Blame it on Lisa.’ (Rio’s tourism board threatened to sue, and the ‘Simpsons’ producers apologized. But would Rio have gotten so upset if it wasn’t sort of true? Huh? Would they?)
** Hell probably smells just like barbecue. Whether it’s more mustard-based or ketchup-based, I do not know. (‘Simpsons Bible Stories,’ 1999)
** Homer: ‘Lisa, would you like a doughnut?’
Lisa: ‘No thanks. Do you have any fruit?’
Homer: ‘This (one) has purple in it. Purple is a fruit.’
** There’s nothing women admire more, or need more, than a good, reliable roofer. So if you’re not a roofer, make friends with one. Because chicks really love roofs for some reason. (‘Don’t Fear the Roofer,’ 2005)
** ‘The answers to life’s problems aren’t at the bottom of a bottle. They’re on TV!’ (‘There’s No Disgrace Like Home,’ 1990)
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Season 19 of the “The Simpsons” is coming to FOX on Demand beginning Monday, September 24, the FOX network announced.The episodes will be available for streaming the day after the on-air broadcast.
Read MoreDictionaries have found a new master of the modern quotation to challenge the best of Oscar Wilde and Groucho Marx – Homer Simpson’s creator Matt Groening.
Homer Simpson quotes enter new Oxford dictionary
Homer says: ‘The lesson is never try’
The brains behind the world’s favourite cartoon series has three new entries in the latest volume of quotations from the experts at Oxford University.
The latest edition of the Oxford Dictionary of Modern Quotations, published today, is a testament to the growing popularity and influence of characters from The Simpsons.
Homer Simpson phrases include: “Kids, you tried your best and you failed miserably. The lesson is never try.”
Another Homer quotation featured is: “Kids are the best, Apu. You can teach them to hate the things you hate. And they practically raise themselves, what with the internet and all.”
Also included is the much-repeated reference to the French by the Scottish caretaker Willie who remarks: “Bonjour, you cheese-eating surrender monkeys” in a 1995 episode.
William Hague’s remark to John Prescott also gets a mention. He told the former deputy prime minister: “There was so little English in that answer that President Chirac would have been happy with it.”
Source: telegraph.co.uk
Read MoreFor the six primary voices who bring the characters on Fox’s “The Simpsons” to life each week, the show is a gift that keeps on giving. As the series wraps its 18th season this month and Fox’s long-anticipated feature film arrives in theaters in July, Hank Azaria, Nancy Cartwright, Dan Castellaneta, Julie Kavner, Harry Shearer and Yeardley Smith have now held the same job for 20 years (the first “Simpsons” short aired on Fox’s “The Tracey Ullman Show” on April 19, 1987).
That sort of run for an intact prime time series cast is utterly without precedent. And while each will say that their jobs are duck soup compared to the perpetually workaholic writing staff, they have surely set a collective standard for excellence and consistency in their character-voice craft that isn’t likely to be equaled.
“It really is the best job in the world,” confirms Smith, the voice of Lisa. “To be around this long has been truly mind-blowing. And the reason it’s been so wonderful is that it’s afforded all of us freedom of choice in terms of other work. It’s like I fell into the honey pot.”
Smith gets no argument from Kavner, the voice of Marge. “This job is a gift from God,” she says. “I just got so lucky — not only to have such a long-running job but to also work with this quality group of people. I’m also so proud to be a part of this show, which besides being so funny has dealt honestly with real family issues in a genuine way.”
Of course, part of the fun for the cast has been the rich “Simpsons” legacy of inviting guest celebrities on the show. The cast has worked with hundreds of them, including Drew Barrymore, Johnny Carson, Mel Gibson, Susan Sarandon, Mick Jagger and Keith Richards, and John Waters.
And to be sure, “Simpsons” has remained, throughout, one very cushy gig for the performing staff. They work the equivalent of one day a week for 22 weeks each year, earning a very healthy six-figure weekly salary. They don’t have to go through makeup or wardrobe and don’t even necessarily need to be present at the recording session, as they’re permitted to deliver their lines while on location for other projects.
“That’s why it’s such a blessing and there’s no reason to leave,” notes Azaria, the voice of bartender Moe, Apu, Chief Wiggum and numerous others. “I’ve recorded my stuff from New York, from Canada, from all over, depending on the job. So, it’s a total piece of cake for us. We get the credit while the writers and animators get pushed to the limit. But they know how much we all owe them and how appreciated they are.”
Things were not always so rosy. In 1998, when they were each earning about $25,000 per episode, the voice cast threatened to walk off the job unless they got big raises.
Shearer, who voices Mr. Burns, Smithers and numerous other characters, always chuckles when he’s asked, “So, could you have anticipated this kind of run for the show?”
“It’s such a lunatic question,” he replies. “When we started out, the Fox network was still on UHF channels around the country. We were Channel 56 or 47. This show has been a succession of major flukes coming to confluence.”
One of those flukes is being the star of a TV series for nearly two decades and being able to travel the country without being recognized, which Cartwright (the voice of Bart) sees as yet another job perk. “It’s just ideal in that way,” she says. “We have all of the advantages of artistic success — job freedom, a great work environment — with none of the downside.”
While the show’s vocal talents long ago came to terms with the fact that “Simpsons” is destined to define their legacies and will certainly be in the first sentence of their obituaries, that’s just fine with Castellaneta (who voices Homer and Grandpa, among others).
“I’m sure the headline over my obit will probably be something like, ‘Homer Simpson Is Dead — D’oh!”‘ Castellaneta says. “But you know, how lucky for me that I’ll be known for something that’s so loved around the world. And I’ll tell you what: It’s still a huge amount of fun to do.
I hope we go 25 years because I’ll never get sick of this.”
Source: reuters
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