That's me and my new Simpson's avatar. "Have I been keeping my cameo role in the upcoming movie a secret?" you ask. Before I get to the answer I just want to share my disappointment in the movie with you even before I've seen it. I'll probably be going even though I know better and living as I do not too far from Springfield, VT and the world premiere I may just go pitch a tent outside the smallish theater's box office 5 or so days early to prepare for the big letdown.Over the last several years the writers have gotten lazy and formulaic. The movie format may not be the right fit for a 30 minute cartoon and the relentless Hollywood hype machine is already making promises that no movie can keep. Still, what with Iraq, global weather woes, and a plague of rampant lesbian prison sex we could all use a good laugh. Let's hope for the best....oh yeah, the avatar. Unfortunately I won't be appearing in the film. Just go here: http://www.simpsonsmovie.com/main.html and look for the "create your own avatar" button at the top of the screen. You too can create a reasonable Simpson style facsimile of yourself or a loved one.
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Um - don't you mean:
"Coming Soon AT a Theater Near You"?
[you're welcome]
m.t.d.i.w.g.
Thanks marv,
I'm sure you remember our old friend Paul Reubens. The LAST thing I want to do is pull a "pee wee" in public...wait...can I rephrase that?!? Anyways we'd have probably had 5 more years of Pee Wee's Playhouse if the internet had been around back when he got caught jerking off in an x-rated theater. Pee Wee we hardly knew ye......
Blob,Blob, Blob!! Even a casual reader of your fine blog would understand that it is merely the end-product of your razor-sharp mind. So- I have to ask, why would anyone with such a mind, especially one with a strong suspicion (almost certainly correct in my opinion)about the basic worth of this "movie" (as I believe you fans call them),reward the producers for a job badly done (a job that never should have been attempted at all!) by handing over your hard-earned money? Let's face it- the Simpsons franchise shot it's wad years ago. It's all over,including the shouting! JUST SAY NO!! Would you go to a restaurant knowing that you're likely to be less than satisfied by the food? If you, while on your morning constitutional came upon a large, steaming dog turd, would you think to yourself, "Hmm, this probably won't be pleasant, but I'll step in it anyway." Anything that smacks of "American Pop Culture" should be looked at with extreme suspicion- it is all form and very little content because it's all about the money-if these guys could make even more money by prostituting their sisters instead of making "movies", then that's what they would do!! Don't do it, Blob!!! However, if you do go,have a swell time!!! PS-Don't tell party bear I'm using proper punctuation again!!!
Mikele are you a commie or something?? I like to think of myself as a catfish of pop culture, sifting patiently through the shit at the bottom of the lake for the inevitable worthwhile and nutritious morsel. I'm also a forgiving sort and am willing to give Matt Groening another chance seeing as he's done so much to make me laugh and has given me reams of quotable material to use at parties and in teaching situations. That's why I have a problem with your restaurant analogy and an even bigger one with the dog turd. I avoid unpleasantness as a rule but if I've been to a restaurant many times and had great meals there I'm likely to return if they tell me that, after several years, they have revamped the menu and are back to their old ways. That being said I still may wait for the DVD or may not see the film at all...I remain sceptical but unlike you, have not yet turned the corner and barreled blindly down Crumudgeon Blvd. See you at the cinema!!
Did that sound harsh? It was supposed to sound wry and maybe even glib, but never harsh! Sorry.
BTW Mike, now that you have been posting comments I couldn't help but notice the remarkable absence of Dixxx. Is it just a coincidence or have you pulled rank in some sort of arcane, hierarchical, trombonist behaviour that I'm not privy to. And Dixxx, if this is some sort a hissy fit let me just assure you that while Mikexxxster is a fine writer and has seen fit to borrow the
triple-X idea you are and will forever remain irreplaceable. There will always be a place for you here at The Blob.
Dear Blobster- no offense given, none taken. In another posting you list many of the advantages that accrue as one gets (slightly) older. Let me add one more- a greater indifference to the "slings and arrows of outrageous fortune", and (ok, two more)a much thicker skin than our (slightly) younger friends.Your "catfish" analogy was very amusing, but really, wouldn't you rather be just a little higher on the food chain? On a totally different topic,isn't it a teat to see our own little Maria Callous blossom (in a literary sense, of course!)before our very eyes? Who knew?!?!? Does that sound to you like someone who resides on Curmudgeon Boulevard as you so colourfully put it? In spite of what many believe,I am full of bonnehommie, with occasional gusts up to love for a surprising number of my fellow humans. In closing, as P.G.Wodehouse has said,may you have a smile on your lips,and a rainbow 'round your shoulders!!
"On a totally different topic,isn't it a teat to see our own little Maria Callous blossom (in a literary sense, of course!)before our very eyes?"
TEAT?? I wonder what Dr. Freud would have to say about that typo Mikexxxster? To answer your question though it is indeed a TREAT isn'tit.
Boobulator! Really, I must protest(I hope not too much)!! Why would you think I could stoop to such a low form of humour? Surely that is not the Mikexxxter way!!! The great Doctor himself said that,sometimes,a cigar is just a cigar. Just so!!!
Stop talking about how well I'm bosoming! Party Bear! Party Bear! The bad men in the pit are staring again!
Exactly!! Where is your Dad to protect you from the leering, ogling, lecherous euphoniumists of the world?
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