the simpsons
Hank Azaria on His Bruce Springsteen Tribute Band and Nailing The Boss’ Voice: Podcast
The legendary voice actor has perfected The Boss and is taking it on the road. Hank Azaria on His Bruce Springsteen Tribute Band and Nailing The Boss’ Voice: Podcast Kyle Meredith
Conan O’Brien returning to The Simpsons for season 36 premiere
A 30-year-in-the-making homecoming for the one-time Simpsons writer. Conan O’Brien Returning to The Simpsons for Season 36 Premiere Scoop Harrison
Cypress Hill bring 1996 Simpsons episode to life with London Symphony Orchestra concert
The Simpsons writers may have started it all as a joke, but the members of Cypress Hill teamed up with the LSO to make it a reality. Cypress Hill Bring Simpsons Episode to Life with London Symphony Orchestra Concert: Watch Mary Siroky
Cypress Hill announce concert with London Symphony Orchestra decades after Simpsons joke
The Simpsons predicted the performance in the 1996 episode "Homerpalooza." Cypress Hill Announce Concert with London Symphony Orchestra Decades After Simpsons Joke Eddie Fu
Lizzo jams with The Simpsons in season finale preview: Watch
The Grammy-winning singer will play double duty as herself and Homer's elven spirit guide. Lizzo Jams with The Simpsons in Season Finale Preview: Watch Bryan Kress
The Simpsons Episode Mentioning China’s “Forced Labor” Cut from Disney+ in Hong Kong
Season 34 episode "One Angry Lisa" references "forced labor camps where children make smartphones." The Simpsons Episode Mentioning China’s “Forced Labor” Cut from Disney+ in Hong Kong Eddie Fu
Chris Ledesma, The Simpsons’ Longtime Music Editor, Dead at 64
Chris Ledesma, who served as music editor on The Simpsons for 33 seasons, has died at the age of 64. Ledesma had worked on the animated sitcom since its series premiere in 1989 up until his departure in 2022 due to health issues. All told, Ledesma contributed to 735 episodes of The Simpsons as well as to multiple shorts and other specials. He documented much of his work on a blog called Simpsons Music 500. In a 2013 video profile from SAE Institute USA, Ledesma explained his role on The Simpsons. Primary working in conjunction with longtime composer Alf Clausen, Ledesma said, “We sit down and plot out where all the music is going to go in every scene, and what the music’s motivation is. The composer dreams up the music, and I’m the technical guy who makes sure it fits in the picture ...
This Year’s Treehouse of Horror Proves There’s Still Life Left in The Simpsons
[Editor’s note: The following contains spoilers for The Simpsons, Season 34 Episode 6, “Treehouse of Horror XXXIII.”] The popular attitude for decades now is that The Simpsons, Fox’s beloved, iconic, and seemingly undying animated tentpole, is past its prime — despite regular renewals year after year, as a critic there very rarely feels like much urgency in checking in on the show. However, “Treehouse of Horror XXXIII,” arriving in the show’s 34th season, is full of genuine surprises, the least of which being that the annual anthology of horror tales seems like the show has found a spark of new creative energy. Okay, it’s primarily the second two parts of the episode which inspire that statement — not that the initial story, “The Pookadook” is bad, but it’s a pretty straightforward riff on...
QAnon, Citing The Simpsons, Says Something Is Happening September 24th
The Simpsons has a history of predicting the future, but QAnon is taking the animated series’ perceived abilities to the next level. As Vice reports, the conspiracy group is certain that something bad is going to happen on September 24th, and they’re basing their assumptions on one episode of the series and a poor choice of words from a German politician. While no one at QAnon is certain what, exactly, is going to happen on September 24th, followers on different platforms have thrown around the possibility of nuclear war, a financial crisis, water poisoning, and an armed revolution. The conspiracy theorists first got the idea for a fall armageddon when German lawmaker Friedrich Merz, speaking about the Russian invasion of Ukraine earlier this month, misspoke and said everyon...
Nifty News: BAYC hodler loses 100 ETH in ‘joke’ domain sale gone wrong
A major Bored Ape Yacht Club (BAYC) nonfungible token (NFT) hodler lost 100 Ether (ETH), worth $150,000, as a result of a joke bid on his own registered Ethereum Name Service (ENS) domain. The NFT whale, who owns 57 BAYC NFTs and goes by franklinisbored on Twitter, minted the ENS domain “stop-doing-fake-bids-its-honestly-lame-my-guy.eth” using an alternate wallet on Wednesday. The move was a part of a meme discussed with other NFT collectors in the community, in which he was attempting to trigger the EnsBidsBot account to tweet about a hefty 100 ETH bid on an ENS domain, essentially to mock the purpose of such Twitter accounts. What phrase or meme do you want me to have the ens bot tweet out as a .eth address with a 100 WETH bid? Lol I would have to mint the ENS address myself too. — Frank...
Kerry Washington Cast in The Simpsons as Bart’s New Teacher
Bart Simpson has had a revolving door of burnout substitute teachers since the 2013 retirement of the beloved Ms. Krabappel, but now, The Simpsons has finally found an adequate permanent replacement. The sitcom has cast Kerry Washington as Rayshelle Peyton, Bart’s new teacher (via Entertainment Weekly). Washington’s Ms. Peyton is a kind, competent educator and a complete departure from the jaded Ms. Krabappel (voiced by the late Marcia Wallace). While Ms. Krabappel served as Bart’s foil more than his role model, Ms. Peyton takes a different approach to education — by actually teaching. “She’s a little too honest, in a very, very sweet, quirky way,” Simpsons co-executive producer Carolyn Omine told EW. “She has a very ambitious project, and she seems like she’s going to be able to at l...
The Simpsons Casts Its First-Ever Deaf Voice Actor for Episode Featuring ASL
The Simpsons has been on the air for over 30 years, but there are still common forms of storytelling it hasn’t explored. As Variety first reported, the upcoming April 10th episode will be its first to include American Sign Language (ASL), and in casting John Autry II, it will also be the first time the show has used a deaf voice actor. The episode is titled “The Sound of Bleeding Gums,” and it finds Lisa Simpson meeting Monk, the deaf child of the late jazz musician Bleeding Gums Murphy. Murphy first appeared in the Season 6 episode “Moaning Lisa,” and died that same season in “‘Round Springfield.” In “The Sound of Bleeding Gums,” his son Monk hopes to get a cochlear implant, and Lisa’s enthusiasm to help may not turn out to be very helpful. The teleplay comes from Loni Stee...
