Coke: Hard Times

The 2010 Super Bowl Coca-Cola spot featuring the cast of The Simpsons...

King of Pop (1958 - 2009)

The sudden death of Michael Jackson has shocked the music industry as well as the world. The man who brought us Thriller and the moonwalk is gone. But his memory will live on.
Back in 1990, Jackson was a fan of The Simpsons and offered to write a number one single for Bart and to do a guest spot on the show.

The "Do The Bartman" video is directed by Brad Bird who went on to direct such animated features as "The Iron Giant", "The Incredibles" and "Ratatouille".

Mmmmmmmm....High Definition

On February 16th, FOX premiered a new HD format of The Simpsons with a brand new title sequence.
http://www.animationmagazine.net/article/9606
The 20th season of the longest running television series will be broadcast in high definition and hopefully the writers will be able to improve the stories as well.
(A big thanks to MikeMedia for letting me know!)

Homie The Bear

I always thought this was a nice little tribute to the classic Hanna-Barbera cartoon. From the 10th season episode "When You Dish Upon a Star".

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Regular Krusty Packaging

This Tuesday, October 7, sees the release of The Simpsons: Season 11 on DVD. This time around, Krusty the Clown gets his own head-package design.For those of you who do not care for the fancy package, TVshowsonDVD.com has gotten a hold of the regular box packaging for this season's release.
http://tvshowsondvd.com/news/Simpsons-Season-11-Box-Art/10642

A Simpsons Brain Cell?

According to this recent article, Californian researchers studying the neuroscience of memory have stumbled across an individual brain cell that fires up when a person watches an episode of The Simpsons and when remembering what happened in the episode, it fires up again.
The cell in question is located near the hippocampus, the area of the brain that is believed to be linked to memory.

Simpsons Season 11 DVD Announced

The Simpsons: The Complete 11th Season has finally been announced to be hitting shelves as a 4 disc set on October 7th!
http://tvshowsondvd.com/news/Simpsons-Season-11-Box-Art/10122
Guess which non-Simpsons family member gets their own box design this time around!

Simpsons Indent

Here's a neat little Simpsons indent that played on a UK TV network to promote The Simpsons Movie last year. Check out the cool 3D background near the end...

Treehouse of Horror XVIII

Here's the lowdown on 2007's Treehouse of Terror,

Mr. and Mrs. Simpson - Homer and Marge in a Mr. and Mrs. Smith parody.
E.T. Go Home - Bart and Lisa try to help Kodos return to his home planet, or at least that's what Kodos wants them to think.
Heck House - when Bart and his friends go too far in playing pranks on Halloween, Flanders turns the church into a Hell House that's a real killer.

The new Halloween episode will air November 4th! (always after Oct.31st, isn't it?)

The Simpsons and the Movie References

"The Adventures of Accordion Guy in the 21st Century" has a great article about various Simpsons scenes from past seasons and their classic film influences.
I wasn't aware of many of the comparisons listed here:
http://www.joeydevilla.com/2007/09/22/simpsons-scenes-and-their-reference-movies/
Great read, well worth a look!

If Simpsons was Star Wars