Can’t Sleep, Clown Will Eat Me
A new Tapped Out update hit today, an episode tie-in for the next episode, “The Kids Are All Fight“.
This update has a new questline and three new decorations; Bart’s Big Wheel, Lisa’s Kiddie Car and the Nightmare Pile.
Bart’s Big Wheel and Lisa’s Kiddie Car are pretty much standard decorations (Lisa gets a new task with the Kiddie Car) but the Nightmare Pile gives kids the chance to get their Halloween costumes out again and wear those in 4 hour tasks.
Read the Wikisimpsons article for more information.
Let’s all go out for some celebratory frosty chocolate milkshakes…
…because today, it’s 28 years since the Simpsons first appeared on U.S. television, as split-up ad-break bumpers during The Tracey Ullman Show on April 19, 1987. The short they first featured in was “Good Night”, which is one of the few shorts to have been released on home media, and is the only short to have been featured fully in an episode, “The Simpsons 138th Episode Spectacular”, which in the countries which show this episode, is the only showing to have occurred, as only countries such as Germany and the UK have aired the short standalone, but do not air it regularly now.
The shorts came about, if you don’t already know, when show creator Matt Groening was invited by James L. Brooks to animate bumpers of his now-defunct comic strip, Life in Hell, between the advertisement breaks of The Tracey Ullman Show. With only a few minutes left until the meeting, Groening thought about if this all went wrong and then Fox would own his characters. To avoid using the characters from the comic, he drew up what is now known as the Simpson family, using names from his family to name the characters, substituting Bart for his name, an anagram for “brat”. This short was written and storyboarded by Groening, and the family was crudely drawn, because Groening had submitted basic sketches to the animators, assuming they would clean them up, but instead they just traced over his drawings. In further shorts, the Simpson family became much more smoother and cleaner in appearance and resembled how they are today.
Well, that’s another anniversary. Will the Simpson family be around to see their 30-year-anniversary of being on U.S. television? We’ll have to see…
Maths! Maths! Maths! in the Season 26’s Season Finale on May 17th
Information about the plot for the S26’s season finale episode titled “Mathlete’s Feat“, which will air on May 17, 2015; has been released on SpoilerTV.com.
The First Information about the episode …
Was given by Al Jean in person while in a Conference (about “Maths in the Simpsons”) in the Science Museum of London on September 26, 2014. He told the audience there about a future episode centered in Maths. He told:”It will have Lisa on a math team and features “the most complicated math jokes we [The Simpsons crew] can think of.” ”
Further Information about it was later given by other sources such as the website Simpsonsmath.com. Another “official plot” has just been released by SpoilerTV. The Plot that we are giving here is a “Mix” of the two “official plots”.
In the episode …
“When a modernized Springfield Elementary has a technical meltdown, Lisa transforms it into a Waldorf school. Meanwhile, Groundskeeper Willie becomes the coach of the mathletes. Lisa and other kids on the Springfield Elementary Mathlympics Team compete against Waverly Hills Elementary… Springfield has a natural genius… who uses ancient techniques to compute geometric figures… [and] helps the Mathletes.”
For further information…
If you want to read the original listing from SpoilerTV.com, visit this page.
If you want to know further info about the episode, check our Wiki article on it. We’re always keeping it up-to-date.
If you desire to know more about Mathematics in The Simpsons, then just visit Simpsonsmath.com!
If you want to know more about Season 26, visit our page for it in our Wiki!
And If you want to know what’s being planned for next season (Season 27), visit our page for it in our Wiki! We’ll keep updating it as new information comes along!
Stay tuned for more!
From the lack of a school life to foraging in a one-time never-ending garden, this Throwback Thursday
Did you not hear?, the PTA disbanded!
Well, it did, for a brief minute in 1995. As tensions between Skinner and Krabappel rose to a tipping point, Bart exacerbated the situation and exploited the want for better pay by forcing the school’s teachers to strike – leading to delight for Bart, dismay for Lisa (who tried to disect her raincoat), and boredom for the tutor-striken Milhouse.
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5 Promotional Images for “The Kids Are All Fight” have been released!
FIVE promotional images for the upcoming 19th episode of season 26, titled “The Kids Are All Fight“, have been released by FOX. The episode airs on April 26, 2015.
If you want to know more about the episode, check out our post on its plot!
Stay tuned for more!
Promotional Images
More ‘Girls’ stars to guest star in season 27 premiere
Four new guest stars have been announced for the season 27 premiere, “Every Man’s Dream“. Lena Dunham‘s (who was previously announced to guest star as Candace) co-stars from Girls will guest star alongside her as Candace’s friends. The co-stars in question are Allison Williams, Zosia Mamet and Jemima Kirke.
Also guest starring is radio talk show host Laura Ingraham. She will voice a therapist who finds no hope in Homer and Marge’s marriage.
“Every Man’s Dream” is set to air in Fall 2015 and is written by J. Stewart Burns.
Simpsons Comics #220 now available!
Simpsons Comics #220 is the latest comic in the Simpsons Comics series.
Ever need a place where you can find a sympathetic ear, get some friendly advice, and perhaps share an evening with friends while enjoying a lovingly prepared libation – or do you just end up at Moe’s Tavern. Well, there’s a new mixologist in town, Ned Flanders, and he’s serving up a fermented microbrew that may very well foment an unfortunate face-off. Enter Homer Simpson, who finds himself in the middle of it all-between a PO’d Moe and his holier-than-everyone else neighborino
The Terwilliger Family Return in a new TSTO event!
A new The Simpsons: Tapped Out event has started today. After a longer than usual delay between iOS and Android, the major devices all have it available as a store update (You must download from the App Store or Play Store).
This new update features the entire Terwilliger family with a new plot, involving the Monsarno Corporation. There will be three phases of prizes with three different event currencies. Phase one uses spades, phase two uses gas masks and phase three uses music notes.
Prizes are obtained in order by collecting spades. Items can be crafted using fertilizer and corn. There are daily tasks that have to be completed to get more event currency too.
For full details about the event, including characters to unlock and how, buildings, phases and prizes, see the Wikisimpsons article.
The Simpsons On Hiatus – Season 27 Confirmed…?
As you may have read on Wikisimpsons, season 27 is confirmed. However, these are all leftover episodes from the last production season, which most of season 26 was made out of.
For those of you that don’t know, a production season is different to an airing season. Each episode has a production code, i.e. TABF14, the production code for the season 27 premiere, “Every Man’s Dream“. TABF is the production season whilst 14 is the episode number within that production season. Most airing seasons will have episodes from two different production seasons, the current and the last one.
So, whilst season 27 is confirmed, currently only episodes from the last production season have been confirmed. There are currently no new episodes from a new production season as no new episodes are being created.
The animators for the show are currently on hiatus, and have no return date to the show. According to one of the animators, this has only happened once in the past. The likely cause of this is due to contract negotiations with the cast taking longer than usual, and that is the popular theory although no confirmation has been given to this as of yet. Therefore, no one is currently working on new episodes. If contract negotiations with the cast fall through, there could only be half a season of episodes, rather than a full season, consisting of episodes from the last production season. This could also spell the end for The Simpsons.
However, don’t panic. That is only a worst case scenario. The Simpsons is a huge money maker for Fox and I doubt they’ll be letting it go any time soon.
EDIT: The Upfronts in May, the days when TV networks announce the shows that are being cancelled or renewed, will likely be the latest we hear some news about the future of The Simpsons.