[kj] FW: Re: who hates the simpsons.....

[Alexander Smith]

Yeah, I have to agree with Folk Devil on this point -- I've always  
loved the Simpsons, but the promotional campaign in regards to this  
movie is reaching full, maddening saturation. Enough already!

Alex in NYC


On Jul 26, 2007, at 4:33 PM, folk devil wrote:


> so, have you simpsonized yourself on myspace,  

> yet?...................no, i haven't...the current PR is leaving a  

> nasty aftertaste, and I used to like the show..to a point...

>

>

>> From: "Brendan" <bq at soundgardener.co.nz>

>> Reply-To: "A list about all things Killing Joke (the  

>> band!)"<gathering at misera.net>

>> To: "A list about all things Killing Joke (the band!)"  

>> <gathering at misera.net>

>> Subject: Re: [kj] FW: Re: who hates the simpsons.....

>> Date: Fri, 27 Jul 2007 08:25:02 +1200 (NZST)

>>

>> At the end of one episode as the credits were rolling you hear the

>> magazine store guy go "worst episode EVER" in the most hilarious

>> voice...my favourite.

>>

>>

>> > yeah gotta agree Oliver, so many killer lines in each  episode,  

>> i can't

>> > wait

>> > to see the film

>> >

>> >

>> > 3 that keep popping into my head for no reason

>> >

>> > "Millhouse got a tip from a  4 year old  about a dead alien"

>> >

>> > " you know that corpse?"," what jimbo killed him!" no but he  

>> poked him

>> > with

>> > a stick!"

>> >

>> > "since the dawn of civilisation, man has yearned to destroy the  

>> sun!

>> >

>> >

>> > On 26/07/07, B. Oliver Sheppard <bigblackhair at sbcglobal.net> wrote:

>> >>

>> >> The Simpsons is great social satire. It works on one level for  

>> kids, I

>> >> guess, but it skewers religion (Homer being told in a moment of  

>> crisis

>> >> that the Bible has all the answers he needs, flips through it, and

>> >> announces with disgust, 'Oh, this doesn't have any answers at  

>> all!'),

>> >> and so much of American culture so relentlessly that a lot of it

>> >> probably passes over most kids' heads -- but, hey, it's a  

>> cartoon, and

>> >> kids love cartoons by default, right? Just like adults dismiss  

>> them by

>> >> default, generally.

>> >>

>> >> Recent episodes dealt with offshoring jobs to India, another  

>> with the

>> >> Patriot Act, Burns buying up all the media operations in  

>> Springfield,

>> >> the bad US healthcare system (Homer, Apu, Grandpa running in  

>> drugs from

>> >> Canada, when Apu is arrested for being a suspected terrorist  

>> trying to

>> >> cross the border)  -- they deal with a lot of serious issues  

>> but it's

>> >> done in such an absurdist way. I like the show -- a lot.

>> >>

>> >> -Oliver

>> >>

>> >>

>> >>

>> >> melinda grant wrote:

>> >> >

>> >> > its tosh....does not appeal to me ok..

>> >> >

>> >> >> From: uncle benny's magical bra & liquorice factory

>> >> >> <fatpotanga at gmail.com>

>> >> >> Reply-To: "A list about all things Killing Joke (the

>> >> >> band!)"<gathering at misera.net>

>> >> >> To: The Gathering <gathering at misera.net>

>> >> >> Subject: Re: [kj] Killing Joke vs Johnny Cash mash up

>> >> >> Date: Thu, 26 Jul 2007 17:12:03 +0100

>> >> >>

>> >> >> On 26/7/07 17:07, "melinda grant" wrote:

>> >> >>

>> >> >> > any way for all those simpson fans on list(--its kinda for  

>> kids and

>> >> >> teenagers

>> >> >> isnt it,not adults--well mantally backward ones  

>> perhaps..lol..ive

>> >> >> never liked it!!!!

>> >> >

>> >> > fats wrote.....

>> >> >>

>> >> >> Looks at shoes, scuffs ground & whistles...

>> >> >

>> >> >

>> >> > bet you were at the premier,wernt you  ;-D))))))

>> >> >>

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