Simpsons still on top

According to the BBC Simpsons have been nominated for numerous awards, "Animated comedy The Simpsons is leading the charge for the Writers Guild of America's (WGA) annual broadcasting awards, with five nominations. The series was one of five nominees for best comedy series, along with Entourage, Weeds and previous winners 30 Rock and The Office."

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The Simpsons Movie

I know I have posted about the the Simpsons Movie before but I found a comment that completely resonates with my feelings toward the movie. Robert Matheson is responding to a movie review that lauds the Simpsons Movie. Robert mirror my precise feelings! You can read his wonderful comment here.

Mixing it up with the Simpsons!

The Church of England has caused quite a stir! One of the Church's Archbishop has written a book to try and stimulate church attendance with young teens involving the Simpsons and their ideas concerning religion. This is from Christianity Today. And this article is from ABC News.

Make sure to read the first comment someone posted on Christianity Today it was very interesting and I completely disagree with this persons comment especially his/her tone.

The Simpsons have Soul

I have been finding a slew of very fascinating articles pertaining to the Simpsons and religion here is one more article that is very thorough and as always thought provoking. The article is written by John Dart who was formerly the LA Times Religion writer. I hope by presenting these last few articles in previous posts you may now understand the intricacies and complexities of The Simpsons.

Simpsons and Religion

I found an excellent article at "Simpson Crazy." It's about The Simpsons and how the show deals with religion specifically Christianity, here is an excerpt, "As cartoonist Matt Groening's show approaches a new season Sept. 26, it continues to be a source of controversy, now drawing criticism from a Roman Catholic watchdog organization. The Catholic League for Religious and Civil Rights cited several jokes about the church. In one case, pressure from network officials this past season forced the show's producers to alter a line about the Catholic Church from the original show when the program aired in rerun this summer." Read the full article it was very intriguing.

Ned Flanders

Ned Flanders is Homer's next door neighbor. He is the epitome or trying to be of a Christian, he is also rather "square" or lame. Homer hate Ned with a passion, though in a few episode's Homer befriends Flanders but by the end of the episode everything is back to "normal." I found a great article about Ned here is an excerpt, " Ned Flanders, the endlessly optimistic neighbor of Homer Simpson, has emerged as an unlikely icon for churchgoers, who say they are embracing their inner nerds." Read the whole article here. Though I don't agree with some points the article makes it does paint a wonderful picture of Ned Flanders. Here is a another bio about Ned. Also, this is a flash-site that has some fun sound-bites from Ned (if you have never heard Ned talk I highly suggest you go listen).

Simpsons' Quotes

I stumbled upon this website, "The Simpsons Quotes." I found it quite useful and you can actually find quotes categorized by who said them or what the quote pertains too (i.e. religion, life theme etc.). It's a useful site considering the different ways the quotes are classified making it easier to find something specific but it is by no means exhaustive. Here is the link!