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“At some point during its run, The Simpsons turned into one of the best sitcoms on television – and that’s not a compliment. At one time, to call The Simpsons the best show on Fox would have been a vast understatement; to say it was the best sitcom on television would have been inadequate; and to describe it as the greatest TV show in history would minimize its importance by limiting its cultural impact to the small screen. Who knows when it happened – maybe it was when Homer visited the leprechaun jockeys in Season 11, or when he was raped by a panda in Season 12 — but for several years, watching The Simpsons chase Ozzie & Harriet’s record for the longest-running sitcom has been like watching the late-career Pete Rose: There’s still greatness there, and you get to see a home run now and then, but mostly it’s a halo of reflected glory.” Read More >>>

UK’s Radio Times magazine has named The Simpsons among a list of 24 other shows as being a show which has changed the face of television. The show was recognized for “comprehensively filleting every family value”. Click Here for the full list.

Dusty Saunders writes: “I was struggling through AUSA, NBC’s (and Richard Appel’s) new comedy, wondering how many weeks this series will be on the air. Based on the quality of the premiere, AUSA deserves a two-week run. My thoughts then turned to The Simpsons and Frasier, which have had much more than two-week runs. It would be redundant to go on about the success of The Simpsons. Matt Groening recently summed it up, pointing out the characters are blessed with “eternal youth” because of the animated format.

USA Today’s Bill Keveney has compiled hundreds of tidbits from 14 seasons, and had a rare studio visit with the people who bring Springfield’s favorite family to life. Their special Simpsons feature includes 12 sub-stories which outline some of the writers favorite episodes and toys, spoilers for this season and beyond, and numerous lists which you may or may not have seen before. There’s simply too much info here to list on our main page, but if you don’t want to read all of it, we recommend you check out “6 peeks into the future”.

Johanna Schneller writes: “The news that The Simpsons has been renewed for a 15th and 16th season was greeted with joy at my house, where it is woven into the very fabric of our daily lives. We “Ha-ha” like Nelson and “Mmnnmmhh” like Marge. The Simpsons are better, in every way. The show celebrates its 300th episode on Feb. 16. The previous record holder for TV sitcom longevity was the Ozzie and Harriet show,and Homer and Co. have been castigated as murderers of the values for which Ozzie’s clan stood. Bunkum. The Simpsons’ values are stern and immutable: They celebrate humour, irony and self-deprecation, and despise self-righteousness, snobbery and hypocrisy.” Read More >>>

Another article on The Simpsons and Religion has been put online. A lot of it is the same as what we’ve previously posted, but if you’d like to check it out, Click Here courteousy of Knox News.

Click here to see what some noted Canadians (Jack Layton, Rick Mercer, Toronto Maple Leafs defenseman Wade Belak, and Palookaville’s Seth)have to say about The Simpsons. Enjoy!

As the 300th episode of The Simpsons quickly approaches, Entertainment Weekly has looked back at “Homer and co.’s most hilarious, inspired moments” and has compiled a list of their 25 favorite episodes of all time. Topping the list is “Last Exit to Springfield” at #1, “Rosebud” at #2, “Cape Feare” at #3, “Marge vs. the Monorail” at #4, and “Homer’s Phobia” rounded out the top 5. In addition, “Bart to the Future” was singled out as their least favorite Simpsons episode. Click here to view the full list!

“Like many of my friends – not to mention the show’s 14.3 million viewers – I adore the ‘The Simpsons.’ My two brothers and I have taped every episode since its debut on Dec. 17, 1989. I was 14 then and the fact that ‘The Simpsons’ and ‘Seinfeld’ existed made perfect sense. I thought, ‘This is what TV is supposed to be.’ I remember feeling that as a result, there would be more great shows to come. As we know, that never happened. There have been some very good sit-coms in the post-‘Cheers’ era that had streaks of greatness – ‘Friends’ and ‘Frasier’ to name two – but neither of them matches up to the content depth and staying power of ‘The Simpsons.'” Read More >>>