The Simpsonsis one of the most important television shows of all time, and became the most dominant property in mass entertainment culture for the first decade of its existence. While many would point ...

The Simpsons' Season 5 episode “Burns’ Heir” sees Bart (Nancy Cartwright) named by Mr. Burns (Harry Shearer), impressed by him being a “creature of pure malevolence,” as his legal heir. It’s a ...

Homer Simpson has been making us laugh from his very first "D'oh!" to his latest "Woo-hoo!" For more than three decades and counting, the ne'er do well patriarch of everyone's favorite animated sitcom ...

J.S. Gornael has a BA in English with a Creative Writing Emphasis in Poetry and an MFA in Fiction. He has taken workshops in poetry, fiction, and non-fiction (though mostly the second). Half-cinephile ...

The Simpsons’ Season 4 episode “The Front” hinges on the premise that Bart (Nancy Cartwright) and Lisa (Yeardley Smith) write an episode of “Itchy and Scratchy” that, after some craftiness on their ...

While the show's original Christmas episode special aired in December 1989, this week marks the 25th anniversary of the premiere of The Simpsons as a weekly series, on January 14th, 1990. The show has ...