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  • Homer Simpson’s drinking offensive to Lithuanian Censors

    You’d be excused for thinking that I’m making this up, but the Lithuanian publisher of the official “The Simpsons” comic was fined for breaching anti-alcohol advertising laws after authorities took offense to Homer’s drinking habits. In both the original TV cartoon and the comic,  Homer Simpson rarely resists his favorite drink –...
  • Simpson writers hide McBain mini-movie inside multiple episodes

    It’s a move that marks the creative brilliance of the writers behind TV’s monster hit,The Simpsons. Inside multiple episodes over many seasons they’ve hidden a mini-feature, McBain. A spy thriller sometimes watched by the good folk of Springfield, McBain is reminiscent of a pre-politics Arnold Schwartzenegger. Check it out...
  • German schoolgirl faces court for drawing rabbit on blackboard

    Just when you thought you had heard everything, news out of Germany is that a teacher is suing a 16-year-old-student for teasing her about an alleged phobia of rabbits. The teasing included, according to the teacher, drawing one on the class blackboard. De Spiegel reported that the teacher fled in tears when she saw...