For me the highlight of Simpsons’ background gags have always been the one liners shouted in the crowd of murmuring voices. For my money it doesn’t get any better than in the PTA disbands episode where Skinner and Krabappel are having their stage debate and Skinner just rubs his fingers together in the universal sign…

Two of my favourites from The Simpsons:

One of my favorites is Moe’s protest sign in the 2nd season Simpsons episode “Itchy & Scratchy & Marge.” The Simpsons and friends have assembled to protest cartoon violence, but Moe has a more specific agenda.

This is my favourite background joke. It’s pretty smart.

The legal matter is not a personal “fuck you” to artists, no. It’s just the rule of law saying that you can’t have lawsuits over someone else’s property. Since the artists no longer had any legal rights or possession over their recordings, it was absurd - from a legal standpoint - that they filed lawsuits. Think about…

It’s funny, I’ve had an idea for ages for a podcast similar to this column, called Why Is This Not a Movie? As I have moderately more time on my hands under quarantine, I started doing some research and writing, but I’ve still been on the fence about whether or not to do it. I think the fact that this is the first…

How has this not been made into a movie?

Tetrodotoxin is no laughing matter. I’d demand peer-reviewed research papers, plural, from any place who claims they can raise a pufferfish without it.

Ha ha! Very good, if a little distasteful given the circumstances.

Immense talent and from all tales a guy who could also laugh at himself as he enjoyed the MadTV “Jackass” version and poked fun of himself in an episode of Reno 911.

That’s the best compliment I’ve ever gotten. Especially around this fucking dump.

My tested IQ is high enough to join(or at least was when they went by that? I may be wrong there it’s been a long time since I looked into it) but I always figured it was a scam like those ‘Who’s Who’ books...

We’re going to lose our collective shit if this takes Hanks out...

Arby’s employees would have given you the refund as their flesh melted and ran into the molten river of horsey sauce.

This is little more than an impulse buy. Let’s be frank.

Is “Latest” a full chronological feed?

A one-hit wonder to many people who only listened to whatever they heard of theirs on the radio, the same way people think The Flaming Lips was also a one-hit wonder. Mazzy Star had a ridiculously avid following (me among them) who knew that they had a bunch of great songs beyond Fade Into You, and who were willing to…

Big cult following and Hope Sandoval still records and tours and sells a decent amount of records I’d imagine.

Iconic band for those of us of a certain age. Really captured the zeitgeist of the early 90s Alternative scene.