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Join your friends Bob Mackey and Henry Gilbert for a chronological and cromulent exploration of the greatest show ever made! Each week we're joined by funny guests to tackle a different episode of The Simpsons, breaking down every 22 minutes of animated entertainment into an embiggening discussion about Our Favorite Family. Support us directly at https://Patreon.com/TalkingSimpsons
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"I was in heaven. If horse racing is the sport of kings, then surely bowling... is a... very good sport as well!" - Homer Simpson Journey back with us to the distant year of 1993—which wasn't so distant in 1995—to hear about the fabled birth of Maggie. When Homer at long last reaches the coveted rank of "pin monkey," the birth of his second daughter threatens to blow the Simpson family eight ways from Sunday. Don't forget, listener: you're here forever. Our Guest: Justin Decloux from The Important Cinema Club Podcast Support this podcast and get over 200 ad-free bonus episodes by visiting Patreon.com/TalkingSimpsons and becoming a patron! And please follow the official Twitter, @TalkSimpsonsPod, not to mention Bluesky and Instagram!
"Jub-Jub can't take care of me when I'm old and sick. All he can do is eat me when I'm dead" - Selma Bouvier The perpetually unlucky in love Selma suddenly experiences menopause symptoms, making her mothering urge rise to previously unseen levels. Thankfully, she finds China's baby girl surplus will solve all of her problems—as long as she's willing to play Homer's wife. Support this podcast and get over 200 ad-free bonus episodes by visiting Patreon.com/TalkingSimpsons and becoming a patron! And please follow the official Twitter, @TalkSimpsonsPod, not to mention Bluesky and Instagram!
The Talking Simpsons Network is taking a week off, so to fill the content gap, we've decided to post a Patreon-exclusive interview from our archives! If you like this and want to hear more, head over to Patreon.com/TalkingSimpsons and sign up at the $5 level. Once you do, you'll have immediate access to all of our limited miniseries, covering animated shows like King of the Hill, Mission Hill, The Critic, and Batman: The Animated Series. That's over 200 bonus episodes to date! So visit Patreon.com/TalkingSimpsons and sign up today! Original podcast description: Mike Reiss has worked on The Simpsons for more than three decades, as one of the first writers hired, as a co-showrunner of seasons 3 and 4, and as a producer giving input to this day on both the series and the film. Not only that, but he co-created The Critic and has written for animated feature films and now has a new book all about his life, Springfield Confidential (buy it here). Bob and Henry chat with Mr. Reiss for a whole hour about his long career, and we learn many Simpsons secrets and fun insights from a comedy legend. Listen and enjoy! Note: This interview originally went live on June 9, 2018.
"I've never felt so accepted in all my life. These people look deep within my soul and assign me a number based on the order in which I joined." - Homer J. Simpson Who controls the British crown? Who keeps the metric system down? Homer finds out when some light stalking leads to his discovery of The Stonecutters: a secret society that exists deep within the underbelly of Springfield. But will this new gang of cloak-wearing, pool-playing drunks eventually become yet another No Homers Club? Our guest: Andrew Jupin from We Hate Movies And be sure to check out We Hate Movies LIVE this August in Las Vegas at ST:LV! Support this podcast and get over 200 ad-free bonus episodes by visiting Patreon.com/TalkingSimpsons and becoming a patron! And please follow the official Twitter, @TalkSimpsonsPod, not to mention Bluesky and Instagram!
We've reached the end of the month, which means it's time for another episode of our community podcast! This time around, listen in as we discuss a new slate of Disney+ exclusive episodes, explore The Simpsons/Monopoly Go collaboration, weigh in on Harry Shearer grumpiness updates, and more. And, as always, we read and respond to your questions and comments from the last round of podcasts. It's all happening on Talk to the Audience: the podcast that remains in a state of cat-like readiness!
"Oh, I always hoped we wouldn't be one of those 'restraining order' families." - Marge Simpson Bart's prankery against Lisa goes too far, causing the two siblings to be separated by a legally-mandated distance. Can the advice of Gary Busey and the soothing notes of Herb Alpert's "Tijuana Taxi" help these two bury the hatchet? Support this podcast and get over 200 ad-free bonus episodes by visiting Patreon.com/TalkingSimpsons and becoming a patron! And please follow the official Twitter, @TalkSimpsonsPod, not to mention Bluesky and Instagram!
"Come on, Marge; I wanna shake off the dust of this one-horse town. I wanna explore the world! I wanna watch TV in a different time zone! I wanna explore strange, exotic malls... I'm sick of eating hoagies; I want a grinder, a sub, a footlong hero! I wanna LIVE, Marge! WON'T YOU LET ME LIVE?!" - Homer Simpson When a flyboy-related mishap lands The Simpsons free plane tickets, Marge's newly revealed fear of air travel cancels their vacation plans. So Marge turns to therapy, and gets the help she needs—in the form of a somewhat timely The Prince of Tides parody. Our guest: Eric Szyszka from We Hate Movies And be sure to check out We Hate Movies LIVE this August in Las Vegas at ST:LV! Support this podcast and get over 250 full-length bonus episodes by visiting Patreon.com/TalkingSimpsons and becoming a patron! And please follow us at @TalkSimpsonsPod on Bluesky!
"As long as two people love each other, I don't think god cares whether they both have the same hoo-hoo or ha-ha." - Marge Simpson When tourism starts declining thanks to several of Bart's famous pranks, the city of Springfield legalizes gay marriage—and Homer cashes in as a hastily ordained minister. But when Patty comes out of the closet to marry her newly revealed fiance, the truth is revealed in a shocking twist that'll definitely make you happy it's not 2005 anymore. Support this podcast and get over 200 ad-free bonus episodes by visiting Patreon.com/TalkingSimpsons and becoming a patron! And please follow the official Twitter, @TalkSimpsonsPod, not to mention Bluesky and Instagram!
Join your friends Bob Mackey and Henry Gilbert for a chronological and cromulent exploration of the greatest show ever made! Each week we're joined by funny guests to tackle a different episode of The Simpsons, breaking down every 22 minutes of animated entertainment into an embiggening discussion about Our Favorite Family. Support us directly at https://Patreon.com/TalkingSimpsons
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