The Flying Hellfish aren’t the only major connection Grandpa Simpson has with Mr. Burns. The discovery of a corpse on The Simpsons‘ latest episode (which we first heard about at CBR) led to the ...

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 ...

Throughout its entire existence, The Simpsons has been the perfect balancing act of dry comedy with cartoon zaniness. An episode whose A-plot is focused on Homer and Marge’s marital strife can manage ...

The Simpsons‘ “The Past and the Furious” imagines a version of Springfield where all plants have been wiped out thanks to Mr. Burns’ expanding corporate reach. When Lisa gets depressed at how hopeless ...