At long last, after six seasons we finally learn how Maggie was born (try to act surprised). We learn about crime solving boats, the continuity of Homer's hair, and how to burn bridges in this week's podcast flashback...
2017-10-18 07:17:05 +0000 UTC View Post
Jay Sherman returns for a second, short-lived Fox season with a new look, new movie parodies, and, most importantly, a new girlfriend. And as Coming Attractions faces cancellation for the umpteenth time, Alice just might have the feminine touch to ensure people no longer mistake Jay for a bear who likes key lime pie. Listen in, ...
2017-10-13 17:55:58 +0000 UTC View Post
We hold back the electric car AND make Steve Gutenberg a star in this week's podcast. Homer joins the Stonecutters and then becomes the Chosen One in an all-time great episode full of paddling swollen asses. Attach your Stone of Triumph and listen along with special guest, Kat Bailey!
2017-10-11 07:43:28 +0000 UTC View Post
On The Critic's ABC season finale, Jay becomes the unwitting subject of a hit children's book series penned by his mother. And if that wasn't enough, he also has to cope with a rapidly-growing stray dog named Tiny who never made it to the second season. Listen now and be transported to the magical year of 1994, when Home Improve...
2017-10-06 17:45:37 +0000 UTC View Post
After going to a lesbian bar and Cheers, Homer gets the family a flight to any non-freak states. But this is when Marge reveals airplane anxiety with a mysterious origin. Can she get help? Was her father an American hero? And will Lowenstein whistle through the leaves? Find out on this podcast!
2017-10-04 05:34:02 +0000 UTC View Post
It's our monthly check in with the community as we cover some of your thoughts on the newest podcast. We cover Quebec, women writing for TV, jerkass Homer, sports and so much more in this interactive episode!
2017-09-29 21:15:06 +0000 UTC View Post
After refusing to shill for Coming Attractions' new sponsor, Savvy Indian Chewing Tobacco, Jay hears the call of the open road and becomes a trucker. Along the way, he accidentally murders Thelma and Louise, meets urbane hicks fascinated by Tama Janowitz, and gets replaced by Rex Reed and his Rexal Thermometer. Before you listen...
2017-09-29 17:30:09 +0000 UTC View Post
Homer and Marge are having trouble in the bedroom and only Abe can save the day. But when Homer and his father take the sex tonic on the road, things all fall apart? All that, plus we reveal how the reverse vampires have been controlling everything! We're through the looking glass here, people...
2017-09-27 07:15:55 +0000 UTC View Post
After Jay is named the funniest man alive by Them Magazine, Duke challenges the Coming Attractions audience to a bet where he'll fork over $100 for every month his long-suffering employee doesn't make them laugh. Meanwhile, in a barely-related B story, Marty suffers from the Sherman curse of being bad at just about everything, a...
2017-09-23 01:20:51 +0000 UTC View Post
After a sugary escapade at a candy convention, homer is trapped in a sexual harassment scandal. Will Rock Bottom help him? Does Homer sleep nude in an oxygen tank for sexual powers? And just how tasty is a Gummi Venus de Milo?
2017-09-20 08:24:14 +0000 UTC View Post
Duke Phillips finds himself in a real quyzbuk when he's diagnosed with a rare disease that will snuff out his extravagant existence in just four years. While he makes the most of his remaining life, Jay sets out to save his employer and hopefully kill his new movie-ruining invention, Phillipsvision. Will he make it? We hope so, ...
2017-09-15 18:03:16 +0000 UTC View Post
Get out your lucky rabbit's head and Milhouse's teeth for the episode of competitive violence. Lisa and Bart are fighting for their parents' love, and the whole town goes to hell. Listen as the hosts (and guest Kat Bailey) discuss painful childhood experiences with sports. Now here's your turtle, alive and well.
2017-09-13 08:01:01 +0000 UTC View PostPassword: burpingcontest
We started our podcast with the first season, but for completeness' sake, we need to watch ALL of The Simpsons. And so we travel back to 1987 to watch the very first Simpsons ca...
2017-09-12 00:00:19 +0000 UTC View Post
Just a few episodes after winning a Pulitzer Prize, Jay wants even more out of life and sets his sights on Hollywood to turn his new screenplay into movie gold. But his dreams of being a famous auteur soon go up in smoke when he's chosen to write the newest sequel in the Ghostchasers series. Will Jay make the best of a bad situa...
2017-09-08 15:42:53 +0000 UTC View Post
It's Scotchtoberfest season and love is in the air. Bart meets Jessica Lovejoy, and is smitten when he realizes she's also a bad kid. But it turns sour almost immediately. So put on your new glasses (even if you miss your old glasses) and listen to this week's podcast!
2017-09-06 03:48:27 +0000 UTC View Post
Former Simpsons Executive Producer Bill Oakley chats with Bob and Henry again, this time answering all the questions we were too shy to ask in our first chat. We learn behind-the-scenes secrets about the episodes he co-wrote in seasons five and six, along with some surprising info about how he became a showrunner, guest stars he...
2017-09-03 18:58:10 +0000 UTC View Post
After being saved from a fire by his octogenarian makeup lady, Jay sets out to conquer the New York Marathon and prove he's a real man. On his journey, we learn it's more fun to run when it's not from a gun, discover Duke's confusion over Webster, and get treated to an amazingly animated version of The Lullaby of Broadway. Liste...
2017-09-01 15:19:39 +0000 UTC View Post
Yes, it's Halloween time again, and this one is particularly disturbing. No TV and no beer make Homer something-something, a toaster causes the butterfly effect, and you might even say we just ATE Uter and he's in our STOMACHS right now! Wait, scratch that last podcast tease...
2017-08-30 05:54:22 +0000 UTC View Post
Another month has passed, which means it's time for us to sit down for an hour and respond to questions and comments from the past four weeks of episodes. But that's not all: on this episode of Talk to The Audience?!?, we also discuss a recent YouTube video that charts the decline of The Simpsons, and an article that details why...
2017-08-27 19:59:57 +0000 UTC View Post
The great Doris Grau takes center stage in this episode as her animated counterpart discovers she might be Jay Sherman's biological mother. Ride along with us on our bicycle built for two as we learn all about The Great Gildersleeve, find out Duke Phillips' embarrassing college nickname, and watch a musical version of The Hunchb...
2017-08-25 18:52:55 +0000 UTC View Post
Things get extra political on this week's Talking Simpsons! We explain Watergate, the 1988 election, Rodney King and so much more, along with discussing why Republicans are vampires and the Archie Comics characters. What kind of truth handler are you?
2017-08-23 07:09:16 +0000 UTC View Post
Pack your bags for Reference City, because this episode is jam-packed with pop culture! As Jay's job and ratings are in jeopardy (once again), he sets out to win another Pulitzer Prize and reclaim his lost pride. Along the way, we learn about the lowest lows of Sly Stallone's film career, the secret origins of Pinky and The Brai...
2017-08-18 16:41:03 +0000 UTC View Post
Nothing can possiblie go wrong in this week's podcast, as the family heads to the violentest place on Earth. One of the series best episodes gets deconstructed as we explain every reference to Disneyland, Jurassic Park, and Westworld. Now, if we could only find a Bort licence plate...
2017-08-16 05:50:47 +0000 UTC View Post
Margo is forced to go to a debutante ball while Jay struggles in the ratings against Humphrey the Hippo. Learn all about Hussy White, Berlin Alexanderplatz, the first female writer/director team in American animation history, and how the 1994 Winter Olympics cancelled the series. All that and more in this week's podcast!
2017-08-11 06:58:40 +0000 UTC View PostHi all, Henry here. Really glad all of you liked our Reid Harrison interview, though I saw some folks say the background music is distracting. To be honest, I added it because there was an issue in the recording that added some quiet but noticeable feedback during our chat with Reid. I used the music to cover it, but if you folk...
2017-08-11 04:39:35 +0000 UTC View Post
Surprise extra podcast! Bob and Henry chat with writer/producer Reid Harrison, who wrote The Springfield Files, the classic X-Files crossover episode! Reid tells us all about working on that, as well as the season 19 episode he wrote that brought back Lurleen Lumpkin, not to men...
2017-08-10 06:45:58 +0000 UTC View Post
Hoo boy, we've really hit a low with this one, the worst clip show and thus the worst episode of The Simpsons ever! But don't fret, we still worked hard to give you a fun podcast where we describe in detail how (intentionally) phoned in this one was. So enjoy this tribute to love with no memorable lines whatsoever!
(PS - We ha...
2017-08-09 04:57:34 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey folks,
We've got some exciting news! Thanks to the great Nina Matsumoto (who created the lovely header art you see at the top of our Patreon page), Talking Simpsons now has an official t-shirt! At last, you can finally have a garment fine enough to be married in, and one that proves your undying loyalty to the Talking Simp...
2017-08-08 20:58:51 +0000 UTC View Post
In this episode, Jay's show is in dire straights, and only his mother can help him. Too bad Mrs. Sherman is too busy being cruel to him on live TV. Can Geraldo Rivera help patch things up? Maybe! All on this week's podcast!
2017-08-04 04:54:50 +0000 UTC View Post
This is future showrunner Mike Scully's first episode, and it features Lisa dealing with inadequacy, Homer trying to get the sugar then the power, and we also learn the name of Ralph's cat! Give a listen, you lovely patrons!
2017-08-02 06:03:36 +0000 UTC View Post
