Around the turn of the current century, the phrase "jump the shark" began to catch on. The term enjoyed a brief run as a trendy expression indicating the point in the history of a popular TV series ...

In the 90’s, there were few more proactive and totally outrageous paradigms on TV than “The Simpsons.” As the old saying goes, it takes two to lie — one to lie and one to listen. But as it turns out, ...

Matt Shore is a writer, comedian, and actor known for his work on The Eric Andre Show and the podcast, Made Up Movies. The oft-repeated refrain is that The Simpsons' classic era ended sometime around ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Interestingly, though, if you take a look at my Simpsons DVD collection, it ends rather abruptly at season 8. Hardly a coincidence, the ...

Okay, let’s get the gimmick out of the way first. The much ballyhooed, three-minute “Homer comes alive” segment at the end of “Simprovised” was more adorable than hilarious. No doubt an enormous pain ...

The Simpsons go to Paris! Wait, have they been to Paris before? [Checking.] Nope—just Bart*. All the way back in season one, when he was pawned off on the French as an exile/exchange student and fell ...

Gregory Lawrence (aka Greg Smith) is a writer, director, performer, songwriter, and comedian. He's an associate editor for Collider and has written for Shudder, CBS, Paste Magazine, Guff, Smosh, Obsev ...

Back in the day, I used to fancy myself something of a Simpsons snob. Sure, lots of people loved and continue to love the show, but I was downright obsessed with it. Aside from watching multiple ...