Where have all the animation nerds gone? And I'm distinguishing between nerds and geeks.  Geeks refers to people who still live in that high school mentality.  Still trying to fit in, still believing in the concept of cool.  Nerds refers to the type of guy who over analyzes every Simpsons episode.  Nerds refers to the guy who got upset with the episode F412 and how it made fun of the nerdy fans.  Nerds refers to the guys who show up to Comicon to meet Brendon Small. 

 In that spirit I'm posting my top 50 favorite Simpsons episodes of all time.  Think my lists stinks?  Lets argue about it like Simpsons nerds.

 

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Anyone willing to check out this scene and let me know how to more clearly get the joke across.  The main joke is that the show airs live with director commentary and then when you buy the DVD of the show it has director commentary over the director commentary.  It gets a little confusing listening to it I think.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tp4MyV8dRmg

Thanks, Bob

We had our first official show on March 10th of the "Cory and Tom show featuring Bob and Mark" and we had a few problems. Where to start...we had some huge technical difficulties and the second half of the show is basically inaudible. Mark, decided to spend half of the show talking to his friends and ignoring the show. Then we got into a huge fight about it on the air. To be honest I almost cancelled the show right then and there. But I knew I couldn't do it. For one thing, Cory and Tom deserve better. They do. I think we all know that. Don't we? Who is the "we" in that sentence? Why all the questions? Who knows. Anyway, I could have given up on the show, given up on the fans, given up on Tom and Cory, but they deserve better. They do.  read more »

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Saddle Rash - cartoon pilot (partial)  Featuring the voices of Todd Barry, Mitch Hedberg, Sarah Silverman, H. Jon Benjamin, and Sam Seder. This is part of the 23-minute pilot episode that aired on Cartoon Network Adult Swim in March 2002. It is from the creator of "Home Movies." There was only one episode.

Midnight Pajama Jam is a wacky website by H Jon Benjamin. There is some funny stuff there. Some videos and stuff, go check it out if you like Jon Benjamin.

Brendon Small, from "Home Movies," and Tommy Blacha, a writer from "Late Night with Conan O'Brien," give us a very early look at their new Adult Swim series "Metalocalypse."

An interview with Brendon Small about the animated series Metalocalypse. Talks about how he went to music school and then went on to stand up comedy. Brendon talks about metal music and metal bands.

Behind the scenes of Metalocalypse, a storyboard meeting of Episode 7 of Metalocalypse being made. Pretty interesting video. I love to see Brendon Small at work.

Behind the scenes of Metalocalypse, with Brendon Small teaching you about how they do the fret animation. Pretty cool stuff, they use a green screen and then convert it into animation.

I'm not sure what the H stands for, it's probably "helluvafunnyguy." Jon Benjamin does the voices for a ton of my favorite shows. Home Movies, O'Grady, Dr. Katz, Science Court, Freak Show, Assy McGee, Lucy, The Daughter of the Devil, Aqua Teen Hunger Force, Family Guy, and The Venture Bros. As well as several other TV and movie appearances, and writing jobs. That's quite a resume.

The guy is a genius. Perfect timing, great improv, awesome characters, need I go on. H Jon Benjamin is the man. Just wondering when he's gonna get a real job.

Lucy, The Daughter of the Devil features many of the cast and crew of the show Home Movies, including Melissa Bardin Galsky, H. Jon Benjamin, Eugene Mirman, and Sam Seder; Loren Bouchard was also one of its creators. If you liked home movies, you'll like this. Very similar in the feel, plus lots of familiar voices.

The show follows Lucy, the 21 year old Daughter of the Devil who lives in San Francisco and has been tapped by her father to fulfill her destiny as the Antichrist, whether she likes it or not. Along the way she meets up with a DJ—Jesús—who turns out to be the second coming of the messiah and develops a crush on him.

Meanwhile, her father tries different things in his quest to take over the world with the help of his advocate, who acts as something of a secretary, and a group of "Special Fathers" and a "Special Sister" are on a quest from the Vatican to find and destroy Lucy.

The animation looks very cool and the charachters are cool and I love the voices. Great stuff, check it out if you get the chance.

The Simpsons season premier aired tonight on Fox. It's great to have the show back, summer seems so long with nothing but re-runs.

The opening was fantastic, they poked fun at themselves and the movie. With an appearance by Spider Pig. It was a pretty good episode, lots of great Homer scenes.

The story was, Homer got a taste of life in a Private Jet. He tried to get a job where he would be flying on a private jet. He lied and told his family he got the job. Spent his days at Krusty Burger. And hilarity ensued.

It's great to have the show back. I'm looking forward to a killer season after the success of the movie.

Family Guy did an hour long episode that was completely dedicated to Star Wars. I'll admit it, I'm a huge Star Wars geek, so this was very cool to see. I think they did a great job.

It was a parody of the movie, pretty much followed the story line, with a few twists. Lots of great references, I particurlarly loved the Chevy Chase appearance and the Airplane references.

The animation looked excellent. You can tell they really put the effort into it to make each scene look just like the movie. Lots of guest voices, etc. I saw coach McGuirk sitting in the cantina.

I also loved the ending where they were poking fun at Robot Chicken. Family Guy continues to be genius. Keep up the great work Seth(s).

Fifty years ago this year, legendary animator and producer Art Clokey created Gumby. Soon after, the clayboy received his very own Saturday morning TV series. “The Gumby Show” debuted on March 16, 1957 on NBC. Since then, Gumby has starred in 223 TV episodes, which were produced in the 1950s, 1960s and 1980s.

Gumby Essentials is a must-have collection that includes popular episodes from the 1950s, 1960s, and 1980s series, personally selected by Art Clokey. For his big anniversary close-up, the one and only clayboy gets a makeover! For the first time, Joe Clokey, Art Clokey’s son, has used the original film to digitally re-master each episode from the classic TV series. The original soundtrack has been restored, and the 1950s episodes have been returned to their original 11-minute format (previously two re-edited, 6-minute shorts).

The DVD collection will be available September 4 for $16.93 SRP and features environmentally friendly packaging.