Harry Shearer, the voice actor of Mr. Charles Montgomery Burns, is going to be starring alongside his wife, Judith Owen, at the Edinburgh Fringe.

He and his wife are in the show "This Is So Not About The Simpsons (American Voyeurs)", a satirical look at America, from George Bush to Micheal Jackson, which at this time, has not been getting the best of reviews. At the end of this period, Shearer will be paying more attention to his upcoming film projects, such as "For Your Consideration" and, of course, the Simpson's on the big screen.

"We've done a lot of the acting tracks for it but we keep being asked to come back in and do more," says Shearer, when asked about The Simpsons project.

"I'm presuming that they're animating it at warp speed as we speak because the movie comes out July 2007. So better get a move on!"

They will be playing until the 28th of August, except for the fifteenth.

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A few hours ago, it was reported that China has supposedly decided to ban such foreign animated shows as Mickey Mouse, The Simpson's and Pokemon from their television stations during primetime (5-8), due to the competition that these shows seem to cause, most of which are more interesting to the 250 million Chinese children, than those cartoons that are already in China.

This is a continuation of the move of the Chinese government for more control of the production of internal culture, and less influence from outside sources, such as Europe, or Japan. With this ban, the show Monkey King, a locally made cartoon, should rocket and become more popular.

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A recent article on Tv.com, spoke to Peter Liguori about the upcoming eighteenth season of the Simpson's, with no end in site, along with mentioning that the Fox Network is considering to add a fifth animated series to their sunday night program list.

With Fox speculating that The Simpson's will bring in a new, younger audience with the upcoming movie, Peter joking mentioned that he thinks that The Simpson's will outlive him and the network.

"I think I'm going to be dead and buried before The Simpsons ever gets removed from the air," he said to laughs.

With that success, coupled with the comebacks of recent shows such as American Dad and Family Guy (Family Guy Neoportal), Peter mentions that they are becoming aggressive in trying to add on a fifth show to the Sunday slot, as the solid success of the animated shows present there has helped build up viewership with younger men, something they want to keep improving on. So far, they have had little success, as no developers have come forth yet.

Either way, The Simpson's look to have no end in site.

"Woo hoo! Enternity!"

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Harry Shearer, the voice of Montgomery Burns in The Simpsons, recently put his support behind actor Mel Gibson when the actor went on an ill-advised and drunked rant against the Jewish community, along with celebrities Jodie Foster and Patrick Swayze.

Shearer says, "In my slight dealings with him, I've found him more pleasant and less upsetting than certain persons on the other side of this discussion."

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The Seventeenth Season Finale will air on FOX at 8:00 PM on May 21^st, 2006. In this episode, entitled "Marge and Homer Turn a Couple Play", Marge and Homer's passionate kiss is caught on the jumbotron at the Isotopes baseball game. Buck Mitchell, a second basemen for the Isotopes, asks Marge and Homer to help him get his marriage back on track. With Marge and Homer's help, Buck finally finds happiness with his wife Fiona (played by Mandy Moore). However, Buck finds Fiona receiving a backrub from Homer. Buck and Fiona seperate and so do Marge and Homer.

"Monkey Suit" will air on FOX at 8:00 PM tonight, May 14, 2006. In this episode, Ned Flanders his delighted when Mayor Quimby appoints Reverend Lovejoy to "Morality Czar" and beings to force the intelligent design theory on the citizens of Springfield. Lisa begins to think she is the only person who believes in the scientific theory. She holds a secret class on evolution and is arrested and put on trial. She hires Wallace Brady (voiced by "Dallas" and "I Dream of Jeannie" star Larry Hangman) as her defense lawayer. Homer becomes the prosecution's downfall.

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"Regarding Margie" airs tonight on FOX at 8:00 PM ET/PT. In this episode, Marge inhales too many fumes while spring cleaning. As a result, she begins to suffer from amnesia. Homer tries to take her around Springfield and spending more time with her so she will regain her memory. However, Marge doesn't remember who Homer is and starts dating again.

The title of this episode is taken from the movie called Regarding Henry. In it, Harrison Ford plays a man who suffers from amnesia.

"Girls Just Want to Have Sums" will air on FOX at 8:00 PM on Sunday, April 30^th, 2006. In this episode, Principal Skinner makes a sexist remark and is fired from Springfield Elementary. He is replaced by a new principal who makes major chances including creating separate schools for boys and girls.

On April 23^rd, 2006 "The Wettest Stories Ever Told" will air on FOX at 8:00 PM. In this episode, a family dinner at the Frying Dutchman turns into mass hysteria. The Simpsons try to make the best of the disaster by telling stories. Lisa tells a story about the Mayflower and Bart tells about the travesties in Tahiti. Homer then tells a story about ship capsizing.

This is the second episode of the season besides the traditional Treehouse of Horror episode to include 3 different stories intertwined in one episode.

Tonight, "Kiss Kiss, Bang Bangalore" will air on FOX at 8:00 PM. In this episode, Patty and Selma kidnap Richard Dean Anderson from their beloved MacGyver Show ala Misery. Also, the nuclear power plant is being moved to India and Homer is chosen to travel to India and train new workers. The power goes to Homer's head.

"Million Dollar Abie" will air tomorrow on FOX at 8:00 PM EST. In this new episode, Homer plans to bring a professional football team to Springfield. Grandpa destroys the plan because he thinks the Football Commissioner is a bugrlar. Springfield treats Abe so horribly, he attempts suicide. After his attempt fails, Abe sees his life in a whole new light. He becomes the matador for the football stadium that has turned into a bull fighting arena.

This is the fourth new episode in a row. Another new episode, "Kiss Kiss, Bang Bangalore" will air next week.

The Simpsons are going to the silver screen as announced in a new teaser trailer that plays before Ice Age 2: The Meltdown.

The clip is animated and about 25 seconds long. It starts with a giant S (Superman). The narrator announces the greatest hero in American history. Then, we see Homer Simpson sitting on the couch in his underwear. Homer says, "I forgot what I was suppose to say." The narrator tells us The Simpsons Movie is being released July 27th, 2007. Homer tells us they get better get started.

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On March 26^th, 2006, "Homer Simpson, This Is Your Wife" will air on FOX at 8:00 PM EST. In this episode, Homer applies to a contest to win a plasma TV but ends up winning a tour of FOX Studios. While he's there, he ends joining a Trading Spaces type reality show. He trades his wife with another man's.

This episode has been highly anticipated because Ricky Gervais (writer of the BBC version of The Office) wrote it. Gervais will also be voicing the other man who switches his wife with Homer's.

This is the third new episode in a row. There will be one more new episode next week before there is another rerun.

"Bart Has Two Mommies" will air on March 19^th, 2006 at 8:00 PM on FOX. In this episode, Ned Flanders attends a left-handed person convention where he meets baseball player Randy Johnson. Flanders leaves his sons with Marge while he is away. Homer spends more time with Lisa and Bart while Marge has her hands filled with Rod and Todd.

This is the second episode of a four week run of new episodes.

On March 12^th, 2006, "The Seemingly Never-Ending Story" will air on FOX at 8:00 PM. This episode is similar to a Treehouse of Horror episode because it will contain three different segments. Synopsis:

The family goes exploring in a cave. Homer causes the cave to crumble and gets stuck upside down. While Marge and Bart look for help Lisa tries to help Homer through the ordeal by telling him a tall tale.

This episode is the first of four new episodes that will air in the upcoming weeks back to back.

According to an opinion poll, a citizen of the United States can tell you more about The Simpsons then they can about the first five amendments of their own Constitution.

Only one fourth of the people surveyed could name more than one of the five rights guaranteed in the First Amendment. However, over half of the people surveyed could name at least two members of The Simpsons family.

The poll also did a telephone survey of 1000 adults. Only one of these adults could name all five rights in the First Amendment. 22 percent of these people surveyed could name all five members of The Simpsons family.

Joe Madeira, director of exhibitions at the McCormick Tribune Freedom Museum tells us that this study shows us that America's laws need to be explained more thoroughly. He also notes, "We have our job cut out for us."

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Tonight on FOX, a new episode of The Simpsons will air entitled "My Fair Laddy." This is the first new episode in three weeks. Synopsis:

After Willie's shack on school grounds is destroyed by Bart, he is taken in by The Simpsons. For the next science fair, Lisa wants to transform Willie into a gentleman. In the meantime, the factory that producers Homer's trademark blue pants is going out of business and Homer may need to change his pant style.

You'll have to wait another week (February 26^th) to see a new episode of The Simpsons. It is entitled, "My Fair Laddy." Synopsis:

After Willie's shack on school grounds is destroyed by Bart, he is taken in by The Simpsons. For the next science fair, Lisa wants to transform Willie into a gentleman. In the meantime, the factory that producers Homer's trademark blue pants is going out of business and Homer may need to change his pant style.

This week there will be a repeat of "Millhouse of Sand and Fog."

You will have to wait till the January 29^th, 2006 to view the next Simpsons Episode, entitled "We're On The Road To D'ohwhere".

Here's a quick summary of the episode:

Bart steals Principal Skinner's keys and causes his car to explode. Homer is forced to cancel his much anticipated Las Vegas trip to take Bart to a behaviour modification camp.

This unfortunate change of timing has occurred, due to FOX airing NFL Play-off Championship games instead of the Simpsons.

Tonight on FOX, a new episode of The Simpsons will air. It's entitled, "Homer's Paternity Coot". In the episode, Michael York (The Taming of the Shrew) guest stars as a treasure hunter that Marge learns might be Homer's actual father after she finds a long-lost letter on a frozen mailman. Joe Frazier (famous boxer) and William H. Macy (Fargo) also guest star.

Make sure you watch this episode tonight and then discuss it here.

Instead of being aired on Sunday nights as usual, The Simpsons and fellow cartoon Family Guy are being aired on Friday night. This is because FOX is airing Vertical Limit as a FOX Movie Special on Sunday night. The Simpsons will still start at 8:00 PM.

The episode that is being aired is a rerun, See Homer Run. This epiosde parodies the California election in which there were many unusual people running for govenor. The residents of Springfield call for a recall election after Mayor Quimby does not respond well to a huge pile-up car accident. After Lisa develops DDD (Dissapointed Daughter Disorder) because Homer does not like her Father's Day present as much as he likes Bart's, Homer thinks that if he wins the election he will win back Lisa's love.

A new episode of The Simpsons won't air until January 8th, 2006 at its usual time. This episode, entitled "Homer's Paternity Coot", will involve Marge recieving a letter from a long time ago that may prove that Abe is not really Homer's father.

Fans didn't have to wait long for the The Simpsons Seventh Season Collector's Edition DVD which was released on December 13th, 2005, just in time for the holidays. This is only four months after the sixth season was released in August. It includes all 25 episodes from the 1995-1996 season. It's price is $49.98 (U.S.). The DVD is presented in 1.33:1 full frame with Dolby Digital 5.1 sound in English.

When The Simpsons Season Six was released, many fans were outraged at the box design using Homer's head. FOX made another box cover avaliable and fans could send away for a different case. This time, you can also find the regular box style covers along with the Marge Head Collector's Edition case in stores.

As always, the DVD is filled with special features. The most notable one is commentaries on every episode. They feature the voices of creator Matt Groening, Exectuve Producers Bill Oakley, Josh Weinstein and Dave Mirkin, and also many episode directors and writers.

This is another fine addition to the great DVD set. Let's hope the eighth season is released just as quickly.

For those true simpsons and holiday fans I thought I would share this xmas holiday treat. Canadian Tire has a 4' airblown Santa Homer Simpson. I am picking mine up today (though don't tell the wife)!



4' airblown Homer Simpson figure
Indoor/outdoor porch use
Self inflates in seconds with CUL adapter

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On August 16th, 2005, The Simpsons released the sixth edition of their popular DVD series. The DVD contains all 25 episodes from Season Six as well as "The Springfield's Most Wanted Special" which was in reference to the episode, "Who Shot Mr. Burns?" As usual, each episode has an audio commentary by Matt Groening, David Mirkin, Mike Skully, Yeardley Smith, Castellaneta and others.

The DVD also contains Easter Eggs, Audio Outakes, Sketches, Deleted Scenes and different featuretes. The biggest thing different about this DVD set is it's shape. Instead of just a different colored package, this set is in the shape of Homer Simpson's head.

Kiss Kiss, Bang Bangalore... thats the name of the episode of Simpsons, in which Richard Dean Anderson will be starring as himself.

As you already know, Patty and Selma are diehard fans of RDA's MacGuyver, and so when he visits Springfield, it seems they will Kidnap him.

The Episode will be airing in season 17, on March 26th 2006.


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Kelsey Grammer will come back again as Sideshow Bob, and Alec Baldwin will also return for the first episode the 17th season. He will play a man named Caleb Thorn who will try to break up Homer and Marge in the episode entitled Bonfire of The Manatees.

Dennis "The Worm" Rodman along with Terry Bradshaw will appear in The Treehouse of Horror Episode that The Simpsons have done annually since the show's second season.

Randy Johnson, a New York Yankes pitcher and the boxer Joe Frazier will also be making appearances along with William H. Macy, Ricky Gervais, Lily Tomlin, Rob Reiner, Frances McDormand and Richard Dean Anderson.

Details of Ricky Gervais's Simpsons episode have been gradually released but this article should give you a full rundown of the episode. The episode titled "Homer Simpson, This Is Your Wife" is set to air next season in the month of February. The episode will see Homer and Marge going on a 'Wife Swap' style reality show, but while Homer only enters it to win a widescreen television set. Charles, Gervais's character, is smitten by the raspy-voiced matriarch. He explains, "I play this bloke who works in an office and is downtrodden by his wife. She goes to live with the Simpsons and she thinks they're monsters. But Charles can't believe he's met someone like Marge and he falls in love with her. He tries to woo her with a love song." And fans of The Office won't be disappointed, Gervais promises there are elements of the irritating David Brent in his animated alter-ego.

Christina Aguilera has turned down a cameo in 'The Simpsons'.

The sexy star was offered a part in the latest series of the hugely popular animated show but snubbed the offer.

Producers had wanted the singer to play an aspiring pop star competing in a parody of US TV talent show 'American Idol'.

However, Christina, 24, rejected the part forcing producers to look else where.

The 350th episode (Don't Fear the Roofer) will be airing in the UK tommorow at 7.30PM (GMT). This will mark an era of Simpsons, and whilst it has already been aired in the US, the Simpsons Fans of UK have been waiting for this episode for a very long time.

Richard Dean Anderson star of Sci-Fi show Stargate SG-1 and McGuyver, has finally got his dream come true, and will be guest starring in an episode of the Simpsons, one of his favourite TV Shows.

The Simpsons have been mentioned a few times on the TV series, and Dan Castellaneta has also appeared as a Guest on Stargate.

"Just enough strength to break the news of a completed career (mine) with the already completed episode of The Simpsons." Was the words of RDA who made the announcement on the Official RDA website. He closed of his note with the words "D'oh!!!!!"

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Simpsons creator Matt Groening has been promising a feature film for some time now, but as the hugely popular animated series heads into its seventeenth season, there's not a lot of pressure to move quickly on a movie.

Nevertheless, BBC Radio reports that production is finally getting underway on an untitled Simpsons film. The word came straight from Nancy Cartwright, the actress who has performed the voice of Bart Simpson and several other characters throughout the show's run. While Cartwright was in London for her biographical performance 'My Life as a Ten Year Old Boy', she told the broadcaster that the project had already begun.

"You know what? We've just done the table read for the Simpsons movie so although we've been promoting that we're going to do it, now we're actually doing it and are in production.

"I don't know the name of it and I can't go into details about it and we'll just have to see how it goes, but I think it's going to be great and the fans are going to dig it."

Cartwright added that she expected the film to be out in a few years, but no later. Meanwhile, there's no end in sight for The Simpsons on the FOX network. Watch for updates.