Marge Simpson poses for cover of 'Playboy'
Everyone has a favorite MILF, but how many of those are animated? Well, cartoon-MILF lover, your day has come: Marge Simpson will appear on the November cover of Playboy. The plan is to attract "younger readers" to the mag, and believe it or not, this is actually part of Fox's 20th Anniversary Simpsons Celebration. Marge is the first cartoon character ever to appear on the Playboy cover, and this collector's item will be available only on newsstands. Playboy has even struck a deal with 7-Eleven (which has done a lot of Simpsons promotions, including changing stores into Kwik-E-Marts) to carry the magazine, something it's done only once before in the past 20 years. As 7-Eleven spokeswoman Margaret Chabris put it: "We love Marge." (Eww). Marge recreates Darine Stern's pose when she became the first black woman to appear on Playboy's cover. Though the outside is tasteful, Playboy assures us the inside will be, "very, very racy." Of course, the tarting-out of Marge, an icon of devoted motherhood, could be risky. But if I know Playboy, they're fully committed to breaking the boundaries of objectification, whether they come in black, white or banana yellow. —Posted by Rebecca Cullers Previously on AdFreak: |
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Published on October 14, 2009 | Permalink
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Homer goes HD'oh in new 'Simpsons' intro
In case you missed it, here's the new, high-definition intro that debuted Sunday on The Simpsons. It's rare that a TV show's intro merits much chatter, even online, but The Simpsons has sputtered by for more than 19 years on the same poorly drawn animation. Even long-absent fans may have tuned in this weekend to see how one of television's most famous openings had evolved. Or they at least checked out the official YouTube clip, which was posted Friday and already had over 750,000 views by Sunday. The result was a healthy burst of buzz for a show that's otherwise been on the cultural back burner for years now. —Posted by David Griner |
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Published on February 16, 2009 | Permalink
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Fox plans a giant 'Simpsons' birthday party
Hard to believe The Simpsons is still going after 20 years. Fox has decided to celebrate the show that bucked the odds and remained on the air (despite losing its relevance) in a yearlong 20th-anniversary Simpsons-fest wittily dubbed "Best. 20 Years. Ever." To kick things off, fans are invited to submit their designs for a poster contest. The deadline is March 4, and the winner gets a trip to L.A. to attend a Simpsons party and tickets to The Simpsons Ride at Universal Studios Hollywood (which you can enjoy virtually on the ride's own Web site). Simpsons maniacs can expect more fan-based contests as the year goes on, as well as some special guest stars. For example, in an apparent nod to how the show has traded much of its cultural commentary for a more MacFarlane-esque brand of humor in the wake of Family Guy's popularity, Seth Rogan himself—the poster child for man-children everywhere—has written an episode to which he'll lend his voice (actually, the premise for the episode does sound kinda awesome). I predict the ad saturation will be so bad that by the end of the year, I'll want to scrub my eyes out anytime I see that unmistakable Simpsons yellow. Via Underwire. |
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Published on January 15, 2009 | Permalink
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'Simpsons' gets crazy cool with crosswords
On Sunday, in the sixth episode of its 20th (!) season, The Simpsons went crossword crazy in a cross-promotion with The New York Times and the Hartford Courant. The episode featured the voices of renowned crossword creators Merl Reagle (whose puzzles appear in the Courant and elsewhere) and Will Shortz, puzzle master of the Times. The crossword in Sunday's Times featured a special message "crucial to the episode" (though the episode was not crucial for completing the crossword), and the Courant published a Reagle crossword on Sunday called "Simply Simpsons," in which every question was Simpsons-themed. The episode itself featured a bunch of crosswords, all of which Reagle designed at the behest of Simpsons executive producer Tim Long. (For some irritating reason, none of those puzzles are online—you have to squint at the pixilated stills.) The Times has the back story on the collaboration. The episode was probably the biggest thing to happen in the crossword universe since the documentary Word Play; Long dubbed it "most crossword-intensive half-hour of television in the history of America." Of course, he's never seen the crossword episodes of Three's Company. "OK, I need a four-letter word for something that comes between Janet and Chrissy." Via Wired. —Posted by Rebecca Cullers |
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Published on November 18, 2008 | Permalink
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