Which of these fourteen American Springfields has mounted the most compelling campaign to host the premiere of THE SIMPSONS movie?
Obviously I'm partial to Springfield, Massachusetts clip - which includes a celebrity endorsement from Senator Edward Kennedy (the vocal inspiration for Mayor Joe Quimby).
Voting ends July 9 at midnight. May the best Springfield win.
via USA Today
Is this letter for real?
New York Magazine's linked to this astonishing rejection letter to a Mary V. Ford, who'd applied for a job as an apprentice animator in 1938. Answer: No. Because women don't do that kind of thing.
Typed on pretty Snow White stationery.
New York Mag archly points out how things are different now. Or are they? Searching the credits for Disney's RATATOUILLE, not a single female name appears among the credited animators.
The movie: AQUA TEEN HUNGER FORCE COLON MOVIE FILM FOR THEATERS
The stars Frylock, Master Shake, Meatwad and human people Todd Field, Bruce Campbell, Sarah Silverman.
The pitch When an immortal piece of exercise equipment threatens the balance peace, it's up to the Aqua Teen Hunger force to run away from it. Peril escalates with the Cybernetic Ghost of Christmas Past to strive for ultimate control of the sinister deadly device.
The story behind the film: 2D animation, two years in the making. "75 minutes of material so unhinged it makes the TV show look like the MacNeil-Lehrer Report" (Love the dated reference, Los Angeles Times--Robert MacNeil retired a decade ago. But then, AQUA TEEN fans probably haven't moved from the couch in that long, either.)
The audience: Will have the munchies and be giggling like hyenas..
Watch the 50 greatest cartoons of all time, from a poll of 1,000 animation professionals conducted by author/film historian Jerry Beck for a 1994 book.
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