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Around the release of 2018’s Avengers: Infinity War, social media was inundated with challengers to the Marvel film’s throne as the “most ambitious crossover event in history.” These suggestions were, as tweets and Instagram memes tend to be, largely facetious, but credit where it’s due: It does …
The Simpsons’ thick stew of historical references, literary allusion, pop culture trivia, neologism, and comedic invention has long invited viewers to break one of the golden rules of comedy: That there’s nothing to be gained from dissecting a joke. From early message boards to DVD commentaries to …
It’s established Simpsons canon that Homer likes to talk through his thought process while voting, and also that he makes absolutely no decisions about who to vote for until he has his ballot in his hand, and the show is going to keep that tradition alive when Homer enters the voting booth in the …
A child star’s arc is rarely a bright one. Thrust into the public eye at a formative age, sometimes by parents who are less concerned with their kid’s wellbeing than they are the size of their paychecks, an actor can succumb to all the tropes of drugs, excess, and mental breakdowns by the time are …
When you hear the words “Steve Urkel,” what do you think of? It could be a flash of ’90s nostalgia—Hammer pants, TGIF, Ninja Turtles, paint splashes—or maybe just a looped recording of Urkel whining, “Did I do that?” over and over again. Perhaps it is the expanded career of portrayer Jaleel White, …
