Springfield Googolplex: The Movie Podcast for Fans of The Simpsons
Adam Schoales and Nate Storring
54 episodes
1 week ago
What with the grim specter of everything, Halloween just wasn’t enough to contain all the frights and chills! Simpsons writer Dan Vebber joins the podcast to extend the spooky season by walking us through his award-winning episode “Thanksgiving of Horror” (S31E8) and its parody of Ridley Scott’s sci-fi horror masterpiece, Alien (1979).
Also in this episode:
• Why Martin Prince is the perfect stand-in for the android Ash
• Alien’s connection to H.P. Lovecraft
• Adam and Dan’s defense of Alien³
• The story of Dan’s son’s first word… while watching Apocalypto
Plus, check out our show notes for a complete list of Simpsons references, double feature suggestions, and further reading
Next time, film critic and horror aficionado Dede Crimmins returns to reanimate Frankenstein (1931), and its double parody in “Treehouse of Horror II” (S3E7).
For more of Dan’s work, tune in to new episodes of The Simpsons Sundays at 8pm (EST) on Fox and the day after on Hulu.
For more Simpsons movie parody content, check out SpringfieldGoogolplex.com, or follow us at @simpsonsfilmpod on Instagram, TikTok, Threads, YouTube, and Letterboxd. Discover more great podcasts on the That Shelf Podcast Network.
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What with the grim specter of everything, Halloween just wasn’t enough to contain all the frights and chills! Simpsons writer Dan Vebber joins the podcast to extend the spooky season by walking us through his award-winning episode “Thanksgiving of Horror” (S31E8) and its parody of Ridley Scott’s sci-fi horror masterpiece, Alien (1979).
Also in this episode:
• Why Martin Prince is the perfect stand-in for the android Ash
• Alien’s connection to H.P. Lovecraft
• Adam and Dan’s defense of Alien³
• The story of Dan’s son’s first word… while watching Apocalypto
Plus, check out our show notes for a complete list of Simpsons references, double feature suggestions, and further reading
Next time, film critic and horror aficionado Dede Crimmins returns to reanimate Frankenstein (1931), and its double parody in “Treehouse of Horror II” (S3E7).
For more of Dan’s work, tune in to new episodes of The Simpsons Sundays at 8pm (EST) on Fox and the day after on Hulu.
For more Simpsons movie parody content, check out SpringfieldGoogolplex.com, or follow us at @simpsonsfilmpod on Instagram, TikTok, Threads, YouTube, and Letterboxd. Discover more great podcasts on the That Shelf Podcast Network.
Springfield Googolplex: The Movie Podcast for Fans of The Simpsons
2 hours 19 minutes 17 seconds
6 months ago
Goldfinger
In our season finale, Adam and Nate celebrate the 30th anniversary of one of The Simpsons’ most famous season finales, “Who Shot Mr. Burns? Part One” (S6E25). To complement Mr. Burns’s fiendish scheme to block out the sun, we paired it with Goldfinger (1964), the James Bond movie that invented much of the formula that every later movie in the series either imitates or plays against.
Also in this episode:
• The brassy music of John Barry and Shirley Bassey that became synonymous with espionage and gadgetry
• What set pieces hold up best, and why is the correct answer the industrial laser scene?
•The imperceptible craft that pulls together the behind-the-scenes patchwork of this movie
• Can James Bond survive his latest encounter with an ambitious bald billionaire?
• Plus, check out our show notes for a complete list of Simpsons references, double feature suggestions, and further reading.
Springfield Googolplex will return in September 2025 with the thrilling conclusion to “Who Shot Mr. Burns?” (S7E1), alongside a mystery movie pairing. In the meantime, we will be taking a break to produce our next season, but keep an eye out for a few very special summer episodes.
For more Simpsons movie parody content, check out SpringfieldGoogolplex.com, or follow us @simpsonsfilmpod on Instagram, Bluesky, TikTok, YouTube, and Letterboxd. Discover more great podcasts on the That Shelf Podcast Network.
Springfield Googolplex: The Movie Podcast for Fans of The Simpsons
What with the grim specter of everything, Halloween just wasn’t enough to contain all the frights and chills! Simpsons writer Dan Vebber joins the podcast to extend the spooky season by walking us through his award-winning episode “Thanksgiving of Horror” (S31E8) and its parody of Ridley Scott’s sci-fi horror masterpiece, Alien (1979).
Also in this episode:
• Why Martin Prince is the perfect stand-in for the android Ash
• Alien’s connection to H.P. Lovecraft
• Adam and Dan’s defense of Alien³
• The story of Dan’s son’s first word… while watching Apocalypto
Plus, check out our show notes for a complete list of Simpsons references, double feature suggestions, and further reading
Next time, film critic and horror aficionado Dede Crimmins returns to reanimate Frankenstein (1931), and its double parody in “Treehouse of Horror II” (S3E7).
For more of Dan’s work, tune in to new episodes of The Simpsons Sundays at 8pm (EST) on Fox and the day after on Hulu.
For more Simpsons movie parody content, check out SpringfieldGoogolplex.com, or follow us at @simpsonsfilmpod on Instagram, TikTok, Threads, YouTube, and Letterboxd. Discover more great podcasts on the That Shelf Podcast Network.