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
1 hour 59 minutes 7 seconds
1 year ago
The Magic Christian
Remember that time when Homer became Mr. Burns’ prank monkey? Adam and Nate watch The Magic Christian (1969), an adaptation of Terry Southern’s satirical novel that inspired The Simpsons episode “Homer vs. Dignity” (S12E5). Peter Sellers and Ringo Starr punking rich Brits to prove that everyone has their price—how could you go wrong? Well, let us tell you.
Also in this episode:
• Terry Southern’s influence on The Simpsons, Stanley Kubrick, The Beatles and beyond
• Is Peter Sellers’ talent as big as his ego?
• The undeniable and underutilized magnetism of Ringo Starr
• How this movie became a pop culture vortex in the careers of The Beatles, Monty Python, Yul Brynner, and Roman Polanski
• Plus, check out our show notes for a complete list of Simpsons references, double feature suggestions, and further reading
We’ll be taking a brief hiatus, but for our Non-Denominational Holiday Fun Fest on December 17th, we’ll be back to revisit The Terminator (1984) and “Grift of the Magi” (S11E9) with “the villain of Letterboxd” Matt Lynch.
Discover more great podcasts on the That Shelf Podcast Network. Follow us @simpsonsfilmpod on Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, Twitter, and Letterboxd.
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.
