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.
The Simpsons vs AFI’s 100 Years… 100 Movies • Episode 50 Special
Springfield Googolplex: The Movie Podcast for Fans of The Simpsons
1 hour 57 minutes 43 seconds
1 month ago
The Simpsons vs AFI’s 100 Years… 100 Movies • Episode 50 Special
Adam and Nate celebrate their 50th episode by breaking down AFI’s 100 Years… 100 Movies list through the lens of The Simpsons. If we reorder these 100 movies by how many times they were referenced on The Simpsons, can we create a different canon of American film?
Also in this episode:
• What are the canonical films that The Simpsons never parodied in the classic years?
• The time capsule that is the “100 Years… 100 Movies” TV special
• Does The Simpsons parody movies because they’re influential, or are these movies influential because they’re parodied on The Simpsons?
• Trivia and favorite moments from the last three years of the podcast
Plus, check out our show notes for our completely reordered list of AFI’s 100 Years… 100 Movies based on the number of Simpsons references, and further reading
Next time, film critic Norm Wilner joins the podcast to kick off our spooky season with I Know What You Did Last Summer (1997) and “Treehouse of Horror X” (S11E4).
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.
