The story follows Homer (Dan Castellaneta), who lands a voicing gig as the surfer dog Poochie as the third character in the already popular "Itchy & Scratchy" on the children's program "Krusty the ...

What Happens to Itchy & Scratchy in The Simpsons Season 36 Finale? The Simpsons Season 36 finale, “Estranger Things,” actually takes a fairly emotional look at the long running show within a show. As ...

Notoriously reclusive "Simpsons" writer John Swartzwelder revealed how the show got around the censors in its early days in an extremely rare interview. Despite his secretive nature, Swartzwelder is a ...

Once in a great while, we are privileged to experience a television event so extraordinary, it becomes part of our shared heritage. And in receiving these gifts, by grace of our noble human character, ...

Collier Jennings is an entertainment journalist with a substantial amount of experience under his belt. Collier, or "CJ" to his friends and family, is a dedicated fan of genre films - particularly ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. "The Simpsons" never shied away from violence. Indeed, the show arguably benefitted from the controversy caused by depicting a father who ...

J.S. Gornael has a BA in English with a Creative Writing Emphasis in Poetry and an MFA in Fiction. He has taken workshops in poetry, fiction, and non-fiction (though mostly the second). Half-cinephile ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. The obvious example of this would be The Itchy & Scratchy Show. We could show horrendous things ...

During the summer months, IGN will be taking a look back at The Simpsons with weekly flashback reviews. Instead of trying to decide which episodes to highlight by picking and choosing from their vast ...