Join your friends Bob Mackey and Henry Gilbert for a chronological and cromulent exploration of the greatest show ever made! Each week we're joined by funny guests to tackle a different episode of The Simpsons, breaking down every 22 minutes of animated entertainment into an embiggening discussion about Our Favorite Family. Support us directly at https://Patreon.com/TalkingSimpsons
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Talking Simpsons - Treehouse of Horror IV With Ian Jones-Quartey
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We welcome back Ian Jones-Quartey, creator of OK KO and Executive Producer on Steven Universe, for arguably the best-looking Simpsons episode ever. We discuss Satan, gremlins, vampires, and scariest of all, dogs playing poker. How did the writers and animators make such a ghoulish gallery, and what amazing moments were cut from the show? Learn all …
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Talking Simpsons - The Regina Monologues
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Pip pip and cheerio listeners, we're here to discuss the Simpsons' visit to London in this star-studded episode with more famous people than great jokes. Yes, they prioritize getting famous Brits in it from war criminal Tony Blair to hatemonger JK Rowling (plus a couple of UK citizens who aren't terrible people). But before that, we still get a cou…
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Talk To The Audience?!? - October 2024
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Happy day after Election Day! We've reached the beginning of the month, which means it's once again time for another installment of our community podcast! Join us we discuss the first four episodes of season 36, the new Sideshow Bob-based short, Simpsons Movie sequel news, and more. And, as always, we read and respond to your questions and comments…
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Talking Simpsons - Rosebud With Mike Lawrence
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It's time for the David Mirkin Era to begin on Talking Simpsons officially, and we're kicking it off with comedian/writer Mike Lawrence! After Mike shares fun stories of working with Simpsons legend Greg Daniels, we discuss the show's deepest tribute to Citizen Kane. In this absolute classic, Burns searches for Bobo, The Ramones sing "Happy Birthda…
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Talking Simpsons - The President Wore Pearls With Merritt K
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As Lisa gets another makeover, we welcome back Merritt K (check out her new game, Fledgling Manor) to help us make sense of this 2003 satire! It's primarily a lengthy parody of the Tim Rice/Andrew Lloyd Webber musical Evita, and we do our best to figure out which songs are being referenced. Plus, this musical episode features Michael Moore, leading…
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Talking Simpsons - The Itchy & Scratchy & Poochie Show Live With Bill Oakley
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For the third time, we take our show on the road to Portland alongside Bill Oakley, former Simpsons showrunner and Steamed Hams Society boss. Recorded live on October 2, 2024, at Kelly's Olympian in Portland, OR! We all dissect a favorite ep from Bill's time on the series, The Itchy & Scratchy & Poochie Show. Bill has many fun memories and digressi…
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Talking Simpsons - Homer Goes to College With Evan Susser
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As we head into production season 5 and a huge changeover for the series, we're joined by first-time guest, writer/podcaster Evan Susser! The Doughboys Commissioner helps us explore Conan O'Brien's final full ep of The Simpsons, as we give a timeline of how his unprecedented hiring to Late Night impacted the show. Then we dig into Homer's incredibl…
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Talk To The Audience?!? - September 2024
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As autumn begins, we have a whole month of Simpsons events to look back on, while also looking forward to our October 2nd Portland live show with Bill Oakley (get your tickets HERE before it sells out). Then, we've got a trip report from Orlando, lots of chat about newly released video games, and replies to some of our favorite Patreon comments. Pr…
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Talking Simpsons - My Mother the Carjacker
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Now that the Halloween fun is over, it's time for the proper "season premiere" of season 15, as Homer reconnects with his mother. After we dig into the career of writer Michael Price, we discuss how this second appearance of Glenn Close on the series compares to the first. Plus, we chat about viral headlines, collectible t-shirts, the surveillance …
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See Us LIVE (Again) in Portland With Bill Oakley!
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If you missed our 2018 Portland live show with Bill Oakley, or our 2023 show, good news: we'll soon be putting on another one of equal or greater value! And our beloved patrons have first dibs on tickets! (General public folks reading this later—we respect you as well.) Here are the details: WHAT: Our Talking Simpsons Live Show about "The Itchy & S…
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Talking Simpsons - Cape Feare With Mike Drucker
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It's the end of the first era of Simpsons writers as we welcome back returning favorite, comedy writer Mike Drucker (pre-order his upcoming book, Good Game, No Rematch)! In a full-length parody of 1991's Cape Fear remake, Bart evades murder by the talented singer, Sideshow Bob. Learn how this episode was written, how Jon Vitti looks back on it, why…
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Talking Simpsons - Treehouse of Horror XIV With Will Sloan
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Season 15 begins with a big Halloween special, and we're joined by Will Sloan, Jerry Lewis expert and cohost of podcasts The Important Cinema Club and Michael And Us! After we chat about how this debuted in November, we chat through one segment that unintentionally copies Family Guy, a story of Frink/Hank Azaria meeting their comedy patriarch, and …
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Talk To The Audience?!? - August 2024
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We've reached the end of the month, which means it's once again time for another installment of our community podcast! Join us we discuss the incredible amount of Simpsons news from San Diego Comic-Con and D23, including updates about new Treehouse of Horror and Disney+ exclusive episodes, a new Christmas two-parter, and more. And, as always, we re…
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Talking Simpsons - The Yellow Album With Alex Navarro
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Just as we did for The Simpsons Sing The Blues, we're joined by Alex Navarro from Nextlander to discuss the other novelty album from Springfield. Yes, it's time for us to cover the barely-released oddity The Yellow Album! And we're chatting about it just when it was planned to be released, between the fourth and fifth seasons. But why was it releas…
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Talking Simpsons - Homer's Barbershop Quartet With Katie Plattner
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We start season five with a first-time guest to help us with this Beatles parody: Katie Plattner, from the podcast Screw It, We're Just Gonna Talk About The Beatles and Screw It, I'm Just Gonna Talk About Music Or Whatever! As we dive into the magical time of the '80s, we'll guide you through all of the copious Beatles references in this one, as we…
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Talking Simpsons - Krusty Gets Kancelled With Mark Malkoff
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We welcome back podcaster/comedy writer Mark Malkoff—host of the new podcast Inside Late Night, as well as the very fitting The Carson Podcast—for an epic discussion of the season 4 finale. We dig into SO MUCH of the TV history in this episode, including a ton about Johnny Carson, his relationship to The Simpsons, and how this was one of his final …
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Talk To The Audience?!? - July 2024
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While The Simpsons news wasn't as busy as the real news this month, there's still a ton to catch up on in the July edition of our monthly community podcast. Not only that, but we had a month full of cool podcast guest appearances mixed with personal annoyances that took up more than a week of our lives. Then we catch up on all the movies/TV/games w…
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Talking Simpsons - Marge in Chains With Stephen Sajdak
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We're covering an allegedly prophetic ep of Simpsons, and for that, we're joined once more by Stephen Sajdak, cohost of the We Hate Movies podcast! After the Osaka Flu ravages Springfield, Marge is arrested for shoplifting, and we discuss how much it might mirror the 2020 lockdown. Then we dig into the best Lionel Hutz sequence in the entire series…
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Talking Simpsons - Moe Baby Blues With Chris Cabin
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As we close out season 14, we've got returning guest Chris Cabin from the podcast We Hate Movies! Together we celebrate what most call the best episode of the season, thanks to Emmy-winning acting by Hank Azaria, not to mention the stunning direction of Lauren MacMullan. But can this sweet tale of Moe connecting with Maggie survive a whacky third a…
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Talking Simpsons - Whacking Day with Dan McCoy
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Bart is expelled from school as animal cruelty is celebrated, and for such heady topics we welcome back the cohost of The Flop House Podcast/Emmy-winning writer, Dan McCoy! After Dan explains to us how he won the same award as this episode did, we then detail the origins of Superintendent Chalmers. Then we talk about the less-fun IRL origins of wha…
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Bonus Episode - Talking Futurama "Insane in the Mainframe"
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The Talking Simpsons Network is taking a week off, so to fill the content gap, we've decided to post an episode of our Patreon-exclusive Talking Futurama podcast miniseries! If you like this episode and want to hear the rest (with more to come every month), head over to Patreon.com/TalkingSimpsons and sign up at the $5 level. Once you do, you'll ha…
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Bonus Episode - Blabbin 'Bout Batman: The Animated Series "Mad Love"
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The Talking Simpsons Network is taking a week off, so to fill the content gap, we've decided to post an episode of our Patreon-exclusive Blabbin 'Bout Batman: The Animated Series podcast miniseries! If you like this episode and want to hear the other 20 installments, head over to Patreon.com/TalkingSimpsons and sign up at the $5 level. Once you do,…
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Talk To The Audience?!? - June 2024
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We've reached the end of the month, which means it's once again time for another installment of our community podcast! Join us as we discuss Bluey taking on The Simpsons, the not-so-mysterious origins of Duff, theme park rumors, and more. And, as always, we read and respond to your questions and comments from the most recent round of episodes. It's…
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Talking Simpsons - The Bart of War With Brendan James
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We're joined again by journalist/podcaster Brendan James, cohost of the leftist history podcast Blowback, just in time for an episode inspired by America's wars. After the unexpected reveal that Ned love The Beatles, Bart joins the Pre-Teen Braves. That then leads to an extensive F Troop parody that's a gateway to the secrets of one lead actor on t…
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Talking Simpsons - The Front With Nick Wiger
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In an episode parodying the process of TV comedy writing, we welcome back WGA writer Nick Wiger (also from the podcasts Doughboys and Get Played)! Bart and Lisa get hired to secretly write Itchy & Scratchy in a plot referencing Tiny Toons/the blacklist, all while Abe does the iggy. Meanwhile, Homer goes back to high school for a short time before a…
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