Simpsons

Now that the Democratic and Republican conventions are over and the candidates are set, get ready to be bombarded from all sides with messages from individuals and groups telling you how they are voting and why you should vote with them. So, if everybody's getting into it, why should the Simpsons be an exception?

‘The Simpsons’ is one of the longest running shows on television, and while there aren’t enough episodes for them to officially launch their own network, they’re pretty close with 552 installments.

Better break out a six pack of Duff and be prepared to use an onion ring for a marriage proposal, because this Russian model looks exactly like Marge Bouvier Simpson.

Like we needed another reason to impatiently wait for May to come around ...

Last year a man from England named Bart Simpson was arrested for having a firearm in an airport. Simpson is 56, so you can't blame his parents for giving him the kind of name that would result in ridicule and, eventually, a life of crime. ('The Simpsons' has been on for that long. It only seems like it.) It was just fate that he ended up with the same name as a cartoon troublemaker. And when his t

Finally, a Harlem Shake video for a new audience! Last night's opening couch gag on 'The Simpsons' showed everyone's favorite cartoon family getting in on the Harlem Shake craze. And we definitely count it as a win.

Exactly 22 years ago, director Judd Apatow ('This is 40,' 'Knocked Up') wrote a script for 'The Simpsons' that was never used (which is not surprising since, at the time, Apatow had no credits and was still a struggling comedian). But now that Judd Apatow is Judd Apatow, 'The Simpsons' are producing the long lost script, which will air next year.

The Simpsons is not a show that's shy about stuffing gags into every corner of the frame. And, after nearly a quarter century on the air, the show has quite a few signs. Here's a strip of what seems to be the Internet's favorite gags from the beloved show. Fair warning, it's a long image.

In the "weird coincidences" file, we've got this cartoon, which was first published in 1949 in a magazine in Iceland. Yeah, they look fairly similar... but wait until you see the whole cartoon.