Episode 80: NOT A Disco Stu Episode
The Overthinkers tackle the Simpsons anniversary episode and the last 20 years of the show.
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Posts by Mark Lee on Overthinking It
Simpsonomics: Did Homer Help Cause the Financial Crisis?
Twenty years of Simpsons = Twenty years of buildup to the 2008 crash?
Hate the “Avatar” Font? It Could Be Worse.
He could have used Comic Sans.
Chris Brown, Rihanna, Terminator, and Transformers: a Venn Diagram
When R&B meets bad science fiction.
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Steel Panther: The “Starship Troopers” of Heavy Metal?
Steel Panther: brilliant metal parody, or just exploitation artists? Either way, they sure do rock.
Total Recall: Dream or Not A Dream? Let’s Settle This Once And For All
Let’s settle this once and for all. Did Quaid get his ass to Mars, or didn’t he?
The Musical Talmud, Think/Counter-Think Edition: “Party in the USA”
Sheely and Lee spar over the political science interpretation of “Party in the USA.”
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Family Guy and Windows 7: Double Fail
A shameless marketing grab meets total pop culture cluelessness.
The Blockbuster Bell Curve, Revisited: Changes in the IMDB Top 250 List, 2008-2009
Was 2008 the best year for movies ever? According to IMDB, it was.
Time Out! Music, Football, and Suspension of Disbelief in “Glee”
“Glee” is a show about music, not football. It should stick to what it knows best.