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Eat The Pudding: A Simpsons Podcast Bonus Episode: “The Simpsons Movie” Welcome to the Eat The Pudding fan podcast, where Michael and Ian explore the Simpsons universe in all its colourful and cromulent forms. This is a bonus episode: “The Simpsons Movie”. This week, we are changing things up a little with a bonus episode on The Simpsons Movie, which came out in the summer of 2007. And we are joined by our very own Sideshow Mel, Melissa C from Montreal – a Simpsons superfan with a divinely dusty Italian accent. Together with our special guest, we look at the background to the movie, recall other popular shows that translated well – or less well – to the silver screen and revisit our favourite moments in the movie. If you would like to send us a voice message to include in the show, we have set up a special page on SpeakPipe: https://www.speakpipe.com/EatThePudding. No need to sign up – all you have to do is click on the link, record your message and press send. Sick of social media trolls? Come and join our private chat group on Discord instead: https://discord.gg/76g4eT4n All our contact information can be found at our Linktree link: https://linktr.ee/eatthepudding You can also contact us: By mail at [email protected] On Instagram at @eat_the_pudding_podcast Or at our private Bluesky accounts: @ianwinick.bsky.social @mocca1976.bsky.social All the shows on the Boneless Podcasting Network, including our Blackadder podcast, Lord Of Adders Black, can be found here: https://thebpn.lovable.app/shows °°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°° Podcast credits: Compiled and presented by Ian Winick and Michael J. Smith Intro music: Hear My Pod Music by Alf Clausen (originally “See My Vest” with lyrics by Michael Scully) New lyrics by Ian and Michael Performed by Randy Woods (with Kevin Brown as “Smithers”) https://www.youtube.com/@RandyWoodsBand Outro music: We Put The Spring In Springfield Music by Alf Clausen (originally with lyrics by Ken Keeler) Performed by Liam Smith https://linktr.ee/whale_productions?utm_source=linktree_profile_share&ltsid=05350da0-6c64-404b-886a-86a756f62799 Piano interludes courtesy of Pank: You will find his podcast “Bang! 101 (More) Songs About Nuclear War from the 1980s” at @bangpodcast.bsky.social Cover art drawing by Pierre Breton ([email protected]). Check out his Little Darwin comic here: https://www.instagram.com/littledarwin1816/ Big thanks to all of the above and to Ciarán Moffatt and Captain Spreadsheet for technical (and moral) support. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Eat The Pudding: A Simpsons Podcast  Episode 16: “Guilty As Charged”  Welcome to the Eat The Pudding fan podcast, where Michael and Ian explore the Simpsons universe in all its colourful and cromulent forms. This is the sixteenth episode: “Guilty As Charged”.  This week’s Spotlight On Springfield is on a man with big shoes to fill: Sideshow Bob, arguably the most cultivated person in Springfield and, with the possible exception of Maggie Simpson, the most psychopathic. We trace the velvet-voiced villain’s evolution in a series of evergreen Bob-centric episodes and ask ourselves why the authorities insist on letting him out of prison every season.  As part of our Late Bloomers segment, we dip a tentative toe into the murky waters of late-period Simpsons with a Season 24 episode called To Cur With Love. As well as this, we pay tribute to recently departed country music queen Dolly Parton and discuss the lacklustre episode she guest-starred in and what we would have done better. But, as ever, no one bothered to ask us our opinion and now it’s too late.    If you would like to send us a voice message to include in the show, we have set up a special page on SpeakPipe: https://www.speakpipe.com/EatThePudding. No need to sign up – all you have to do is click on the link, record your message and press send.  Sick of social media trolls? Come and join our private chat group on Discord instead: https://discord.gg/76g4eT4n  All our contact information can be found at our Linktree link:  https://linktr.ee/eatthepudding   You can also contact us:  By mail at [email protected]  On Instagram at @eat_the_pudding_podcast  Or at our private Bluesky accounts:  @ianwinick.bsky.social  @mocca1976.bsky.social  All the shows on the Boneless Podcasting Network, including our Blackadder podcast, Lord Of Adders Black, can be found here:  https://thebpn.lovable.app/shows     °°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°  Podcast credits:  Compiled and presented by Ian Winick and Michael J. Smith    Intro music: Hear My Pod  Music by Alf Clausen (originally “See My Vest” with lyrics by Michael Scully)  New lyrics by Ian and Michael  Performed by Randy Woods (with Kevin Brown as “Smithers”)  https://www.youtube.com/@RandyWoodsBand    Outro music: We Put The Spring In Springfield  Music by Alf Clausen (originally with lyrics by Ken Keeler)  Performed by Liam Smith  https://linktr.ee/whale_productions?utm_source=linktree_profile_share&ltsid=05350da0-6c64-404b-886a-86a756f62799   Piano interludes courtesy of Pank: You will find his podcast “Bang! 101 (More) Songs About Nuclear War from the 1980s” at @bangpodcast.bsky.social  Cover art drawing by Pierre Breton ([email protected]).   Check out his Little Darwin comic here: https://www.instagram.com/littledarwin1816/  Big thanks to all of the above and to Ciarán Moffatt and Captain Spreadsheet for technical (and moral) support. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Eat The Pudding: A Simpsons Podcast  Episode 15: “Skinnerrrr!!!”  Welcome to the Eat The Pudding fan podcast, where Michael and Ian explore the Simpsons universe in all its colourful and cromulent forms. This is the fourteenth episode: “Skinnerrrr!!!”.  Continuing our Season Eight highlights, we look at Homer’s Phobia, an Emmy-winning episode that was years ahead of its time in its treatment of casual homophobia. Here, we cast an eye over the filmmaking career of guest star John Waters and zone in on all the little details that help make this one of the most fun Simpsons episodes ever. Zzzappp!  This week’s Spotlight On Springfield features Superintendent Chalmers – a man known to his mother as Gary and to Ralf Wiggum as Super Nintendo Chalmers. We look at his tense, uneasy relationship with Principal Skinner and explore the theory that, like the hapless Frank Grimes, Chalmers has one foot in the real world and one foot in the chaos that is Springfield.      If you would like to send us a voice message to include in the show, we have set up a special page on SpeakPipe: https://www.speakpipe.com/EatThePudding. No need to sign up – all you have to do is click on the link, record your message and press send.  Sick of social media trolls? Come and join our private chat group on Discord instead: https://discord.gg/76g4eT4n  All our contact information can be found at our Linktree link:  https://linktr.ee/eatthepudding   You can also contact us:  By mail at [email protected]  On Instagram at @eat_the_pudding_podcast  Or at our private Bluesky accounts:  @ianwinick.bsky.social  @mocca1976.bsky.social  All the shows on the Boneless Podcasting Network, including our Blackadder podcast, Lord Of Adders Black, can be found here:  https://thebpn.lovable.app/shows     °°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°  Podcast credits:  Compiled and presented by Ian Winick and Michael J. Smith    Intro music: Hear My Pod  Music by Alf Clausen (originally “See My Vest” with lyrics by Michael Scully)  New lyrics by Ian and Michael  Performed by Randy Woods (with Kevin Brown as “Smithers”)  https://www.youtube.com/@RandyWoodsBand    Outro music: We Put The Spring In Springfield  Music by Alf Clausen (originally with lyrics by Ken Keeler)  Performed by Liam Smith  https://linktr.ee/whale_productions?utm_source=linktree_profile_share&ltsid=05350da0-6c64-404b-886a-86a756f62799   Piano interludes courtesy of Pank: You will find his podcast “Bang! 101 (More) Songs About Nuclear War from the 1980s” at @bangpodcast.bsky.social  Cover art drawing by Pierre Breton ([email protected]).   Check out his Little Darwin comic here: https://www.instagram.com/littledarwin1816/  Big thanks to all of the above and to Ciarán Moffatt and Captain Spreadsheet for technical (and moral) support.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Eat The Pudding: A Simpsons Podcast  Episode 14: “And I, For One, Welcome Our New Insect Overlords”  Welcome to the Eat The Pudding fan podcast, where Michael and Ian explore the Simpsons universe in all its colourful and cromulent forms. This is the fourteenth episode: “And I, For One, Welcome Our New Insect Overlords”.  “Pompous, blow-dried college boy” Kent Brockman is the focus of this episode’s Spotlight On Springfield. We cast a world-weary eye on the real-life anchormen on whom the character was based and revisit our favourite Brockman moments throughout the classic years of the series.  We also kick off our Season Eight highlights with Michael’s first pick, You Only Move Twice, in which the Simpsons leave Springfield for the idyllic surroundings of Cypress Creek so that Homer can take a step up on his dusty career ladder. Unfortunately, his magnanimous new boss has a dark side that includes designs on world domination …      If you would like to send us a voice message to include in the show, we have set up a special page on SpeakPipe: https://www.speakpipe.com/EatThePudding. No need to sign up – all you have to do is click on the link, record your message and press send.  Sick of social media trolls? Come and join our private chat group on Discord instead: https://discord.gg/76g4eT4n  All our contact information can be found at our Linktree link:  https://linktr.ee/eatthepudding   You can also contact us:  By mail at [email protected]  On Instagram at @eat_the_pudding_podcast  Or at our private Bluesky accounts:  @ianwinick.bsky.social  @mocca1976.bsky.social  All the shows on the Boneless Podcasting Network, including our Blackadder podcast, Lord Of Adders Black, can be found here:  https://thebpn.lovable.app/shows     °°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°  Podcast credits:  Compiled and presented by Ian Winick and Michael J. Smith    Intro music: Hear My Pod  Music by Alf Clausen (originally “See My Vest” with lyrics by Michael Scully)  New lyrics by Ian and Michael  Performed by Randy Woods (with Kevin Brown as “Smithers”)  https://www.youtube.com/@RandyWoodsBand    Outro music: We Put The Spring In Springfield  Music by Alf Clausen (originally with lyrics by Ken Keeler)  Performed by Liam Smith  https://linktr.ee/whale_productions?utm_source=linktree_profile_share&ltsid=05350da0-6c64-404b-886a-86a756f62799   Piano interludes courtesy of Pank: You will find his podcast “Bang! 101 (More) Songs About Nuclear War from the 1980s” at @bangpodcast.bsky.social  Cover art drawing by Pierre Breton ([email protected]).   Check out his Little Darwin comic here: https://www.instagram.com/littledarwin1816/  Big thanks to all of the above and to Ciarán Moffatt and Captain Spreadsheet for technical (and moral) support.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Eat The Pudding: A Simpsons Podcast  Episode 13: “Did It Just Get Fatter In Here?”  Welcome to the Eat The Pudding fan podcast, where Michael and Ian explore the Simpsons universe in all its colourful and cromulent forms. This is the thirteenth episode: “Did It Just Get Fatter In Here?”.  This episode’s Spotlight On Springfield is on Patty and Selma, Marge’s chain-smoking, gravel-voiced elder sisters. We discuss the subtle differences between the twin Gorgons and trace the history of their failed romantic attachments and their successful hate-hate relationship with brother-in-law Homer.  Meanwhile, the semi-regular Songs Of Springfield segment sees us donning our skimpiest outfits in honour of the barnstorming number at the end of the Season 8 moral conundrum that is Bart After Dark. Like the Monorail Song before it, this jaunty tune makes excellent use of a whole stable of different Simpsons characters, all of whom have gathered in the grounds of the scurrilous Maison Derriere. Oh, won’t somebody PLEASE think of the children?!      If you would like to send us a voice message to include in the show, we have set up a special page on SpeakPipe: https://www.speakpipe.com/EatThePudding. No need to sign up – all you have to do is click on the link, record your message and press send.  Sick of social media trolls? Come and join our private chat group on Discord instead: https://discord.gg/76g4eT4n  All our contact information can be found at our Linktree link:  https://linktr.ee/eatthepudding   You can also contact us:  By mail at [email protected]  On Instagram at @eat_the_pudding_podcast  Or at our private Bluesky accounts:  @ianwinick.bsky.social  @mocca1976.bsky.social  All the shows on the Boneless Podcasting Network, including our Blackadder podcast, Lord Of Adders Black, can be found here:  https://thebpn.lovable.app/shows     °°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°  Podcast credits:  Compiled and presented by Ian Winick and Michael J. Smith    Intro music: Hear My Pod  Music by Alf Clausen (originally “See My Vest” with lyrics by Michael Scully)  New lyrics by Ian and Michael  Performed by Randy Woods (with Kevin Brown as “Smithers”)  https://www.youtube.com/@RandyWoodsBand    Outro music: We Put The Spring In Springfield  Music by Alf Clausen (originally with lyrics by Ken Keeler)  Performed by Liam Smith  https://linktr.ee/whale_productions?utm_source=linktree_profile_share&ltsid=05350da0-6c64-404b-886a-86a756f62799   Piano interludes courtesy of Pank: You will find his podcast “Bang! 101 (More) Songs About Nuclear War from the 1980s” at @bangpodcast.bsky.social  Cover art drawing by Pierre Breton ([email protected]).   Check out his Little Darwin comic here: https://www.instagram.com/littledarwin1816/  Big thanks to all of the above and to Ciarán Moffatt and Captain Spreadsheet for technical (and moral) support.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Eat The Pudding: A Simpsons Podcast  Episode 12: “You Badmouthed MacGyver, Didn’t You?”  Welcome to the Eat The Pudding fan podcast, where Michael and Ian explore the Simpsons universe in all its colourful and cromulent forms. This is the twelfth episode: “You Badmouthed MacGyver, Didn’t You?”.  A longer episode than usual this time as we are joined by two special guests, Kevin Brown and Randy Woods – the longstanding hosts of Seaside Pod Review, one of our favourite Saskatoon-based Queen podcasts. During this tricontinental meeting of minds, Kev and Randy chew the fat with us about The Simpsons in general and Season Four in particular, sharing favourite lines and characters and nerding out about pop cultural references.   (You can also see us talk to Kev and Randy about the seminal Queen album A Night At The Opera on this Seaside Pod Review special here: https://youtu.be/voIub3Y5jqQ?si=TsO9JvVVtxMUNQYe)   In our Spotlight On Springfield segment, we also take a look at the character of Jay Sherman, who – as we discover – is actually from another series created by seasoned Simpsons contributors Al Jean and Mike Reiss. As well as giving our first impressions of this series, we revisit the classic Simpsons episode A Star Is Burns, which introduces Jay Sherman and showcases the film-making talents of some of Springfield’s least likely suspects.      If you would like to send us a voice message to include in the show, we have set up a special page on SpeakPipe: https://www.speakpipe.com/EatThePudding. No need to sign up – all you have to do is click on the link, record your message and press send.  Sick of social media trolls? Come and join our private chat group on Discord instead: https://discord.gg/76g4eT4n  All our contact information can be found at our Linktree link:  https://linktr.ee/eatthepudding   You can also contact us:  By mail at [email protected]  On Instagram at @eat_the_pudding_podcast  Or at our private Bluesky accounts:  @ianwinick.bsky.social  @mocca1976.bsky.social  All the shows on the Boneless Podcasting Network, including our Blackadder podcast, Lord Of Adders Black, can be found here:  https://thebpn.lovable.app/shows     °°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°  Podcast credits:  Compiled and presented by Ian Winick and Michael J. Smith    Intro music: Hear My Pod  Music by Alf Clausen (originally “See My Vest” with lyrics by Michael Scully)  New lyrics by Ian and Michael  Performed by Randy Woods (with Kevin Brown as “Smithers”)  https://www.youtube.com/@RandyWoodsBand    Outro music: We Put The Spring In Springfield  Music by Alf Clausen (originally with lyrics by Ken Keeler)  Performed by Liam Smith  https://linktr.ee/whale_productions?utm_source=linktree_profile_share&ltsid=05350da0-6c64-404b-886a-86a756f62799   Piano interludes courtesy of Pank: You will find his podcast “Bang! 101 (More) Songs About Nuclear War from the 1980s” at @bangpodcast.bsky.social  Cover art drawing by Pierre Breton ([email protected]).   Check out his Little Darwin comic here: https://www.instagram.com/littledarwin1816/  Big thanks to all of the above and to Ciarán Moffatt and Captain Spreadsheet for technical (and moral) support.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Eat The Pudding: A Simpsons Podcast  Episode 11: “Unflavoured For Me!”  Welcome to the Eat The Pudding fan podcast, where Michael and Ian explore the Simpsons universe in all its colourful and cromulent forms. This is the tenth episode: “Unflavoured For Me!”.  The Beatles feature quite prominently in this episode’s Guest Star segment, with Ringo Starr making a memorable early appearance in Season 2 and Paul McCartney popping up to make Lisa’s day in Season 7 – complete with wife Linda in tow. The Ringo episode also includes two iconic movie references picked up by Michael’s pop culture radar and included in our Hidden Gems segment.  Having debated last time whether Bart was good or evil, we now shine our Spotlight On Springfield on someone who is very much on the side of the angels – Maude Flanders. We talk about her plain vanilla character, her marriage to Ned, her devotion to God, morality and judging others, and her untimely death on the business end of a t-shirt gun.      If you would like to send us a voice message to include in the show, we have set up a special page on SpeakPipe: https://www.speakpipe.com/EatThePudding. No need to sign up – all you have to do is click on the link, record your message and press send.  Sick of social media trolls? Come and join our private chat group on Discord instead: https://discord.gg/76g4eT4n  All our contact information can be found at our Linktree link:  https://linktr.ee/eatthepudding   You can also contact us:  By mail at [email protected]  On Instagram at @eat_the_pudding_podcast  Or at our private Bluesky accounts:  @ianwinick.bsky.social  @mocca1976.bsky.social  All the shows on the Boneless Podcasting Network, including our Blackadder podcast, Lord Of Adders Black, can be found here:  https://thebpn.lovable.app/shows     °°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°  Podcast credits:  Compiled and presented by Ian Winick and Michael J. Smith    Intro music: Hear My Pod  Music by Alf Clausen (originally “See My Vest” with lyrics by Michael Scully)  New lyrics by Ian and Michael  Performed by Randy Woods (with Kevin Brown as “Smithers”)  https://www.youtube.com/@RandyWoodsBand    Outro music: We Put The Spring In Springfield  Music by Alf Clausen (originally with lyrics by Ken Keeler)  Performed by Liam Smith  https://linktr.ee/whale_productions?utm_source=linktree_profile_share&ltsid=05350da0-6c64-404b-886a-86a756f62799   Piano interludes courtesy of Pank: You will find his podcast “Bang! 101 (More) Songs About Nuclear War from the 1980s” at @bangpodcast.bsky.social  Cover art drawing by Pierre Breton ([email protected]).   Check out his Little Darwin comic here: https://www.instagram.com/littledarwin1816/  Big thanks to all of the above and to Ciarán Moffatt and Captain Spreadsheet for technical (and moral) support.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Eat The Pudding: A Simpsons Podcast  Episode 9: “I’m Bad To The Bone, Honey”  Welcome to the Eat The Pudding fan podcast, where Michael and Ian explore the Simpsons universe in all its colourful and cromulent forms. This is the tenth episode: “I’m Bad To The Bone, Honey”.  This week, the Spotlight On Springfield is turned on none other than Bart Simpson himself. In a head-to-head that is likely to stir up dim memories of even dimmer school debates, we discuss whether or not he is on the side of the angels. Armed with a clutch of classic episodes each, Michael and Ian debate whether Bart’s caring and sensitive side generally holds sway or whether, like George Thorogood before him, he truly is “bad to the bone”.  As well as this, we take a look at the other voices that Nancy Cartwright brings to The Simpsons, revisit the tunes behind Troy McClure’s barnstorming Planet Of The Apes musical and, in response to a listener question, handpick four of Springfield’s finest to come to our dinner party.    If you would like to send us a voice message to include in the show, we have set up a special page on SpeakPipe: https://www.speakpipe.com/EatThePudding. No need to sign up – all you have to do is click on the link, record your message and press send.  Sick of social media trolls? Come and join our private chat group on Discord instead: https://discord.gg/76g4eT4n  All our contact information can be found at our Linktree link:  https://linktr.ee/eatthepudding   You can also contact us:  By mail at [email protected]  On Instagram at @eat_the_pudding_podcast  Or at our private Bluesky accounts:  @ianwinick.bsky.social  @mocca1976.bsky.social  All the shows on the Boneless Podcasting Network, including our Blackadder podcast, Lord Of Adders Black, can be found here:  https://thebpn.lovable.app/shows     °°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°  Podcast credits:  Compiled and presented by Ian Winick and Michael J. Smith    Intro music: Hear My Pod  Music by Alf Clausen (originally “See My Vest” with lyrics by Michael Scully)  New lyrics by Ian and Michael  Performed by Randy Woods (with Kevin Brown as “Smithers”)  https://www.youtube.com/@RandyWoodsBand    Outro music: We Put The Spring In Springfield  Music by Alf Clausen (originally with lyrics by Ken Keeler)  Performed by Liam Smith  https://linktr.ee/whale_productions?utm_source=linktree_profile_share&ltsid=05350da0-6c64-404b-886a-86a756f62799   Piano interludes courtesy of Pank: You will find his podcast “Bang! 101 (More) Songs About Nuclear War from the 1980s” at @bangpodcast.bsky.social  Cover art drawing by Pierre Breton ([email protected]).   Check out his Little Darwin comic here: https://www.instagram.com/littledarwin1816/  Big thanks to all of the above and to Ciarán Moffatt and Captain Spreadsheet for technical (and moral) support.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Eat The Pudding: A Simpsons Podcast  Episode 9: “Everything’s coming up Milhouse!”  Welcome to the Eat The Pudding fan podcast, where Michael and Ian explore the Simpsons universe in all its colourful and cromulent forms. This is the ninth episode: “Everything’s coming up Milhouse!”.  This time around, our Spotlight On Springfield shines its unforgiving beam on Bart’s long-suffering sidekick Milhouse. We talk about the stark contrast between the two best friends and look at Milhouse’s family life, the traits he inherited from his father and the unrequited feelings for Lisa that manifest themselves at regular intervals throughout the seasons of The Simpsons.  Drawing heavily on the Season 6 classic The Springfield Connection, we also take a law-abiding look at the police in The Simpsons and, in response to a question from one of our listeners, discuss whether we would feel safe with Chief Wiggum and his merry men as the thin blue (-haired) line protecting us from the criminal elements in Springfield.     If you would like to send us a voice message to include in the show, we have set up a special page on SpeakPipe: https://www.speakpipe.com/EatThePudding. No need to sign up – all you have to do is click on the link, record your message and press send.  Sick of social media trolls? Come and join our private chat group on Discord instead: https://discord.gg/76g4eT4n  All our contact information can be found at our Linktree link:  https://linktr.ee/eatthepudding   You can also contact us:  By mail at [email protected]  On Instagram at @eat_the_pudding_podcast  Or at our private Bluesky accounts:  @ianwinick.bsky.social  @mocca1976.bsky.social  All the shows on the Boneless Podcasting Network, including our Blackadder podcast, Lord Of Adders Black, can be found here:  https://thebpn.lovable.app/shows     °°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°  Podcast credits:  Compiled and presented by Ian Winick and Michael J. Smith    Intro music: Hear My Pod  Music by Alf Clausen (originally “See My Vest” with lyrics by Michael Scully)  New lyrics by Ian and Michael  Performed by Randy Woods (with Kevin Brown as “Smithers”)  https://www.youtube.com/@RandyWoodsBand    Outro music: We Put The Spring In Springfield  Music by Alf Clausen (originally with lyrics by Ken Keeler)  Performed by Liam Smith  https://linktr.ee/whale_productions?utm_source=linktree_profile_share&ltsid=05350da0-6c64-404b-886a-86a756f62799   Piano interludes courtesy of Pank: You will find his podcast “Bang! 101 (More) Songs About Nuclear War from the 1980s” at @bangpodcast.bsky.social  Cover art drawing by Pierre Breton ([email protected]).   Check out his Little Darwin comic here: https://www.instagram.com/littledarwin1816/  Big thanks to all of the above and to Ciarán Moffatt and Captain Spreadsheet for technical (and moral) support.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Eat The Pudding: A Simpsons Podcast  Bonus Episode 2: Family Guy  Welcome to the Eat The Pudding fan podcast, where Michael and Ian explore the Simpsons universe in all its colourful and cromulent forms. This is our second bonus episode: Family Guy.  This week, we are leaving Springfield and heading for Quahog, Rhode Island, where the endearingly oafish Peter Griffin lives with his ridiculously-out-of-his-league wife Lois, teenage children Meg and Chris, psychotic baby Stewie and talking dog Brian.   Joining us on this one-off journey is Australian podcaster and Family Guy mega-fan Ciarán Moffatt who, together with fellow enthusiast Ian, has drawn up a list of eight episodes to serve as a fitting introduction for Michael, who has somehow managed never to have seen the show before.   As well as exploring this newbie list, we talk about our favourite things in Family Guy, about the very particular niche it occupies in the world of animated adult comedy, and about stretching the boundaries of good taste to raise a laugh.   If you would like to send us a voice message to include in the show, we have set up a special page on SpeakPipe: https://www.speakpipe.com/EatThePudding. No need to sign up – all you have to do is click on the link, record your message and press send.  Sick of social media trolls? Come and join our private chat group on Discord instead: https://discord.gg/76g4eT4n  All our contact information can be found at our Linktree link:  https://linktr.ee/eatthepudding   You can also contact us:  By mail at [email protected]  On Instagram at @eat_the_pudding_podcast  Or at our private Bluesky accounts:  @ianwinick.bsky.social  @mocca1976.bsky.social  All the shows on the Boneless Podcasting Network, including our Blackadder podcast, Lord Of Adders Black, can be found here:  https://thebpn.lovable.app/shows     °°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°  Podcast credits:  Compiled and presented by Ian Winick and Michael J. Smith    Intro music: Hear My Pod  Music by Alf Clausen (originally “See My Vest” with lyrics by Michael Scully)  New lyrics by Ian and Michael  Performed by Randy Woods (with Kevin Brown as “Smithers”)  https://www.youtube.com/@RandyWoodsBand    Outro music: We Put The Spring In Springfield  Music by Alf Clausen (originally with lyrics by Ken Keeler)  Performed by Liam Smith  https://linktr.ee/whale_productions?utm_source=linktree_profile_share&ltsid=05350da0-6c64-404b-886a-86a756f62799   Piano interludes courtesy of Pank: You will find his podcast “Bang! 101 (More) Songs About Nuclear War from the 1980s” at @bangpodcast.bsky.social  Cover art drawing by Pierre Breton ([email protected]).   Check out his Little Darwin comic here: https://www.instagram.com/littledarwin1816/  Big thanks to all of the above and to Ciarán Moffatt and Captain Spreadsheet for technical (and moral) support.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Eat The Pudding: A Simpsons Podcast  Episode 8: “That’s The Kind Of Thing That Can Haunt Ya”  Welcome to the Eat The Pudding fan podcast, where Michael and Ian explore the Simpsons universe in all its colourful and cromulent forms. This is the eighth episode: “That’s The Kind Of Thing That Can Haunt Ya”.  In our latest episode, Spotlight On Springfield looks at the complex character that is Moe the Bartender, a man with more dodgy back stories than Muddy Mae Suggins. Is there a heart of gold behind the gruff, unsmiling exterior and the grimy layers of prejudice? Our in-depth analysis suggests that there might be.  We also answer listener questions about the “creative process” behind our opening music and whether the Simpsons writers were actually able to predict the future. And in a brand new semi-regular segment about guest stars in The Simpsons, we look at Liam Neeson’s turn in the Season 16 episode The Father, The Son and the Holy Guest.  If you would like to send us a voice message to include in the show, we have set up a special page on SpeakPipe: https://www.speakpipe.com/EatThePudding. No need to sign up – all you have to do is click on the link, record your message and press send.  Sick of social media trolls? Come and join our private chat group on Discord instead: https://discord.gg/76g4eT4n  All our contact information can be found at our Linktree link:  https://linktr.ee/eatthepudding   You can also contact us:  By mail at [email protected]  On Instagram at @eat_the_pudding_podcast  Or at our private Bluesky accounts:  @ianwinick.bsky.social  @mocca1976.bsky.social  All the shows on the Boneless Podcasting Network, including our Blackadder podcast, Lord Of Adders Black, can be found here:  https://thebpn.lovable.app/shows     °°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°  Podcast credits:  Compiled and presented by Ian Winick and Michael J. Smith    Intro music: Hear My Pod  Music by Alf Clausen (originally “See My Vest” with lyrics by Michael Scully)  New lyrics by Ian and Michael  Performed by Randy Woods (with Kevin Brown as “Smithers”)  https://www.youtube.com/@RandyWoodsBand    Outro music: We Put The Spring In Springfield  Music by Alf Clausen (originally with lyrics by Ken Keeler)  Performed by Liam Smith  https://linktr.ee/whale_productions?utm_source=linktree_profile_share&ltsid=05350da0-6c64-404b-886a-86a756f62799   Piano interludes courtesy of Pank: You will find his podcast “Bang! 101 (More) Songs About Nuclear War from the 1980s” at @bangpodcast.bsky.social  Cover art drawing by Pierre Breton ([email protected]).   Check out his Little Darwin comic here: https://www.instagram.com/littledarwin1816/  Big thanks to all of the above and to Ciarán Moffatt and Captain Spreadsheet for technical (and moral) support.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Eat The Pudding: A Simpsons Podcast  Episode 7: “Grease Me Up, Woman!”  Welcome to the Eat The Pudding fan podcast, where Michael and Ian explore the Simpsons universe in all its colourful and cromulent forms. This is the seventh episode: “Grease Me Up, Woman”.  Lots of listener questions and spin-off discussions in this episode, which is just the way we like it! For instance, should The Simpsons have called it a day around Season 15? Are there any other shows that kept the bar high for over a decade? And why is it next to impossible to buy a copy of Season 18 on DVD without taking out a second mortgage?  This time around, our Spotlight On Springfield shines a sympathetic light on the perennially underappreciated Groundskeeper Willie, who is part of the fabric of Springfield yet rarely gets his due. How do Scottish people feel about him? Why is he such a perfect fit for so many Treehouse Of Horror segments? And why does this episode description consist almost entirely of rhetorical questions?  If you would like to send us a voice message to include in the show, we have set up a special page on SpeakPipe: https://www.speakpipe.com/EatThePudding. No need to sign up – all you have to do is click on the link, record your message and press send.  Sick of social media trolls? Come and join our private chat group on Discord instead: https://discord.gg/76g4eT4n  All our contact information can be found at our Linktree link:  https://linktr.ee/eatthepudding   You can also contact us:  By mail at [email protected]  On Instagram at @eat_the_pudding_podcast  Or at our private Bluesky accounts:  @ianwinick.bsky.social  @mocca1976.bsky.social  All the shows on the Boneless Podcasting Network, including our Blackadder podcast, Lord Of Adders Black, can be found here:  https://thebpn.lovable.app/shows     °°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°  Podcast credits:  Compiled and presented by Ian Winick and Michael J. Smith    Intro music: Hear My Pod  Music by Alf Clausen (originally “See My Vest” with lyrics by Michael Scully)  New lyrics by Ian and Michael  Performed by Randy Woods (with Kevin Brown as “Smithers”)  https://www.youtube.com/@RandyWoodsBand    Outro music: We Put The Spring In Springfield  Music by Alf Clausen (originally with lyrics by Ken Keeler)  Performed by Liam Smith  https://linktr.ee/whale_productions?utm_source=linktree_profile_share&ltsid=05350da0-6c64-404b-886a-86a756f62799   Piano interludes courtesy of Pank: You will find his podcast “Bang! 101 (More) Songs About Nuclear War from the 1980s” at @bangpodcast.bsky.social  Cover art drawing by Pierre Breton ([email protected]).   Check out his Little Darwin comic here: https://www.instagram.com/littledarwin1816/  Big thanks to all of the above and to Ciarán Moffatt and Captain Spreadsheet for technical (and moral) support.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Eat The Pudding: A Simpsons Podcast  Episode 6: “The Gentle Caress Of A Summer Breeze”  Welcome to the Eat The Pudding fan podcast, where Michael and Ian explore the Simpsons universe in all its colourful and cromulent forms. This is the sixth episode: “The Gentle Caress Of A Summer Breeze”.  Back again after a brief, unscheduled absence, we dive into the new episode by exploring the complex character that is Martin Prince – a high-IQ nerd with a latent desire for mayhem and a dark, dark secret.   Michael’s monorail monomania comes very much to the fore later on in the show, in which the evergreen Marge Vs The Monorail episode is featured in both his season 4 pick and the Songs Of Springfield segment. We revisit our favourite moments, zone in on the many pop cultural references and uncover a hidden gem or two.  If you would like to send us a voice message to include in the show, we have set up a special page on SpeakPipe: https://www.speakpipe.com/EatThePudding. No need to sign up – all you have to do is click on the link, record your message and press send.  Sick of social media trolls? Come and join our private chat group on Discord instead: https://discord.gg/76g4eT4n  All our contact information can be found at our Linktree link:  https://linktr.ee/eatthepudding   You can also contact us:  By mail at [email protected]  On Instagram at @eat_the_pudding_podcast  Or at our private Bluesky accounts:  @ianwinick.bsky.social  @mocca1976.bsky.social  All the shows on the Boneless Podcasting Network, including our Blackadder podcast, Lord Of Adders Black, can be found here:  https://thebpn.lovable.app/shows     °°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°  Podcast credits:  Compiled and presented by Ian Winick and Michael J. Smith    Intro music: Hear My Pod  Music by Alf Clausen (originally “See My Vest” with lyrics by Michael Scully)  New lyrics by Ian and Michael  Performed by Randy Woods (with Kevin Brown as “Smithers”)  https://www.youtube.com/@RandyWoodsBand    Outro music: We Put The Spring In Springfield  Music by Alf Clausen (originally with lyrics by Ken Keeler)  Performed by Liam Smith  https://linktr.ee/whale_productions?utm_source=linktree_profile_share&ltsid=05350da0-6c64-404b-886a-86a756f62799   Piano interludes courtesy of Pank: You will find his podcast “Bang! 101 (More) Songs About Nuclear War from the 1980s” at @bangpodcast.bsky.social  Cover art drawing by Pierre Breton ([email protected]).   Check out his Little Darwin comic here: https://www.instagram.com/littledarwin1816/  Big thanks to all of the above and to Ciarán Moffatt and Captain Spreadsheet for technical (and moral) support.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Life, as John Lennon once said, is what happens while you’re making other plans. So while we had intended to release a brand-new episode today, life had other plans. We hope to resume normal service in a few weeks’ time but in the meantime here is a bonus episode about The Simpsons that we recorded for our old Blackadder podcast, Lord Of Adders Black. In this extra-long bonus episode, we and our friend Tyler Adams from GoonPod have each come armed with five hand-picked classics from the purple-patch years and will be counting them down one by one to reveal our all-time favourites. With, needless to say, bants, clips, music and trivia aplenty! So we hope you have fun listening to it too, stay safe and we’ll be back very soon. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Eat The Pudding: A Simpsons Podcast  Episode 5: “We meet again, MAD Magazine”  Welcome to the Eat The Pudding fan podcast, where Michael and Ian explore the Simpsons universe in all its colourful and cromulent forms. This is the fifth episode: “We meet again, MAD Magazine”.  The focus of our fifth episode’s Spotlight On Springfield segment is none other than Seymour Skinner – educationalist, war veteran, reluctant sex symbol and arguably the most charmingly innocent of Bart’s mortal enemies. As well as debating whether Skinner is actually likeable as a character, we discuss the controversial Season 9 episode in which everything we have learnt about Skinner is turned on its head, causing uproar among those of the Simpsons faithful who like a healthy dose of realism in their cartoons.  Continuing with our Season 4 arc, Ian’s second pick is Brother From The Same Planet, where Bart and Homer’s relationship is put through the wringer – with plenty of pop culture references, sight gags and the return of Phil Hartman in the best role that Tom Cruise never had. We also respond to a listener question about Simpsons episodes that pack an emotional punch and, in some cases, are downright hard to watch.  If you would like to send us a voice message to include in the show, we have set up a special page on SpeakPipe: https://www.speakpipe.com/EatThePudding. No need to sign up – all you have to do is click on the link, record your message and press send.  Sick of social media trolls? Come and join our private chat group on Discord instead: https://discord.gg/76g4eT4n  All our contact information can be found at our Linktree link:  https://linktr.ee/eatthepudding   You can also contact us:  By mail at [email protected]  On Instagram at @eat_the_pudding_podcast  Or at our private Bluesky accounts:  @ianwinick.bsky.social  @mocca1976.bsky.social  All the shows on the Boneless Podcasting Network, including our Blackadder podcast, Lord Of Adders Black, can be found here:  https://thebpn.lovable.app/shows     °°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°  Podcast credits:  Compiled and presented by Ian Winick and Michael J. Smith    Intro music: Hear My Pod  Music by Alf Clausen (originally “See My Vest” with lyrics by Michael Scully)  New lyrics by Ian and Michael  Performed by Randy Woods (with Kevin Brown as “Smithers”)  https://www.youtube.com/@RandyWoodsBand    Outro music: We Put The Spring In Springfield  Music by Alf Clausen (originally with lyrics by Ken Keeler)  Performed by Liam Smith  https://linktr.ee/whale_productions?utm_source=linktree_profile_share&ltsid=05350da0-6c64-404b-886a-86a756f62799   Piano interludes courtesy of Pank: You will find his podcast “Bang! 101 (More) Songs About Nuclear War from the 1980s” at @bangpodcast.bsky.social  Cover art drawing by Pierre Breton ([email protected]).   Check out his Little Darwin comic here: https://www.instagram.com/littledarwin1816/  Big thanks to all of the above and to Ciarán Moffatt and Captain Spreadsheet for technical (and moral) support.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.