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 ...

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 ...

'Itchy & Scratchy' is Bart and Lisa Simpsons' favorite show. Even though it's way more violent than 'The Simpsons' itself, early show writer John Swartzwelder said they got away with it for one reason ...

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 ...

The Simpsons is the longest-running animated sitcom and still continues to be popular today. The show has a cynical edge making fun of middle-class America with a balance of feel-good sentimentality.

It's the end of an era for The Simpsons. From the very start of the series, Bart and Lisa Simpson have been practically obsessed with The Itchy and Scratchy Show, but now they've outgrown the ...

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 ...