Like many great joke ideas, Okilly Dokilly is one that just got way out of hand, and now the punchline is coming soon. The Phoenix group’s inspiration is Ned Flanders, the cheerful, hokey and ...

On Sunday night, the closing credits of the 659th episode of The Simpsons were suddenly interrupted. The standard black screen disappeared and was replaced by five adult men tearing through a brutal ...

The “cheerful prudery” of Ned Flanders has given way to vulgarity, misogyny, and partisanship. What does this mean for our witness? But Ned was no Elmer Gantry. He actually aspired to the sort of ...

"The Simpsons" is an institution. It's a show that changed animation and television, influenced countless other series, and created a standard for sitcom towns that feel like real places populated by ...

In the excellent episode “Bart’s Comet,” which plays out like an even funnier version of the disaster comedy, Don’t Look Up, Bart accidentally discovers a comet is heading toward Springfield, and ...