"Bye-weeks. Bronco Nagurski didn't get no bye-weeks! And now he's dead! Well, maybe they're a good thing." - Moe, The Simpsons These are the times that try fan's souls. The cavalcade of ridiculousness that is Media Day is long over, but the actual game is still three looooooong days away. But with 564,000 media members stomping around Greater Phoenix, stories will be filed even if there's no story there. And we have to talk about......

Just to make things clear, right out of the gate: you're not voting for which Springfield is the Simpson's Springfield, just who gets to host the "hometown premiere" of The Simpsons Movie. Fifteen out of the couple dozen Springfields around the country are hoping to play host to the premiere and have created videos to help convince voters to check their box. Springfield, the fictional town, has been home to the Simpsons and overseen......

Renaissance man Harry Shearer will read from Not Enough Indians at the Coolidge Corner Theatre at 6pm on Monday, December 11. The event is cheap at 2 bucks, and you can stay for a discounted screening of For Your Consideration. Comedian / writer / actor / director / Le Show host Harry Shearer has a knack of either soaring to the heights or plummeting to earth. His multiple achievements include his work voicing Ned Flanders,......

Bostonist loves it when a cartoon show will animate a real life Bostonian and weave them into their plot line. Tom Brady has already been featured on “The Simpsons” and most recently, “The Family Guy." Besides that awful episode of “Queer Eye for the Straight Guy”, the Red Sox haven’t been featured on many non-sports related television shows. Well, this morning WGBH changed all that by having a few Sox players from past and present......

While we all in Boston have another 6 days until our beloved Patriots take on the Eagles in Superbowl XXXIX, Bostonist almost forgot about the other aspects of the big game which have nothing to do with football—the commercials, the half-time show, the snacks, the betting, and the post-game sitcom. Sure, Bostonist wants to watch the game just as badly as you all do, but we must remember that our boy Brady will also appear......