July 06, 2007

The REAL Springfield. The Simpsons Movie needs a town to host the premiere, and what better town than Springfield? But WHICH ONE? (Flash)

There are 24 Springfields in the United States, and 14 of them have created a 5-minute video to show their true Simpsons spirit. You can vote once for your favorite through Monday, July 9. Don't miss the slick production values of KY and MA, or the excellent Chief Wiggum impersonation in TN. Citizens of Springfield, LA painted themselves yellow. FL wasn't able to add sound, so the whole thing is subtitled. NJ wrote a song and performed it in the town square. VT added an angry mob scene with pitchforks in the town square. Watch for mispronunciations of Matt Groening's name, a special appearance by Ted Kennedy in you-know-where, and those DONUTS, everywhere. Mmm, donuts.

posted by Mickey 17 years ago
  • Gah, the video content appears to be blocked here. Vote Missouri, peeps. That's the Springfield I used to call home. I've got two dogs buried there, and if you don't vote MO, they'll leave ghost turds on your front porch.
  • Illinois. OBVIOUSLY.
  • No, no - Tennessee is the one! That way I can make the quick drive to the premiere, take pictures, and share them with you fine folks.
  • I've always thought it was secretly Illinois.
  • I would think that it would have to be one east of the Appalachians, given Jebediah's past, so that would eliminate Jersey, Mass., Vermont and (thankfully) Florida. Springfield also has mountains, Mt. Springfield, the Murderhorn, etc. So that would knock off Louisiana, Nebraska, Illinois and Missouri. Probably Michigan and Ohio. So, we're looking at Springfield, Kentucky, which is too famous in its own right (same as Illinois) to be the Simpsons' Springfield. Which leaves Tennessee, Colorado, and Oregon. But Springfield is also on the ocean, in relative proximity to unmanned oil rigs. Is there any oil around Oregon? Sure, why not?
  • Ah, but a nuclear power plant would NEVER be allowed in the People's Republic of the Pacific Northwest. Never. Illinois!
  • ...is full of goddamn losers and sycophants! Vote for the Show-Me State!!!
  • I'll go for the one with the dead dogs.
  • they call it the show-me state because they couldn't find their asses with both hands and a map. It's the only state in the union that looks UP to Alabama's intellectual prowess. When you left, the collective IQ dropped a solid third.
  • Illinois! Land of Lincoln and not much else! Inventors of the Super Bowl Shuffle! Birthplace of the Cubs "baseball" franchise! Home to grown men who obsess over sausage! Paragon of political ethics! Truly a shining beacon in the dark night of the United States midwest!
  • I think it's clear how this has to go. Fes, mct and Mickey have to compete for our love. FIGHT!
  • Renault, my dear, it's just too easy. I throw an Asian tailor at Fes, and while he's busy getting fitted for a new suit, I serve mct a plate of Chocolate Sin pancakes. He'll be too stuffed to move.
  • Renault, my dear, it's just too easy. I throw an Asian tailor at Fes, and while he's busy getting fitted for a new suit, I serve mct a plate of Chocolate Sin pancakes. He'll be too stuffed to move.
  • Say hi to Garth Brooks and his shirt for me, luzer! Dammit, now I want me some pancakes.
  • Wow, you fight dirty!
  • I like the cheesy homemade earnestness of the Nebraska video.
  • [Nebraska] must be hot! They don't need a big ad, or even correct spelling!
  • And why the Hell are there so many Springfields in Wisconsin?
  • Well, Mickey, I just had me some pancakes, so I am immune to your little ruse. Although I am quite stuffed, now that you mention it. And running's pretty much out of the question. But my aim? Deadly. *Takes off Birkenstock, chucks it at Mickey's head* Count my (considerable, at this point) weight thrown in favor of Missouri. Although MCT chose to mention his DOGS instead, it's where our sordid, alcohol-soaked romance began. How could you people not get behind that? Come ON.
  • That'd be like getting behind the first meeting of Smith and Wesson.
  • I'd have to hear more of the alcohol-soaked saga (sogga) to really get behind Missouri, personally.
  • I'll only vote for Missouri if they pronounce it 'Missourah'.
  • "Sogga" is my new favorite word.
  • That'd be like getting behind the first meeting of Smith and Wesson. You mean producing the ultimate zombie killin' force ever? Hells yeah. *chick-chack* I'd have to hear more of the alcohol-soaked saga (sogga) to really get behind Missouri, personally. It was like a fairytale. I tried unsuccessfully to hit on her friend while my roommate was hitting on her. Then we were friends for a couple of years. I'd just gotten out of a trainwreck of a relationship when we got drunk over at her place and wound up screwing on a mat in the spare bedroom while a friend was passed out in her bed. Then she promptly moved out of state. I can't wait to tell our grandkids about it! I'll only vote for Missouri if they pronounce it 'Missourah'. You're a god damned heathen, that's what you are. Also? Missouri is home to Bass Pro Shops. That's Bass Pro Shops.
  • Yeah, you wouldn't want an Amateur Tenor Shop in town. All desire to shirk their vocal villanies, if you know what I mean.
  • I've never understood why Kansas City is in Missouri. I figure it's the same deal as 'Chinatown'...
  • I get all my bass there.
  • I've never understood why Kansas City is in Missouri. Probably for the same reason that Houses of the Holy is on Physical Graffiti.
  • I suspect that the Springfield in the Simpsons is probably spelt wrong by the inhabitants, so that the real place is probably Zipindfeldz, Austria, or some-such.
  • Well, wasn't Jebediah Springfield's name really Hans Sprangfeld?
  • Vermont! Just so I can go see it! =P
  • I've never understood why Kansas City is in Missouri. There are two Kansas Cities, one in KS and one in MO. Really it's just one big city that straddles the border between the states (said border defined by the descriptively-named "State Line Road" -- east side of the street you're in MO, west side in KS). Since one city can't occupy two states, it's divided into two separate entities. KCMO gets more attention because of the Chiefs and the Royals and hey, it's only Kansas on the other side. The land that science forgot.
  • Oh, kind of like Niagara Falls?
  • It was like a fairytale. I tried unsuccessfully to hit on her friend while my roommate was hitting on her. Then we were friends for a couple of years. I'd just gotten out of a trainwreck of a relationship when we got drunk over at her place and wound up screwing on a mat in the spare bedroom while a friend was passed out in her bed. Then she promptly moved out of state. I can't wait to tell our grandkids about it! OK, Missouri has my vote!
  • It has to be TN. Homer works at a nuclear power plant!
  • Well, guys, it looks like all of our infighting and squabbling split the vote. VertexOfLife, you are hereby charged with photography & reporting duties for the Monkeys: It's official: Springfield, Vt., is the home of Homer Simpson's family, according to voters at USATODAY.com. The town of 9,300 will host the official The Simpsons Movie premiere at its own Springfield Movie Theatre July 21 with the movie's filmmakers on hand to walk the yellow carpet. "We're so excited," says Patricia Chaffee, vice president of the Springfield Regional Chamber of Commerce. "We came in at the last minute, and for us to win, we feel like the underdogs, which makes this so big and so great for us."
  • WHAT? Vermont's hardly a state! It's just people in period costumes churning butter all day!
  • I thought it was something one drizzled into a glass of gin.
  • Pfft FIX! Vermont is the blueberry of states. too small, wrong color, weird on the inside, and probably food for bugs.
  • Ah, but a nuclear power plant would NEVER be allowed in the People's Republic of the Pacific Northwest. Never. Almost never.
  • Goddammit, don't get me started on the goddamn blueberries. Goddamn.
  • Hey, MCT, whatcha think about them blueberries?
  • THEY ARE A DELICIOUS FOOD THAT GO REALLY NICELY WITH SWEETENED YOGURT AND SOME CRUSHED UP PECANS AND FES PROBABLY HAS CRAP SANDWICHES FOR BREAKFAST, THANKS FOR ASKING.
  • The real Springfield... *shakes head silently*
  • Yogurt? Why not just hook yourself up to an IV bag full of amoebas? Mmmm! And for the record, for breakfast I have coffee, with occasional bacon. AKA non-bug food.
  • When the revolution comes, your ass will be the first against the wall. Our berry-fueled regime will run rampant over your clogged arteries and hypertension.
  • Monkeyfilter: too small, wrong color, weird on the inside, and probably food for bugs
  • Berry-eaters couldn't successfully revolt against a medium sized brownie troop. Also, I take Lipitor, the life-giving salve of dangerously bacony arteries everywhere. We shall harry you and your Gaia-smooching brethren to the fetid woods of the pacific northwest where you belong! And your little berries too!
  • VOL, did you go to the premiere?