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While the question of cultural sensitivity and “The Simpsons” remains fluid, the show has always been attuned to the unique concerns of American Jewry. So it’s no real surprise that the forthcoming “Treehouse of Horror” special reminds us of the worst thing President Trump ever said about our voting trends. In the episode, which opens…
For many, comfort TV has an address: 742 Evergreen Terrace in Springfield, state unknown. This, of course, is where the Simpsons clan has lived since 1989. With a half-life roughly as long as that rod of uranium Homer flings off-screen in the opening credits, the show in its entirety runs longer, by far, than Shakespeare’s…
“Jewish Heaven” made its second appearance in “The Simpsons” on Sunday, as the Fox animation series began its 30th season with Bart having a near-death experience and claiming to have seen Jesus. The show also featured Gal Gadot, with the Israeli actor playing herself playing Lisa Simpson in the movie version of Bart’s experience. In…
Gal Gadot will guest-star on “The Simpsons,” playing perhaps the most likable character to be seen on that show in decades. That character’s name? Gal Gadot. The long-running adult cartoon has released a clip of the episode that will feature the beloved “Wonder Woman” actress, the premiere episode of the show’s 30th season, which is…
Mike Reiss has been a writer for “The Simpsons” for 28 years. He has won 4 Emmy Awards and a Peabody for his work on the show. A multi-talented Harvard graduate — he was president of the Harvard Lampoon — he has also written 18 children’s books, five plays and now a memoir, “Springfield Confidential:…
This week Hank Azaria, the Jewish actor who voiced Apu Nahasapeemapetilon for 29 seasons of “The Simpsons” announced that he may step away from the role. But what’s the problem with Apu? What’s the problem with the animated character Apu, a thickly-accented, literally cartoonish convenience store-owner, being one of the only South-Asian characters on American…
Israeli actress Gal Gadot will voice herself in an upcoming episode of the animated sitcom, “The Simpsons.” Gadot will star in an episode titled “Bart’s Not Dead” airing during season 30, which will debut next fall, The Wrap reported Monday. Gadot announced her news on Twitter Tuesday, accompanied by a video of her autographing the…
This week, Hulu’s Difficult People starred Marilyn (the firebrand mother figure, played by Andrea Martin), throwing herself a Bat Mitzvah. Which we found pretty inspiring. In honor of this momentous occasion, we decided it’s time to do a wrap-up of the five best bar mitzvah moments on TV. Because, yes, in the goldeneh medinah, anything…
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Will the last Jew left in New York’s congressional delegation be reelected? Will New York’s senior congresswoman receive another term? Or will one of the newcomers upend Manhattan politics?
