Sunday's new "Simpsons" episode began with a pair of tributes to Marcia Wallace, who voiced long-suffering teacher Edna Krabappel and passed away last week at the age of 70.
Bart scrawled a poignant "We'll really miss you Mrs. K" on his chalkboard, and the episode also had an "in memoriam" card for Edna before the credits, featuring her trademark laugh.
As tributes go, the blackboard gag and the tribute card are wonderful remembrances of one of the most enduring "Simpsons" characters and the amazing woman who voiced her.
Plus, Fox honored Wallace (and Mrs. Krabappel) by re-airing a special Edna-centric episode before last night's new episode: 2011's "The Ned-Liest Catch," where Edna falls in love with Ned Flanders.
“The Ned-Liest Catch,” for those who don't remember (there's no shame in it; plenty of “Simpsons” die-hards have been known to miss an episode or two, or sometimes entire seasons), was the last episode of Season 22. Bart's antics cause Edna to be sent to a “holding facility” where, during her escape, she literally falls into the arms of Ned Flanders.
A romance blossoms, but Ned grows uncomfortable when he finds out how many men she's been with. (Even Joey Kramer, the drummer for Aerosmith, has spent time with Edna. He makes a guest appearance as himself in the episode, calling back a joke made back in Season 3.)
In typical Ned fashion, he timidly approaches the question of exactly how many men. “I was just wondering how many boxes of staples I should order for the store. Does 10 sound like a lot to you? 20? 50? What does sound like a lot to you?”
The real joy of the episode is that, rather than being ashamed of her liaisons, Edna's proud of them (well, maybe not Comic Book Guy), and she stands up to Ned's disapproval. In the end, the producers left it up to an Internet vote to determine whether or not they stayed together. The next season's opener revealed that, in fact, they married in secret (which, again, you can be forgiven for not knowing).
The character of Edna Krabappel will be retired, but Wallace had already voiced the entirety of next season's episodes, so we'll get to spend a little more time with her before she disappears into syndication completely.
I'm a HUGE fan for "The Simpsons",so the news make my heart break.
R.I.P Marcia Wallace. We'll miss you.
What The Hell Are You Doing Here,Megan Fox ?
f you caught the “Call of Duty: Ghosts” trailer during Sunday’s “Walking Dead,” you probably found yourself wondering: What’s Megan Fox doing here?
The “Transformers” actress makes a brief cameo at the end of the trailer, released in anticipation of the game’s debut Monday. After a quarter of dudes shoot things up in a burned-out Vegas, Fox saves one of them from a hovering drone.
Activision tells TheWrap she isn’t actually in the game. So why was she in the trailer?
Trying to drum up interest, silly. And it worked. The same dudes who like “Call of Duty” also like Megan Fox. And she’s had plenty of practice playing a video game character, having already starred in two “Transformers” movies.
The trailer has been viewed more than 4.2 million times since it debuted Saturday. Fox was Yahoo’s most searched subject Monday, though sporty Google users made the New England Patriots their top search term. (They play in Foxboro, Mass.)
According to the social media analysis tool ForSight, Fox was mentioned in 23 percent of social media chatter about the trailer — according to a Yahoo story about all the social media chatter about the trailer.
And oh look — you’re reading a story noting that story. Seems like this “use Megan Fox to get their attention” thing worked.
Well,Eminem was appeared in the multiplayer trailer with his new song,Survival.
This Kid Is Coming To U.S.
The Wii may be winding down its life cycle, but the Wii Mini is just getting started.
Roughly a year after introducing the scaled-down version of the last generation console to Canada, Nintendo has announced plans to bring the Wii Mini to the U.S. in the coming weeks. Nintendo declined to give an exact release date, saying only "mid-November."
It's hard to argue with the value proposition -- assuming you don't already own a Wii. The Wii Mini will cost just $100 and comes bundled with Mario Kart Wii.
"Wii Mini offers the same fun experience as Wii, which has been enjoyed by millions of people around the world," said Scott Moffitt, Nintendo of America's executive vice president of Sales & Marketing. "It is an extraordinary value for shoppers this holiday season."
It does come with some drawbacks, though, the biggest of which is the system's lack of Internet connectivity. While the Wii was never an online gaming powerhouse, its users are big fans of streaming services like Netflix. The Wii Mini effectively removes that option. The system is also not backwards compatible with GameCube titles, though that's likely less to be an issue for most potential buyers at this point.
The bigger question is why Nintendo is promoting a new version of its old hardware when its next-generation system is struggling so desperately.
Between the end of March and end of September this year, Nintendo sold just 460,000 Wii U consoles. The seven-year old Wii, meanwhile, sold 470,000 in that same time frame. Nintendo's hoping a September price cut and new games -- including Super Mario 3D World -- will help boost the Wii U this holiday.
Reducing the size of existing consoles is an old, but effective trick in the video game industry that can bring in extra revenue. Sony introduced a "super slim" PlayStation 3 in September 2012, and Microsoft's revamp of the Xbox 360 into a slimmer form factor in 2010 led console hardware sales for 20 consecutive months.
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