September 2009
8 posts
Reader Beware, You're In For A Scare
Had this emailed to me by Sam…
The children novel series Goosebumps, remember them?…
…Released between 1992 and 1997. I still remember them reading as a kid.
Are you saying Goosebumps started seventeen years ago? Wait, no… are you saying there hasn’t been a Goosebumps book in over 12 years?! I’m not counting the silly “Goosebumps 2000” novel...
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Wanna Feel Old Anecdote #6
This was emailed in by James…
I have been meaning to email you for a while. I have two facts to make you feel old. Firstly most of the students who are starting University this autumn were not even born when MC Hammer released “U Can’t Touch This”. Secondly I noticed my Wallace and Gromit T shirt was looking a bit worn so I looked at the label in it and the copyright said...
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Simpsons Week: Treehouse of Horror
Just a reminder that this October sees another Simpsons Halloween episode, entitled Treehouse of Horror XX. That means there have been sixty Halloween-esque short stories. And bear in mind, three of these short stories air once a year.
And another bonus fact, that Simpsons spoof of the Shining? Fifteen years ago.
This also closes Simpsons Week here at Wanna Feel Old. Thanks for all the emails....
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Simpsons Week: By Lucifer's Beard!
Before this post, an email from Carl Chung…
I notice you’re doing a Simpsons week on WannaFeelOld. Here’s a fact for you: it’s been 13 years since the show was last good.
Right. Enough japers. Here’s today’s fact.
Sideshow Bob first appeared in the Simpsons episode, Krusty Gets Busted…
…which celebrates the 20th anniversary of its airdate...
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Simpsons Week: You May Remember Me...
Carrying on our Simpsons Week, Jon Carter messages me with…
Troy McClure hasn’t appeared in an episode of the Simpsons for 11 years.
It’s very true. It also means that Lionel Hutz hasn’t appeared in the show for the same amount of time as both brilliant characters were voiced by the same man, Phil Hartman, who was tragically killed in 1998.
Before his death, Hartman...
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Wanna Feel Old: Simpsons Week
Based on a number of emails I’ve been getting, it seem The Simpsons is a popular subject that makes people feel very old. The first one was told to me in person by my good friend David, who says…
I can’t believe Maude Flanders died in February 2000
Woah. I remember when it was advertised non-stop on Sky One. I didn’t even have Sky, so I got a friend of mine to tape it...