On August 21, the FXX network will air every single episode of The Simpsons—all 552 episodes, all 25 seasons, plus the movie—over a two-week period in the most audacious TV marathon ever produced. How will the world react? I think this commercial for the marathon sums it up accurately.
Bang bang, choo-choo train, let me see you shake that thang. Wm. Steven Humphrey is the editor-in-chief of the Portland Mercury and has held the job since 2000. (So don’t get any funny ideas.) More by Wm. Steven Humphrey
All those clips were from the episode Last Exit To Springfield, the one where Homer becomes head of the union, widely regarded by old school Simpsons nerds such as myself as the best episode.