Welcome back to my
Buzz Gift Guide series for all the entertainment lovers in your life. Now that Thanksgiving is over it's time to get serious about finding the right gifts, and nothing makes gift-giving easier than knowing TV and movie mega-fans.
It may be because I write about entertainment all the time, or because the show's been on the air longer than some of us can remember, but I feel like I know a lot of
Simpsons fans, and they're a fun (and easy) group to find gifts for.
The Simpsons may not be must-see TV for me like it was a few years back, but I still try to make a point of watching the annual Halloween special, the Treehouse of Horror. Even though it usually airs after Halloween (thanks a lot, World Series), it keeps me in the spooky holiday mood with clever horror parodies.
I'm especially excited for this year's (19th!) episode because it includes a takeoff on one of my favorite Halloween traditions: It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown.
While some of you longtime
Simpsons fans were celebrating the show's
20th-season renewal this week, just as many of you were saying the show should have quit while it was ahead. I've already read one story musing that
the end could be near for the show, and some people think that's coming, oh, seven or eight years too late.
We talk a lot around here about shows that
get canceled before their time, but what about shows that just hang on too long?
I knew The Simpsons had been on the air for a while, but this is pretty mind-blowing: The show
has just been officially renewed for a 20th season on Fox. That ties it with Gunsmoke for the title of longest-running primetime TV series . .
