A daily chronicle of creativity in film, TV, music, arts, and entertainment, produced by Southern California Public Radio and broadcast from November 2014 – March 2020. Host John Horn leads the ...

Simpsons fans may remember a particular couch-gag from last month’s episode, “Diggs,” created by French animator Sylvain Chomet. It was a stylistically distinct, hand-drawn take on the gag and it made ...

Couch gags play an instrumental role in each episode of The Simpsons, and this Sunday’s episode is one of the most ambitious in the show’s 31-season history. The new couch gag is a nod to the ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. There are many elements of The Simpsons that have powered it for 27 seasons now, and one of the ...

For all the complaints that The Simpsons isn't as good as it once was, one element of the show that has improved over the years is the couch gag. Each episode has its own unique way of depicting the ...

Indie animation king Bill Plympton just couldn’t stay away from “The Simpsons.” The Oscar nominee returns to animate the couch gag for Sunday’s episode, “22 for 30,” which is a spoof of ESPN’s ...

While the limited animation of The Simpsons is no match for the lush rubbery beauty of 1930s Disney theatrical shorts, the show’s opening couch gag this week is a fair homage to the extraordinary ...

If you weren't convinced that posting something cool on YouTube might make you famous and actually get your work on TV, here's another example where you are wrong! Three Australian blokes -- artists ...

As of this writing, "The Simpsons" has been on the air for 37 seasons. With all of that time and all of those episodes following everyone's favorite nuclear family (pun very much intended), loyal ...

In This Week in Animation News I’ll take a look at the previous week in the world of animation in order to get you caught up on everything you might have missed. It’s your one-stop shop for news ...