The latest season of The Simpsons is in full swing, and among the best jokes in the show’s newest episodes is a parody of a legendary standup comedian who was once one of its biggest sitcom rivals.

J.S. Gornael has a BA in English with a Creative Writing Emphasis in Poetry and an MFA in Fiction. He has taken workshops in poetry, fiction, and non-fiction (though mostly the second). Half-cinephile ...

Krusty the Clown as Pennywise, Stephen King’s evil character from “It,” has become a popular tattoo image. Now, it will become part of “The Simpsons” canon. One of this fall’s two “Treehouse of Horror ...

With the exception of that one confounding “Treehouse of Horror” line about Brazilian time travelers, most classic Simpsons jokes aren’t too complicated to wrap your head around. And the majority of ...

J.S. Gornael has a BA in English with a Creative Writing Emphasis in Poetry and an MFA in Fiction. He has taken workshops in poetry, fiction, and non-fiction (though mostly the second). Half-cinephile ...

“The Simpsons‘” 36th installment, “Treehouse of Horror XXXVI,” aired on October 19, 2025, and brought us three distinct horror parodies: a “Jaws”-meets-“The Blob” mashup, a clever riff on “Late Night ...