{"id":1295,"date":"2014-08-25T15:33:36","date_gmt":"2014-08-25T19:33:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hardwoodandhollywood.com\/pop-culture-spin\/?p=1295"},"modified":"2014-08-28T10:11:23","modified_gmt":"2014-08-28T14:11:23","slug":"pcs-staff-poll-whats-favorite-simpsons-episode-black-widower","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hardwoodandhollywood.com\/pop-culture-spin\/2014\/08\/25\/pcs-staff-poll-whats-favorite-simpsons-episode-black-widower\/","title":{"rendered":"The PCS Staff Poll: What\u2019s Your Favorite \u2018Simpsons\u2019 Episode? &#8216;Black Widower&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>In honor of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fxx.com\/\">FXX<\/a>&#8216;s 12-day <\/em>Simpsons<em> marathon, we here at Pop Culture Spin thought it would be fun to talk about some of our favorite episodes (and characters)\u00a0 from the show&#8217;s impressive 25-year catalog.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Up next is contributing writer <strong>Rob Penty<\/strong>&#8216;s favorite episode, &#8220;Black Widower.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Black Widower&#8221; is the episode where Sideshow Bob tries to kill Aunt Selma. I think shows really start to work when the peripheral characters are fully realized, and Sideshow Bob is an amazing character. They took a sidekick and turned him into a genius criminal mastermind. I also enjoy the murder mystery aspect of the show as well as the smoking and MacGyver jokes.<\/p>\n<div>\n<div id=\"attachment_1300\" style=\"width: 160px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hardwoodandhollywood.com\/pop-culture-spin\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2014\/08\/Screen-Shot-2014-08-25-at-3.27.56-PM.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1300\" class=\" wp-image-1300\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hardwoodandhollywood.com\/pop-culture-spin\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2014\/08\/Screen-Shot-2014-08-25-at-3.27.56-PM-150x150.png\" alt=\"&quot;Best PCS post EVER&quot;\" width=\"150\" height=\"151\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1300\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">&#8220;Best PCS post EVER&#8221;<\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong>My favorite character is<\/strong> the Comic Book Guy. I just love his voice and Hank Azaria, who voices him, said that Comic Book Guy is based on a real guy from his college dorm. Whenever he got pissed at someone he would say &#8220;You are on my list,&#8221; which just sounds hilarious in the Comic Book Guy voice.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: right\"><em>\u2014 Rob Penty<\/em><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In honor of FXX&#8216;s 12-day Simpsons marathon, we here at Pop Culture Spin thought it would be fun to talk about some of our favorite episodes (and characters)\u00a0 from the show&#8217;s impressive 25-year catalog. 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