Simpsons Roll Out Yellow Carpet In ...

Posted Jul 11th 2007 12:09PM by TMZ Staff

The lesson is -- Homer and a big pink doughnut will carry the day every time. Cowabunga!

Springfield, Vermont will roll out the yellow carpet for the world premiere of "The Simpsons" later this month, beating out 13 other Springfields around the U.S. for the honor -- even though, as a rep for the city admitted to USA Today, it wasn't even invited to be part of the competition, initially. (There are actually 34 Springfields in the U.S.) The Vermont video entry included a real-life "Homer" running through the streets of the town, population 9,500.

Hollywood Zombies -- Click to launchThirteen other Springfields competed, and the one from Illinois -- which actually has a power plant with a guy who runs it that looks a lot like Montgomery Burns -- was so confident it would win that its mayor, Tim Davlin, taunted the others to "eat my shorts" on national TV Monday night. D'oh!

The movie itself opens July 27 nationwide.

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31. ARE YOU KIDDING KITTY? YEA I LOVE SOUTH PARK AS WELL BUT THEY ARE NOT BETTER THAN THE SIMPSONS. SIMPSONS WERE AROUND LONG BEFORE SOUTH PARK CAME AND ARE EVEN REGARDED AS AN AMERICAN ICON. SOUTH PARK MAY NOT BE BIASED BUT IT IS CRUDE.

Posted at 2:23PM on Jul 16th 2007 by ALEX

32. People .... this is all wrong. The name of the town's founder was SRUNGFIELD ... with an "U". Now, where in the United States is there a Sprungfield?

Posted at 2:24PM on Jul 16th 2007 by izizizmegan

33. Wow, what an "enourmous" shock, another right-wing dittohead who can't spell and is offended by a cartoon. Now we know why Homer...I mean, W, is president. D'oh.

Posted at 12:41AM on Jul 17th 2007 by Lenin

34. hey jkos, get over yourself and take a spelling course.

Posted at 1:27AM on Jul 17th 2007 by yea

35. Well just to let some tense people know that other races love it too, and no it does not set a bad example on dads, THEY'RE ABOVE THE INFLUENCE! most of them are... Anyways I mean im Half chinese And Half American And I love it!!! So lighten up Jiggy, and yes it was on the news before. It's called a movie preview.

Posted at 1:56AM on Jul 18th 2007 by Nick

36. granted, The Simpsons isn't as funny since Conan O'brian left, but like it or lump it, The Simpsons is apart of the american lexicon.... and let's face it, this country needs something that's dumb and uplifting, as opposed to something that's just plain dumb (a la the presidency). I'll be going to see the movie out of loyalty moreso than thinking the show is the funniest, because it isn't. South Park and even Family Guy (from time to time), are funnier. However, I grew up with The Simpsons and in the end, even if the show has been less funny over the past couple years, I'll always love it. As a democrat, I think AL Gene has run the show into the ground a bit, but it still gets in some really great zingers every now and again.... I just hope and pray to Jeebus that the movie lives up to the show which is, through thick and thin, still funny after all these years (even if the glimmer has kinda left its eye).

Posted at 11:02AM on Jul 18th 2007 by sawarmack

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