Month: January 2022

That’s it, back to Winnipeg: ‘Simpsons’ give another nod to city in new episode

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The Winnipeg Blue Bombers were referenced in a recent episode of 'The Simpsons.'.

The Winnipeg Blue Bombers were referenced in a recent episode of ‘The Simpsons.’. screenshot

You may not be able to find Springfield, the home of the animated Simpson family, on a map, but the long-running cartoon’s writers certainly know where to find Winnipeg.

The acclaimed TV series referenced the city — in this case, its back-to-back champion CFL team — again in its latest episode Sunday night.

A Winnipeg Blue Bombers-branded bus makes an appearance in the episode of The Simpsons, as a group of American football players decide to try their luck up north in the CFL.

The nod to the Grey Cup champs isn’t the first time Winnipeg has been referenced on the popular animated show.

In the 1996 episode Bart on the Road, a scene featuring a disgruntled parent yelling, “That’s it, back to Winnipeg” is perhaps the best-known Winnipeg reference — but Simpsons characters actually visited Manitoba in 2005’s Midnight Rx.

The Simpsons visited Winnipeg in 2005.
The Simpsons visited Winnipeg in 2005. Simpsonswiki

The city has also been referenced frequently in films and TV series, from a nod in Alfred Hitchcock’s The 39 Steps to episodes of Cheers, The Sopranos and The Office.

Shark Movie Feeding Frenzy  

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The shark movie is a staple in the B-movie genre. Ever since JAWS the ever hungry killer shark has been on the prowl. The titles are quite funny as the list below demonstrates.

The Last Shark (1981), Shark Night 3D (2011), Sand Sharks (2012 TV Movie) , Avalanche Sharks (2014 TV Movie), 2-Headed Shark Attack (2012 Video), Mega Shark vs. Giant Octopus (2009 Video), Mega Shark vs. Crocosaurus (2010 Video), Dinoshark (2010 TV Movie), Ghost Shark (2013 TV Movie), Cruel Jaws (1995 TV Movie), Shark Attack 3: Megalodon (2002 Video), Shark in Venice (2008), Sharknado (2013 TV Movie), Sharktopus (2010 TV Movie) to name a few.

I found another obscure movie that has a funky title:

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‘Comfort Town’

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The stunning ‘Comfort town’ in the Ukrainian capital of Kiev looks like a real-life LEGO city.

Ever dreamt of visiting a real-life LEGO land? Well, coming close enough is ‘ The Comfort Town’ in the Ukrainian capital of Kiev which features low-rise apartment blocks, each painted a different pastel color. Yes, that’s right!

Creating a myriad of blues, greens, yellows, reds, and salmon pinks in the region of dull grey Soviet buildings, the Town is designed by Dmytro Vasyliev, Aleksandr Popov, Olga Alfiorova from the Eastern European firm Archimatika. They were apparently given a free hand to transform the area into an idyllic place to live, and have they done a fab job or what!



A city within a city, the town houses cafes, shops, and offices on the lower floors of each apartment. It also features a 14,763-square-foot retail section with a fitness club and a 3.7-acre outdoor sports facility. The cluster of 180 buildings further features space for leisure activities – such as five-a-side football and long streets, stretching from one side of the Town to the other.

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The project operates on the idea of a city-within-a-city, housing everything from shops and restaurants to schools and gyms. As the property sales brochure says, ‘Your little slice of Europe in Kyiv’, its 8,500 apartments and landscaped courtyards have been designed to be culturally closer to Europe than to Ukraine’s Soviet heritage.

The Rockabilly Queen

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Wanda Lavonne Jackson (born October 20, 1937) is an American singer, songwriter, pianist and guitarist who had success in the mid-1950s and 1960s as one of the first popular female rockabilly singers and a pioneering rock and roll artist. She is known to many as the “Queen of Rockabilly” (or “First Lady of Rockabilly”).

Jackson mixed country music with fast-moving rockabilly, often recording them on opposite sides of a record. As rockabilly declined in popularity in the mid-1960s, she moved to a successful career in mainstream country music with a string of hits between 1966 and 1973, including “Tears Will Be the Chaser for You, “A Woman Lives for Love” and “Fancy Satin Pillows”.

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The Lady belts out a wicked tune!

Star Wars versus Aliens

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Guillem H. Pongiluppi is a thirty-something Spanish artist with a whole bunch of colorful talents to his palette. He’s a painter, illustrator, a matte and concept artist who’s worked on best-selling games, films and TV shows—from David Jones’ Warcraft to international productions for National Geographic and the BBC. He’s a cool guy.

He is also a fan of the movies Star Wars and Aliens. And what better way to share your love of something great than to create a series of fantastic fan art paintings that mash these two movies up into a series called Star Wars vs. Aliens.

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