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Springfield Googolplex: The Movie Podcast for Fans of The Simpsons

Adam Schoales and Nate Storring

Springfield Googlplex is the movie podcast for fans of The Simpsons. Growing up, Adam Schoales and Nate Storring were first introduced to countless classic movies through parodies on The Simpsons. On the Springfield Googolplex podcast, they keep that tradition alive by watching and dissecting movies referenced on The Simpsons that they have never seen before.

tv & film film history

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01:59:38

Ep. 28 - Batman (1989) with Shahbaz Siddiqui

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2024/06/18

In part two of a Batman double feature, special guest Shahbaz Siddiqui (The Movie Podcast) joins Adam and Nate to watch a contentious superhero reboot, Tim Burton's Batman (1989). They also dig into multiple Batman parodies in “Last Exit to Springfield” (S4E17), a unionization story that’s considered by many to be the best episode ever of The Simpsons.Also in this episode:• Two gloriously unhinged performances from Michael Keaton and Jack Nicholson• How classic monster movies helped Burton to escape

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01:53:06

Ep. 27 - Batman: The Movie (1966) with Daniel Grant

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2024/06/04

Holy Dutch angles, Batman! Inspired by the Simpsons episode, “Radioactive Man” (S7E2), Adam and Nate are taking on their first double feature focused on two versions of Batman. In the first installment, they’re teaming up with special guest Daniel Grant (Spoiled Rotten, Uncolonized Podcast) to revisit Batman: The Movie (1966), its TV origins, and its Simpsons parody in the campy sixties version of Radioactive Man.Also in this episode:• What is camp? The tragically ludicrous? The ludicrously tragic

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01:55:16

Ep. 26 - Godzilla (1954)

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2024/04/09

Few movies have been as shaped by their pop culture legacy as Godzilla (1954), and hey, that’s the premise of this podcast! Adam and Nate watch this influential monster movie for the first time on its 70th anniversary alongside “Thirty Minutes Over Tokyo” (S10E23), the Simpson family’s controversial vacation to Japan.Also in this episode:• Godzilla vs. Kong (or is it Godzilla x Kong?): We compare the rampages of these two iconic movie monsters• How the American adaptation, Godzilla, King of the

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1:50:32

Ep. 25 - The Natural

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2024/03/26

Ah, The Natural (1984), a classic American tale about… an underdog baseball team, a serial killer, a love triangle, a match fixing scandal, a freak accident in the outfield, and a magic baseball bat? We’ll get into it, along with “Homer at the Bat” (S317), a star-studded Simpsons episode that stretched the reality of the show.Also in this episode:• Randy Newman (yes, of “You’ve Got a Friend in Me” fame) delivers a banger of a score that The Simpsons parody again and again• Is all the plot nonsense

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2:37:10

2024 Oscar Special

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2024/03/14

With the 96th annual Academy Awards complete, Adam and Nate review the night’s festivities and finally get a chance to talk about recent movies for a change.Also in this episode:• Highlights from the show, from its “perfectly cromulent” host* to Al Pacino’s big moment—hoo-ah!• Adam and Nate’s (very different) lists of top 10 movies of 2023• A trivia game about Best Picture Winners parodied on The Simpsons, fresh from the Simpsons Movie Reference DatabaseNext time, we return to our regularly

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2:07:56

Ep. 24 - Police Academy

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2024/03/12

On its 40th anniversary, Adam and Nate endured Police Academy (1984) so you don’t have to! They also give a rundown of the many times The Simpsons has slammed this movie, with a deep dive into the episode, “Marge Be Not Proud” (S7E11), a hilarious and heartbreaking classic that Adam can barely watch.Also in this episode:• Trying to empathize with the fans who give this 10/10 on IMDb• What makes good low-brow humor?• Speculation about why the Simpsons writers hate this movie so much• CanCon corner:

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2:47:12

Ep. 23 - This Is Spinal Tap with Marko Djurdjic

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2024/02/27

Film and music writer Marko Djurdjic joins Adam and Nate to revisit Rob Reiner’s groundbreaking rockumentary This Is Spinal Tap (1984), alongside the band’s Simpsons cameo in “The Otto Show” (S3E22).Also in this episode:• How mockumentaries became the baseline in contemporary comedy• The attention to detail that make this the best faux documentary around• Marko’s guide to the sublime and the ridiculous in heavy metal• Why do we poke fun at the things we love?Plus every Simpsons reference to Spinal

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02:03:34

Ep. 22 - Westworld

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2024/02/13

Adam and Nate take a trip to Westworld (1973), Michael Crichton’s somewhat forgotten directorial debut with a long shadow that reaches into sci-fi and slashers movies, theme parks, and open-world video games. Along the way, they dig into The Simpsons’ full-length parody, “Itchy & Scratchy Land” (S6E4).Also in this episode:• The incomparable influence of Michael Crichton on 1990s culture• Special effects that changed the face of movie-making• The Simpsons’ many unclear movie references, including

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02:28:55

Ep. 21 - Non-Denominational Holiday Fun Fest II: The...

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2023/12/19

To celebrate the festive season, Adam and Nate revisit a classic Christmas movie on its 50th anniversary—The Exorcist (1973)! Considered by some to be the scariest movie ever made, this The Simpsons has mostly parodied this William Friedkin joint with blink-and-you-miss-it references, including in “Faith Off” (S11E11).Also in this episode:• Why the heck was this movie released the day after Christmas?• What’s scarier, the demon inside Regan or the medical treatments to get it out?• How a slow-moving

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01:48:21

Ep. 20 - The Day of the Dolphin

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2023/12/05

“Unwittingly, he trained a dolphin to kill the president of the United States.” What a tagline. This episode, Adam and Nate dive into The Day of the Dolphin (1973), a forgotten entry from director Mike Nichols (The Graduate, The Birdcage) that’s celebrating its 50th anniversary this year. Does this forgotten movie deserve a second look, or is its parody in The Simpsons’ “Treehouse of Horror XI” (S12E1) segment “Night of the Dolphin” enough?Also in this episode:• How the great Mike Nichols and George

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01:59:19

Ep. 19 - Rocky

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2023/11/21

Gonna fly now! Adam and Nate step into the ring with Rocky (1976), a classic that not only changed the boxing genre, but may surprise some with its human drama. They compare and contrast with to The Simpsons episode “The Homer They Fall” (S8E3), a mashup of boxing movie parodies.Also in this episode:• Parodies of convenience: When a movie reference is just a means to an end• Is every memorable moment in Rocky thanks to director John G. Avildsen?• Five stellar performances that balance quirky

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Ep. 18 - The Mask of Zorro

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2023/11/07

It has sword fights. It has romance. It has Anthony Hopkins questionably cast as a Mexican noble. It’s The Mask of Zorro (1998), perhaps the height of the nineties blockbuster. Adam and Nate revisit this action adventure gem alongside “E-I-E-I-(Annoyed Grunt)” (S11E5), our first Simpsons episode to showcase the titular Springfield Googolplex cinema.Also in this episode:• Nineties Zorro = Batman + James Bond + Mexican Revolution?• The death, rebirth and consolidation of the swashbuckler genre• The

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01:58:19

Ep. 17 - King Kong with Dede Crimmins

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2023/10/24

Adam and Nate welcome film critic and horror expert Dede Crimmins to wrestle with King Kong (1933), a precursor to the modern blockbuster with a legacy as unbreakable as chrome steel. We talk about the full-length Simpsons parody “King Homer” from “Treehouse of Horror III” (S4E5), many other references to the movie throughout the series, and whether this special effects-driven love story between ape and woman holds up.Also in this episode:• Is King Kong a horror movie?• Dede’s Simpsons fandom from

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01:45:51

Ep. 16 - Full Metal Jacket

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2023/10/10

Adam and Nate discuss the Vietnam War classic Full Metal Jacket (1987) and its parody in “Bart the General” (S1E5), one of the earliest episodes of The Simpsons to go hard on movie parody mashups. Also in this episode:• Does Stanley Kubrick really wait to make the last, best movie in every genre?• Revisiting Nate’s claim that this is Kubrick’s most “accessible” movie…• How Full Metal Jacket is like My Fair Lady• The perverse entertainment of R. Lee Ermey’s Gny. Sgt. Hartman• What’s the mysterious

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02:33:12

Ep. 15 - Thelma & Louise

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2023/09/26

Adam and Nate watch Thelma & Louise (1991), a groundbreaking road movie about two women escaping the patriarchy, as well as The Simpsons full spoof episode “Marge on the Lam” (S5E6). This movie brings together a breakout screenplay, career performances by Susan Sarandon and Gina Davis, and the high style of Ridley Scott.Also in this episode:• Does Marge also have her arms stuck in her own metaphorical vending machines?• How Thelma & Louise became the Barbie phenomenon of its day• A

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1:51:27

Ep. 14 - A Chorus Line

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2023/08/01

In the final episode of our musical miniseries, Adam and Nate tackle Richard Attenborough’s A Chorus Line (1985), the maligned movie adaptation of a Pulitzer Prize-winning stage show that tells the true life stories of Broadway dancers trying to book their next job. It’s also the subject of a short but memorable Simpsons parody in “Treehouse of Horror V” (S6E6), which starts with a fog that turns people inside out.Also in this episode:• Perhaps the best damn dancing we’ve seen in this miniseries•

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1:49:39

Ep. 13 - The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas

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2023/07/18

Adam and Nate watch The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas (1982), a top-grossing musical comedy that barely exists. Burt Reynolds and Dolly Parton star as star-crossed lovers, a small-town sheriff and a madam, both trying to save the local brothel from a meddling media personality. Sound familiar? This movie/musical/true story inspired the plot of “Bart After Dark” (S8E5), one of Nate and Adam’s favorite Simpsons episode of all time.Also in this episode:• The real-life Maison Derriere, a brothel that

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1:37:02

Ep. 12 - Paint Your Wagon

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2023/07/04

What happens when a multiple Oscar-winning screenwriter and a Pulitzer Prize-winning director adapt a musical by one of the most successful Broadway duos of all time? An absolute disaster.Adam and Nate force themselves to watch Paint Your Wagon (1969), an infamous musical flop and part of the hilarious wraparound for Simpsons musical clip show, “All Singing, All Dancing” (S9E11).Also in this episode:• An attempt to capitalize on 1960s counterculture with a cowboy throuple and folk music• How Alan

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01:39:15

Ep. 11 - Mary Poppins with Rachel West

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2023/06/20

Adam and Nate team up with ThatShelf.com senior critic Rachel West to unpack Mary Poppins (1964), and The Simpsons’ first full musical episode, “Simpsoncalifragilisticexpiala(Annoyed Grunt)cious” (S8E13). We explore what happens when the immovable dysfunction of the Simpson family meets a British nanny so perfect that her butt waxes the banister.Also in this episode:• Rachel talks about her love for this film and her mixed feelings about the episode• Why Simpsons writer Mike Reiss questions whether

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01:42:07

Ep. 10 - My Fair Lady with Michael Price

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2023/06/06

Adam and Nate are joined by Simpsons writer and co-executive producer Michael Price to talk My Fair Lady (1964) and the parody episode he wrote, “My Fair Laddy” (S17E12). It’s a loverly musical transformation tale with theatrical flair, speak-singing, and questionable Cockney accents.Also in this episode:• How Michael brought his background in musical theater to the Simpsons writer’s room• Michael walks us through “Wouldn’t It Be Adequate,” his parody of “Wouldn’t It Be Loverly” featuring

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