Marge Simpson Poses For Playboy 413
caffiend666 writes "'Marge Simpson is posing for Playboy . The magazine is giving the star of The Simpsons the star treatment, complete with a data sheet, an interview and a 2-page centerfold. 'We knew that this would really appeal to the 20-something crowd,' said Playboy spokeswoman Theresa Hennessey. Playboy even convinced 7-Eleven to carry the magazine in its 1,200 corporate-owned stores, something the company has only done once before in more than 20 years." Worst issue ever!
Wow . . . (Score:5, Insightful)
For crying out loud; (Score:5, Insightful)
1) Cartoons are seldom sexy
2) The Simpsons jumped the shark years ago. Since then it has been repeatedly jumping the shark, again and again, once every day at least in the vain hope that somebody notices that it has jumped the shark. So far very few people have.
3) Cross-promoting press release opportunities like this bore me to tears. I can understand Slashdot covering this, but I have seen this "news" in 'serious' newspapers. FFS.
That is all.
Re:A switch for Playboy... (Score:3, Insightful)
Seems odd . . . (Score:5, Insightful)
This seems very unexpected. Not that Playboy would do it, or even that people would buy it, but rather than the owners of the Simpson's copyright (I presume Fox?) would agree to it.
Re:Seems odd . . . (Score:5, Insightful)
Well, Fox probably still likes money and the Simpsons isn't the cash cow it once was so... I'm thinking that Playboy dangled cash in front of Fox and Fox couldn't say "no."
Next issue... (Score:5, Insightful)
Re:Good luck with that (Score:3, Insightful)
Playboy is portable and doesn't require internet access or power. I predict that it's still quite popular with that crowd.
Re:must buy (Score:5, Insightful)
You know? I thought the same thing back when Madonna showed up in a Playboy spread... then I saw the armpit hair. We're not talking just a little bit, either... there was enough in there to supply an entire Lilith Fair audience.
Sometimes, there are things in this world that you just do not want to see, curiosity be damned.
Re:As a 20-something... (Score:5, Insightful)
Re:Seems odd . . . (Score:1, Insightful)
I beg to differ: http://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=simpsons.htm
Re:Wow . . . (Score:5, Insightful)
Playboy jumped the shark loooooong time ago.
I found the quote about appealing to 20-somethings particularly funny for a couple reasons.
A 20-something has never seen a relevant current issue of Playboy, and likely cannot remember a relevant current episode of The Simpsons.
I mean, I think The Simpsons is still funny, but the time when it was ground breaking entertainment spurring on social examination of how the modern American family is portrayed on television, those days are long gone.
And I don't mean to make a lot of folks feel old, but Simpsons has been on the air for 20 years. The big fans are not 20-somethings anymore. We're 30- and 40-somethings.
(And we get our pr0n on the internet.)
Re:Seems odd . . . (Score:5, Insightful)
Re:As a 20-something... (Score:5, Insightful)
Wanted to moderate but... (Score:5, Insightful)
*ahem*
How many other Playboy models feature hideous bug-eyes, a monstrous overbite, chimp-like ears, and freakish bee-hive hair?
And to throw in my own opinion: Remember folks, the picture was drawn by someone who probably resembles comic-book guy! Yeah!
Re:Wow . . . (Score:1, Insightful)
so if im like ...duhhh .. i dunno like lets say 24 .. and it's been on the air like .. duhhhh ... 20 yrs ..... wouldn't that mean that i grew up with this shit... and uh ... you know prolly watched more episodes then u ever did?
Re:Wow . . . (Score:3, Insightful)
I grew up looking at playboy in my teens in the 90s. Now I look back on issues from the 60s and 70s and damn it was so much better back then.
As for the Simpsons, the fans of the current show are younger. They don't know how good it was and how far it's fallen. Maybe there's a similar dynamic at work with Playboy.
Re:Wow . . . (Score:3, Insightful)
A 20-something has never seen a relevant current issue of Playboy, and likely cannot remember a relevant current episode of The Simpsons. ...
Simpsons has been on the air for 20 years. The big fans are not 20-somethings anymore. We're 30- and 40-somethings.
Very definitive statements, but they are just not true...
30 seconds of searching shows that the Simpsons still consistently ranks #1 or #2 in its timeslot among teens, 18-34, and 18-49 demographics. And a less scientific but still valid point is that among about a dozen of my younger cousins in the age range of 10-30 I don't know a single one who isn't a Simpsons fan. I know plenty of people who watch the Simpsons with their kids - which is probably part of the reason it IS so popular among such a wide demographic after all these years...
Do you really think a major publication like Playboy, a major network like Fox, and a major retail chain like 7-11 would launch a campaign like this without doing at least 30 seconds of trivial demographic research?
Re:As a 20-something... (Score:5, Insightful)
I just don't get why *this* issue is supposed to appeal to 20 somethings when the usual magazine full of naked women doesn't?
Re:Wow . . . (Score:3, Insightful)
Simpsons social commentary is transparent when you're ten. The only cartoon that beats your head with it more is Southpark.
Re:Wow . . . (Score:3, Insightful)
Re:As a 20-something... (Score:3, Insightful)