Marge Simpson Poses For Playboy

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!

Comments

Wow . . .

[AshtangiMan]

Playboy has to jump the shark?

Re:Wow . . .

[Anonymous Coward]

I just want to see if she's a natural bluehead.

Re:Wow . . .

[bughunter]

Has to jump? More like has jumped.

In fact, Hefner's magazine has finished the jump, but finished low and smacked into the face of the landing ramp, and it's now struggling to remove its skis and swim free of the shark pen, while being circled by the Brazzer Shark and eyed hungrily by the PiR0Nahs.

Re:Wow . . .

[mcmonkey]

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:Wow . . .

[Anonymous Coward]

It was revealed by Homer in Secrets of a Successful Marriage that Marge dyes her hair with blue dye #56; "She’s been gray as a mule since she was seventeen."
From wikipedia =p

Re:Wow . . .

[ircmaxell]

Nope... They copy Maxim...

http://www.simpsonschannel.com/2004/03/maxim-mom-marge-simpson/

Re:Wow . . .

[Anonymous Coward]

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 . . .

[Anonymous Coward]

Apparently you did watch more of them rather than attend your grammar lessons.

Re:Wow . . .

[thetoadwarrior]

But does she dye there too? These sorts of questions need to be answered.

Re:Wow . . .

[Ke3g]

PlayToon* lol

Re:Wow . . .

[Anonymous Coward]

I have to disagree. I am 24, and remember growing up with the simpsons. It is an amazingly layered show, or was. As a kid, the focus was on bart and lisa....., but growing up with the simpsons, you tend to notice the adult storylines and slowly understand and find funny or emphasize with their points of views and stories.

Re:Wow . . .

[Dishevel]

I'd still rather see Lois than Marge.

Re:Wow . . .

[Anonymous Coward]

I'm a twenty-something and am a big fan of the Simpsons as are several of my twenty-something friends.

Although, I do think your insight on why Simpsons aren't as good anymore is valid, but I think it's contribution was more general than just how the American family was portrayed on TV. Either way, time has robbed it of it's potency.

Re:Wow . . .

[Hurricane78]

Well, Randy Marsh from South Park said it best:

"Once you jack off to Japanese girls puking in each other's mouths, you can't exactly go back to Playboy."

The Internet's answer to TFA would be: OH BTW: Pix or it didn't happen! KTHXBAI

Re:Wow . . .

[jcr]

Playboy's been in bad shape for quite a few years now. It seems like they never figured out how to stay profitable in the face of competition from the web, despite having one of the most valuable brands in the world.

Take a look at their chart. If you click on the ten-year view, you'll see that they peaked during the dot com boom when investors just assumed that they were going to make a fortune on the net.

-jcr

Re:Wow . . .

[Hatta]

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 . . .

[gnick]

It's not really the same. If you started watching them when you were 4, you most likely had no idea that what they were doing was in any way ground breaking or revolutionary. It was just normal, funny TV. And the outrage from many parents that a prime-time cartoon show would do something as egregiously offensive as to portray a fourth-grader using the phrases "Eat my shorts" or "Don't have a cow, man" probably wasn't even on your radar. Before hitting prime time, The Simpsons could only be found on The Tracey Ulman Show which, IIRC, was on fairly late at night and was clearly not aimed at kids.

The fact that they were funny was only part of the reason they were such a big deal. I'd say that anyone that was under 8 or so when they hit the scene probably had a very different experience becoming familiar with the Simpson family than someone just a handful of years older.

Re:Wow . . .

[religious freak]

I guess I'm in the minority, but I'm going to buy it. It's a few bucks, it's kinda unique, and why not?

Re:Wow . . .

[Anonymous Coward]

Lois is ALL OVER the internets. Seriously. Google Image search: family guy porn

Then again, so are the Simpsons.

Re:Wow . . .

[Dahamma]

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:Wow . . .

[Anonymous Coward]

You may have watched many of them but I doubt that you picked up on subtleties and jokes since you were too young too understand them. The Simpsons is actually more targeted at my age range. Being in my 30s, I have watched the Simpsons since they were shorts on the Tracey Ullman show and was probably better able to understand the comedy in the series than someone 10 years my junior.

Re:Wow . . .

[Anonymous Coward]

I think you missed the point of the previous post...

Re:Wow . . .

[Deanalator]

I've been watching simpsons since I was 5 (I'm 25 now), and I've never missed an episode.

Recently I've been watching 3-4 per day*, and my girlfriend and I are going as marge and homer this year for Halloween. Last night my girlfriend and I were visiting my parent's house, and after dinner, we all sat around and watched the new simpsons episode. (though it has likely been many years since we had done that)

I'm not quite at OFF fanboi level, no posters, no collectibles still in the box, never been to a con (do they have cons?), but simpsons raised me, and is a huge part of our generation's culture. It's not just me either, I remember playing simpsons trivia with other kids on the school bus, even back in elementary school. The day I moved out of my parent's house, I remember my room mate unpacking his things and asking if it was okay to put a simpsons poster above the microwave.

* I normally play episodes while cooking. It makes a good 20 minute timer, then I can watch an episode while eating also. This is also used extensively on family guy, southpark, futurama, etc. I just happen to have been in a simpsons mood recently.

pierce@doku:~$ cat simpsonstv.sh
while [ 1 == 1 ]
do
playrand /mnt/1000/movies/tv/simpsons/
sleep 3
done
pierce@doku:~$ cat /usr/bin/playrand
#! /usr/bin/perl

$#ARGV==0 or die("usage: ./playrand \n");
print "find $ARGV[0] -type f";
print "\n";

$burn=rand(rand(rand(65535)));

@random=`find $ARGV[0]`;
$video=$random[int(rand($#random))];
chop($video);
system("mplayer -fs \"$video\"");

Re:Wow . . .

[Anonymous Coward]

(And we get our pr0n on the internet.)

I feel that this is the driving force behind Playboy's decline - the availability of free, easily accessible "gentleman's entertainment" has led us away from such magazines. The web can host so much more than static images and text. Furthermore, when I buy a porn magazine I don't expect to find cartoon character centerfolds (and I can get that on the internet too, thank you very much), nor am I aroused in any way by Marge Simpson. Couldn't Hugh at least pick someone hot?

Re:Wow . . .

[yo_tuco]

"But does she dye there too?"

No. And no need to. She has a Brazilian wax. I've seen the shots.

Re:Wow . . .

[trytoguess]

Hmm? There are plenty of 20 something year old who are fans of the Simpsons. It was a rather accessible show with enough low brow stuff that even the kiddes could enjoy. I personally started liking the show around 1993 when I was 8 years old (no longer a fan though I do still watch on occasion). Also, lets not forget the episodes have been rerun over and over again.

Re:Wow . . .

[Profane MuthaFucka]

Yea, that dude's perfectly cromulent.

Re:Wow . . .

[elrous0]

I remember sitting around with a bunch of college buddies and watching the premier episode of The Simpsons (the Christmas special in 1989) and being completely blown away. Back then, it was cutting edge (just the idea of showing a television cartoon character drinking in a bar was pretty radical in the Cosby era). But it stopped being anything close to cutting edge sometime around the time South Park premiered. The last ten years of the Simpsons has basically been on autopilot. I still watch it out of habit, and occasionally the writers will still manage a funny gag or two, but it's nowhere near what it used to be. Like poor Ozzy Osbourne, the Simpsons writers have long since moved from controversy and biting critiques into the mainstream and cliche.

Re:Wow . . .

[larry bagina]

because you're a religious freak?

Re:Wow . . .

[roguetrick]

Simpsons social commentary is transparent when you're ten. The only cartoon that beats your head with it more is Southpark.

Re:Wow . . .

[surfingmarmot]

So shes' a real "blue hair" then? How long has she been in the AARP?

Re:Wow . . .

[nomadic]

Playboy's been in bad shape for quite a few years now. It seems like they never figured out how to stay profitable in the face of competition from the web, despite having one of the most valuable brands in the world. Take a look at their chart. [google.com] If you click on the ten-year view, you'll see that they peaked during the dot com boom when investors just assumed that they were going to make a fortune on the net.

The sad thing about playboy is it actually used to be highly respected for things other than pictures of naked young women. Some of the best writers of the 20th century routinely published in their magazine.

Re:Wow . . .

[swb]

The best issues are right after Playboy started showing bush; the first few years there was none. The girls were all real -- no cosmetic surgery and the airbrushing seemed minimal (since it probably WAS airbrushing, and not digital tools), and the bushes were full.

I think for a lot of the real young guys (I suppose college age) its pretty strange seeing women with so much pubic hair. All the porn girls these days seem to be shaved, including/especially the amateurs, and my parents-of-high-school-age-girls sources tell me that shaving is pretty much the standard and no girl would be caught dead these days with a full bush.

Re:Wow . . .

[religious freak]

No, because I want to check out the playboy issue...

Hey, I had to come up with some kind of uname after over a million names had already been chosen - and I've got a pet peeve against being johnsmith184. I want a real name without a number attached to it.

Re:Wow . . .

[Darinbob]

Yes, the 20-something point is valid. Most of them are probably thinking "you mean you want me to actually PAY for porn?"

Re:Wow . . .

[mayko]

"Who wants a piece of the gray bush?"

Re:Wow . . .

[Anonymous Coward]

A 30 year old would have been around 10 years old when the Simpsons came out.

Re:Wow . . .

[Anonymous Coward]

you're and elitist tosser and you do a pretty good old man rant, though you forgot "get off my lawn"

-a 28 year old who's grown up with the Simpson and has no doubt watched the earlier seasons more times than yourself

Re:Wow . . .

[Impy the Impiuos Imp]

Those are shooped, fool! We're talkin' the real deal here! No cartoonish image manipulation >:-(

Re:Wow . . .

[Impy the Impiuos Imp]

And, I suppose, PB pics of Marge embiggen the noblest soul...

Re:Wow . . .

[kill-1]

You should have a look at File::Random on CPAN.

Re:Wow . . .

[Kiaser Zohsay]

I'm getting embiggened just thinking about it.

Re:Wow . . .

[Anonymous Coward]

and it would be more in character for Lois, too

Re:Wow . . .

[ObsessiveMathsFreak]

The big fans are not 20-somethings anymore. We're 30- and 40-somethings.

This story disturbs me in more ways than one. Look there's only one reason why things get put into Playboy magazine; so people can masturbate to them(while reading the articles). Not that they aren't entitled to. But this story is particularly creepy for three reasons.

1) Marge Simpson's image being in Playboy means that enough men find her(it?) sexually attractive enough for the magazine to give her a centrefold.
2) Given Playboy's demographic, most of these men (20-40), started watching the Simpson's 20 years ago.
3) Knowing this, the Producers of the Simpon's OK'd this publication.

I think I can officially say that I will probably never be able to watch that show again. This is one bridge too far, even for a show that sold itself out years ago. The idea of an entire demographic of Simpson's fans out there with the hots for Marge, a character from their children's TV shows, and the producers being willing to cater to them, is simply too perturbing a thought to take. This is even worse that that Princess Lei in the gold bikini thing. At least Lei wasn't married with three children!

Re:Wow . . .

[Menkhaf]

I would've saved this for later as I'm still coming up with nifty things, but here is my oneliner:

find -mindepth 3 -name \*.rar | grep -v subs | grep -v part[0-9] | sort -R | sort -R | head -n 1 | sed -r 's/\ /\\\ /g' | xargs unrar e && find -maxdepth 1 -name \*.ogm -or -name \*.avi | sed -r 's/\ /\\\ /g' | xargs mplayer -fs && rm *.avi; rm *.ogm

I keep it safe somewhere in my .bash_history ;)

Find all .rars at a depth of minimum 3 from the current path, removes all subs, all .rar files with part??.rar, sort the list randomly, do it again (had some problems with always getting the same one multiple times in a row, this fixed it -- might have been bad karma, might have been a bad algorithm, but haven't been bothered to remove it to check), take the first from the top, replace spaces with escaped spaces (to make xargs work), unrar using xargs (to current root), find the unpacked video file, replace spaces and play! After mplayer exits (but only with return 0!), remove all .avi or .ogm from the current folder.

If you need to limit it, do so after the first pipe, like this:

find -mindepth 3 -name \*.rar | grep S01 | grep -v subs | grep -v part[0-9] | sort -R | sort -R | head -n 1 | sed -r 's/\ /\\\ /g' | xargs unrar e && find -maxdepth 1 -name \*.ogm -or -name \*.avi | sed -r 's/\ /\\\ /g' | xargs mplayer -fs && rm *.avi; rm *.ogm

That's the reason for this way of having what you have in your script -- flexibility.

What do other people do?

Re:Wow . . .

[bhartman34]

I don't think the Simpsons is totally irrelevant now. I think they've still done some good social commentary stuff lately. Granted, they haven't done anything mind-bending, but that's not the show's style, anyway. Anyone who's watched the show consistently knows what the show's politics are. For the most part, Lisa's the social conscience of the show. To me, the this has interesting implications for the show. 1) Will Fox choose to have the Playboy spread written into the show somehow (e.g., mention it during one of the opening sequences -- possibly as a chalkboard gag)? 2) Since posing naked for a magazine os so out of character for Marge (c.f., "Take My Wife, Sleaze"), how will the back story be written up in Playboy and/or the show?

Re:Wow . . .

[Anonymous Coward]

Either you are going to be a really skinny Homer or your girlfriend is going to be a really fat Marge.

Re:Wow . . .

[bhartman34]

The only cartoon that beats your head with it more is Southpark.

Nah. My vote's for "American Dad" or "Family Guy" (which are pretty much interchangeable).

Re:Wow . . .

[vivin]

Everyone seems to have forgotten that Maxim did this:

http://www.maxim.com/girls/girls-of-maxim/44455/marge-simpson.html?src=REDT:UTd

Re:Wow . . .

[Frnknstn]

Post:
by religious freak (1005821) ...
I want a real name without a number attached to it.

I suspect you've come to the wrong place...

Re:Wow . . .

[Anonymous Coward]

I'm on the late end of the 20's, but that still makes me a 20-something. I considered the issue in which Cindy Margolis posed to be relevant. It's the only Playboy I've ever purchased and I bought it on the weight of her name. Margolis is a very interesting person and her explanation of her decision to pose nude for Playboy after declining so many times was a worthwhile read.

Re:Wow . . .

[Anonymous Coward]

what is the point of that script ?

Re:Wow . . .

[Anonymous Coward]

How about this bush: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/8c/IRAN-01.JPG (obviously NSFW)
Now that is excessive. It looks like it would be hard to find her genitalia in there.

Re:Wow . . .

[roguetrick]

True, but while I was around 10 I had a book revolving around the original Christmas episode and through reruns had experienced many of the original prime time episodes. The social themes in those were not hard to grasp.

Re:Wow . . .

[Menkhaf]

what is the point of that script ?

Oh, I guess I forgot to mention. It finds a random episode of a TV series on my friends computer and plays it automatically. He has the episodes on disk, packed in seperate split RAR files. Example:

someuser@somewhere:/storage1/series/South.Park/South.Park.Pack.S01-S10.Movie-WuT$ ls
Pilot Season 10 Season 3 Season 5 Season 7 Season 9
Season 1 Season 2 Season 4 Season 6 Season 8 Southpark.Bigger.Longer.And.Uncut.1999.COMPLETE.PAL.DVDR-WpD
someuser@somewhere:/storage1/series/South.Park/South.Park.Pack.S01-S10.Movie-WuT$ ls Season\ 2/
South.Park.S02E01.RERiP South.Park.S02E10
South.Park.S02E02 South.Park.S02E11
South.Park.S02E03 South.Park.S02E12
South.Park.S02E04 South.Park.S02E13
South.Park.S02E05 South.Park.S02E14
South.Park.S02E06 South.Park.S02E15
South.Park.S02E07 South.Park.S02E16
South.Park.S02E08 South.Park.S02E17
South.Park.S02E09 South.Park.S02E18
someuser@somewhere:/storage1/series/South.Park/South.Park.Pack.S01-S10.Movie-WuT$ ls Season\ 2/South.Park.S02E05/
Sample south.park.s02e05.r05
south.park.s02e05.nfo south.park.s02e05.r06
south.park.s02e05.r00 south.park.s02e05.r07
south.park.s02e05.r01 south.park.s02e05.r08
south.park.s02e05.r02 south.park.s02e05.rar
south.park.s02e05.r03 south.park.s02e05.sfv
south.park.s02e05.r04

Re:Wow . . .

[S.O.B.]

The idea of an entire demographic of Simpson's fans out there with the hots for Marge, a character from their children's TV shows, and the producers being willing to cater to them, is simply too perturbing a thought to take.

I totally agree. After all, she's no Betty Rubble. :D

Re:Wow . . .

[Phoobarnvaz]

Wonder if Playgirl is going to be drawing Homer Simpson with wood as he looks at the Playboy spread of Marge.

Personally...thought they picked the wrong one. Either one of Marge's sisters would give wood to a man of any age. Got it right now just thinking of either of the sister's in their own spread or even together doing the sisterly act together!!! Any place where Sideshow Bob or Troy McClure has been is all right with me & gives me that seal of approval I've been looking for.

Re:Wow . . .

[Anomalyst]

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?

Oh yes, in a NY minute. Remember this is "marketing", not rocket surgery, no need for all that time wasting research and verification, just pull some numbers out of the air (or a nether orifice) and they arre rarin' to go..

Re:Wow . . .

[HungWeiLo]

...and smacked into the face of the landing ramp...

Don't you mean a landing strip?

Re:Wow . . .

[Anonymous Coward]

I just clicked a link that I thought would contain soft cartoon porn. Please, someone, take away my Internet!

Re:Wow . . .

[Anonymous Coward]

Finally an issue of Playboy you can buy for articles (O'really?) and for the possibility of showing the inquisitive parent (who is living under the rock) or (misled) girlfriend or a wife (who is also living under the rock) that the magazine you have asked for a permanent subscription is benign.

Re:Wow . . .

[Anonymous Coward]

Especially the Lois from the parallel universe where Meg was hot.

Re:Wow . . .

[linguizic]

NSFW NSFW NSFW -- there had to say it because the abbreviation of your comment didn't show that you did.

Re:Wow . . .

[beaviz]

find -mindepth 3 -name \*.rar | grep S01 | grep -v subs | grep -v part[0-9] | sort -R | sort -R | head -n 1 | sed -r 's/\ /\\\ /g' | xargs unrar e && find -maxdepth 1 -name \*.ogm -or -name \*.avi | sed -r 's/\ /\\\ /g' | xargs mplayer -fs && rm *.avi; rm *.ogm

That's the reason for this way of having what you have in your script -- flexibility.

What do other people do?

You mean there is any other way?! Once we had one of those unusable media center pc's. Damned complex, you had to close your eyes and scroll for a few seconds to select a random episode. Way too complex. This works every time, even without scrolling!

Re:Wow . . .

[babyrat]

Look there's only one reason why things get put into Playboy magazine; so people can masturbate to them(while reading the articles).

Nope - there is only one reason why things get put into Playboy. So they can sell more issues and make more money.

a character from their children's TV shows,

The Simpson's is not a childrens's TV show.

Re:Wow . . .

[symbolset]

Couldn't Hugh at least pick someone hot?

With what they can do with lighting, posing, and post the kindness of Playboy's photographers is legendary. With a little airbrush treatment she's no Leela, but she'll do.

Re:Wow . . .

[religious freak]

1005821 is my UID (and it's prime!). Obviously a UID must be a number. My dislike is choosing an arbitrary number to attach to a uname to make the uname unique.

Re:Wow . . .

[Dahamma]

Nicely cynical but pretty silly comment... whatever you may want to think about bumbling megacorporations, in the end magazines and TV networks base most of their decisions on exactly these demographics, since it's the basis for their entire revenue stream (advertising). If Fox based their decisions on quality rather than viewership, Firefly would still be on and American Idol would have died a horrible, fiery death...

Re:Wow . . .

[Anonymous Coward]

I think you mean nuke the fridge.

~AC~

Re:Wow . . .

[Anonymous Coward]

Marge, a character from their children's TV shows,

Only if they're the same quality of parents who let their kids watch South Park, Family Guy, Drawn Together, or Adult Swim.

Simpsons, children's TV? Because it's animated? You're the reason a hentai DVD with a cover shot of a woman being stripped and groped by multiple guys has to carry an "ABSOLUTELY NOT FOR CHILDREN" warning, right? You're the one who went to an adult video store, saw the DVD next to Lesbian Whips-N-Chains Threesome 17, and said "Well, that girl looks like she's about to get gang-raped, but it's animated so it must be fine for the kids, right?"

Re:Wow . . .

[CastrTroy]

While it isn't for 3 or 4 year olds, it is watched by many "kids". I watched it in it's first season, and I was 9 then. If 9 isn't a child, then I don't know what is.

Re:Wow . . .

[bhartman34]

Marge, a character from their children's TV shows,

Only if they're the same quality of parents who let their kids watch South Park, Family Guy, Drawn Together, or Adult Swim.

I'll grant you that some of the Simpsons humor might not be accessible to a "tween" or younger, but I don't think you can lump The Simpsons in with Drawn Together or South Park. I've only watched Drawn Together a couple of times, but, from what I've seen, it's got more in common with Fritz the Cat than with The Simpsons. South Park, which I'm much more familiar with, is about 1000 times more scatological than anything that's ever been done on The Simpsons. (That's not a knock, by the way. I actually like South Park, for what it is, but the show delights in offending people and then tapping on a "lesson" at the end of the episode, as if that was the whole point of the episode. It only works sometimes.)

Re:Wow . . .

[linzeal]

Who the hell reads maxim this is slashdot not a website that talks about grooming and picking up chicks.

Re:Wow . . .

[lewko]

What's the acronym for Not Safe for Keeping your Lunch Down?

What the hell Wikipedia article needed that as an image anyway?

Re:Wow . . .

[lewko]

I'd do Betty, but I'd be thinking about Wilma...

Re:Wow . . .

[Dragon of the Pants]

Is that Amy Winehouse?

Re:Wow . . .

[bhartman34]

True, but while I was around 10 I had a book revolving around the original Christmas episode and through reruns had experienced many of the original prime time episodes. The social themes in those were not hard to grasp.

I think the first few seasons of the show were much more about family morality issue than the episodes that followed. The early episodes dealt with things like Bart's "bad" character (thinking specifically about the episode where he's caught shoplifting, and the one where he shoots a bird, and of course, the decapitation of the Jeremiah Springfield statue), whereas the later episodes had more general themes. I think you're right about those earlier ones, but the later ones are a little more subtle, generally. (There was that one episode where they ripped on Fox, of course, but other than that... :))

Re:Wow . . .

[cyn1c77]

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?

You're really 24? You type like you are 12 and crippled both mentally (duhhh) and physically (no shift key)!

Re:Wow . . .

[fractoid]

this is slashdot not a website that talks about grooming

Apparently so.

Re:Wow . . .

[fractoid]

I have to disagree. I am 24, and remember growing up with the simpsons. It is an amazingly layered show, or was. As a kid, the focus was on bart and lisa....., but growing up with the simpsons, you tend to notice the adult storylines and slowly understand and find funny or emphasize with their points of views and stories.

To me, this has always been the mark of great art. Enjoyable by and appropriate for a child on one level, and then with deeper layers for more mature viewers that keep it interesting at all ages. Pixar are past masters at this. Take their latest film, UP. From a kid's point of view it's YAY BALOONS YAY AFRICA YAY TALKING DOGS, but it's also an incredibly poignant look at the life of an old man desperately trying to salvage the lost dreams of his youth.

Re:Wow . . .

[fractoid]

Porn? It's Playboy, you buy it for the articles!

Re:Wow . . .

[fractoid]

+1 Donnie Darko :D

Re:Wow . . .

[bickerdyke]

I, for one, didnt dare to scroll out and find it out!

Re:Wow . . .

[keatonguy]

Strange, you seem to be speaking as though sexualizing a feminine symbol is unhealthy. Quite the contrary, it's basic human nature. An illustration, in this case a cartoon character, is in a way a symbol. Marge is a symbol, a metaphor, for a woman. If you are attracted to women, and then because the symbol Marge is associated with women, there is grounds for the symbol to carry a sexual connotation. That's just basic psychology.

And if what you're implying is that sexuality itself is unhealthy, well, that discussion is a much larger can of worms, one I can't be arsed to open and deal with right now.

Re:Wow . . .

[jez9999]

Leela and Amy? :-)

Re:Wow . . .

[Fred_A]

I think for a lot of the real young guys (I suppose college age) its pretty strange seeing women with so much pubic hair. All the porn girls these days seem to be shaved, including/especially the amateurs, and my parents-of-high-school-age-girls sources tell me that shaving is pretty much the standard and no girl would be caught dead these days with a full bush.

Girls have a hatred of hair these days since it's the current trend (apparently started by the porn industry's desire to get their actresses "more naked").
Presumably they'll shave their head next (probably also because it's "hygienic" as that's their current nonsensical explanation) then fashion will swing again as those things are bound to do and things will return to normal... Until next time.

Re:Wow . . .

[Fred_A]

I guess I'm in the minority, but I'm going to buy it. It's a few bucks, it's kinda unique, and why not?

Great, let us know what you think of the other models in that issue... I think they've got the PowerPuff girls, Snow White and Vera from Scooby-Doo.

Re:Wow . . .

[Psychochild]

All these mod points, and no (-1, Threw up a bit in my mouth) option....

Re:Wow . . .

[ObsessiveMathsFreak]

Strange, you seem to be speaking as though sexualizing a feminine symbol is unhealthy.

That's not the point I'm trying to make. I'm all for the healthy embrace of feminine sexuality, but that doesn't mean that its appropriate to embrace it anywhere, anytime, with anyone.

My point is that the producers of the Simpsons feel perfectly alright with taking the same TV show character they sold to people when they were children, and then reselling that same character back to those same people as a sex symbol when they are adults. Something just seems wrong about this to me. However, I do accept your point about Marge representing women, and that in that sense there is a whole suite of meanings and roles associated with women. Nevertheless, crassly trying to sell all of these meanings in the same character, to the same people, strikes me as cynical and incongruous.

Perhaps something could be said for the Playboy article in terms of the celebration of beauty of middle aged women and/or mothers, or hell even animated characters. But I'm inclined to think that such matters are far from the minds of the creators and readers of the piece.

Re:Wow . . .

[drinkypoo]

You're crazy. She'll never leave Fred.

Re:Wow . . .

[clone53421]

No, ...

Whoosh.

You asked "why NOT". That was his answer, in the form of a rhetorical question.

I've got a pet peeve against being johnsmith184. I want a real name without a number attached to it.

Re:Wow . . . by clone53421
...Insensitive clod!

Re:Wow . . .

[clone53421]

Obviously a UID must be a number.

Eh?

If you're thinking of a "User ID" in general, there's nothing requiring numeric IDs. If you're referring to the master key on an SQL table, there's similarly nothing mandating an auto-incrementing int: it merely needs to be unique.

Re:Wow . . .

[Hooda Thunkett]

Lois, Shmois. Why not Jessica Rabbit?

Re:Wow . . .

[Ginger Unicorn]

i'm 31 and i think of the shoplifting and bird shooting episode as later episodes. The first "premiere" of a simpsons ep i watched was cape feare. in the uk simpsons was only on sky(fox) satellite tv at the time so i had to get my simpsons fix from 8 hour VHS compilations my wealthy friend taped reruns from his satellite dish. i watched the first 3 seasons over and over until they were indelibly burned into my brain so i think of any later than that as "new" eps. Simpsons seemed to jump the shark around season 9 when i started downloading it from kazaa or bitorrent or whatever was around at the time. Since then it's been 1 really solid ep per season with another couple of semi decent ones and the rest are soulless shit. I suppose there was only so much character development they could do without aging the characters. Not sure why homer had to turn into a barely sentient retard though. All the characters turned into 1 dimensional parodies of themselves. Lazy writing i guess. Maybe they were scared of south park and family guy and tried to emulate the absurd characters in those shows.

Re:Wow . . .

[Mad-Bassist]

I remember that, and I bought that issue just to scan the centerfold which isn't on that link, but was my Weird Item of the Day a few years back. Nowadays, it's buried somewhere in my archive...

Re:Wow . . .

[bhartman34]

i'm 31 and i think of the shoplifting and bird shooting episode as later episodes. The first "premiere" of a simpsons ep i watched was cape feare.

Actually, you're right, in terms of the bird shooting episode. That was season 10. The shoplifting episode was season 7. I still consider first half "early", in a sense, but I can see what you're saying.

Let's just say that the first ten years were different in character, I think, than the later ten.

As far as one-dimensionality goes, I don't think the Simpsons were ever that complex. Bart shows a little bit of complexity in that he's not always the bratty little bastard he usually is. I think they did a great disservice to the Homer character by turning him into a dolt, but I think he's actually the most complex character on the show. Most of the time he's an older, dumber version of Bart, but there's almost always a real undertone of caring about the family (even though he's selfish and fails quite a bit). Lisa is a liberal intellectual parody, and Marge is just an overprotective mother stereotype.

I don't think The Simpsons really ever tried to emulate Family Guy or South Park. Family Guy is almost 99% shock value and political commentary, and The Simpsons almost never goes in that direction. And I think the only nexus between The Simpsons and South Park is that without The Simpsons coming first, South Park could never have existed. "Eat my shorts!", in its own, small way, paved the way for Cartman's "I made you eat your parents!". But South Park has always leaned towards the absurd gross-out, where The Simpsons plays it straight. Compare, for example, "24 Minutes" from The Simpsons, and "The Snuke", from South Park. Both are parodies of 24, but their take on the show demonstrates their respective philosophical aims. Whereas "24 Minutes" takes 24 and puts it in the Simpsons universe, to reinforce traits of the various characters, "The Snuke" puts South Park into the 24 framework, to make an overtly political point.

Re:Wow . . .

[Anonymous Coward]

You're crazy, you know she would never leave Fred and we both know it.

Re:Wow . . .

[Anonymous Coward]

It ain't my soul that's embiggenned, baby - Yeah!

Re:Wow . . .

[Dishevel]

Amy. She is semi-hot and super rich.

Re:Wow . . .

[keatonguy]

Can't argue with you there, it does seem slimy. But hell, it isn't like simpsons viewers weren't perfectly willing to do it themselves, I can name three sites off the top of my head where you could punch in the tag 'Marge Simpson' and get pages on end of fan-made smut. If people didn't want to see it, those pages would be empty.

And actually, now that I stop to think about it, there are several episodes where Marge and her man have at it. It obviously isn't shown, this is fox after all, but in that light all the porn is just the fans without the burden of shame letting their imaginations fill in the blanks.

I suppose it just doesn't phase me due to all the time I've spent trawling the dredges of the 'net. I'm looking at you, 4chan.

Re:Wow . . .

[mftb]

Dunno, but pretty sure jumping sharks is usually done with waterskis rather than planes.

Re:Wow . . .

[mftb]

I watched Reservoir Dogs when I was 11. Does that count?

As a 20-something...

[clone53421]

Worst issue ever!

As a 20-something, I must say I agree.

Re:As a 20-something...

[Afforess]

It's even funnier though because this story is right above "FOSS Sexism Claims Met With Ire and Denial."

Re:As a 20-something...

[OakDragon]

Why would they think this appeals to 20-somethings? The show has been on for 20 years. Its audience is probably older (on the order of late 30s to early 40s), although most data on demographics that I can find gives a rating to a very broad demographic of 18 to 49. There is certainly nothing particularly cutting edge about the show today. Years ago, yes.

Re:As a 20-something...

[Mooga]

They are trying to draw in a younger audience they their traditional readers (who are getting old). Personally, as a 20-something, I wouldn't be attracted to it as much as disturbed by it. That fact that BOTH Playboy and whoever currently owns the rights to the Simpsons thought it was a good idea is proof that they are BOTH in a lot of trouble. I have no motivation at all in seeing a "sexy" Marge Simpson. I think they confused "20-something" and "Anime Perverts." HUGE difference.

Re:As a 20-something...

[Jaysyn]

Best. Story. Placement. Ever.

Re:As a 20-something...

[4D6963]

I don't know, I for one will be happy to see some official rule 34 Simpsons. Cause all the stuff out there is like, non-cannon (mostly in the bust department).

Re:As a 20-something...

[Tony Hoyle]

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:As a 20-something...

[Cruxus]

Because of a little invention called the Internets.

Re:As a 20-something...

[StikyPad]

I think they confused "Marge Simpson" and "Lois Griffin," which makes me almost as mad as my wife that time I confused her with Lois Griffin and called her a street-walking whore.

[Flashback to last night]
Wife: Honey, what do you say we uh...christen these new sheets, huh?
Me: Why honey, you naughty girl.
Wife: Hehehe...that's me.
Me: You dirty hustler.
Wife: Hehehehe...
Me: You filthy, stinky prostitute.
Wife: Aha, ok I get it...
Me: You foul, venereal disease carrying, street-walking whore.
Wife: Alright, that's enough!

Shit, I just did it again, didn't I?

Re:As a 20-something...

[Dragonslicer]

non-cannon (mostly in the bust department).

Machine gun jumblies?

Re:As a 20-something...

[BodhiCat]

is there a difference?

Re:As a 20-something...

[Gilmoure]

Beer tap jujubees?

Re:As a 20-something...

[Doug52392]

Because no one in their 20s BUYS pornography anymore.

Re:As a 20-something...

[Anonymous Coward]

And that, folks, is a perfect example of why Family Guy is obnoxious and only watched by the mentally challenged.

Re:As a 20-something...

[Anonymous Coward]

I think they confused "20-something" and "Anime Perverts." HUGE difference.

4chan just called in with a correction.

Re:As a 20-something...

[The Archon V2.0]

I don't know, I for one will be happy to see some official rule 34 Simpsons. Cause all the stuff out there is like, non-cannon (mostly in the bust department).

Sorry, you're still out of luck. It's going into Playboy, they'll probably Photoshop it out of force of habit.

Personally, since it's obviously going to be a "Gotcha!" PG-13 centerfold, all I want to see is if the issue sells twice as well as any of the real nekkid centerfolds have in the past 5 years.

Re:As a 20-something...

[The Archon V2.0]

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?

Because they think all 20 somethings are on 4chan and are trying to expand focus to compete. In keeping with this, February 2010's issue will end every sentence with "desu", and April 2010 will be the start of a regular point/counterpoint article featuring Pedobear and Raptor Jesus arguing about who gets the little children first.

I'm just hoping it folds before Moar Mudkip May, or at least before the Bridget centerfold in June.

Re:As a 20-something...

[lewko]

Actually, twenty years ago, nobody in their 20s bought it either.

They stole it.

Usually from an older brother or careless Father.

Re:As a 20-something...

[clone53421]

What, what, what! You forgot the biggest change of all,
all of the articles will start off with a story about some
interesting subject and right around the climax of said
story, waiting for something awesome and then say,
"You're movin' with your auntie and uncle in Bel-Air." I
whistled for a cab and when it came near The license
plate said fresh and it had dice in the mirror. If anything
I could say that this cab was rare, but I thought, "Nah,
forget it. Yo, holmes to Bel-Air!" I pulled up to the house
about over 9000 or 8 and I yelled to the cabbie, "Yo
holmes smell ya later!" Looked at my kingdom I was
finally there, to sit on my throne as the prince of Bel-Air.

Re:As a 20-something...

[digitalsushi]

It's because of all those stories stinking it up in between the pages of win.

No Patti and Selma?

[cfa22]

Come on, they're TWINS.

Re:No Patti and Selma?

[wiredlogic]

Come on, they're TWINS.

And one of them is a lesbian right? Maybe more up Hustler's alley.

A switch for Playboy...

[Anonymous Coward]

They are in cartoon porn now. What's next? Goatse and lemonparty images on the centerfold?

Re:A switch for Playboy...

[clone53421]

At least they're not into furries. *shudder*

Re:A switch for Playboy...

[the4thdimension]

A lot of their issues have always contained some kind of explicit cartoon - this time they are just taking it to another degree.

Re:A switch for Playboy...

[Jerry Smith]

Or show recent photos of McGyver *shudder* http://hollywoodroaster.files.wordpress.com/2009/04/macgyver.jpg

Re:A switch for Playboy...

[Anonymous Coward]

"You are and idiot."

What the fuck does that mean?

Re:A switch for Playboy...

[Anonymous Coward]

It's a misquote. It's supposed to be "You sir are and idiot."

Re:A switch for Playboy...

[MickyTheIdiot]

This isn't exactly new. They did a pictorial a few years back of different female video game characters. One of the pictures was a topless BloodRayne.

Re:A switch for Playboy...

[Anonymous Coward]

At least they're not into furries... yet.

Re:A switch for Playboy...

[Anonymous Coward]

Rule 34.

Re:A switch for Playboy...

[Anonymous Coward]

Don't give them ideas, especially with "Avatar" coming out.

Re:A switch for Playboy...

[clone53421]

Rule 34 applies to the internet, not Playboy. (At least, I hope.)

Furthermore, in case you haven't checked lately (or if prudence should caution you against doing so – and it should), I can assure you that Rule 34 on furries happened long, long ago.

Re:A switch for Playboy...

[Barny]

Actually, I think it was some kind of inverse-rule34, the porn came out first, then they thought "hey, we could make a sub-culture around this".

And if the AC was referring to the Simpsons, trust me, its been done (and in my country people have even been convicted for it).

Re:A switch for Playboy...

[clone53421]

Nah, that's still the ordinary ol' Rule 34. Doesn't have much to do with the sub-culture; that came later.

I'm also well aware of Rule 34 on the Simpsons, and I've deduced from your statement that you must hail from Australia...

Re:A switch for Playboy...

[Barny]

Yeah, Aussie here.

The sig gives me away somewhat.

must buy

[pha7boy]

well, there it is. I will have to buy it. I always thought Marge was rather sexy (when she let her hair down that is).

Re:must buy

[Penguinisto]

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:must buy

[commodore64_love]

>>>enough in there to supply an entire Lilith Fair audience.

I liked the Lilith Fair. Not the audience so much, but being able to see ~20 famous singers all at the same time. Too bad we don't have concerts like that today.

Re:must buy

[Bill_the_Engineer]

Too bad we don't have concerts like that today.

Try going to your local music festival. Recently Bonaroo, City Stages, and Bayfest happened within driving distance from me. Too bad I had to work...

Re:must buy

[Anonymous Coward]

Make sure you don't Google Image Search "Demi Moore Bush" with un-moderated results.

In short, the ideal woman has changed a lot. And it's going to keep changing.

Re:must buy

[lastchance_000]

Ten years ago, I'd agree. Now...eh. Just call me when Leela does a spread.

Re:must buy

[Sponge Bath]

...call me when Leela does a spread.

Or some hot Leela on Amy action. Ooh, that's so Wong.

Re:must buy

[Penguinisto]

Make sure you don't Google Image Search "Demi Moore Bush" with un-moderated results.

In short, the ideal woman has changed a lot. And it's going to keep changing.

Actually, I agree with you. Maybe I should explain: There's a huge difference between a bit o' feminine hair (which when done right can actually enhance a woman's beauty), and a full-on 'pit 'fro set that grabs your eyes and refuses to let them go. Madonna had the latter. Seriously, it was evil-looking.

Re:must buy

[Ossifer]

Lurleen Lumpkin.

Re:must buy

[commodore64_love]

Local festivals don't have the "famous" singers that a national tour like Lilith Fair attracted. When I was there I saw Jewel, Sarah McLachlan, Sheryl Crow, Alanis Morisette, and a few other names I've forgotten but recall being popular on the radio during the 90s.

Apparently that was a once in a generation deal.

Re:must buy

[commodore64_love]

I don't rember Madonna having pit hair in Like A Virgin and other 80s videos... she might have temporarily grown the hair for shock value as she did with her Sex book.
 

Re:must buy

[jrivar59]

Announcer's voice: You watched it! You can't UN-watch it!

Re:must buy

[Anonymous Coward]

At one time I would have wanted to see a Daria Morgendorffer spread (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daria). Even better to see Daria in some girl-girl action with Jane Lane.

For that matter, I think I would *still* buy that issue.

Re:must buy

[pthisis]

Bonaroo draws much more "famous" groups than Lilith Fair did. Last year they had (among dozens of others) Pearl Jam, Metallica, Jack Johnson, Kanye West, Robert Plant and Alison Kraus, Willie Nelson, BB King, etc. This year they had the Beastie Boys, Bruce Springsteen, Phish, Nine Inch Nails, Snoop Dogg, Elvis Costello, Ani Difranco, Merle Haggard, and tons more.

Re:must buy

[Darinbob]

I'm going to get me one of those What-If machines. Mostly because I need a new entertainment device ever since my finglonger broke the TV screen while trying to change the channel.

Re:must buy

[couchslug]

"Sometimes, there are things in this world that you just do not want to see, curiosity be damned."

If you want distraction from that mental image, Hustler once printed some early nudes of Roseanne Barr in all her hirsute glory. :)

Re:must buy

[Myrddin Wyllt]

Oblig Red Dwarf:

Lister: What d'ya think of Betty?
Cat: Betty Rubble? Well, I would go with Betty... but I'd be thinking of Wilma.
Lister: This is crazy. Why are we talking about going to bed with Wilma Flintstone?
Cat: You're right. We're nuts. This is an insane conversation.
Lister: She'll never leave Fred, and we know it.

Re:must buy

[Hatta]

Eh so what, human beings are naturally hairy. As long as I'm not picking it out of my teeth, it's really no big deal.

Re:must buy

[Gilmoure]

Cool!

Hairy chicks ROCK!

Re:must buy

[Anonymous Coward]

Like this one?
http://www.floppingaces.net/wp-content/gallery/curts-pictures/codepink_fat_lady.jpg
Note: you cannot un-see some things.

Re:must buy

[Anonymous Coward]

If you want distraction from that mental image, Hustler once printed some early nudes of Roseanne Barr in all her hirsute glory. :)

But to get rid of that image you need some Rule 34 Rosie O'Donnell.

Where is your God now?

Re:must buy

[lewko]

Fairy chicks ROCK!

Fixed that for you.

Re:must buy

[Gilmoure]

Heh. I worked one year at a Ren Faire.

Yes. Yes they do.

Re:must buy

[Anonymous Coward]

On that note, as an early-teens paperboy, I stole Dan Glickman's copy of that Playboy from his mailbox.

For crying out loud;

[fridaynightsmoke]

At the risk of being modded down furiously, I would like to express my opinion on this:
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:For crying out loud;

[jacktherobot]

don't have a cow man

Re:For crying out loud;

[wizardforce]

Playboy doesn't have to target you to be successful. All they have to do is consistently find what enough people like to stay in business. This time, they're thinking that Marge would be the key to getting the attention of the "20 somethings" that might not normally pick up a copy.

Re:For crying out loud;

[Anonymous Coward]

And all this comes after the sexism article. So much for denial.

Re:For crying out loud;

[NoYob]

Whoa, whoa, whoooooooa!

Marge has a really hot body! I really want to see her naked. The same goes for Lois Griffith! Quagmire does have great taste in cartoon chicks!

Re:For crying out loud;

[Anonymous Coward]

Eat my shorts

Re:For crying out loud;

[gbjbaanb]

cue discussions whether Wilma or Betty was hotter. (Betty of course, I bet she's a filthy slut in bed)

Re:For crying out loud;

[commodore64_love]

Playboy Magazine ceased to have a purpose after you could find naked women posing online. The magazine offers what - three naked women each month - a celeb, the playmate of the month, and usually some random model. The net offers about 10,000 times as much.

Re:For crying out loud;

[lastchance_000]

But what about the articles?!

Re:For crying out loud;

[Stuart Gibson]

I'd go with Betty. But I'd be thinking about Wilma.

Re:For crying out loud;

[Kugrian]

I'd go with Betty, but I'd still be thinking of Wilma.

Re:For crying out loud;

[Anonymous Coward]

Betty. How about what's-her-name and Velma from Scooby Doo?

Re:For crying out loud;

[ZarathustraDK]

1) Cartoons are seldom sexy

3D-fascist!

Re:For crying out loud;

[skine]

Aye carumba!

Re:For crying out loud;

[tj2]

I'd go with Betty. But I'd be thinking about Wilma.

Excellent Red Dwarf quote for the win!

Re:For crying out loud;

[Anonymous Coward]

I know you're kidding, but I get my porn online and I subscribe to playboy for the articles.

It's still the best in-depth reporting magazine out there, and it's a shame they're doing this now, instead of 15 years ago when it would have been ground breaking. Playboy, like NPR, is falling so far behind the curve that by the time they say it, it's not news.

After 6 years, I'm not renewing.

Re:For crying out loud;

[uncqual]

Well, pictures in PB did show a bit more effort WRT lighting, focus, airbrushing, and Vaseline on the lens (that was Vaseline wasn't it?) than most of those other 10K pics you mention (or so I've been told). So for those who prefer the stylized idealized experience, maybe PB is a better bet.

Re:For crying out loud;

[gnick]

This whole conversation is ridiculous.

She would never leave Fred.

Re:For crying out loud;

[bmecoli]

There are articles?

Re:For crying out loud;

[operagost]

They're photoshopped, too.

Re:For crying out loud;

[samkass]

I think Marge is just doing this to pay off gambling debts...

Re:For crying out loud;

[MBGMorden]

The articles are better online too.

Re:For crying out loud;

[NekSnappa]

She doesn't have to leave Fred.
Lots of women have extra-marital affairs!

Re:For crying out loud;

[belthize]

Jump the shark, jumped the shark, jumped the shark ...

The phrase 'jump the shark' has itself skipped over various cartilaginous fish. I seem to hear it once a day lately.

Re:For crying out loud;

[commodore64_love]

True the photos online aren't great but don't give up hope. If you want artistry just point your clicker over here - they produce more content per month than playboy does - http://www.domai.com/ (warning - humans without clothes)

Re:For crying out loud;

[Obfuscant]

1) Cartoons are seldom sexy

Maybe. But:

• Leela (from Futurama. Leela from Dr. Who was ultra-sexy, but she wasn't a cartoon.)
• Lil' Red from Hoodwinked. Hubba Hubba.
• King Neptune's daughter from the SpongeBob Movie.
• Loise Griffin, and her daughter.

Excuse me, I need to take a break now.

Re:For crying out loud;

[Darinbob]

No, for actual shorts-eating you'd have to get the Hustler crossover.

Re:For crying out loud;

[Anonymous Coward]

1) Cartoons are seldom sexy

Oh, really? What if we throw a Japanese tentacle monster in the mix? They won't be able to keep up with demand!

Re:For crying out loud;

[Anonymous Coward]

Have you read Playboy articles? Politically they're rather right-wing. Republican even.

Re:For crying out loud;

[Gilmoure]

About stereo systems. And booze.

Re:For crying out loud;

[ConceptJunkie]

My 13-year-old prefers "nuked the fridge" to "jumped the shark" these days.

Re:For crying out loud;

[Anonymous Coward]

It's because the Simpsons is still liked by most people, despite what you think. You see, we all live in the real world where things don't become irrelevant simply because you want them to be.

Re:For crying out loud;

[lewko]

1) Cartoons are seldom sexy

Someone never played Leisure Suit Larry or watched Roger Rabbit...

Re:For crying out loud;

[lewko]

Meg?

Are you nuts?

Anyway, you forgot to mention Jessica Rabbit.

Re:For crying out loud;

[Anonymous Coward]

As to your first point, you obviously have never heard about Milo Manara and the other masters, just google it.

Re:For crying out loud;

[vldmr_krn]

FFS

Do we really need this acronym? FFS

Oh.

I see.

Re:For crying out loud;

[Gilmoure]

Veronica.

Re:For crying out loud;

[clone53421]

1) Cartoons are seldom sexy

You haven't seen Fritz the Cat, I presume.

Re:For crying out loud;

[Anonymous Coward]

Kinda Odd. This is the second time this joke has been posted and the second time it has gotten modded +5 funny. Maybe Playboy should of went with the Wilma?

In related news

[Reason58]

All of Hefner's girlfriends begin dying their hair blue.

Re:In related news

[Anonymous Coward]

And keeping their "natural" blonde on top.

Re:In related news

[houghi]

Perhaps it is the other way around. Because all his girlfriends now have dyed their hair blue, he started to think Marge was sexy.

Re:In related news

[cliveholloway]

I think they already do and that the technical term is "blue rinse".

Re:In related news

[pegr]

All of Hefner's girlfriends begin dying their hair blue.
All of Hefner's girlfriends begin dying their blue hair.

FTFY

Re:In related news

[The Archon V2.0]

All of Hefner's girlfriends begin dying their hair blue. All of Hefner's girlfriends begin dying their blue hair.

FTFY

All of blue hair Hefner's girlfriends begin their dying?

Seems odd . . .

[MBGMorden]

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 . . .

[wizardforce]

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."

Re:Seems odd . . .

[clone53421]

rather than the owners of the Simpson's copyright (I presume Fox?) would agree to it.

Well, I seem to recall that Bart's already had his first nude appearance.

Keep in mind that Fox Pictures != Fox News.

Re:Seems odd . . .

[dfxm]

I'm surprised Marge would do it. It seems out of character for her, especially considering she is a member of Springfield's Citizens' Committee on Moral Hygiene...

Re:Seems odd . . .

[Anonymous Coward]

I beg to differ: http://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=simpsons.htm

Re:Seems odd . . .

[Red Alastor]

I think the main issue is that The Simpsons is not considered edgy anymore.

Re:Seems odd . . .

[jandrese]

She also painted Mr. Burns in the buff, so she can't be that prudish.

Re:Seems odd . . .

[Anonymous Coward]

Hey, money corrupts.

Re:Seems odd . . .

[oh_my_080980980]

Did you read the article? This was done to increase Playboy's sagging sales.

Re:Seems odd . . .

[RiotingPacifist]

I'd guess that international rights and a show that consistently got high rating adds up to a lot more than a film. I'm not in the movie industry but just running the number of viewers they would have got over the multiple series (and the repeats) when it was funny $527m is important but not overly so.

Re:Seems odd . . .

[MBGMorden]

That may indeed be part of it. I remember being in the 3rd or 4th grade when the series was somewhat new and my mom not allowing me to watch the Simpsons because it was seen as morally repulsive. South Park took the Simpson's place in that department LONG ago (and I'll admit that as an adult, I sure to like South Park a lot more than the Simpsons now). These days the Simpsons is pretty much considered good ol' fashioned family-friendly television.

Re:Seems odd . . .

[Stuart Gibson]

Mogambo!

Re:Seems odd . . .

[Anonymous Coward]

Obviously, you've never watched Fox. They promote moral outrage, preach moral rectitude, and practice hypocrisy. Do as I say, not as I do.

Re:Seems odd . . .

[MBGMorden]

Understandable given the stuff Playboy publishes. Don't get me wrong - you can usually count on the monthly Playmate being downright beautiful to look at (and that's regardless of taste, as they seem to do a good job of mixing up races, hair colors, sytyles (both above and below the shoulders ...) and natural vs fake breast). However, they're still pushing the same thing they started with in the 1950's: 6 or 7 pages of softcore nudity mixed in with a mens magazine that few people REALLY want to read. Hell 5 or 6 years ago I was able to get a year's subscription to Playboy for $12. $1 per issue, and when the chance came around to renew it I decided against it because even for someone who looks at porn, it's just not worth it.

I think they're hitting the same thing as the newspapers did. They have more and better content than the old paper sources. About the ONLY thing Playboy occasionally offers these days is that they have enough cash to throw around that they sometimes get a washed up celebrity in there baring it all. Marge Simpson isn't likely too high on that celebrity list for people to care TOO much though.

Re:Seems odd . . .

[Anonymous Coward]

Keep in mind that Fox Pictures != Fox News.

And CBS owns Evening News, ABC World News Tonight, etc. etc.

Re:Seems odd . . .

[Hurricane78]

I bet the meeting went something like that:

Playboy: I like sex.
Fox: Me too. ... (later)
Fox: I like money.
Playboy: I can't believe you like money too. We should hang out.

Re:Seems odd . . .

[Anonymous Coward]

That may be so, but Fox still likes money and Playboy (presumably) has a lot of it. The two parties both have something to gain.

Re:Seems odd . . .

[trytoguess]

She also supported Michelangelo's David in an earlier episode if memory serves, and has watched "snuggle" films with Homer. The character seems to have an European view of morality. Very much against violence, but rather lax on nudity and sexuality.

Re:Seems odd . . .

[Anonymous Coward]

Playboy and Sagging in the same sentence...
From what I remember the models have been unnaturally perky for some time.

Re:Seems odd . . .

[rascher]

And lets not forget about her stint at the erotic bakery!

Re:Seems odd . . .

[noc007]

This was done to increase Playboy's sagging sales.

That's not the only thing sagging.

Disclaimer: Not directed at the parent him/herself having anything sagging.

Re:Seems odd . . .

[gparent]

I'm not sure you're aware, but the simpsons aren't real!

Re:Seems odd . . .

[Apocalypse111]

...Moral Hygiene...
So that means she shaves, then?

Re:Seems odd . . .

[Anonymous Coward]

I think sagging sales is not the only thing sagging for the current Playboy demographics.

Re:Seems odd . . .

[couchslug]

"Did you read the article? This was done to increase Playboy's sagging sales."

Everybody old enough to care about Playboy is either dead or doddering. It was a tremendous boost to the sexual revolution (which is also ancient history), but it's time is done. Nothing they could possibly apply to paper beats (pun intended) online imagery.

Re:Seems odd . . .

[ekhben]

Did you read the article? This was done to increase Playboy's sagging sales.

Right, there's Playboy's motivation for it. Not sure that Fox/Groening would give a shit about Playboy's sales, though, and there'll be two signatures on the contract.

Re:Seems odd . . .

[AmiMoJo]

Strange, they seem to be doing pretty well with their clothing line for young girls. Sometimes it seems that every other 12 year old is wearing at least one item of clothing with a Playboy bunny logo on it.

Rule 34!

[Valdrax]

No, actually, wait. In retrospect, let's not. I don't think there ARE goggles that can do something for that.

Re:Rule 34!

[jitterman]

Finally, my sig has relevance!

Re:Rule 34!

[Anonymous Coward]

My eyes! The goggles do nothing!

Good luck with that

[Skyshadow]

I'm certain that this will convince all the 20-somethings out there who've been weaned on free internet hardcore to subscribe to Playboy.

Re:Good luck with that

[wizardforce]

Playboy is portable and doesn't require internet access or power. I predict that it's still quite popular with that crowd.

Re:Good luck with that

[Reason58]

Playboy is portable and doesn't require internet access or power. I predict that it's still quite popular with that crowd.

Great points. This will surely prove popular for the large, masturbator-on-the-go market.

Re:Good luck with that

[demonlapin]

What, the guys who live under the bridge downtown?

Re:Good luck with that

[RiotingPacifist]

$0.00 laptop + videos of whatever you want (from octopus rape porn to creative-comons licensed tasteful porn)
$5.75 [$2.32 if you get the deal of the website] a magazine of images of women (that's easier to get caught with*).

I think the real news here is that playboy is still in business, I would guess it has a lot more to do with older viewers than 20-somethings, because As a 20-somethng porn-entrepreneur^H^H^H single guy^H^H^H wanker, i have to say that even if the porn is of a higher quality and was cheaper than free, the idea of having a physical magazine i could get caught with (yes i live in my parents basement for now) does not appeal.

Re:Good luck with that

[Tetsujin]

Playboy is portable and doesn't require internet access or power. I predict that it's still quite popular with that crowd.

These people have smartphones and ipods, you think they can't bring their porn with them?

Re:Good luck with that

[Anonymous Coward]

As a 20-something the only time I've ever bought a playboy is when I was working at a summer camp with out any (uncontrolled) internet access. The poster has it completely right, that a print magazine is .great for places without internet access or power, however places like that are becoming fewer and fewer. Playboy like many print media sources will have to find new markets and distribution patterns in the "internet age".

That being said playboy is the only 'girlie magazine' I'd be likely to buy

Re:Good luck with that

[amohat]

Nobody in their right mind uses Playboy for masturbation.

Pornography has evolved. I hope your jokes will, too, someday.

Re:Good luck with that

[BitZtream]

Except that with an iPhone (and plenty of others), theres an app for that, so portable chain yanking with full video is rather easy, and doesn't require overly airbrushed photos of cartoon models for $10 a copy.

Haven't well all seen Merge porn at this point anyway?

Re:Good luck with that

[Anonymous Coward]

Playboy is portable and doesn't require internet access or power. I predict that it's still quite popular with that crowd.

Porn by candlelight? How romantic...

Re:Good luck with that

[DinDaddy]

Nope.The cover was newsstand copies only, so they'll just continue to pick the issues they want.

Re:Good luck with that

[pyrrhonist]

Nobody in their right mind uses Playboy for masturbation.

So you prefer National Geographic, then?

Re:Good luck with that

[wykell]

by "that crowd" I have to assume you mean the Ted Kaczynski types. Or the Amish. Though I'm pretty sure that the Amish are against porn of any variety, no matter what Weird Al Yankovic says.

Re:Good luck with that

[Anonymous Coward]

well last time I did see a rack of pornos was at a truck stop.

Re:Good luck with that

[ekhben]

Haven't well all seen Merge porn at this point anyway?

N...o? I guess everyone who wanted to probably has. She's not bad, if you're into blueheads, but she's no Bugs Bunny in drag.

Re:Good luck with that

[jez9999]

Pee Wee Herman... is that you?

peace of mind

[bugi]

At least we won't have to debate whether or not the rack is real, so I can sleep easy for once.

Re:peace of mind

[Anonymous Coward]

At least we won't have to debate whether or not the rack is real, so I can sleep easy for once.

I concur: there will be no mass debating over this issue.

Re:peace of mind

[Anonymous Coward]

In the latest episode of the Simpsons, UFC-esque commentators mention (with worry) that Marge's breasts are real.

Bah!

[Greyfox]

I can already find a ton of Marge Simpson pr0n on the internet.

Oh internet... Is there nothing you won't show naked?

Re:Bah!

[revlayle]

I can already find a ton of Marge Simpson pr0n on the internet.

Oh internet... Is there nothing you won't show naked?

Rosie O'Donn...

wait... no... not any more...

*sobs uncontrollably*

Re:Bah!

[Anonymous Coward]

Bastard!

That thought sticks in my brain no matter how much alcohol I try to drown it out with, and so you've just ruined the whole INTERNET for me.

Re:Bah!

[Penguinisto]

Oh internet... Is there nothing you won't show naked?

Richard Stallman

(and yes, we are ever grateful that such an event has not occurred).

Re:Bah!

[David Gerard]

Found it!

Re:Bah!

[2obvious4u]

Is there something wrong with me if I was turned on by her in Exit to Eden?

Re:Bah!

[Anonymous Coward]

Is there something wrong with me if I was turned on by her in Exit to Eden?

yes. yes there is.

Re:Bah!

[Anonymous Coward]

Especially when he should have been looking at Dana Delany.

Re:Bah!

[Anonymous Coward]

As long as it's not you and Cowboy Neal making a love child... :P

Re:Bah!

[Anonymous Coward]

Now you've done it!

Rule 34 is about to set in!

Re:Bah!

[Anonymous Coward]

Hey. HEY! SHUT UP!
I pray you haven't occurred the wrath of rule 34. Don't say another Goddamn word. Up until now, I've been polite. If you say anything else - word one - I will kill myself. And when my tainted spirit finds its destination, I will topple the master of that dark place. From my black throne, I will lash together a machine of bone and blood, and fueled by my hatred for you this fear engine will bore a hole between this world and that one. When it begins, you will hear the sound of children screaming - as though from a great distance. A smoking orb of nothing will grow above your bed, and from it will emerge a thousand starving crows. As I slip through the widening maw in my new form, you will catch only a glimpse of my radiance before you are incinerated. Then as tears of bubbling pitch stream down my face, my dark work will begin. I will open one of my six mouths, and I will sing the song that ends the Earth.

Re:Bah!

[Tomfrh]

I can already find a ton of Marge Simpson pr0n on the internet.

Yeah but they are photoshop fakes, whereas these playboy pics are real.

Re:Bah!

[Inthewire]

Good homage. But you don't occur wrath, you incur it.

Re:Bah!

[Anonymous Coward]

Awwwwwwwwwwwhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!
Thanks man. I visualised it. Now my mind is numb and i can't see.

Re:Bah!

[AmiMoJo]

Rule #34: If it exists, there is porn of it. No exceptions.

Re:Bah!

[molecular]

I can already find a ton of Marge Simpson pr0n on the internet.

yeah, but it's all fake.

Re:Bah!

[Anonymous Coward]

Wow. That was a great first image to wake up to today...

Re:Bah!

[David Gerard]

There exists RMS/ESR slash. I'm not linking to it.

so does marge have blue pubes?

[circletimessquare]

and do her blue pubes stand up at ridiculous heights in a mock phallus?

Re:so does marge have blue pubes?

[BadAnalogyGuy]

This spread is worthless without pink.

Re:so does marge have blue pubes?

[Reason58]

This spread is worthless without pink.

To put in a way that slashdotters may understand, it is like an article featuring a new sports car that does not mention its horsepower.

Re:so does marge have blue pubes?

[NotBornYesterday]

To put in a way that slashdotters may understand, it is like an article featuring a new sports car that does not let us peek under the hood at the shiny pink engine.

Re:so does marge have blue pubes?

[oldspewey]

mmmmmmmm ... shiny pink engine ...

Re:so does marge have blue pubes?

[Ellis D. Tripp]

In this case, wouldn't you expect "pink" to actually be some shade of yellow?

Re:so does marge have blue pubes?

[Game Genie]

it is like an article featuring a new sports car that does not mention its horsepower.

To put in a way that slashdotters may understand, it is like an article featuring a new processor that does not mention it's clock speed.

Re:so does marge have blue pubes?

[Anonymous Coward]

who ever modded that has a wicked funny sense of humor

Re:so does marge have blue pubes?

[AmiMoJo]

To put in a way that slashdotters may understand, it is like a GNU/Linux distro without the GNU

There, fixed that for ya.

Re:so does marge have blue pubes?

[clone53421]

To put in a way that slashdotters may understand

You're doing it wrong. That was a perfectly good car analogy. I'd say "you must be new here", but from your UID it appears that you just haven't been paying attention.

Hmmm....

[Anonymous Coward]

April first already?

Would rather see Leela

[Anonymous Coward]

C'mon Matt Groening, How about Leela Turanga poses for hustler next?

Re:Would rather see Leela

[jesset77]

If this becomes a trend, then at least, here is one solution to the airbrushing phenomenon. :P

And for Playgirl

[Reason58]

Playgirl announces plans to feature Homer. When asked what prompted him to do the photo shoot, Homer said he needed the d'oh.

Next issue...

[fahrbot-bot]

I'm waiting for Leela and Amy.

Re:Next issue...

[Anonymous Coward]

Or Amy's head on Leela's body.

Re:Next issue...

[RiotingPacifist]

But lack of depth perception is what i look for in a lady!

Re:Next issue...

[vodevil]

hopefully we have the technology now to see amy's obscene tattoo!

Re:Next issue...

[Anonymous Coward]

I don't know about Leela (not my thing) but Amy actually is kind of hot (at times). Just watch the Teenage Mutant Leela's Hurdles episode where you get a nearly nude view of her at the end.

Re:Next issue...

[Anonymous Coward]

Hell yeah Amy is hot!
Better yet, when she's sunbathing in the park just as the Globetrotters arrive (in "Time Keeps On Slippin' ")
Or, when Nibbler eats her bikini top and she has to spray-on a new one (in "When Aliens Attack")
Or, when Amy and Leela are wrestling (in "Jurassic Bark")

Re:Next issue...

[Trogre]

I presume that's so they can't see how shallow you are?

Re:Next issue...

[Anonymous Coward]

I am waiting for Jessica Rabbit
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Who_Framed_Roger_Rabbit_characters#Jessica_Rabbit

Re:Next issue...

[Anonymous Coward]

That's just wong!

erotic art

[bugi]

The erotic art in PB is often quite good. It's about time it gets center stage.

It's about time that PB embraces hentai-like realism. Their pictorials are usually so far from reality, it's laughable.

Re:erotic art

[insertwackynamehere]

hahahahahahaah
ahaah

Re:erotic art

[bugi]

Dude, not in public!

We want

[JustOK]

We want Betty Rubble!!!!

Re:We want

[RaceProUK]

Well I would go with Betty, but I'd be thinking of Wilma...

Re:We want

[JustOK]

yabba dabba duo.

Oh good.

[Jethro]

This is the first time I've wanted to get a Playboy since I was 12.

New low

[moniker127]

This is a terrible idea. I think everyone at playboy involved with this should be shot, I think that the simpsons shoul've been canceled atleast 10 years ago, and I think that both playboy and the simpsons are old, stale, crap!

Re:New low

[Jaysyn]

Good thing no one listens to you, huh?

Re:New low

[Anonymous Coward]

If you truly believe people with stupid yet ultimately harmless ideas should be shot, I recommend offing yourself first for that height of idiocy.

That'll get 'em!

[bdabautcb]

This was in the MPLS Star Trib. The Playboy rep said this was an idea to draw in younger readers to the magazine, whose average readership is 35. Really? Is this marketing theory is only slightly better than the Windows 7 launch party video, or am I just too critical of marketing science?

Hentai

[MindlessAutomata]

Since when did Playboy feature crappy hentai...?

Sure, why not?

[Steve Baker]

About as realistic as all the photoshopped girls.

Would you rather see Julie Kavner?

[Anonymous Coward]

I mean she was great on Awakenings and the Tracy Ullman show. Kinda old for this sorta thing, but arguably better than a drawing.

20-something ?

[arielCo]

We knew that this would really appeal to the 20-something crowd

Given that The Simpsons first aired 19 years ago and peaked not too long after that, try again with "30-something crowd".

Re:20-something ?

[Anonymous Coward]

We knew that this would really appeal to the 20-something crowd

Given that The Simpsons first aired 19 years ago and peaked not too long after that, try again with "30-something crowd".

Still one of Foxes most watched shows... but why should anybody's opinion but yours matter right? ;)

Re:20-something ?

[DerekLyons]

Yeah, the Simpson's had their fifteen minutes over fifteen years ago - they've been hanging on since by sheer force of habit.
 
And what is it with 7-11? Wasn't it just a couple of years back (during another yawnfest Simpson's anniversary) that they decorated some of them as Quik-E Marts?

Re:20-something ?

[davidphogan74]

The Qwik-E-Mart thing was a cross-promo with the movie's release.

Re:20-something ?

[AuMatar]

THat was for the movie launch. And it was actually a big hit for them, they made a lot of money on that Quik-E-Mart joke. Probably why they're jumping on this.

Re:20-something ?

[Anonymous Coward]

I'm 26 and have never missed a Simpsons episode since day 1, you insensitive clod!

Seriously, I have never ever missed a first-airing of a Simpsons episode, including the very first episode (though excluding any of the Tracey Ullman stuff).

Re:20-something ?

[arielCo]

Oh yes, there's almost always a funny/wise/witty nugget or two in every episode. By "peaked" I meant commercially, top-of-mind and all that - how many Simpsons t-shirts have you seen lately? Would you wear one without fear of looking dorky? The movie was arguably "too little", but definitely "too late".

Re:20-something ?

[Anonymous Coward]

Oh I'm not saying anything about that, but you seemed to be implying that the 20-somethings of today were too young to be into The Simpsons when it first aired.

I'm sorry if it makes you feel old that someone in their mid-20's is old enough to have watched The Simpsons since day 1. :P

oblig. xkcd

[yali]

Oh internet... Is there nothing you won't show naked?

Nope.

7-11

[Anonymous Coward]

Why won't 7-11 carry playboy all the time? Does it think it will detract from the bailey legal nude mags it stocks now?

what

[Wilson_6500]

what

Well...

[Anonymous Coward]

Is it really any crazier than Obama winning the Nobel Peace Prize?

What's next?

[ParanoiaBOTS]

Will playgirl do a centerfold for crusty the clown?

Photoshopped

[eulernet]

I hope she won't get photoshopped, like the other models.

Re:Photoshopped

[Teun]

Never!

(It will require a vector graphics editor like Inkscape)

Could it also be...

[sirgoran]

That they will end up using this as fodder for a episode of the Simpsons?

You know it will end up in the show as a story line.

-Goran

Ironically

[Anonymous Coward]

Slashdot goes straight from story with tons of self-righteous complaints from geeks announcing that THEY'RE not sexist and neither is the FOSS system, to complaining that Playboy's latest attempt to make itself relevant to the younger generations is... what, I don't know, not sexy enough? Hello?

I'm sure this will get modded troll, particularly as I lurk and don't have an account, but honestly.

Re:Ironically

[Teun]

I see your predicament not being able to affort an account here,

But then from your statement I feel you wouldn't be much af an addition to the discussions.

As much as I disapprove of the church of Rome I have to admire the previous pope for one of his remarks; "You can't trust a priest who doesn't appreciate good looks on a woman".

Wanted to moderate but...

[JimboFBX]

I really wanted to spend my mod points here but was disappointed nobody pointed this out:

*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:Wanted to moderate but...

[Spazholio]

Heidi Montag?

Re:Wanted to moderate but...

[George_Ou]

As annoying as Heidi is, it's difficult to characterize her looks the way you just did. She is undeniably beautify.

Boycot 7-Eleven!

[Teun]

Boycot 7-Eleven for not carrying all Playboy issues.

Re:Boycot 7-Eleven!

[DaveV1.0]

The funny thing about your comment is that 7-11 stopped carrying Playboy and other men's adult magazines because of a boycott started by "Christians".

Ever notice how the religious have to ban everything forbidden by their religion? I think it is because they are not faithful or strong enough to resist that which their religion forbids.

Re:Boycot 7-Eleven!

[Teun]

Amen!

Just like some expecting women to cover up because Muslim men can't control themselves.

Re:Boycot 7-Eleven!

[clone53421]

I don't think most christians would have a big problem with it so long as those sort of magazines were simply kept out of the reach and eyesight of their kids.

Re:Boycot 7-Eleven!

[Anonymous Coward]

What happens to parents who want their kids to have access to them?

Re:Boycot 7-Eleven!

[DaveV1.0]

Really?

Back when said magazines were in 7-11, they were kept in a rack behind the counter with a plate covering most of the cover so one could see the name of the magazine but not the picture on the cover if said picture was too revealing.

I would say their past actions has shown your supposition to be false.

Re:Boycot 7-Eleven!

[clone53421]

Eh? Anyone who wants to buy their 10-year-old a few porno mags, a fifth of Jack Daniels and a box of nice cigars is welcome to do so.

Oh wait.

Re:Boycot 7-Eleven!

[clone53421]

Yes, perhaps, but then keep in mind that vocal opponents also managed to get alcohol outlawed at one point. The noisemakers rarely represent the general opinion.

Nobody will notice Marge

[Boawk]

Everyone just buys playboy for the articles.

Re:Since I got married I don't read Playboy

[Teun]

I think you need counselling.

For classifying Playboy as porn, WWE as sport and WWE Divas not as porn.

btw, nice rant ;)

Re:Wow . . . Playboy still exists?

[walterbyrd]

And has a circulation of 2.6 million? I'm amazed.

7-11

[fiannaFailMan]

My local 7-Eleven covers up the lads' magazines featuring attractive bikini-clad women on the covers. On the same shelf they have those awful tabloid magazines festooned with bikini-clad celebrities and their cellulite. These are the magazines that are not covered up. Go figure.

Nooooo....

[Hurricane78]

It's the end of the world!

There is no way in hell that there will be a more obvious sign that the world as a whole finally has jumped the shark! ^^

But if you need it, wait for 2015, where you'll see the first tentacle rape cover.

brilliant

[Sloppy]

A lot of people think this is stupid, but I like the idea. Here's how to look at it: sure, we all like porn, but who buys Playboy in the era of ubiquitous internet porn? Not many people, that's who. Now you hear this story about Marge. C'mon, non-Playboy-purchasers, you're not telling me this just might make you want to go buy this issue? I'm sure tempted. You can get porn anywhere. Where can you get a physical Marge Simpson centerfold to hang on your office wall?

This issue will make more money than the previous issue. And that's why they're doing it. If they're smart, they'll put something compelling in the issue to keep the new customers intrigued enough to buy the next one even if it doesn't have a gimmick centerfold. How about part 1 of some kickass serialized SciFi story by an up-and-coming author that no one has heard of? Maybe some really great port in another part of the issue. The possibilities are endless. The point is: this is to get (some) people who haven't spent a dime on Playboy in the last ten years, to take one more (one final?) look at Playboy, and I think it's going to work, to at least some degree of success. Enough to save the magazine? Well, everyone thinks the prospects are grim on that, but they've got to at least try. Kudos to the Playboy team.

Re:brilliant

[Dunkirk]

Where can you get a physical Marge Simpson centerfold to hang on your office wall?

Uh... from a scan downloaded from the internet, printed on one of the many large-format color laserjets scattered around the cube farm? Seriously, who's going to actually buy this thing? The pics are going to be all over the internet within minutes of the issue hitting the stand. Good luck to Playboy in getting enough C&D letters to go around. Those things should be mailed, you know.

And if you'd want to hang it up, it'd be enough to get you escorted to the door by security.

Hey Marge!

[Vinegar Joe]

Show me the blue!

Re:Hey Marge!

[Anonymous Coward]

Err, don't you mean show me the yellow....

Com'on

[thexile]

I expect Lisa or even Maggie. Definitely not Marge!

Re:Com'on

[mdarksbane]

Lisa would put them in federal prison.

Re:Com'on

[chrysrobyn]

Maggie? Gross. I mean, she's at least 19 now, maybe 20, so even if it's legal, it's not something I want to think about.

Re:Com'on

[Anonymous Coward]

Yes, THINK OF THE IMAGINARY CHILDREN!!

Er, what I mean is, if somebody saw a drawing of imaginary nekkid kids, they'd probably want to go out and rape one tomorrow! Yeah, that's what I mean.

captcha: protean. Where's the tag for "misspelled captcha"?

Re:Com'on

[mdarksbane]

I'd actually love it if someone more legitimate than 4chan put that sort of picture out just to bring out the supreme court case to show how ridiculous the law is.

None sexist comment

[Gudeldar]

[censored] Sorry, I had a really funny comment but Bryce Byfield didn't approve of it.

Kudos to Playboy

[Anonymous Coward]

...for bringing all my adolescent shame and maladjustion right back up to the surface.

Uh..

[Anonymous Coward]

Did they just compare black people to cartoon characters?

"the cover will bring to mind another first for the magazine that occurred in 1971 when a black woman appeared on the cover in exactly the same pose and, like Marge, smiling under an impressive head of hair."

Re:Uh..

[clone53421]

ZOMG, because we can't ever have cartoons bring to mind real things they closely resemble!

Did you even read what you quoted? "in exactly the same pose and, like Marge, smiling under an impressive head of hair."

Lois Griffin?

[akleos]

If Marge is going to be in Playboy, does that mean we will get to see Lois Griffin in a pr0n mag soon? I think she would be great for Hustler.

Playboy is desperate.

[Jackie_Chan_Fan]

Didnt they try to sell off the entire company recently?

Its obvious that the magazine is pretty worthless these days. Actually most magazines are. The business is just dead, as the internet is where readers now turn and magazines just dont know how to make that profitable yet. Its amazing that they cant figure it out. I actually have ideas on this but i'm not selling or telling them :P

Playboy yet again behind the internet, we've all seen Marge, Lisa, and Maggie naked on the net for years :)

Okay....

[mythandros]

Looking at this would be strange enough. Now try to imagine being the guy who has to /draw/ this stuff.

Matt Groening will draw the layout, right?

[Trip6]

We're not actually seeing Marge Simpson naked, we're seeing Matt Groening's VISION of Marge Simpson naked. Not sure I want to be that deep into his fantasies...

how much of...

[jDeepbeep]

How much of the centerfold is taken up by the beehive?

Re:how much of...

[kerrbear]

How much of the centerfold is taken up by the beehive?

They plan to add a 4th fold.

Er...

[M-RES]

...I only buy it for it's interesting articles and thoughtful investigative journalism anyway!!!

when can I order the Marge Simpson fembot?

[peter303]

A fembot is a "physiologically correct" female robot. I heard this term in Speilberg's A.I. movie.

Re:when can I order the Marge Simpson fembot?

[Anonymous Coward]

Yeah, that's where you heard it..

down under blue...?

[MoFoQ]

even down under? (assuming there's something left down under)

Huh...

[Anonymous Coward]

Am I the only one who sees this as sick? Come on... it's just a cartoon...

Jessica Rabbit

[realsilly]

Now if it was Jessica Rabbit, I'm sure you'd get more sales than with Marge Simpson.

Besides if anyone would pose naked for Playboy, it should be the future Lisa Simpson, she actually had the barbie doll curves in the one episode that they show of the Future College Lisa. And I'm sure Lisa will stray and go quite deviant in her college years, she does have Homer as a father.... hee hee hee.

All centerfolds are "cartoons" anyway

[dbet]

I gave up long ago even trying to find something sexy in an issue of Playboy. Between air-brushing, filters (the ones that make the entire shot pinkish or blueish), and post-editing, you're no longer looking at a real woman. In fact it often almost looks like a painting, rather than a photograph.

And this is by no means an insult to the models, who are very nice looking in person.

Re:All centerfolds are "cartoons" anyway

[drspliff]

I find very little of the porn produced by Playboy to be either erotic or arousing. I do find it tedious & sometimes hilariously bad when they try too hard (which is often).

It seems like so much mainstream porn today isn't porn, it's a parody of porn full of big breasted woman who moan non-stop as soon as the camera starts rolling. There are some great pornographers like Bang Bros and Abby Winters, but they're as far away from Playboy as you could imagine, in fact most shops in the UK sell magazines on-par with Playboy, like FHM or Nuts, in the middle shelf.

Re:All centerfolds are "cartoons" anyway

[ozbird]

Between air-brushing, filters (the ones that make the entire shot pinkish or blueish), and post-editing, you're no longer looking at a real woman.

In many (most? all?) cases, that's true even before the photo shoot.

Re:Since I got married I don't read Playboy

[Orion Blastar]

Actually I was trying to be funny, but that usually backfires here on Slashdot. I'm trying to get "The Comedian" award.

Daphne...

[Overzeetop]

...is the name you're looking for.

Re:Daphne...

[evil_aar0n]

Yeah, she's hot, but you could at least have a conversation with Velma. Now, if geek chatter isn't important to you after lighting the "Tilt" button...

Re:Daphne...

[lewko]

Fap fap fap (bam bam bam)

Rule 34 on Stallman!

[Anonymous Coward]

Come on, do it!

I wonder...

[Obfuscant]

if they are going to airbrush out all her "dermal imperfections"?

Yes, Leela needs to be next. And then Lil' Red (from 'Hoodwinked'.) Red wants out of the forest, let's help her pay for her way out!

A blow struck for Toons everywhere!

[ExRex]

It's about time someone broke through the acetate ceiling. Now, if Disney would just let them profile Jessica Rabbit.

Re:Since I got married I don't read Playboy

[clone53421]

this is the first time a Simpsons character posed for Playboy ... won't that get some boys to at least peek inside the cover?

No, the name "Playboy" printed on the cover would do that.

260+ comments thus far on a geek website...

[HungWeiLo]

...and yet not one comment questioning whether the artist will answer the "carpet match the drapes" question? I'm shocked with disappointment!

Re:260+ comments thus far on a geek website...

[HungWeiLo]

Nevermind. I only searched for keywords "carpet" and "drape" and didn't see that someone already hit it on the second comment.

Re:Since I got married I don't read Playboy

[Orion Blastar]

Now that is the type of funny I tried to get with my original comment. Thanks.

Will the issue be distributed in Australia?

[Doug52392]

I wonder if this issue of Playboy will be avialbe in Australia, given their intolerance towards cartoon pornography...

Simpsons has been dead for years, sadly.

[AbRASiON]

I know there's other posts of this type but really does anyone care about the simpsons anymore?
The original few seasons, even 6 or 7 are quite good but it slowly devolved into an absoloute shambles of a television show.
The clever writing is gone, the episodes about morals have covered every topic imaginable - there's little left for the show to do with a batch of good writers, let alone whoever they have now.

I have caught the occassional episode in the past 10 years and the vast majority have been terrible to downright embarassing.
Let the show die, please.

of course Futurama got canned didn't it? but that didn't appeal to the lowest common denominator and sadly the 4 movies following up Futurama had lost most of the spark.

Mmmmm !

[smoker2]

Well let me say that I applaud this act, and hope that they get Leela to follow suit. I may be an old prevert but Marge has a nice set of tits. The subtle hints of nipple and suggestive leaning over always do it for me. After all, the story is always more colourful in the minds eye. Here's my favourite Leela clip. COITUS INTERRUPTUS !

In other news ...

[daveywest]

Doctors reported a sudden drop in new cases of blindness this month.

one question

[the_wesman]

does the carpet match the pubes?

I'm Piss

[Anonymous Coward]

Bart Get Out I'm Piss!

Finally a real woman...

[Vitriol Angst]

... not just another air brushed and plastic lady on PB.

Just an attractive woman being what she naturally is.

Bravo Playb0y!

Now if we could only get her twin sisters to do, you know, that kind of expose that only your photographers can do tastefully.

Re: She's not Jessica Rabbit...

[Anonymous Coward]

"How many other Playboy models feature hideous bug-eyes, a monstrous overbite, chimp-like ears, and freakish bee-hive hair?"

She's not bad. she's just drawn that way.

What?

[Legion303]

How the hell do they expect me to jerk off to this? They should have held out for Lois Griffin.

Re:Since I got married I don't read Playboy

[Orion Blastar]

I apologize for the flamebait. It should have been funny instead as I meant it as a joke.

Somewhere on the Internet this is funny and people on Slashdot should know by now that I try to write things as funny and not flamebait. I am, after all, an Internet Comedian.

Women killed Playboy

[yooy]

You can subscribe to Playboy for US$ 12: https://w1.buysub.com/pubs/PY/PLY/PLY33578.jsp?cds_page_id=33578&cds_mag_code=PLY&id=1255408777221&lsid=92852339372032972&vid=1 If they can't compete by 12 bucks then they can't compete at all. What should they do? Give it away for free? I have not read Playboy in a long time. But today there are other topics than 30 years ago that interest men. MMA, SciFi, Fitness, Computer etc. Just look at men specific TV channels. Playboy does not deliver this. Porn can be had on the internet for free. Worse, Playboy does not offer much in this direction either. The last time I browsed it the pictures were so "artistic" that Marge Simpson is the right final for it. This does not come to a surprise. I know a woman who worked for Playboy. Guess who is the majority of the employees? Women. I am sure women can make good magazines. I am sure women can make naked women "feel comfortable" in front of a camera, I love women but I am also sure that I won't likely be interested in a magazine "What women think men like" AKA as Playboy. What men like and what women think men like are two very different things.

Think of the chilldren

[Anonymous Coward]

"Won't someone please think of the children?" - Maude Flanders

P-Shop

[JDHowells]

This has to be the first time that amateur photoshopped versions are going to be more realistic than the reality.

Bloody Anglosaxons.

[jotaeleemeese]

Do you need to infantilize women so badly?

Eh?

[Nursie]

+1 Red Dwarf I think you'll find...

Re:Eh?

[fractoid]

Damn, you are correct, sir or madam. Donnie Darko was the 'smurfs are asexual' rant. :P

Nothing new here, move on...

[Anonymous Coward]

Marge Simpson has been nude (and a lot more) on the p0rn sites for a LONG time. So what's the big deal?

Can't wait..

[hesaigo999ca]

Can't wait to j*ck off to that issue!

Show us the red carpet

[Quiet_Desperation]

Of all the animated women to choose... huh?

I'd rather see Lois Griffin.

They should have put up Lois Griffin as

[KiwiCanuck]

20 somethings prefer Family Guy.

My (off-topic) Playboy experience

[professorguy]

I used to work for Michael S. Perlis (President of Playboy Publishing Group for many years). Before Playboy, he ran the marketing department for a local ski resort. Believe it or not, I had to dress as a bunny for him! True story.

The toon I want to see nekkid is...

[Anonymous Coward]

Erin Esurance. She is HOT!

Re:Since I got married I don't read Playboy

[clone53421]

I'm trying to get "The Comedian" award.

You already have it.

Re:Since I got married I don't read Playboy

[clone53421]

I definitely didn't realize it was intended to be a joke, but I didn't think it warranted a flamebait mod either. Poe's Law, if you will. I think someone was looking for "-1 Disagree" (yes, I read your sig).