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Marge Simpson Poses For Playboy

Posted by samzenpus on from the drawn-to-please dept.

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!

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  1. Wow . . . by AshtangiMan · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Playboy has to jump the shark?

    1. Re:Wow . . . by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

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

    2. Re:Wow . . . by mcmonkey · · Score: 5, Insightful

      Playboy jumped the shark loooooong time ago.

      I found the quote about appealing to 20-somethings particularly funny for a couple reasons.

      A 20-something has never seen a relevant current issue of Playboy, and likely cannot remember a relevant current episode of The Simpsons.

      I mean, I think The Simpsons is still funny, but the time when it was ground breaking entertainment spurring on social examination of how the modern American family is portrayed on television, those days are long gone.

      And I don't mean to make a lot of folks feel old, but Simpsons has been on the air for 20 years. The big fans are not 20-somethings anymore. We're 30- and 40-somethings.

      (And we get our pr0n on the internet.)

    3. Re:Wow . . . by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative

      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

    4. Re:Wow . . . by Dishevel · · Score: 5, Funny

      I'd still rather see Lois than Marge.

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    5. Re:Wow . . . by yo_tuco · · Score: 5, Funny

      "But does she dye there too?"

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

  2. No Patti and Selma? by cfa22 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Come on, they're TWINS.

  3. For crying out loud; by fridaynightsmoke · · Score: 5, Insightful

    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.

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    1. Re:For crying out loud; by jacktherobot · · Score: 5, Funny

      don't have a cow man

    2. Re:For crying out loud; by lastchance_000 · · Score: 5, Funny

      But what about the articles?!

  4. Good luck with that by Skyshadow · · Score: 5, Funny

    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.

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    1. Re:Good luck with that by Reason58 · · Score: 5, Funny

      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.

  5. peace of mind by bugi · · Score: 5, Funny

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

  6. Next issue... by fahrbot-bot · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I'm waiting for Leela and Amy.

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  7. Re:Seems odd . . . by dfxm · · Score: 5, Informative

    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...

  8. Re:Bah! by David+Gerard · · Score: 5, Funny

    Found it!

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  9. Re:must buy by Sponge+Bath · · Score: 5, Funny

    ...call me when Leela does a spread.

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

  10. Re:As a 20-something... by Tony+Hoyle · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I just don't get why *this* issue is supposed to appeal to 20 somethings when the usual magazine full of naked women doesn't?