PEOPLE
... If you're like me, then you cry every time you
catch The Simpsons during late-night syndication
because it's always an episode from the vastly
inferior later seasons. But that's about to
change. Ever since we learned that FXX
acquired the cable rights to the entire The
Simpsons catalog, we've been dying to know when
we could watch "Lisa the Vegetarian" and sing,
"You don't win friends with sa-lad, you don't win
friends with sa-lad." Now we know! Starting
August 21, FXX will marathon the series' entire
run, all 552 episodes, 24 hours a day for 12
straight days. And on Sundays, it will air
themed mini-marathons. [FXX via press release]
... But the COOLEST surprise to come out of this
FXX- The Simpsons deal is Simpsons World,
which isn't an entire theme park based on The
Simpsons but the next best thing. It's a website
featuring access to every episode ever, as well as a
nifty search engine that will help users find clips
easily, whether they be jokes based on keywords
(i.e. "bent wookie") or character-specific events
("Marge gets a new job"). You will spend the rest
of your life playing with this. Simpsons World is
due to launch in October. [FXX via press release]
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