The Flying Hellfish aren’t the only major connection Grandpa Simpson has with Mr. Burns. The discovery of a corpse on The Simpsons‘ latest episode (which we first heard about at CBR) led to the ...

Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook To be sure, there’s no shortage of The Simpsons‘ patented brand of silly comedy goodness in the ...

Originally voiced by Christopher Collins in season one but quickly changed to Harry Shearer, Charles Montgomery Burns is a classic character in The Simpsons. He represents so many different archetypes ...

The Simpsons‘ “The Past and the Furious” imagines a version of Springfield where all plants have been wiped out thanks to Mr. Burns’ expanding corporate reach. When Lisa gets depressed at how hopeless ...

Have you ever wondered why Mr. Burns doesn’t fire Homer from his job at the Nuclear Power Plant? Probably not. It doesn’t matter Homer is lazy and wildly incompetent to the point of being dangerous.

J.S. Gornael has a BA in English with a Creative Writing Emphasis in Poetry and an MFA in Fiction. He has taken workshops in poetry, fiction, and non-fiction (though mostly the second). Half-cinephile ...