[Richard Kimball]

the new Single French Joke has been that they're "cheese-eating surrender monkeys," a phrase introduced on The Simpsons but greatly popularized by Jonah Goldberg of National Review

I disagree with other points of the article, but this jumped out at me. Anybody who thinks Jonah Goldberg has more influence on pop culture than the Simpsons needs to get out more."

"Doh!"

"Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm...chocolate."

"Ididntdoitnobodysawmedoityoucantproveanything."

Quick how many one liners can you think of from Jonah Goldberg? Not to discount Mr. Goldberg, but the Simpsons reaches the masses.

[Fedupwithit]

Homer Simpson:

Lisa, weaseling out of things is important to learn. It's what seperates us from the animals.

...except the weasel.."

just classic stuff

[Bigg Red]

Anybody who thinks Jonah Goldberg has more influence on pop culture than the Simpsons needs to get out more."


Among intelligent people such as Steyn, you may find there is little Simpson knowledge. I am not anywhere near as smart as Steyn, but read Goldberg, while I would not watch even one minute of the Simpsons.