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Tomacco
The long-running television animation ''The Simpsons'' has featured a number of fictional products, sometimes spoofs of real-life products, that have subsequently been recreated by real world companies attempting to exploit the popularity of ''The Simpsons''. In 2007, as part of a "reverse product placement" marketing campaign for ''The Simpsons Movie'', real life versions of a number of Simpsons products were sold in 7-Eleven stores. Real cans of Buzz Cola, boxes of Krusty-O's cereal, Squishees, and a special edition (#711) of the #Radioactive Man, Radioactive Man Comic were all sold in stores alongside other ''The Simpsons'' merchandise. Buzz Cola Buzz Cola is a brand of cola, and an officially licensed product of Twentieth Century Fox. Its slogan is "twice the sugar, twice the caffeine". The slogan is a parody of the former Jolt Cola slogan "all the sugar and twice the caffeine". A prior slogan used was "There's a little boogie in every bottle (can)". Sometimes Buzz Cola is use ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
E-I-E-I-(Annoyed Grunt)
"E-I-E-I-(Annoyed Grunt)", also known as "E-I-E-I-D'oh", is the fifth episode of the eleventh season of the American animated television series ''The Simpsons''. It originally aired on the Fox Network in the United States on November 7, 1999. In the episode, inspired by a ''Zorro'' movie, Homer begins slapping people with a glove and challenging them to duels to get whatever he wants. When a Southern gentleman accepts Homer's request for a duel, the Simpsons run off to the old farm Homer lived in with his parents and breed a dangerously addictive but successful tobacco/tomato hybrid called " tomacco". The episode was written by Ian Maxtone-Graham and directed by Bob Anderson. Plot Having learned from a Zorro movie how to challenge someone to a duel by slapping him with a glove, Homer goes around town slapping people and getting his way, until a gun-toting Southern colonel accepts his challenge. The next morning, the colonel and his wife wait outside the Simpsons' house. The fa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
