Encyclopedia Bartannica: A Simpsons Pop Culture Podcast

This week we're reviewing Episode 17 of Season 3 of The Simpsons, "Homer at the Bat" with guest Rick Katschke (Catered Quiz, Pop Culture Jeopardy). We discuss his appearance on Jeopardy, his own trivia podcast, and our varying levels of baseball fandom. 
Follow Rick at TheCateredQuiz on Instagram, Hostandguest on Twitter.
You can follow this show at bartannicapod on Instagram. 
Rick RecommendsBattered Bastards of BaseballCatcher in the Wry
Eli RecommendsBaseball by Ken Burns
Harrison RecommendsThe Bash Brothers by The Lonely Island

To celebrate our podcast's 1 year anniversary we have a great episode with not 1 but 2 amazing guests. Jay Katsir and Ariel Dumas are the former head writers for The Late Show with Stephen Colbert. They are both lifelong Simpsons freaks and we talk about their love of the show while reviewing Season 5 Episode 8 "Boy-Scoutz 'n the Hood". We discuss the final week of The Late Show, ancient maritime poetry and Ariel's time as a wild child in Girl Scouts. 
Follow our guests at @arieldumasarieldumas & @akatsir on IG and @arieldumas on twitter.
You can follow this show @bartannicapod on Instagram.
Ariel and Jay RecommendOn the Town
Harrison RecommendsModern Manhood and the Boy Scouts of America: Citizenship, Race, and the Environment by Benjamin JordanThe River Wild 
Eli RecommendsBanjoist Pete Seeger

Today we're reviewing Season 6 Episode 1 of The Simpsons "Bart of Darkness". This is the one where Bart breaks his leg and descends into Rear Window-esque paranoia. 
We're joined by Australian comedian and actor Ben Russell. He discusses the joys of having a pool growing up, breaking his wrist, and we all reminisce about our time doing comedy in Chicago. 
You can follow Ben at imbenrussell on Instagram. You can follow this show at bartannicapod as well. 
Ben RecommendsStar Trek TOS Rear Window
Eli Recommends Star Trek: TNG
Harrison RecommendsContested Waters: A Social History of Swimming Pools in America by Jeff WiltseGoing SwimmingDames by Busby Berkeley

We're reviewing Episode 21 of Season 2 of the Simpsons, "Three Men and a Comic Book"; Bart raises money to buy a comic, then eventually splits the cost with Martin and Milhouse. 
Our guest is artist David Cooper. David is currently on a mission to draw every Simpsons character ever. We discuss his work, why the Simpsons succeeds as a satire of other sitcoms, and how a Humphrey Bogart movie completely changed the way we see the episode's 3rd act. 
Follow David at davidbcooper on Instagram. You can follow this show at bartannicapod on Instagram as well. 
David RecommendsThe Radioactive Man comic books by Bongo
Eli RecommendsGoing to a comic book convention
Harrison RecommendsTreasures of the Sierra Madre

We're discussing a classic episode with a true Simpsons fanatic, Mads Horwath (New Yorker, Guardian). They tell an insane story about tricking their classmates into a Simpsons-related prank, we discuss the weird feeling of visiting other peoples' homes and why the stakes are so high in this episode- it threatens the very nature of the Simpsons' being! 
We are reviewing Season 7 Episode 3 Home Sweet Homediddly-Dum-Doodily from October 1995- this is the one where Bart, Lisa and Maggie are taken to the Flanders for foster care as Marge and Homer fight to regain custody. Stupid Babies Need the Most Attention, America Loves Ted Kennedy, and we love this episode! 
Follow Mads @madelinehorwath to see their cartoons and also to order a pet portrait with all proceeds going to help people in need in Gaza. 
Follow this show at bartannicapod on Instagram and WATCH THE FULL EP ON YT starting next week! Exciting! Mads recommends: Detectorists 
Harrison Recommends:Chucky 2
Eli Recommends: Paco

We've got a very special episode with a special guest- Eli's fiancée, Devin Leary (THIRST TRAP, The Quiz Show with Julia and Devin). We are discussing Season 8 Episode 7 of the Simpsons "Lisa's Date with Density", where Lisa gets a crush on Nelson Muntz! We talk about the good girl/bad boy trope, our own experiences dating the wrong person, and Harrison watches Rebel Without a Clue. 
You can follow Devin at devin_hunter_leary on socials and her substack at: lightdisorder.substack.com. Listen to The Quiz Show with Julia and Devin wherever you get your podcasts.
 
Devin Recommends: Gilmore Girls
Eli Recommends: Getting Engaged
Harrison Recommends: 10 Things I Hate About You

Today we're reviewing a very sweet Simpsons episode, and we have a very sweet guest to boot. We're discussing Season 9 Episode 24 "Lost our Lisa" with guest Megan Nolan (Acts of Desperation, Ordinary Human Failings). 
We discuss her 2 novels and how she created such a compelling characters. We also talk about the father-daughter relationship at the heart of the episode, and what traits we'd want to instill in Lisa if we were Homer. 
We also talk A LOT about Egyptian museum exhibits and buses. And Eli talks about his recent trip to Italy! 
You can follow Megan at mmegannolan on Instagram. You can follow this show at bartannicapod. 
Megan Recommends: Cider House RulesHarrison and Eli Recommend: Going to museumsReading Megan's books! 

Today we're covering one of the best Simpsons episodes of all time, Season 4 Episode 12 "Marge Vs the Monorail" and we have one of the best people in the whole world as a guest, Mike Finn. 
Mike, Harrison and Eli used to do improv as Cool Jacket and have been friends for over a decade. We talk about what Mike does (and doesn't) want his kids watching (including KPop Demon Hunters), watching The Simpsons on The Tracey Ullman Show, and our shared love of watching grass grow. 
We also debate if Monorail is truly the best episode of The Simpsons, how the town of Springfield should probably just get some new buses, and Eli and Harrison BOTH read a book about Genghis Khan!

This week we have one of Harrison's oldest friends, Matt Crowe, on the show! Harrison and Matt have been friends for over 20 years and during that time they've shared over roughly 1,000 Simpsons memes, quotes and clips with each other. It only made sense to have him on the pod to discuss this great episode. 
Today we're discussing Season 6 Episode 18 A Star is Burns- this is is the one where Jay Sherman (The Critic) stops by to judge a Springfield film festival: football in the groin, Don't Cry For Me I'm Already Dead, and Boo-urns. 
We discuss Matt's love of rewatching old shows, his sense of humor as a nurse, and I discuss some of the MANY movies I watched this week that are referenced in the episode. 
Matt Recommends: Tallgrass Film Festival The Critic
Eli Recommends: Siskel and Ebert Reviews
Harrison Recommends:Reel Politk by Nathan GelgudA Man for All Seasons (movie and play)

Today we're talking about the classic Simpsons' episode from Season 4, Episode 14 and we've got our first ever RETURNING GUEST Clayton Margeson!! The 3 of us discuss why this is the best Simpsons episode we've reviewed so far: "I Love You, Pepsi", Krusty's terrible SNL appearance, and Tom, the perfect Big Brother, full of barely contained rage. 
We also talk about why the "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf" jokes don't land, Jesus as a hog-caller, and the history of 1900 numbers. 
Follow Clayton at king.claz on Instagram, and this show at bartannicapod. 
Clayton Recommends: "In Pieces" by Sally FieldsJack Frost- the movie about Michael Keaton as a CGI snowman who looks like George Clooney 
Eli Recommends: The Public Enemy starring James CagneyTaking Improv Classes with Clayton
Harrison Recommends: Taking Improv Classes with ClaytonThe kids movie triptych: Mrs. Doubtfire, Liar Liar and the Santa Clause  
References: The Sun Won't Come Out Tomorrow: The Dark History of American Orphanhood by Kristen Martin1900-Cry CommercialIndiana Jones Bad Nazi Face Melting Behind the ScenesThe Tommy Westphall Extended Universe