Email Homer Simpson

meegannie · 01-30-2003, 09:34 AM

http://www.nypost.com/entertainment/67784.htm

YOU'VE GOT MAIL, HOMER!

By DON KAPLAN
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

January 30, 2003 --
HOMER Simpson is ready to answer your e-mails.

Honest.

Earlier this month, fans of the show began sending email to Homer at an on-line address - chunkylover53@aol.com - shown during the Jan. 12 epsiode.

In the episode, a private-eye hired by Homer to keep tabs on his daughter emailed him at that address.

After the episode, thousands of fans began sending e-mail to the address as a joke, but were surprised when Homer answered them.

Well, sort of.

It's actually "Simpsons" writer/producer, Matt Selman, who registered the e-mail address before the episode aired.

"He logged in the night that the episode aired and it was immediately filled with the maximum number of responses," "Simpsons" executive producer Al Jean told The Post yesterday.

"He's tried to answer every one of them and then as soon as he answers a hundred, a hundred more pop in - it's like Sisyphus."

In Greek mythology, Sisyphus was condemned to an eternity of rolling a boulder uphill then watching it roll back down again.

"It's like letters to Santa Claus, he's trying to answer them as Homer and give advice," Jean says.

LarryMullen's POPAngel · 01-30-2003, 09:45 AM

meegannie · 01-30-2003, 09:50 AM

I want to email him.

ghetofabu · 01-30-2003, 09:56 AM

That is the second Sisyphus reference in 12 hours for me. Last night there was a Red Bull commercial that showed a cartoon called Sisphus rolling a bolder up a hill. freaky.

Elvis Presley · 01-30-2003, 11:17 AM

thats hilarious, i may email him now, Homer is my idol.......

**Sicy** · 01-30-2003, 11:52 AM

deathbear will do it.

zonelistener · 01-30-2003, 12:03 PM

Look Sicyphus responded to this thread

Giant Lemon · 01-30-2003, 12:10 PM

At least the email was registerd by one of the writers, and it's not some unsuspecting person!

**Bonochick** · 01-30-2003, 12:21 PM

I had wondered if anybody would actually try to email that address.

Laura M · 01-30-2003, 12:47 PM

**Sicy** · 01-30-2003, 12:55 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by zonelistener
Look Sicyphus responded to this thread

So?

**Bonochick** · 01-30-2003, 12:56 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by meegannie

In Greek mythology, Sisyphus was condemned to an eternity of rolling a boulder uphill then watching it roll back down again.

That question was just asked on Weakest Link.

Cow of the Seas · 01-30-2003, 01:02 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Sicy
deathbear will do it.

you know it.

**Sicy** · 01-30-2003, 01:10 PM

Ok I haddnt read the sisyphus reference.

* wants to go back to bed

Johnny Swallow · 01-31-2003, 11:49 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Sicy
deathbear will do it.

I did it.

He better write back.

01-30-2003, 09:34 AM	#1
meegannie Blue Crack Addict Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Norwich, England Posts: 15,798 Local Time: 03:11 AM	Email Homer Simpson http://www.nypost.com/entertainment/67784.htm YOU'VE GOT MAIL, HOMER! By DON KAPLAN -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- January 30, 2003 -- HOMER Simpson is ready to answer your e-mails. Honest. Earlier this month, fans of the show began sending email to Homer at an on-line address - chunkylover53@aol.com - shown during the Jan. 12 epsiode. In the episode, a private-eye hired by Homer to keep tabs on his daughter emailed him at that address. After the episode, thousands of fans began sending e-mail to the address as a joke, but were surprised when Homer answered them. Well, sort of. It's actually "Simpsons" writer/producer, Matt Selman, who registered the e-mail address before the episode aired. "He logged in the night that the episode aired and it was immediately filled with the maximum number of responses," "Simpsons" executive producer Al Jean told The Post yesterday. "He's tried to answer every one of them and then as soon as he answers a hundred, a hundred more pop in - it's like Sisyphus." In Greek mythology, Sisyphus was condemned to an eternity of rolling a boulder uphill then watching it roll back down again. "It's like letters to Santa Claus, he's trying to answer them as Homer and give advice," Jean says. __________________

01-30-2003, 09:45 AM	#2
LarryMullen's POPAngel Blue Crack Distributor Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: I'll be up with the sun, I'm not coming down... Posts: 53,698 Local Time: 10:11 PM	__________________

01-30-2003, 11:52 AM	#6
Sicy Sizzlin' Sicilian Forum Administrator Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Bay Area, CA Posts: 71,103 Local Time: 08:11 PM	deathbear will do it. __________________

01-30-2003, 12:21 PM	#9
Bonochick Halloweenhead Forum Moderator Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: Cherry Lane Posts: 40,820 Local Time: 11:11 PM	I had wondered if anybody would actually try to email that address. __________________ "Knight in shining Zubaz." Bonochick [at] interference.com

01-30-2003, 01:10 PM	#14
Sicy Sizzlin' Sicilian Forum Administrator Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Bay Area, CA Posts: 71,103 Local Time: 08:11 PM	Ok I haddnt read the sisyphus reference. * wants to go back to bed __________________

01-30-2003, 09:50 AM	#3
meegannie Blue Crack Addict Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Norwich, England Posts: 15,798 Local Time: 03:11 AM	I want to email him.

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ghetofabu Rock n' Roll Doggie Band-aid Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: The Kitchen Posts: 4,038 Local Time: 09:11 PM	That is the second Sisyphus reference in 12 hours for me. Last night there was a Red Bull commercial that showed a cartoon called Sisphus rolling a bolder up a hill. freaky.

01-30-2003, 11:17 AM	#5
Elvis Presley Rock n' Roll Doggie VIP PASS Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: eachnotesecure.com Posts: 5,058 Local Time: 11:11 PM	thats hilarious, i may email him now, Homer is my idol.......

01-30-2003, 12:03 PM	#7
zonelistener ONE love, blood, life Join Date: May 2001 Location: six convenient metro locations Posts: 14,751 Local Time: 10:11 PM	Look Sicyphus responded to this thread

01-30-2003, 12:10 PM	#8
Giant Lemon Rock n' Roll Doggie Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: out in the slipstream Posts: 3,265 Local Time: 03:11 AM	At least the email was registerd by one of the writers, and it's not some unsuspecting person!

01-30-2003, 12:47 PM	#10
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