Elon Musk on The Simpsons: Tesla CEO Causes “Great ePression”
Tesla CEO and gilded redditor Elon Musk has once again shown up in a cartoon from the 1990s that’s more than a little past its prime. This time, Musk was actually a willing participant, lending his terribly emotionless voice to “The Musk Who Fell to Earth,” the 12th episode of The Simpsons’ 26th season. Before […]
Elon Musk to Bankrupt Mr. Burns on ‘The Simpsons’
It’s something of a rite of passage for celebrities to appear in the city of Springfield in a yellow-skinned, four-fingered form. Whether they’re playing themselves, as did Sir Paul McCartney or Johnny Carson, or portraying memorable characters like Leon Kompowsky or a talking coyote guiding Homer through a vision quest, anybody who’s anybody has had […]
Simpsons Family Car Finally Gets Hot Wheels Treatment
The Simpson family’s iconic pink sedan has graced the small screen in parts of four different decades, but it’s never been available in Hot Wheels form—until now. Reasonably priced at $1.09, the Hot Wheels Simpsons Family Car is a follow-up to last year’s release of “The Homer,” the all-American land barge that bankrupted Homer’s brother’s […]
2021 Ford F-150 Adds Even More Class-Exclusive Tech
You know that meme that’s a screengrab from The Simpsons taken in the aftermath of Krusty the Clown (played by Homer) mercilessly pummeling The Krusty Burglar? Where a crying child is pleading, “Stop! Stop! He’s already dead”? Okay. Imagine that, but the kid is crying because the 2021 Ford F-150 just keeps killing it with […]
Remembering the Legendarily Bad Sitcom ‘My Mother the Car’
There’s very little in this world that’s harder to watch than an unfunny sitcom. If the purpose of a story is to make you laugh, failing to deliver on that purpose can make the resulting show a real slog to sit through. While the last few decades have certainly given the world plenty of unfunny […]
The 10 Most Iconic Cartoon Family Vehicles
Not too long ago, we all found out exactly what type of vehicle cartoon patriarch Homer Simpson drives, which then got me thinking, “What types of cars do other cartoon families have?” Instead of simply listing off the make and model of each animated family’s mode of transportation, here’s some info regarding the 10 best cartoon […]
This Gallery of Giant Monsters Destroying Cars Is Incredibly Satisfying
From Godzilla to King Kong, these kaiju crush cars
If there’s one thing that goes hand-in-hand with giant monster movies–even more so than rubber suits–it’s destruction. Since their introduction to the big screen, Japanese and American kaiju have been depicted wreaking havoc on metropolitan landscapes. And of course, those crowded city streets are filled with vehicles–both full-size and miniature–that become collateral damage. If you’re […]
President Trump to Have EPA Reopen Emissions Standards Debate
Writing about green cars lately has made me feel like Grampa Simpson in The Simpson Movie. Things to Aspire to: The Chevy Volt’s engine made the Wards 10 Best Engines list It is the beginning of a rough time for green cars, as the EPA head position has been swapped for someone who has sued […]
We Finally Know Exactly What Kind of Car Homer Simpson Drives
For years, the biggest and most puzzling mystery of The Simpsons wasn’t who shot Mr. Burns or what the “J” in Homer J Simpson stood for – it was what type of vehicle Homer drove. The pink four-door sedan has been featured in the opening credits for years, after graduating from the show’s humble beginnings […]
The Holidays Roll In on These Must-Have ‘Charlie Brown Christmas’ Hot Wheels Cars
The holiday season is upon us, and with it come the many traditions each family has partaken in for as long as they can remember. For many households across the country, that includes watching the timeless Charles Schulz animated feature, A Charlie Brown Christmas. The simple half-hour short film is viewed on millions of television screens every December, […]
In Praise of “The Honking,” the Only Halloween Episode of Futurama
Horror movies and cars are a pretty natural pairing. While it’s not quite as close as the relationship between action movies and cars, automobiles still feature prominently in some of the genre’s hoariest clichés—the young lovers who are caught unaware by a killer on the loose while necking in a parked car, the ominous gas […]
“Car Matchmaker” Spike Feresten Talks to Us About Loving Porsches, Hating Crosstours, Writing “Seinfeld,” and Predicting Donald Trump
Although he hosted Talkshow with Spike Feresten for three years on Fox, Spike Feresten made his biggest contributions to the entertainment industry while working behind the camera. As a television comedy writer, Spike has few equals, with a resume that includes Saturday Night Live, Late Night with David Letterman, The Simpsons, and Seinfeld. His most […]
Is Back to the Future Coming Back to Universal Studios?
Great Scott! We’ve traveled back to 1989, when rumors of a Back to the Future ride at Universal Studios Orlando were floating around. Only this is 2015 instead. 8 years after the original Back to the Future: The Ride was shut down, whispers of a new Back to the Future attraction have begun to emerge. As […]
How Jimmy Carter Nearly Ruined Back to the Future
It’s like the good people of Springfield said: Jimmy Carter truly is history’s greatest monster. Not because of his “malaise speech.” Not because of the “killer rabbit” incident. Not even because of his brother’s awful “Billy Beer”—but because of his anti-speeding stance, which almost sabotaged the making of the greatest time-traveling teen comedy of the […]
Flashback: Watch Leonard Nimoy and Zachary Quinto’s Audi Commercial
The late, great Leonard Nimoy has passed away at the age of 83. As an actor, he leaves behind a poignant and often humorous body of work that spans over six decades, and encompasses everything from the original Twilight Zone and Star Trek series to The Simpsons and Futurama… and a couple of really great car commercials. Although […]
Behind the Badge: Analyzing the Honda and Acura Logos
Learn the history of these two deceptively simple emblems
In the imaginative and diverse world of automotive logos, Honda’s isn’t the most unique. Essentially, it is a big “H”—and it’s not a mystery what the letter stands for. It’s like what Superindendent Chalmers said after realizing the “H” badge had been stolen off his vehicle in The Simpsons episode, “Lisa’s Date with Destiny”: The […]
It will Cost Tom Brady $21,500 to Give Truck to Butler
Super Bowl XLIX MVP Tom Brady has stated that he’s going to give the 2015 Chevy Colorado he was awarded to Malcolm Butler, the undrafted rookie who made the game-saving interception. But apparently it’s going to cost him—NBC reports he will have to pay $21,500 in taxes to give the truck to Butler. That seems […]
Sterling Archer and Conan O’Brien Drive a 1968 Mustang Fastback
Instead of just having Sterling Archer voice actor H. Jon Benjamin promote the FX comedy Archer with a simple interview, TeamCoco put together a pretty unique segment, which aired on a recent episode of TBS’s Conan. Check out the video below, and watch as the unlikely duo of Sterling Archer and Conan O’Brien evade Russian […]