The lifespan of an internet meme is a precarious thing. Some go viral within a tiny community and become an in-joke. Others flare up, burn brightly, then quickly fade away again. Some get revived ...

What if someone was to write, cast and direct a 44-minute fan film that combines the iconic humor of The Simpsons with the dressed-down, quiet and contemplative style of the 1981 drama My Dinner with ...

One iconic meme from “The Simpsons” still doesn’t make perfect sense, even to the man who created it. Two decades after it first aired, the “steamed hams” scene — where Principal Skinner attempts to ...

An oral history of a scene that’s also an oral history of a meme? How delightfully devilish, MEL. This piece on The Simpsons’ “Chalmers Vs. Skinner,” a segment from the classic 1996 episode “22 Short ...

Your next unforgettable luncheon won’t be complete without a can of Steamed Hams Lager. The beer, based on the much meme-d sketch between Principal Skinner and Superintendent Chalmers from the classic ...

If you’ve been on the Internet over the past month or so, odds are you’ve seen something tied to The Simpsons‘ Steamed Hams sketch. But as it turns out, the iconic segment from the Season Seven ...

Here is a very cold take: The Simpsons is the greatest sitcom — nay, TV series — of all time. It’s an oft-repeated claim that, at this point, stands as fact. Sure, it’s had some rough years; now in ...

The one downside of the undying Steamed Hams meme—aside from the worry that one good Simpsons scene from a long time ago is occupying the creative energies of our generation’s best and brightest—is ...