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Since Episode 10 in Season 20 of The Simpsons, you may have noticed a slight change. They’re now in High Definition Widescreen with new open credits.

Just like the old opening credits, everyone watched the couch gags, and read what Bart Simpson wrote on the blackboard.

With the new opening credits, their are a few more things to look out for.

When the name The Simpsons is first shown, there is a bird that flies across the screen. See if you can guess which direction it fly’s.

The next thing to look out for is what Ralph Wiggum says when the head of the statue falls on him. Some of the things he says are: “It’s dark”, “hmmm” and  “I see stars”.

After that, when the camera is moving towards the school, there is a Billboard that changes each episode. Here are some images of a few of them.

When you reach the school, the Blackboard is always good to read.

When Bart leaves the school on his skateboard, Barney may also say something. In S20E11, he says “hey” rather than burp.

One final thing that you have to listen for is the tune Lisa plays on her saxophone when leaving her school’s practice session.

So there are something’s you may want to look for in each opening credit.

So to finish, did you know that when Marge runs over Homer, she is on a mobile phone?

Have a look for yourself.

Images courtesy from Fox

As a Simpsons fan, I was disappointed that I heard The Simpsons will be axed on Chanel 10 and replaced with an extended 30 minutes of the news.

Simpsons cost $25000 per episode to broadcast, so the decision will save 10 about $6 million per year.

At least if they do axe the 6pm timeslot, they will continue to broadcast the continuing episodes and the 21, and 22 seasons that are to come.

Read more at http://www.news.com.au/entertainment/story/0,28383,25391269-10229,00.html

If you think that using a computer is difficult, you should see what it was like in the olden days when they went from scrolls to books.

How would you feel if you have this word on your face? I don’t know how long I could look at this picture for.

Who would want to live down this road?

Fox has just ordered another two seasons of The Simpson’s making the family of 5 the longest running prime-time series in US TV history.

The Simpson’s began airing in December 1989 and is up to its 20th Season.

There will be a total of 44 episodes in season’s 21 and 22 which will bring the total number of episodes to 493.

Although this post does not co-inside with posts on this blog, I am just a huge fan of the Simpson’s.

1. The three best-known western names in China: Jesus Christ, Richard Nixon, and Elvis Presley.
2. There wasn’t a single pony in the Pony Express, just horses.
3. You can only smell 1/20th as well as a dog.
4. Your ribs move about 5 million times a year, every time you breathe.
5. The very first bomb dropped by the Allies on Berlin during World War II killed the only elephant in the Berlin Zoo.
6. The verb “cleave” is the only English word with two synonyms which are antonyms of each other: adhere and separate.
7. An iguana can stay under water for 28 minutes.
8. Bank robber John Dillinger played professional baseball.
9. Dr. Samuel A. Mudd was the physician who set the leg of Lincoln’s assassin John Wilkes Booth… and whose shame created the expression for ignominy, “His name is Mudd.”
10. Cleo and Caesar were the early stage names of Cher and Sonny Bono.

1. It takes about a half a gallon of water to cook macaroni, and about a gallon to clean the pot.
2. Money isn’t made out of paper, it’s made out of cotton.
3. Mr. Rogers is an ordained minister.
4. Polar Bears trying to blend in with the ice will sometimes cover up their black nose with their paws.
5. Rubber bands last longer when refrigerated.
6. Playing cards were issued to British pilots in WWII. If captured, they could be soaked in water and unfolded to reveal a map for escape.
7. The blesbok, a South African antelope, is almost the same color as grapejuice.
8. The international telephone dialing code for Antarctica is 672.
9. The only 15 letter word that can be spelled without repeating a letter is uncopyrightable.
10. The Ramses brand condom is named after the great pharaoh Ramses II who fathered over 160 children.

1. 166,875,000,000 pieces of mail are delivered each year in the U.S.
2. 7% of Americans don’t know the first 9 words of the American anthem, but know the first 7 of the Canadian anthem.
3. A male emperor moth can smell a female emperor moth up to 7 miles away.
4. A toothpick is the object most often choked on by Americans!
5. All 50 states are listed across the top of the Lincoln Memorial on the back of the $5 bill.
6. All porcupines float in water.
7. Almonds are a member of the peach family.
8. Cats can produce over one hundred vocal sounds, while dogs can only produce about ten.
9. If you bring a raccoon’s head to the Henniker, New Hampshire town hall, you are entitled to receive $.10 from the town.
10. If your eyes are six feet above the surface of the ocean, the horizon will be about three statute miles away.

1. The first known contraceptive was crocodile dung, used by Egyptians in 2000 B.C.
2. The first toilet ever seen on television was on “Leave It To Beaver.”
3. The giant squid has the largest eyes in the world.
4. The glue on Israeli postage stamps is certified kosher.
5. Research indicates that mosquitoes are attracted to people who have recently eaten bananas.
6. Over 1000 birds a year die from smashing into windows.
7. Michael Jordan makes more money from Nike annually than all of the Nike factory workers in Malaysia combined.
8. Millie the White House dog earned more than 4 times as much as President Bush in 1991.
9. It takes a lobster approximately seven years to grow to be one pound.
10. In space, astronauts cannot cry, because there is no gravity, so the tears can’t flow.