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Simpsons, Meet the Simpsons ...

A Simpsonized Tom Regan

Simpsonizeme.com/Meghan Gallery

OK, two things right off the bat.

First, I've been a Simpsons fan from the beginning. Second, no way is Springfield in Vermont. It's in Massachusetts. Springfield, Mass., may not have a nuclear reactor, but if you've ever been there it has the same, er, outstanding qualities as Homer's Springfield. Sort of. In a way. If you close your eyes and imagine.

Now that I have that off my chest, we're all set for today's opening of The Simpsons Movie. Mark Jordan Legan of Slate gave the lowdown on what critics had to say about the movie on Day to Day. In short, they like it; they really, really like it.

Meanwhile, Morning Edition talked to the man behind the Simpsons curtain, creator Matt Groening, on his, well, inspiration for the crazy family.

Better yet, you can Simpsonize yourself. Burger King has created the site, which allows you to upload a headshot that will be used to create a Simpsons character who looks like you. (But be prepared to wait; it's taking a long time, probably due to the demands on the Web server.)

That's it for this week. If you see anything interesting, you can e-mail us at newsblog@npr.org.

(Tom's Update: OK, we finally got through to the Simpsonizeme site, and the result is above. I was momentarily excited when I thought that it had given me brown hair -- my hair hasn't been brown since Jimmy Carter was president. But alas, my editor told me it was steel gray. Rats. Darn color-blindness.)

5:52 PM ET | 07-27-2007 | permalink

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Thirdly, no way is Springfield in Massachusetts. It's in Oregon, the state where Matt Groening was born. Read this link from The Oregonian: http://www.oregonlive.com/oregonian/stories/index.ssf?/base/entertainment/118550
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Sent by Oregonian | 8:49 PM ET | 07-29-2007

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