Carolyn Omine @carolynomine.bsky.social · 25/08/2026abc7news.com/post/homers-...abc7news.comHomer's reality, AI controlled tech and more in first look at exclusive 'Simpsons' Disney+ special"Anything can happen!" Watch the first trailer for "The Simpsons: Yellow Mirror," the new Disney+ exclusive special premiering Aug. 26. 284
Carolyn Omine @carolynomine.bsky.social · 03/01/2026For 2026, I resolve to share live performances that I find inspiring. Here’s Freddy Mercury. No autotune, no AI. Just his piano and his extraordinary voice. www.youtube.com/watch?v=UBBn...youtube.comYou Take My Breath Away (Live At Hyde Park 1976)YouTube video by FMERQRY 160
Carolyn Omine @carolynomine.bsky.social · 18/12/2025And the Christmas card from the pilot. From our family to yours – Merry Christmas from #TheSimpsons 2141
Carolyn Omine @carolynomine.bsky.social · 18/12/2025Here are the last few easter eggs from our premier episode: The Christmas tree being decorated by only a bird house. #TheSimpsons 1120
Carolyn Omine @carolynomine.bsky.social · 18/12/2025Ned, Rod and Todd re-ignite the star over the manger. 090
Carolyn Omine @carolynomine.bsky.social · 18/12/2025Derren puts out beer and N&N cookies and watches the sky with hope. #TheSimpsons 060
Carolyn Omine @carolynomine.bsky.social · 18/12/2025Yes, it’s all because Homer mixed up the presents – but maybe that’s how God works. We make mistakes and then unexpected things happen. #TheSimpsons 0100
Carolyn Omine @carolynomine.bsky.social · 18/12/2025It’s miraculous that Derren Brown, a renowned sceptic could receive a gift that touches him so deeply that he not only believe in Santa Claus – he believes that Homer is Santa Claus. #TheSimpsons 070
Carolyn Omine @carolynomine.bsky.social · 18/12/2025And it miraculous that an antique wooden yoke appeared in the water right where Flanders surfaced to take a breath of air. (Derren didn’t know about the yoke) #TheSimpsons 060
Carolyn Omine @carolynomine.bsky.social · 18/12/2025It’s miraculous that all these people would care enough to work so hard just to show Flanders the magic that exists in this world right now! #TheSimpsons 070
Carolyn Omine @carolynomine.bsky.social · 18/12/2025It’s miraculous that Patti LaBelle exists – let alone that she would put on a scuba suit and sing underwater, just to “set the mood” #TheSimpsons 070
Carolyn Omine @carolynomine.bsky.social · 18/12/2025Some people were upset that the submarine voyage was a stunt. That it negates the miracle. But you have to expand your definition of miracle. It’s miraculous that scuba-diving puppeteers could create such a convincing illusion #TheSimpsons 070
Carolyn Omine @carolynomine.bsky.social · 18/12/2025Harry Shearer’s performance in this episode is wonderful. He truly loves Ned and it you can hear it. #TheSimpsons @harryshearer.bsky.social 060
Carolyn Omine @carolynomine.bsky.social · 18/12/2025Ned’s glasses have floated away, so he’s as blind as a sea turtle. #TheSimpsons 070
Carolyn Omine @carolynomine.bsky.social · 18/12/2025“God reveals himself in the orderly harmony of what exists…” Frink is quoting Albert Einstein who was quoting Dutch philosopher Baruch Spinoza who believed God and Nature are one. #TheSimpsons 0100
Carolyn Omine @carolynomine.bsky.social · 18/12/2025“Okay, I guess you say THAT now…” Hank Azaria and #HarryShearer are always good together. #TheSimpsons 060
Carolyn Omine @carolynomine.bsky.social · 18/12/2025The giant siphonophore is a colonial organism. It functions like single complex unit but it is made up of thousands of individual creatures. This is how I see God. A being made up of everything in the universe. #TheSimpsons 070
Carolyn Omine @carolynomine.bsky.social · 18/12/2025The fact that there are animals that thrive in the immense pressure, cold and lightlessness of the deep is nothing short of miraculous. These are two real creatures: A giant Oarfish and a Black Swallower. (love the reflection of Ned and Frink) #TheSimpsons 070
Carolyn Omine @carolynomine.bsky.social · 18/12/2025Frink being so kind and concerned for Ned is a nice moment. Hank is so good at bringing a real humanity to even to biggest characters. #TheSimpsons 0110
Carolyn Omine @carolynomine.bsky.social · 18/12/2025Love the detail of the pigeon’s clubbed foot. #TheSimpsons 080
Carolyn Omine @carolynomine.bsky.social · 18/12/2025The lovely loneliness of Ned’s walk through a Godless town is haunting. Matt Faughnan always gets the emotion right. #TheSimpsons 080
Carolyn Omine @carolynomine.bsky.social · 18/12/2025Patti Labelle is everything we hoped for and more. We were all teary-eyed and completely floored by the emotion of that powerful voice that just seems to flow from her. It’s stunning. Here’s a text exchange between Producer Richard Chung and Showrunner Matt Selman. 080
Carolyn Omine @carolynomine.bsky.social · 18/12/2025There is something so funny to me about the casual way Lou is sipping his coffee as he maces Homer. #TheSimpsons 080
Carolyn Omine @carolynomine.bsky.social · 18/12/2025Your rare human existence is a precious gift. Not to be wasted. #TheSimpsons 080
Carolyn Omine @carolynomine.bsky.social · 18/12/2025The story of the blind sea turtle and the yoke is a famous of Buddhist parable. Being born human is as unlikely as a blind turtle, surfacing once every hundred years, slipping his head through a yoke floating in a vast ocean to take a breath. #TheSimpsons 070
Carolyn Omine @carolynomine.bsky.social · 18/12/2025Matt Faughnan manages to create a sequence which feel authentic and meaningful but is also funny. #TheSimpsons 070
Carolyn Omine @carolynomine.bsky.social · 18/12/2025Matthew Faughnan did a beautiful job with this sequence. We wanted it to have the muted colors and simple shapes of a Japanese woodcut – like Hokusai’s The Great Wave Off Kanagawa. #TheSimpsons 080
Carolyn Omine @carolynomine.bsky.social · 18/12/2025This episode is the last performance Pamela Hayden recorded. She announced her retirement at the table read for this episode. We miss her. #TheSimpsons 0100
Carolyn Omine @carolynomine.bsky.social · 18/12/2025Bart said he was going to use that headset for seminars – I’m not sure why Marge believed that. #TheSimpsons 0102
Carolyn Omine @carolynomine.bsky.social · 18/12/2025In keeping with the Victorian tradition of creepy Christmases – strange things are afoot! #TheSimpsons 070
Carolyn Omine @carolynomine.bsky.social · 18/12/2025But Rod and Todd want to eat candy, lust after toys and watch secular TV! #TheSimpsons 080
Carolyn Omine @carolynomine.bsky.social · 18/12/2025Even though he’s lost his faith, Ned still wants to have a wholesome Christmas. #TheSimpsons 080
Carolyn Omine @carolynomine.bsky.social · 18/12/2025I like that the sleigh works for a few seconds. #TheSimpsons 080
Carolyn Omine @carolynomine.bsky.social · 18/12/2025The brilliant Kevin Olusola does a more hip-hop beat for this Pentatonix song: Local Springfield Santa Claus build your toys with haste with your Faithful French Fry Elf who sometimes eats the paste fabricate a sleigh-car, stuff the presents in the trunk you're exactly the right amount of drunk 070
Carolyn Omine @carolynomine.bsky.social · 18/12/2025Another Easter Egg from the pilot – the sign for the Annual Christmas Pageant on the school. #TheSimpsons 080
Carolyn Omine @carolynomine.bsky.social · 18/12/2025Lisa “kinda loving” the weirdness of Rod and Todd is sweet. She cares about them and is willing to help them but she does find them entertaining. #TheSimpsons 081
Carolyn Omine @carolynomine.bsky.social · 18/12/2025In Rod and Todd's first non-Christian Christmas, they are immediately seduced by toys and candy and turn against each other. #TheSimpsons 070
Carolyn Omine @carolynomine.bsky.social · 18/12/2025This scene begins the second half of the special and is directed by the kind-hearted genius, Matthew Faughnan. Love that Ralph is concerned and helpful. Love that Homer’s white beard is turning back to normal. #TheSimpsons 070
Carolyn Omine @carolynomine.bsky.social · 18/12/2025There was a moment when we needed to find some cut for time. I suggested cutting this and the outcry was very loud. I’m glad smarter heads prevailed. Bart faking his Snoopy dance is incredibly charming. #TheSimpsons 0100
Carolyn Omine @carolynomine.bsky.social · 18/12/2025I remember distinctly a Christmas when I was 10 years old and I was very aware that it was less magical than before. I knew I was growing up and it made me very sad. I relate to Bart’s plight here. #TheSimpsons 091
Carolyn Omine @carolynomine.bsky.social · 18/12/2025These are the medications Ned used to replace his bible and anointing oil. #TheSimpsons 070
Carolyn Omine @carolynomine.bsky.social · 18/12/2025“Your wife left you for dirt.” – Might be the meanest thing Nelson has ever said. (Thank you, Joel Cohen!) #TheSimpsons 0100
Carolyn Omine @carolynomine.bsky.social · 18/12/2025Watching the episode in the El Capitan Theater, the audience gasped when they saw the “Ha!” #TheSimpsons 080
Carolyn Omine @carolynomine.bsky.social · 18/12/2025We knew we wanted to explore Ned losing his faith. It led us down the path of exploring Ned’s grief. #TheSimpsons 060
Carolyn Omine @carolynomine.bsky.social · 18/12/2025I played a lot of Tapped Out. Which meant I spent a lot of time looking at the design of Town Hall. It made me want to play a scene on the rooftop because we had never done that. So I put Ned and Marge up there to discuss his late wives and God. #TheSimpsons 060
Carolyn Omine @carolynomine.bsky.social · 18/12/2025The score is beautiful throughout this episode – but I am especially tickled by the grandeur of the half “Greensleeves”, half “Row, row, row your boat!” dramatic sting. We are blessed to have Kara Talve, Russell Emanuel and Jake Schaefer of Bleeding Fingers Music. #TheSimpsons 060
Carolyn Omine @carolynomine.bsky.social · 18/12/2025What if there is no man in the sky?” #TheSimpsons 060
Carolyn Omine @carolynomine.bsky.social · 18/12/2025As Derren explains why the whole town fell for the Santa Cult, it gets Ned thinking… #TheSimpsons 070
