Last night FOX aired a Simpsons 20-year review -- which was heavy on the white, male, GenX talking heads, even though scores of XX-chromosome types equally adore the popular cartoon satire -- featuring San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom. more ›

Well, for those of you dying to know what the feds got when they raided erstwhile District 4 supervisor and criminal defendant Ed Jew's house, the records have been unsealed! From Ed's house, $10,000 in cash in $100 bills and some computers. more ›

-- Verified Identity Pass. Scary. But kind of cool. [Chron] more ›

! Cover article: A guy who makes money suing small businesses under the ADA. A review of the Kiki & Herb show. The Simpsons movie is okay. Meredith didn't much like her North Beach wine bar. Why did political cartoonist Ted Rall get moved to the food listings? Let's Get Killed reviews the Pamela des Barres book, feels ambivalent about it. And Savage Love: "is this a weird fetish?" (The lady's clapping on a date story was pretty funny.) more ›

One of our favorite episodes of "the Simpsons" is the monorail episode, the one where some con artist (voiced by the late, great Phil Hartman) convinces Springfield that the one thing they need to do to put themselves on the map is a monorail. Of course, it all goes to pot when the guy takes off with some of the money and Homer somehow manages to become the monorail's conductor. So what does this have to do with the 49ers? Because at a meeting yesterday with the Santa Clara City Council, a consultant hired by the 49ers painted such a rosy picture of what would happen if Santa Clara builds them a stadium, we can't but help think about the episode. more ›

We think Harry Shearer has one smart publicist. His book tour for Not Enough Indians hits Jewish Community Centers across the country. That likely guarantees attendance and eager book buyers. We caught Shearer's conversation with Jack Boulware Wednesday night at the Osher Marin Jewish Community Center. Boulware had interviewed Shearer years ago when working for the now defunct Nose magazine. The two had an easy rapport, and it was clear Boulware had done his research. more ›

We've got some minicomics this week, some of which were written by locals. But this is a little awkward -- the best ones are by non-Sanfranciscans. WTF, local comics folk? Where is the local answer to a boy. That's what makes it so awkward. more ›

Have you guys been to the UPS pickup office in Potrero Hill by 280? They have all these huge banners in the lobby that say "We Have Been An Accident-Free Work Zone for 10,000 Days," or something to that effect. As we while away our life waiting in line (only to find that the package we're waiting for is "still on the truck," but that's a separate post for a separate day), we amuse ourselves by idly speculating, what do you think the last accident was? And isn't that a lot of pressure to put on everyone not to get injured today, which would then necessitate the removal of all those signs? more ›

This SFist doesn't eat meat, so maybe it's easier for us to hate on fast food restaurants -- after all, they're not so great for you and no one wants one in their neighborhood. But, heck, we sure do love our Burger King Simpsons watches. We're torn. more ›

Last Friday, San Francisco Municipal Railway Chief Michael "Montgomery" Burns announced that he was leaving MUNI to take over as the head of the Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority. Although everyone is claiming that Burns is leaving for the benjamins (if you're wondering what running a public transportation department gets you, in SF, it's $280,000 a year and in Santa Clara it's $10,000 more a year), some say it's mainly nothing more than your basic, everyday "screw you guys, I'm out of here" move. After all, while the job in Santa Clara ain't gonna be any easier, he won't have to worry about fare hikes causing guerrilla theater performances or city officials leading unruly mobs during budget hearings. more ›

Well, add "inspiration for an episode of the Simpsons" to the Gavster's resume. Apparently "Springfield is for Gay Lovers of Marriage." Thanks to Bart pranking a Matt Lauer-esque perky morning show host, who then pans the town on air, tourism plummets, and Mayor Quimby asks the town for a solution. Our favorite suggestion was "Poetry Slams." Lisa comes up with offering same-sex marriages, and the prospect of a wave of DINK dollars convinces everyone. Download the torrent of the video if you missed it and have no TiVO. more ›

You know your movie stinks when even SFist, worshipper of all things crap, watches the trailer to your movie and thinks we're watching a substandard parody. Such was the case when we saw a commercial for Alone in the Dark, a movie which has a detective played by (recently seperated) Christian Slater going to a place called Shadow (freakin') Island. We laugh, but it's actually the latest installment in an empire that includes a video game (aren't all the best movies based on video games?) and comic book. Alas, this ubiquity and stellar cast (theatrical luminaries Tara Reid and Stephen Dorff join Slater in the film) are not enough to save this film from being just awful looking. That said, we'd rather watch it 10 times than have to watch A Love Song For Bobby Long even once. Ugh! more ›

Postcards From Buster is about Buster's adventures travelling to real places and meeting real people. And no, we don't think it's because he should have made a left at Albuquerque, it's because he's trying to show all the kiddies out there all the different types of people and religions out there. Let's see Pokemon try and do that! more ›

We don't know where UPN gets off calling the Sherry Bobbins episode "lost," but all this week at 7:30, channel 44 is showing four pretty decent episodes of The Simpsons. Tonight kicks off with the excellent psychedelic chile episode; later in the week we'll get the "Flanders Goes Crazy" episode, and on Friday the improbable Skinner/Krabapple hookup episode foreshadows the desperate shark-jumping that the last four seasons have seen. The one you must not miss (or to be TiVoed if you're a mere junior-league fan) is the glorious 1990 epsiode "Bart vs. Thanksgiving" on, der, Thursday. more ›

The story of the injured heckler out of Oakland Coliseum last night just keeps getting better and better. more ›

Esseffist is not the biggest football fan in the world, but we definitely love video games. And while many have tried, nobody is taking John Madden Football's spot in the starting lineup. With their release of Madden 2005, Redwood City based Electronic Arts celebrates fifteen years of making the best-selling video game of all time. That's right - last year's version grossed as much sales as the movie Shrek (which was made nearby at Palo Alto's Pacific Data Images), and this year it promises to be even bigger. The Chron gave it the top rating - jumping, clapping dude. Esseffist is looking forward to putting Marcus Tuiasosopo in at quaterback and running the option behind Robert Gallery. more ›

SFist has fond memories of waking up early on Saturdays to eat oversugared cereals and watch cartoons. SFist also deeply enjoys watching vaguely formulaic cop shows. With these two criteria in mind, plus a geeky fondness of San Francisco geography, SFist has been watching the cartoon more ›