David S. Atkinson

“Your Lifelong Dream” and the Enduring Timelessness of ‘The Simpsons’

August 15, 2017May 27, 2019 David S. AtkinsonComments Off

On “Marge vs. the Monorail” and the enduring timelessness of ‘The Simpsons’

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