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...Simpsons is the TV equivalent of Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (once parodied in the opening couch gag). After it came along, nothing was the same, and it established a generation's cultural references and sensibility. (Is there any situation without a usable Simpsons quote?) Starting out as a family cartoon, it grew a cast of hundreds that spanned celebrity (Rainier Wolfcastle), religion (the de-diddly-vout Flanders family), business (C. Montgomery Burns) and immigration (Apu). But maybe its best and favorite subject has been TV itself--"Teacher, mother, secret lover!" For all the series' ups and downs...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: 17 Shows That Changed TV | 9/6/2007 | See Source »

Until a year and a half ago, his personal life was particularly uninteresting. Efron was living at home, having his mom drive him to auditions about twice a month in Los Angeles, where they would sleep on a cousin's couch. He got a few guest roles on TV shows, but his parents gave him 12 months to make a living as an actor or else he'd have to go to USC, where he had deferred his freshman year. Time was about up when an actor friend told him he'd tried out for a Disney musical, and Efron...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How Zac Efron Became the Cutest Guy Ever | 8/16/2007 | See Source »

...your experience in the Marine Corps Reserve help you as an entertainer? -Carson Sparrow, NORTH BATTLEFORD, SASK.No. I just had to get out on my own. I didn't have a place to live, and I was sleeping on my brother's couch. He bought my underwear and socks. The Marines was a fresh start-that is why they shave your head. I wish they would let you change your name...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: 10 Questions for Drew Carey | 8/9/2007 | See Source »

...couple, but we are not a couple (despite what we told the landlady) so we swap sleeping accommodations night to night, even though the bed is big enough for two. Before we move in, Kam picks up the keys. During his short visit, the landlady spreads herself over her couch in a provocative position and bends over in front of him while retrieving her cat. My roommate's years of practice in passing for straight before family members have clearly paid off. When he recounts the tale to me later, I am actually outraged that another woman had the gall...

Author: By Lena Chen | Title: The Boy Who Lived (With Me) | 8/2/2007 | See Source »

...gangs set a new low in their violent history when tit-for-tat drive-by shootings between the Mongrel Mob and Black Power claimed the life of a toddler in Wanganui, about 330 km south of Auckland. Jhia Te Tua, 2, was asleep on a couch in her Black Power father's home when a bullet was fired into the house, killing her instantly. Police have charged 12 men over her murder and arrested several more in connection with the ongoing violence between the local chapters...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Tribal Trouble | 7/5/2007 | See Source »

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