J.S. Gornael has a BA in English with a Creative Writing Emphasis in Poetry and an MFA in Fiction. He has taken workshops in poetry, fiction, and non-fiction (though mostly the second). Half-cinephile ...

Bart Simpson has been a well-known troublemaker since The Simpsons began, and his prank-pulling often grinds the gears of other characters, especially his own father, Homer. When particularly ...

Danielle Burgos has over ten years of film writing experience for a variety of publications, niche and general. She's spent as many years programming lost and forgotten films in New York City.

But while the episode itself might be fondly remembered by fans thanks to the fact that it’s got such an iconic Bart prank, the rest of the episode is totally forgotten. Funny enough, it was also The ...

Bart (Nancy Cartwright) is widely known as the ultimate prankster of Springfield. Without this ne'er-do-well's ability to tap into the spirit of youth, Bartmania (and, by extension, The Simpsons' ...