I doubt The Simpsons would get rid of the couch gags. The past several seasons, they've put more work and thought into those into the episodes proper.

"who survived a bad bush fire (tee-hee!)"

Well, I'm glad some people can find humor in the tragic events in Australia.

This isn't snark.

Please edit this article and remove your inane and childish joke about "bad bush fires". It's genuinely offensive.

I love this site, but seriously, Lauren, there are lines and you crossed all of them.

On behalf of your Australian readers, particularly those who have lost their lives or their homes and possessions, in lieu of an apology article, I think it would be appropriate for Television Without Pity to donate to the Australian Bushfire Appeal via the Australian Red Cross. Please show that you understand that remarks like that are offensive and that you can have some empathy for our plight.

What - no gay jokes?

NBC? Please replace the entire editorial staff at TWoP. Start with this twit.

I just want Lauren Gitlin to know she disgusts me.

over 180 people have died in the Vic. bushfires and it's thought the toll could reach 300. Not a cool joke to make TWoP. Maybe next time if you're gonna mention them you could talk about the $75 million Aussies have donated.

Why hasn't this twit been fired yet?

It's amazing how seriously some of you people take yourselves.

I am guessing that "bush" was probably a typo.. good writers that write for the web get passes on shit like this.(I don't THINK they program everything themselves, but I don't know for sure).

If you read something for the sole purpose of trying to find a reason to tear it down, well go ahead and live that miserable existance. Have fun! I would rather enjoy the great content on this site which far outnumbers the bad.

To the Australian readership and those affected by this tragedy, I am not piling on... I just don't see the unfair jab or childish joke that you speak of. I just see an accidentally omitted letter from a word.

"Bush" is not a typo for brush, the term really is bush in Australia. Maybe a bit of reading something besides a TV site might make you seem less uneducated, and also, maybe then you would see why people were offended by the original blog entry.

On another site, someone wondered how on earth the editors aren't catching on to Ms. Gitlin's obvious problems. It was then pointed out that she's an Assistant Editor herself. This makes me sad.

Not so grown-up after all. Dan's comment was an obvious poke at all of the idiot armchair psychiatrists who post on twop. Most of them claim that every single socially awkward character on TV has asperger's. Then they claim to have it themselves. Statistically that is impossible. And thank you very much I donated to help as well.