Springfield Shopper

This article is about the newspaper. For the building, see Springfield Shopper Building. For the wiki, see The Springfield Shopper (wiki).

Springfield Shopper

Newspaper Information First appearance: "Homer's Odyssey"

Springfield Shopper is the most popular and most dominant local newspaper in Springfield.

History

The paper was founded in 1883 by Johnny Newspaperseed, a small boy who travelled around America founding newspapers. The Shopper merged with the Springfield Times, Post, Globe, Herald, Jewish News, and Hot Sex Weekly, becoming Springfield's biggest paper.

The newspaper was also bought briefly by Charles Montgomery Burns, who was on a mission to control all the media in Springfield, and by the Movementarians, an evil cult who were attempting to brainwash all Springfieldians.

The newspaper started printing in color once, which caused outrage amongst Springfield's women. Marge didn't like the newspaper in color either; she didn't want to know what color the Statue of Liberty was.

Features

The paper carries opinion, sports, food, world, arts, religion and leisure sections. It tends towards tabloid stories, with such headlines as 'Woman Weds Ape', 'Hippo promoted to detective' and 'Crazed Mom Goes Topless (Photos Pages 3–28)'. The cost of the newspaper tends to vary between nothing and $1.00, with the average price being 25¢.

When Homer goes to live in an apartment with two gay men, one of them is seen reading The New York Times. Homer is surprised and asks why is he reading the NYT even though he doesn't live in New York. He replies its because all the headlines are a joke in The Springfield Shopper.

Behind the Laughter

An 8-paged Springfield Shopper has been published, written by Simpsons creator Matt Groening himself. It was found inside a newspaper as an feature to advertise The Simpsons Movie. The Springfield Shopper has been published in Springfield, IL since 1975.

Appearances

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• Episode – "Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire"
• Episode – "Homer's Odyssey"
• Episode – "Home Sweet Homediddly-Dum-Doodily"
• Episode – "Homer to the Max"
• Episode – "Labor Pains"
• Episode – "Covercraft"
• Episode – "Walking Big & Tall"
• Episode – "My Fare Lady"
• Episode – "The Princess Guide"
• Episode – "Simprovised" (mentioned)
• Comic story – How the Vest Was Won!
• Comic story – Mayor Me a Little
• Comic story – The Paper Chase
• Comic story – Judge Marge
• – "The Simpsons Guy"
• Merchandise – Simpsons Mania! (Inkworks) Simpsons Mania

See also

• Springfield Shopper headlines

References

Newspapers

Beijing Daily Worker • The Boston Bugle • The Boston Daily • Bridal Times Gazette • Chateau d'if Times • Chicago Turbine • The Chippewa Bugle • Current' Events: The Springfield Power Plant Employee Newsletter • Daily 2nd Gradian • Daily Fourth Gradian • The Daily Mail • Daily Variety • Evening Standard • First Church of Springfield Weekly Bulletin • The Flanders Press • The Globe • Gotham Herald • Grit • Herald • The Hollywood Reporter • Hot Sex Weekly • Jewish News • La Stampa • Los Angeles Post • The Mirror • National Informer • The New Delhi Daily • The New Springfieldsman • The New York News • New York Post • The New York Times • The New Yorker Times • The Onion • The Post • Principals Weekly • The Red Dress Press • The Sentinel • Shelbyville Daily • The Springfield Bugle • Springfield Shopper • Springfield Times • Springfield Variety • The Sun • The Times of London • Toon Times • US of A Today • Washington Beacon • Washingtonian Star • Weekly Global Gazette • Zenith City Times • Zenith Observer • Zenith Post