The Town of Springfield, Vermont is thinking of starting a museum commemorating its first in the nation showing of the Simpsons Movie. So reports the Eagle Times, Springfield’s local paper. You won’t, for some reason, find the story on the web. At least it’s not yet up. My search on the site for “Simpsons” revealed, as you might imagine, several stories about America’s favorite family, but not the one that’s in Sunday’s paper, which I read the old fashioned way:
The premiere brought national and international attention to Springfield, along with thousands of people looking to catch a glimpse of those involved in the show and movie. Simpsons lovers have continued to stop by not just to get a photograph with the town’s 13-foot landmark, but also to see the movie in the place where it was first shown.
As the movie continues to rake in millions at the box office, Springfield hopes to continue leveraging the exposure into longer term benefits.
The 13 foot landmark mentioned is the giant “Hand with Donut in Yellow and Pink” immortalized in these pages. Also slated for the museum is the couch on which the seated Simpsons watch the movie in the theater (also pictured on these pages). The question remains, how many people are dumb enough to go all the way to Springfield, Vermont just to see a movie where it was premiered or to see a bunch of Simpson’s kitsch?
One clue: We who live in the Mystic area know that tourists still line up to take their pictures in front of Mystic Pizza, the site at which the eponymous film was not filmed and which, at the time the movie was made, was a truly wretched pizza place. On the other hand, the town of Springfield, Vermont may find itself following its cartoon namesake into yet another failed community endeavor.
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