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Accessible only by boat, the Islesford Dock Restaurant and Gallery served as inspiration for the Krusty Krab in the popular 'SpongeBob SquarePants' cartoon series.

What would Marge Simpson from 'The Simpsons' look like in real life? Well thanks to this video, we get to go backstage as a group of make-up artists in Russia turn a woman into a real life Marge Simpson.

Ty Burrell, Phil Dunphy on 'Modern Family,' is the main character's voice in the #1 movie this past weekend, 'Mr. Peabody and Sherman.' This video takes us behind the scenes with Ty, Stephen Colbert and others as they record their voices...

It'll be a month or so yet before Dan Harmon's voice returns to 'Community' season 5 for the January 2 premiere, but why wait that long for a fix? The 'Community' creator's new 'Back to the Future'-inspired Adult Swim series 'Rick and Morty' is available to watch online right now, featuring the voices of series creator Justin Roiland, '30 Rock' alum Chris Parnell and Sarah Chalke!

While 'The Simpsons' made waves earlier this year in promising to kill off one of its ancillary characters, 'Family Guy' had promised even more this past summer in threatening to kill off one of its leads. The reaper finally came to pass in last night's time-traveling "Life of Brian," but who from the Griffin family ultimately got the axe?

Last week 'South Park' took us by surprise in crafting a 'Game of Thrones' parody wrapped around the concept of "Black Friday," but not so surprising as to learn that the story will continue in a second episode! Watch what happens when Butters takes his 'Game of Thrones' grievances to George R.R. Martin himself in the first clip from "A Song of Ass and Fire!"

'The Simpsons' has been having itself a banner week, boasting the talk of the town with Guillermo del Toro's upcoming "Treehouse of Horror" couch gag, but the good news doesn't stop there. Joining 'Sleepy Hollow's early renewal for 2014, 'The Simpsons' has officially been guaranteed a return for season 26, while 'The Daily Show' vet John Oliver has been chosen to lend his voice to an upc

Months ago we learned that horror master Guillermo del Toro would craft the couch gag for 'The Simpsons'' 2013 "Treehouse of Horror" Halloween special, previewing the sequence at Comic-Con 2013. But are you ready for the whole enchilada? From Hellboy to Harryhausen, see what the 'Pacific Rim' creator unearthed for what might be the most impressive 'Simpsons' gag yet!

Hey guys, just a friendly reminder that that gorgeously animated ad from Chipotle was still an ad, courtesy of this send-up from Funny or Die. Once you get past the whole "person trying to sing like Fiona Apple" thing (It's not happening...

Even a serious, dark show like 'Breaking Bad' has to have a little light hearted flair. That's the case with last ngiht's (Aug. 11) season premiere.

Surely you remember that horrifying episode of 'Kitchen Nightmares' that took place at Amy's Baking Company. The cook, Amy, was the most legitimately insane person we've ever encountered not in real life.

Ugh. We need to get new hobbies. This guy makes awesome stop-motion animations on whiteboards, and our hobby is to watch them. Oh well, at least it's highly enjoyable. This particular video is based on the video game Street Fighter, clearly...

We’re living in a great new age where crowdfunding sites like Kickstarter can help creative little projects, like the ‘Veronica Mars’ movie and the wonderfully nerdy indie flick ‘Zero Charisma,’ get off the ground and into theaters and homes everywhere. The latest Kickstarter-funded project we’re excited about is the new animated adaptation of the ‘Grimm Fairy Tales’ comic.

One thing that was missing from the 2013 Oscars ceremony was Peter Griffin -- although, that might have been a good thing. Seth MacFarlane has summoned his 'Family Guy' persona many times before in public appearances, but when he hosted the Oscars this Sunday, he managed to restrain himself. However, if you were watching the show in RI and managed to leave the TV on for the proceeding ABC 6 news s

Thanks to the 2011 re-release of the English translation of the 'Sailor Moon' manga by Kodansha USA and Naoko Takeuchi's announcement of a new 'Sailor Moon' anime that will be released worldwide in Summer 2013, this hit series is once again on everyone's minds! If you can't wait for the new anime to premiere or are struggling to get your hands on the new English manga, perhaps our top 10 reasons w

In the wake of 'Beauty and the Beast,' an ambitious animated feature called 'FernGully: The Last Rainforest' aimed to capture the imaginations of children while teaching them a lesson about the importance of environmental conservation. Based on the book of the same name by Diana Young, 'FernGully' took audiences deep into the rainforests of Australia to show the incredible creatures that live ther