I must be a sap, because I get a kick out of TV-to-internet crossovers. Like when a URL mentioned in a sit-com is an actual site. Like all that Lost stuff you guys are always posting about, only on a massively dumbed-down scale. Years ago, Lisa Simpson went to whatbadgerseat.com and saw the same site we can still see today. Arrested Development once cut to a shot of imoscar.com, Oscar Bluth's "I was framed!" website he was running from prison.
On How I Met Your Mother, an underrated show you should be watching, Barney (Doogie Howser) has mentioned his blog ("This is so going in my blog"). Barneysblog.com links directly to the HIMYMother/CBS site. The goal, I guess, is to draw people in, then have them go see what's new with According to Jim.
And for any Office fans who missed it, yesterday we mentioned the Dunder Mifflin page and Dwight's Blog.
My search for examples was anything but exhaustive. Anyone know of anything else in this category?
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Ooh, don't forget the BBC's pseudo-sites for the new Doctor Who - one is at http://www.unit.org.uk/
Chunkylover53 at aol (dot com) was Homer's e-mail. If you google chunkylover53 you'll get a page about it. I e-mailed him after the episode aired and did indeed get a response, to which I replied and got another response.
I've searched high and low for the two mails I was sent, but can't find them now. I believe Homer was bemoaning the fact that he would have to shift a load of Lisa's shitty chocolate bars that she'd made, and he had no idea how.
www.tits4tots.com
From Denis Leary's Christmas Special that ran this week on Comedy Central. Mentioned in the show as a charity spoof, you can buy T-shirts there.
I'm not sure it's still up, but an episode of "Angel" references www.illneverknowtheloveofawoman.com and while that domain was valid, it was registered in the appropriate character's name and had collateral materials that wupported the "fantasy"