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Summer Megaparty: X-E Goes To The Kwik-E-Mart!

I made a promise that X-E's Summer Megaparty would include new blog content everyday from 6/20 through 8/1...


...but I think I can get off on a technicality if I write a new article. It's been a wild day. I'm at home slumped in my chair, and one phone call later, I'm crashing into eighty cars as I zip to New York City for the privilege to go inside a real, live Kwik-E-Mart. Click here for the huge report!

Yes, promoting The Simpsons Movie, eleven 7-Eleven stores (get it?) from all over the country have turned themselves in Kwik-E-Marts, each with real, live Kwik-E-Mart foodstuffs and enough Simpsons crap to make anyone who still can't hear "Rock Me Amadeus" without thinking of Dr. Zaius happy.

The article is a photo journey through the store, but I had a bunch of pics leftover. Check 'em out, after the jump. Jump jump.









That's just the tip of the iceberg...make sure you check out the full review!

Posted by Matt on 07/02/2007. E-mail me!



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complete with stereotypical foreign clerk!

Chestnuts roasted by phunqsauce @ 07/02/2007 8:58 PM

The length of Ralph Wiggum’s tongue in that picture is freakishly long….

Chestnuts roasted by phunqsauce @ 07/02/2007 9:03 PM

We have a Springfield in Kentucky, but it’s highly doubtful we’ll get a special Kwik-E-Mart. *sigh*

Chestnuts roasted by iAMYou @ 07/02/2007 9:08 PM

I’m jealous, Matt — very jealous.

Chestnuts roasted by Review the World @ 07/02/2007 9:10 PM

But, did they have Duff beer?

Chestnuts roasted by Lucky Redlightbulbs @ 07/02/2007 9:11 PM

Awesome pictures Matt. Too bad I live about 100 miles from the nearest 7/11. Small quiet towns suck sometimes.

Chestnuts roasted by Tony @ 07/02/2007 9:12 PM

Let me know when they remake them into Quick Stops for Clerks III. THEN, I‘ll be excited.

Chestnuts roasted by Knegative @ 07/02/2007 9:13 PM

I’ve been hearing about this promotion for a while, but I still can’t believe my eyes. This has got to be the most perfect movie/television/animated-franchise tie in ever. The effort that must’ve gone into this to achieve such level of detail is amazing to consider.
I may actually be more exited over the prospect of owning and tasting my own REAL Buzz Cola and Krusty-Os than I am about a Simpson feature film in the year 2007.

Chestnuts roasted by GloriousKyle @ 07/02/2007 9:13 PM

DUFFMAN!! OH YEAH!!!

Chestnuts roasted by Doug @ 07/02/2007 9:14 PM

ahhhhhh…I doubt there is, but does anyone know if theres one of these in Pittsburgh!? I need a case of Duff beer pronto!

Chestnuts roasted by Kevin @ 07/02/2007 9:15 PM

Great article, Matt. It’s fun to see you writing about character themed food items again. Now where are those Kool-Aid articles!

Eww… Vista… :P

Chestnuts roasted by Cotter @ 07/02/2007 9:18 PM

“An all syrup squishee….such a thing has never been done”

Chestnuts roasted by Anonymous @ 07/02/2007 9:20 PM

Eh. Now that I know what it’s like I am not upset that this crappy area won’t have one. Not that great.

Chestnuts roasted by Somethin' Funny @ 07/02/2007 9:21 PM

Isn’t this new blog content?

Chestnuts roasted by dohopoki @ 07/02/2007 9:26 PM

Okay, two quick things:
1. I live in the San Fernando Valley and work in Glendale (props to those up on their SoCal geography). There is a KWik-E-Mart in Burbank, which is between mt workplace and my home. Now I know I must go there, if I can find exactly where it is.
2. My understanding regarding Duff Beer is that they chose NOT to market it because the Simpsons Movie is rated PG-13, so a whole lot of underage people are going to be seeing it. At least that’s what the news said.

Chestnuts roasted by Thomas @ 07/02/2007 9:26 PM

As magical as this all is, I’ll still be more excited if the new Futurama DVDs ever come out.

Chestnuts roasted by Jedoc @ 07/02/2007 9:27 PM

Just finished the article. I gotta find one near me. I wonder if the employees would “sell” one of the Simpsons figures if you slipped them enough money. Hmmm.

Chestnuts roasted by Doug @ 07/02/2007 9:28 PM

Oh… There is going to be one in Pittsburgh.
Who would have thought?

Chestnuts roasted by Somethin' Funny @ 07/02/2007 9:32 PM

My mistake. It’s just a ripoff named one.

Chestnuts roasted by Somethin' Funny @ 07/02/2007 9:34 PM

Doug,

I’m sure they’ll give it to you after the movie comes out for free (unless on of the employees has dibs). That’s how I got my Men in Black standee.

Chestnuts roasted by Cotter @ 07/02/2007 9:39 PM

It’s worth a try. I have to find one first. :-)

Chestnuts roasted by Doug @ 07/02/2007 9:43 PM

Matt, thank you for explaining what the big deal was about the pink-frosted donuts in the 7-11 on the White Horse Pike. No, our 7-11 didn’t go Kwik-E-Mart; didn’t even have Squishees. It does really have random foreign cashiers, though. And Matt, if you truly need pink-frosted donuts, they had plenty at the 7-11 as of yesterday.

Chestnuts roasted by starwenn @ 07/02/2007 9:43 PM

I knew you’d have to cover this!! I’m totally going to hit up the Burbank location (I posted all 11 cities in the last thread if anyone’s looking). I don’t think the movie can flop, even if it sucks, since there are so many people who’ll have to see it just because. Then again, it’s on for free everyday, so you never know.
Big ups back atcha, Thomas. I think we’re some of the only SoCal peeps around here, but I’d be happy to be wrong :)

Chestnuts roasted by squee4242 @ 07/02/2007 9:51 PM

I am so jealous of all of you! It’s one thing to be one of the 7-11 markets that didn’t get a Kwik-E-Mart, but here in Louisiana (as far as I know) there are NO 7-11′s. Ours are nothing but EZ Serves and random gas stations. So I never got to see the Darth Dew or Spiderman Slurpees, etc.

Yeah, I’d give anything to walk in and buy an actual Squishee.

“Please come again!”

Chestnuts roasted by Jeremy Whatsisface @ 07/02/2007 9:59 PM

Did a plastic cutout of Snake try to rob the place too?

Chestnuts roasted by phunqsauce @ 07/02/2007 10:07 PM

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