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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!



Discussion Thread: 140 comments

I am close to one in Chicago, but it’s too far in the ghetto for me. I don’t need the Apu-like bullet wounds. Does anyone know how long they’ll stay Kwik-E-Marts?

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

wow i mean the 7-11 near my house has been selling buzz cola,squishey cups, and krusty-os for a week now but nothing so crazy as a whole kwik-e-mart,i feel cheated

Chestnuts roasted by bumpinthenight @ 07/02/2007 10:22 PM

The Simpsons fan in me, who has been watching since the original airing of the first episode, absolutely loves this and everything else that’s starting up with the movie. I wish I had a Kwik-E-Mart (or any 7-11, really) nearby.

Chestnuts roasted by Andy @ 07/02/2007 10:29 PM

Bummer. The closest one to me is in LA. :-( That’s five hours from where I’m at. Nice, but not a five hour drive nice.

Chestnuts roasted by Doug @ 07/02/2007 10:35 PM

I don’t eat many donuts, but after that article, I know I’ll be stopping at the Dunkin’ tomorrow to partake of a pink frosted one! :)

Chestnuts roasted by eliza @ 07/02/2007 10:39 PM

Awww man I wish I lived close to one of those… we don’t even have normal 7-elevens here…

Chestnuts roasted by Gweff @ 07/02/2007 10:58 PM

I have very few times sat down and watched Simpons. Not that I don’t like it, I just don’t watch it. But this is really cool. I would be there if there were a 7-11 nearby, which there is not. I would like a pink donut. I would like any sort of donut for that matter.

Chestnuts roasted by kb @ 07/02/2007 11:01 PM

Wow i must be psychic or have some kind of mind powers because as soon as i heard the rumors about this i instantly started thinking about Matt and hoping he was in on the action and VOILA i am one happy simpsons fan camper. I heard there’s one in Canada and wherever it is i SO have to check it out…oh man i drooled over every picture in that blog. bravo good sir, bravo.

Chestnuts roasted by ellaenchanted @ 07/02/2007 11:08 PM

That’s totally awesome. I love how they even have Jasper in the freezer. Classic.

I just got back from seeing Transformers, which was like a 2 hour long rapid fire orgasm, so I desperately need a cold shower.

Chestnuts roasted by Mystie @ 07/02/2007 11:11 PM

WE KNEED DUFF!!!!!!!

Chestnuts roasted by Knibblez @ 07/02/2007 11:27 PM

I’m leaving for Vegas in the morning! Wish me luck. I was supposed to vacuum and pack but I was at the pub on vacation. I think I’ll sit here nude till Tara comes back and maybe she’ll think it’s cute. I doubt it.

Chestnuts roasted by Bill @ 07/02/2007 11:36 PM

Gonna see the TF movie, Matt?

Chestnuts roasted by TRUKK NOT MUNKY @ 07/02/2007 11:37 PM

The Simpsons is several years old.

Chestnuts roasted by My Name @ 07/02/2007 11:45 PM

This is the theme of the day; I have already gotten 2 emails about these (one from my friend in Vegas) and the closest one to me is in Orlando. (Squee already posted it but if you want to click my name for all of the locations, feel free) Worse yet, there are no regular 7-11s around here.
AND EVEN WORSE, we are broke. Mrs. Manimal is staying home next year and the time for saving money has begun. BUT IT’S THE BIGGEST SIMPSONS MEDIA BLITZ SINCE 1990! “An entire world at war and I’m left out of it?! God will not permit this to happen. I will be allowed to fufill my destiny.”
(Can you tell I am little keyed up about this?) ARRRGGGGGGGG

Chestnuts roasted by The Manimal IS A HUGE SIMPSONS FAN! @ 07/02/2007 11:46 PM

I just got back from seeing Transformers, which was like a 2 hour long rapid fire orgasm, so I desperately need a cold shower.

That’s how I’d review it. It was awesome. And, like some said, go in just thinking it’s a movie where machines turn into other machines and blow crap up, and you will not be dissappointed. There is some semblance of a story, but the transformers action is what the geeks came for. Peter Cullen = Still Godly. The movie had a good combo of action, humor, and cheesiness (it’s a Micheal Bay film!), and it definately harkens back to the good old days of Transformersdom.

There was even some guy who came in an Optimus Prime costume. People laughed, and then cheered for him.

Back on topic…I love how Jasper is in the freezer, and there is a small error.

The “bunly goodness” line actually comes from Lunchlady Doris from the “Lisa The Vegetarian” episode.

Chestnuts roasted by Invader Norbert @ 07/02/2007 11:48 PM

I know the 7-11′s aren’t making and selling Duff (and why), but I wonder if they at least acknowledge it in the stores. Like having a Duff Man standee in the liquor section or a sign that says “Sorry, all out of Duff!”

Chestnuts roasted by Jeremy Whatsisface @ 07/02/2007 11:57 PM

Like many others, to bad I don’t have a 7-11 anywhere near me….

And since people are talking Transformers, I’ll have to avoid the site until I see it tomorrow afternoon. Luv you guys, but I don’t want any pre-conceived thoughts, positive or negative….see you tomorrow night! ;)

Chestnuts roasted by Shuanfu @ 07/02/2007 11:59 PM

I also thought Duff was a good idea, but I read that the movie is rated PG and they didn’t think selling Duff beer would be a good image for the movie but PAH! i woulda enjoyed a summer of drinking Duff beer and going in to see the movie TANKED off it…perhaps after stopping by a Kwik e Mart for some Buzz Cola a donut and a hot dog? that would be a life experience close to climing Everest for the average American

Chestnuts roasted by ellaenchanted @ 07/03/2007 12:10 AM

They could’ve made it non-alcoholic and Sasparillalicious.

Chestnuts roasted by Matt @ 07/03/2007 12:11 AM

they opened one up in maryland (but sayin its dc even though its 15 miles away) im going this weekend i am soooo excited!!

Chestnuts roasted by crise @ 07/03/2007 12:13 AM

That is awesome.

Living in the Chicago area I am tempted to track down the location of our converted Kwik-E-Mart, but I doubt I will

Matt… thanks for making the trip for me. One question, did you see Paul McCartney (and maybe the ghost of Linda McCartney) up on the roof in Apu’s secret garden?

Again… thanks for the article Matt. This was just what I needed to read/see.

Chestnuts roasted by Magic Toe @ 07/03/2007 12:17 AM

They could’ve made it non-alcoholic and Sasparillalicious.

Speaking of which…was one of the other fridges marked “Non-Alcoholic Beer”? And led up to the rooftop garden? Strange, no one’s ever asked for that…

And it’s monday (officially Tuesday)…where’s that Summer Jukebox?!

Chestnuts roasted by Invader Norbert @ 07/03/2007 12:29 AM

My Dad will plotz when I tell him about this!

Chestnuts roasted by Tetsu Deinonychus @ 07/03/2007 12:36 AM

Wow, that’s amazing. Just reading the article is all that I need, though. You captured the feeling I’d imagine it to be like quite well.

Chestnuts roasted by Rainbowfeet @ 07/03/2007 12:42 AM

I

HATE

DALLAS!!!!

There isn’t even a single 7-11 in the Houston area, but frickin’ Dallas gets a frickin’ Kwik-E-Mart.

Chestnuts roasted by Ben @ 07/03/2007 12:43 AM

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