Professor Frink was named for episode writer, um, John Frink. Even though the writer John Frink didn’t start writing for The Simpsons until after Professor Frink had already been around for years.

John Frink. Hubert Farnsworth. Both of Matt Groening’s animated shows have given us a classic mad scientist character. But who’s the champion? Which Mad Professor can out-invent the other? Let ...

Professor Frink, Professor Frink, he’ll make you laugh, he’ll make you think. Named for one of the writers of the show, Professor John Frink boasted the above when trying to cram himself in to ...

Now that the anti-Christ is in the White House in The Simpsons season 29, episode 11, is it any wonder “Frink Gets Testy.” The first cut is the deepest tonight.

TOP COMMENT (J. Smith): I met Dr. Jones once, briefly. He walked into our classroom, then someone came to the door with an urgent look on his face and a fez on his head, and Dr. Jones immediately ...

Frink — who retired this spring after 32 years as an art professor and former chair of MSU’s arts department — plans to focus more on his own artwork at his sprawling rural studio and ...