"It's a scene where Bart is really mad at his father, " he told CNN.

CNN: Groening: 'No end in sight' for Simpsons

Whether it's a small love story or a mad man with an ax, there are big scares going into this summer's blockbusters.

CNN: Putting the scare in summer movies

That's why it's a matter of some national concern that Brazil, a football-mad country with a seemingly neverending conveyor belt of talent, has never won the Olympic tournament -- not with its men, or its also highly-talented women.

CNN: Golden goal: Can boys from Brazil achieve Olympic dream?

It's about existing in harmony in a world that seems to have gone mad.

CNN: Statement from Mel Gibson

"I tease Coach (Tom Thibodeau) a lot because it seems like every shot I shoot he's mad, " Robinson said, laughing.

WSJ: Robinson surge leads Bulls past Nets in triple OT

"Bukowski had a story that essentially was saying that it's the little things that drive men mad, " Waits said.

CNN: Tom Waits: The bard of Americana

It cited Penn State's "excessive focus on athletics" and showed how under Paterno, a football-mad university created its own insular, reality distortion field, one in which to "avoid the consequences of bad publicity, " facts were brushed away and concealed.

WSJ: What Penn State Should Tear Down

If it's business as usual, the United States could find itself marginalized in a world, economically speaking, gone mad.

CNN: Commentary: Why Obama should be upbeat -- and worried

Besides the usual back-and-forth we enjoy with WowWee's products, 'panda also reads bedtime stories (we hear that it's fond of Bearinstein Bears), interacts with a MiniMe version of itself, and of course, delivers mad bear hugs to love-starved tykes.

ENGADGET: WowWee: snakes, dragonflies, and bears -- oh my!