Sam Simon, Who Helped Shape ‘The Simpsons,’ Dies at 59

NYT ^ | 3/9/2015 | WILLIAM YARDLEY

[Cicero]

They should rename him Sam Simon Simpson.

[GraceG]

[ The Simpsons is an oddity. Very anti republican most of the time with some very conservative themes occasionally.

I liked the episode where Superintendent Chalmers took Bart and the other boys under his wing for some “Male centric” learning and they were actually learning history. ]

I liked the one where they said “The Democrats are back in power” and they showed an actual revolving door at the prison with snake and sideshow bob walk through it.

[cripplecreek]

Or Abe Simpson saying he thought the democrats were back in power and giving away free money.

[GraceG]

Ah, Supernintendo Chalmers.

SKINNER!!!!

[cripplecreek]

There was a simpsons episode where the family did a KOTH opening sequence.

[Larry Lucido]

The early, early Simpsons.

[wally_bert]

Sometimes it seemed that way.

I’ll watch some every now and then.

I gave up on Family Guy and American Dad years ago.

[MIchaelTArchangel]

Doh!

[Conan the Librarian]

No No!

Fred is much smarter than Homer.

Fred actually was good at his job too.

But, you just got to love Homer.

[SevenofNine]

Oh yeah I hope they do that

[dfwgator]

Bart: “Didn’t you wonder why you were getting checks for doing
absolutely nothing?”

Grampa: “I figured because the democrats were in power again.”

[yarddog]

Monty Burns: “I’ll keep it short and sweet. Family, religion, friendship. These are the three demons you must slay if you wish to succeed in business.”

[Larry Lucido]

Indeed.

Also, who can forget this opening?

[Red Badger]

Thanks for the memories, Sam. Rest in Peace...........................

[Vince Ferrer]

I thought it was just because the Democrats were back in power.”

Or when Sideshow Bob was being sent to prison, he threatened, "You can't keep me in prison forever! One day the democrats will be back in power, and I'll be free!"

(The next year Clinton was elected, so they did another episode where he gets out of jail)

[ozzymandus]

Groening takes credit, but he’s a hack. He’s also a leftist who applauded when Nixon died. Real class act.

[Borges]

He’s had just about nothing to do with the show. He’s more of a mascot.

[Secret Agent Man]

That gal died a long time ago. Brittany Murphy. Suicide.

[minnesota_bound]

I think the guy was collecting $10 million a year after he left. Every year.

[Trillian]

RIP Sam Simon. I love my old school Simpsons episodes to this day.

He's history's greatest monster!