Posted on 09/08/2006 12:52:00 PM PDT by AnotherUnixGeek
As Bart Simpson skips into his 18th season of TV mischief, fans will be glad to know that creator Matt Groening sees no end in sight for the wayward lad or "The Simpsons."
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Kind of like Alias, seasons 4 and 5. I should have skipped season 3 as well, but I was holding out hope.
"Ummmm... open ... face ... club ... sandwich."
But everybody in management now has joined a Fox that in many ways was synonymous with The Simpsons. The article points out many of the writers grew up watching the show, figure it's pretty similar for a lot of management too. Married with Children only made it 10 years (and ended 9 years ago, man is time flying), and really they only kept it that long to make some bigt milestones the ratings had been in the toilet for a while. The Simpsons, with all its flaws, is still pulling the ratings and the revenue, but assuming that ever stops I think its going to be hard for anybody but Murdoch (no sissy emotionalist by any definition) to pull the plug.
One of my favorite moments was when "the media circus" swept down on Springfield and the Simpson's home as Kent Brockman and his TV camera crew showed the podunk little trucks for the other networks. Then in rolls this huge, splashy white and Navy blue tractor trailer rig, with
How about The Newhart Show, Dick van Dyke, even Seinfeld (even if the intelligence goes nowhere and proves nothing).
The Simpsons sometimes hits a chord but mostly is a slight angle on the usual subjects.
I find them almost too outrageous to watch but I've got to admit that 'Family Guy' and AMerican Dad' actually take the ideas further than the Simpsons ever have.
Personally, I miss "Pinky & the Brain". Good thing I have the whole series on VCD :-)
>>>Then of course there's the fact that if you trace it all the way to the shorts in the Tracy Ulman Show there's never been a Fox network without the Simpsons, I'm sure there's at least a few superstitious people in Fox management that won't want to break that juju.>>>
I think you are correct. The Simpsons have been around literally as long as Fox has.
Groening should try to resurrect 'Futurama' and let Marge, Homer and Bart get some rest.
3 or 4 years ago, I would have disagreed with you, but now I'm with you. Futurama is pretty funny -- not as funny as The Simpsons during their heyday in the 90's, but still good enough. I think there's still plenty of places that the writers can go with that show.
>>>Personally, I miss "Pinky & the Brain". Good thing I have the whole series on VCD :-)>>>
My husband and I were just talking about them the other day. I asked him what's next (not joking, we working on the camp equipment) and he said "what we do every day Pinky, try to take over the world". It cracked me up and broke what was turning into a very frustrating situation.
Simpsons writers have cited the Dick Van Dyke show as one of their models actually. However at its best TS has a level of sophistication and literacy that's unprecedented for Broadcast TV.
OUCH!
yeah, I managed to offend 2 die hard groups of fans with that one!
True. Kill it now.
You were quite pithy, as O'Reilly would say.
I'm waiting for the PJs, starring Eddie Murphy to make a come back. It was terrific.
It ain't what it used to be for sure but it's still better than most of the sitcoms and other crap the networks put out. Although I miss Futurama.
"Hell yeah!"
- Hank Azarria's agent, Mel Hochwitz.
One of the funniest and most disturbing lines from television:
Pinky: Look, Brain, the reindeer are inviting elves to join them for a party at Donner's house.
Brain: Hmm, somehow the idea of joining the Donner party is unappealing.
Nothing like a cannibalism joke for the kids. :-).
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