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Raph's Girl 02-26-2009 11:03 PM

The Simpsons renewed
 
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090226/...the_simpsons_2

Quote:

Fox says it's renewing "The Simpsons" for another two seasons, which will secure its place as TV's longest-running prime-time series.

Now in its 20th season, "The Simpsons" already had tied record-holder "Gunsmoke." The Western drama series aired for two decades on CBS before it ended in 1975.

"The Simpsons" will pass that mark next season. The two-year, 44-episode pickup announced Thursday by Fox will bring the total number of "Simpsons" episodes to 493.

The animated comedy about Homer and Marge Simpson, their children and the town of Springfield is not only enduring but much-honored: It's received a Peabody and 24 Emmys among other awards.
:sleep: :dead:

ThirdMarioBro 02-26-2009 11:10 PM

They also jacked the cast's pay up to $400,000 an episode. This is what kills all mega-popular TV shows. I give it four more years at best before Fox pulls the plug because the show gets too expensive to produce.

ZariusTwo 02-26-2009 11:16 PM

This isnt a series, it's Euro Disney

ThirdMarioBro 02-26-2009 11:31 PM

OH SNAP! Somebody made a Simpsons thread, so now Zarius has to make sure everybody understands just how bad it is. Oh grow the hell up. Some people actually still enjoy it.

I guess this goes three pages before the nasty PM's begins.

Drtooth 02-27-2009 08:36 AM

Just...make...another...freaking...movie!

The Stryker 02-27-2009 12:12 PM

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Originally Posted by ThirdMarioBro (Post 675829)
OH SNAP! Somebody made a Simpsons thread, so now Zarius has to make sure everybody understands just how bad it is. Oh grow the hell up. Some people actually still enjoy it.

I guess this goes three pages before the nasty PM's begins.

Wow, you telling someone to grow up. Thats hilarious.

Drtooth 02-27-2009 12:33 PM

...Seriously... ANOTHER movie....

ZariusTwo 02-27-2009 02:29 PM

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Originally Posted by ThirdMarioBro (Post 675829)
I guess this goes three pages before the nasty PM's begins.

Free country pal. Until you make a rule about NOT burying this peice of s*it, you can't really touch me where that's concerned.

Ah, but nice to see how you really feel about me.

ThirdMarioBro 02-27-2009 06:17 PM

Whatever floats your boat.

Mr._Mutant_Man 02-27-2009 07:47 PM

Remember the time when someone made a Simpsons thread, and then people commented how the show has jumped the shark?

I'll give Simpsons credit for staying funnier longer than Family Guy did.

Wildcat 02-27-2009 08:07 PM

Good to hear, I love the Simpsons. Yeah definitly needs to be another movie, just with a slighty better plot. First was ok but ehh, at least it was still funny.

FLAduranie 02-27-2009 08:27 PM

I haven't watched the Simpsons in YEARS. Just to boring for me to sit through. I'm glad they still have fans that will get to enjoy it for a few more years.

VaughnMichael 02-28-2009 07:08 AM

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Originally Posted by ThirdMarioBro (Post 676021)
Whatever floats your boat.

You sunk my battle ship!

cqb101 02-28-2009 09:12 AM

Do people actually still watch the simpsons? I don't know anybody who's watched a new episode in years.

Ginny 02-28-2009 03:02 PM

I am so happy to hear that The Simpsons will be around for a couple years longer. I'll admit, the past few seasons have had some very weak episodes, but the show is still pretty fresh when you consider how long it has been on.

CudleyCowlick 03-01-2009 01:23 AM

Another.... movie.


Please?

Drtooth 03-01-2009 01:13 PM

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Originally Posted by cqb101 (Post 676168)
Do people actually still watch the simpsons? I don't know anybody who's watched a new episode in years.

Would they bother renewing it if it wasn't successful enough to warrant it? People still watch it... I still do, since I'm a loyalist, even though I think the writers need to stop treating it as a career stop so they have something high profile to put on their resumes before they start making terrible sitcoms and Porky's clone movies. And... of course, no more high brow architects, writers, musicians, and artists that only the writers know and care about stopping in to say "D'oh."

Man, I miss people like Jon Lovitz and Albert Brooks coming in and playing characters... and not celebs coming in and saying "I was on the Simpsons! I made it!"

Though for the trillionth time, I wanna see another movie. Doraemon has one a year, for crying out loud. You can certainly have 2.

Prowler 03-01-2009 04:10 PM

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Originally Posted by Mr._Mutant_Man (Post 676043)
I'll give Simpsons credit for staying funnier longer than Family Guy did.

When has Family Guy ever been funny?

Drtooth 03-01-2009 06:08 PM

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Originally Posted by Prowler (Post 676584)
When has Family Guy ever been funny?

Before they brought it back... that's for sure.

ThirdMarioBro 03-01-2009 10:54 PM

I guess it just shows that all humor is subjective because I find both funny as hell.

BubblyShell22 03-03-2009 01:53 PM

I love both Simpsons and Family Guy, but I feel that Simpsons has declined on humor in recent years. I'm glad to see it's sticking around, but who says it'll stay as long as they say it will? There's only so many ideas you can toss around.

Ra 03-03-2009 05:48 PM

As soon as the turn of the century accoured, the Simpsons' classic humour died for me.

Kinda agonising to see it get renewed again. Seeing guest star after guest star waltz in, seeing the situations become slowly but surely more and more rediculous and non-family centred (which was one of the things I loved about the Simpsons originally)... Ah well. It's only a matter of time until it gets pulled, I guess...

ThirdMarioBro 03-03-2009 07:12 PM

How many times a week can we whine about how the Simpsons suck? It's like you all think we've forgotten your opinion from the last thread. You hate the show, we get it. Trust me, we get it. Jesus.

Hannah 03-03-2009 08:13 PM

Did you know I think the Simpsons sucks? Cause I do. Just sayin'.

ThirdMarioBro 03-03-2009 08:25 PM

*facepalm*

:lol:

The Stryker 03-03-2009 08:26 PM

TMB. Weren't you just in 2 seperate threads whining about remakes?

Drtooth 03-04-2009 08:27 AM

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Originally Posted by ThirdMarioBro (Post 677245)
How many times a week can we whine about how the Simpsons suck? It's like you all think we've forgotten your opinion from the last thread. You hate the show, we get it. Trust me, we get it. Jesus.

Dude, everything sucks now. The Simpsons are just an unfortunate casualty. :tsleep: Plus you try having a series go on for 20 years and make it fresh.

That said, I guess they're getting a lot more creative with the couch gags now that they're HD. I really liked that Sitcom retrospective they had this week.

Buffy 03-06-2009 07:10 AM

It's nice to hear that the Simpsons are returning for 2 more years. The new opening sequence has changed, looking very cool!

gobo 03-06-2009 09:33 PM

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Originally Posted by Raph's Girl
The Simpsons renewed

How the hell do they manage this year after year??

ThirdMarioBro 03-08-2009 01:48 AM

They do it just to piss off losers such as yourself who have nothing better to do than compare new episodes of a cartoon to the nostalgic sh*t you remember from when you were a kiddie. Now, go and whine about how "Bart doesn't say Cowabunga anymore" and "Homer is an idiot" to somebody who gives a sh*t.

Barkworm 03-08-2009 03:02 AM

Dude, I also got tired of bashing the Simpsons but are you actually defending this sh*t? Seriously?

The Stryker 03-08-2009 03:12 AM

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Originally Posted by ThirdMarioBro (Post 678071)
They do it just to piss off losers such as yourself who have nothing better to do than compare new episodes of a cartoon to the nostalgic sh*t you remember from when you were a kiddie. Now, go and whine about how "Bart doesn't say Cowabunga anymore" and "Homer is an idiot" to somebody who gives a sh*t.

My god, the irony.

cqb101 03-08-2009 07:40 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ThirdMarioBro (Post 678071)
They do it just to piss off losers such as yourself who have nothing better to do than compare new episodes of a cartoon to the nostalgic sh*t you remember from when you were a kiddie. Now, go and whine about how "Bart doesn't say Cowabunga anymore" and "Homer is an idiot" to somebody who gives a sh*t.

Dude, calm down. It's just the internet.

Drtooth 03-10-2009 09:56 AM

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Originally Posted by ThirdMarioBro (Post 678071)
"Bart doesn't say Cowabunga anymore"

When did Bart ever say Cowabunga? Wasn't that just a T-shirt?

Still, anyone else loving these extended HD couch gags as much as I do?

VaughnMichael 03-10-2009 10:45 AM

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Originally Posted by Drtooth (Post 678530)
When did Bart ever say Cowabunga? Wasn't that just a T-shirt?

Still, anyone else loving these extended HD couch gags as much as I do?

I thought this weeks was pretty good and I do love when the tv falls off the wall, but it seems more is put into the intro now than the episodes themselves.


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