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Writers Working on 'The Simpsons' Movie
AP/Miami Herald ^ | 4.7.2004

Posted on 04/07/2004 10:36:37 AM PDT by NYC GOP Chick

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To: NYC GOP Chick
The Simpsons greatness was in being anti-PC. The occasional new show I've seen now has the characters name dropping to seem "hip" and saying bizarre stuff. One show had Homer saying something like "Rock musicians are just another example of whites exploiting black achievements." or something like that- trying to say blacks invented rock and roll and whites get to take the credit.

Screw Lisa Simpson! A child that screams in anger that if Bart is president he would "fill the supreme court with boys" is no good.

IMHO:)
21 posted on 04/07/2004 10:52:58 AM PDT by Vision (Always Faithful)
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To: Xenalyte
Homer and Apu.
22 posted on 04/07/2004 10:53:43 AM PDT by Modernman (Work is the curse of the drinking classes. -Oscar Wilde)
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To: Sabretooth
"From what I understand the guys who make South Park can crank out an episode in under a week. Whats the problem with the creators of the simpsons, havent they discovered computers yet?"

You might note that the two shows utilize two very different animation techniques. "South Park" is sort of like Colorforms and stop-motion photography. "The Simpsons" is your traditional, frame-by-frame animated cartoon - much more time-consuming.

23 posted on 04/07/2004 10:54:13 AM PDT by Sicon
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To: Xenalyte
Homer and Apu, although Disco Stu runs a close second.
24 posted on 04/07/2004 10:54:33 AM PDT by GodBlessRonaldReagan (Count Petofi will not be denied!)
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To: Xenalyte
That makes sense.

I wonder if the Simpsons can be done with computers and retain the feel of it.

I think the creative control is the biggest difference between the two shows, and it is a BIG difference.
25 posted on 04/07/2004 10:54:48 AM PDT by Sabretooth (I'm not SabERtooth, Im SabREtooth.)
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To: Xenalyte
Homer, Chief Wiggums
26 posted on 04/07/2004 10:56:22 AM PDT by fml ( You can twist perception, reality won't budge. -RUSH)
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To: Xenalyte
What if they don't watch the Simpsons and don't like Matt Groenig?
27 posted on 04/07/2004 10:56:24 AM PDT by Little Ray (John Ffing Kerry: Just a gigolo!)
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To: NYC GOP Chick
IMHO, The Simpsons & South Park are both excellent. Simpsons have had great character development. South Park has had great and timely story lines. Although the under-stories of Eric's Mom do surface to great amusement. And Chef is a great character, pretty good depth there.
28 posted on 04/07/2004 10:59:41 AM PDT by Khurkris (Ranger On..."Facts are meaningless. You could use facts to prove anything thats even remotely true.")
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To: Xenalyte
Homer is definitely my favorite Simpson. Favorite non-Simpson? That's a tough one. They all work so well together. Sort of like an ensemble. Which is more important, the violin or the cello? The trumpet or the trombone?
29 posted on 04/07/2004 11:00:19 AM PDT by stevio (2 wrongs don't make a right, but 3 lefts do.)
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To: Little Ray
What if they don't watch the Simpsons and don't like Matt Groenig?

Does not compute.

I knew my fiance was the one for me when I discovered she had a Homer Simpson shaped bottle-opener that said "Mmmmm..... Beer" every time you popped a bottlecap.

30 posted on 04/07/2004 11:00:19 AM PDT by Modernman (Work is the curse of the drinking classes. -Oscar Wilde)
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To: MotleyGirl70
D'oh! Ping.
31 posted on 04/07/2004 11:01:01 AM PDT by Modernman (Work is the curse of the drinking classes. -Oscar Wilde)
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To: Modernman
My father got those for the beer drinkers in the family a couple Christmases ago, and my niece LOVES it when Homer says that. She jumps up and down, claps her hands, and wiggles. My poor brother-in-law has to drink another beer to satisfy her. What kind of hideous fate is that?
32 posted on 04/07/2004 11:01:57 AM PDT by Xenalyte (in memory of James Edward Peck, my grandfather, who passed on 3/23/04)
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To: Little Ray
Then unless they've actually worked on "The Man Show," I'm afraid I can't talk to them anymore.
33 posted on 04/07/2004 11:02:40 AM PDT by Xenalyte (in memory of James Edward Peck, my grandfather, who passed on 3/23/04)
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To: wideminded
She must've meant "whimper," not "pimple"!
34 posted on 04/07/2004 11:04:18 AM PDT by Nea Wood (Dude, where's my country?)
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To: Khurkris
IMHO, The Simpsons & South Park are both excellent. Simpsons have had great character development. South Park has had great and timely story lines. Although the under-stories of Eric's Mom do surface to great amusement. And Chef is a great character, pretty good depth there.

Another personal favorite of mine was Beavis and Butthead.

Chef is great -- Isaac Hayes had an office down the hall from my last job. I never met him, but my co-workers who did meet him said he was nice...even to the guy who ran into him in the men's room and blurted out "You're Chris Isaak!" :D

35 posted on 04/07/2004 11:04:26 AM PDT by NYC GOP Chick ("If I could shoot like that, I would still be in the NBA" -- Bill Clinton, circa 1995)
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To: Xenalyte
I like Bart and Moe. What does that say about me? :)
36 posted on 04/07/2004 11:05:55 AM PDT by NYC GOP Chick ("If I could shoot like that, I would still be in the NBA" -- Bill Clinton, circa 1995)
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To: Sabretooth
I'm not SabERtooth, Im SabREtooth.)

First clue: you don't jam up bandwidth with ostentatious, look-at-me graphics every time you hiccup.

Dan

37 posted on 04/07/2004 11:08:38 AM PDT by BibChr ("...behold, they have rejected the word of the LORD, so what wisdom is in them?" [Jer. 8:9])
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To: Xenalyte
Homer and Ralph Wiggum or Snake. Favorite episode would be any not made in the last 4 seasons. Everyone involved with the show has to know that it hasn't been that great lately.
38 posted on 04/07/2004 11:11:16 AM PDT by Chip_Douglas
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To: NYC GOP Chick; Xenalyte
Have a Flaming Moe, on me. :^)


39 posted on 04/07/2004 11:11:26 AM PDT by TheBigB ("She undercut the subtle nuance of my wiener joke." - Crow T. Robot)
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To: Xenalyte
Homer and Barney Gumble or Chief Wiggims
40 posted on 04/07/2004 11:11:29 AM PDT by hattend (Give a monthly FR donation so we can end the stupid fundraisers - I'm at $40 per mo)
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