2 points

simpsons wasn’t better or worse now vs then, you’re just nostalgic for your childhood

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75 points

I wish we could just let entertainment brands die. How many other opportunities were denied to other creators so the Simpsons could keep its budget over the decades.

I don’t care about Fox’s profits, it doesn’t help me in my personal life or make new better shows.

Let stories have endings again.

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28 points

Classic TV shows never had endings. They were always ridden into the ground before being surprise-cancelled.

It was rare that a show would have an actual last episode like MASH or Cheers. Those too went far longer than they should have.

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6 points

If I recall correctly, MASH didn’t even have comedy anymore in the end. Just some bleak dark meh.

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15 points

That’s because it wasn’t a chicken.

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6 points

I remember the cast of Friends wanted to stop after season 8 I think.

Then they got offered $1 million per episode along with residuals.

It’s not just corporations that want to keep things going. The actors actually “unionized” (so they all got paid the same amount) and agreed that they wouldn’t continue the show unless they all wanted to.

How I Met Your Mother got to the point that Jason Segal wanted to leave. The last season was just awful and you could tell that he was phoning it in.

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3 points

I don’t think there’s Simpsons will ever die, even if all the voice actors pass on. They have way more than enough audio to train AI on their voices, and the Simpsons predates any agreement to not train on their voices. It’ll go for 60 years if it continues to bring in money.

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5 points

You don’t need AI, you can just find some one to recast, the Simpsons has done it before and recently Rick and Morty recast their primary voice actor that dies the voices for both titular characters.

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14 points

Unfortunately as long as there’s a profit to be made, some corpos will always buy your favorite IP out and wear it like a skin suit.

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7 points

I wish the corpos were less Buffalo Bill from Silence of the Lambs and more like Xipe Totec.

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14 points

On the other hand how many shows got their start sheltered under the languishing hulk that is late season Simpsons?

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11 points

How many of them lasted enough to justify an ending?

Honestly I’m just jaded with the American entertainment industries all together (fyi I’m American).

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2 points

An… ending? I don’t think you’re gonna get far in the entertainment biz

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41 points

I haven’t watched a new episode of the show in over ten years. It’s one of my favorite shows of all time.

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13 points

Same. I don’t hate the new episodes. I was saying boo-urns.

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5 points

this is me. What I have seen more recently has been fine but streaming has made watching episodes more problematic.

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3 points

Not even a Halloween special?

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2 points

The last Halloween episode I watched was the one where Maggie was a witch and turned everyone into pacifiers. I looked it up.

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32 points

The recent seasons are . . . fine. They’re not terrible. I’m not a big fan of changing the voices out but obviously Fox (or Disney, now) will never let it die so we’ll have Simpsons for the rest of time.

HOWEVER. What it is now, is a pale shadow of it’s groundbreaking, culture-changing self that broke into mass consciousness with such wit and charm that fans can, and do, engage in entire conversations based solely on the show’s quotes and contexts.

Those first few years were stunning in the quality of humor they provided. The fact that it kept going - for years afterwards - was no less amazing. When it began to falter, people were not just annoyed or bored with it - they were alarmed.

Of course that in itself was a long time ago. All that’s over now. It’s just a glow in the rearview mirror for most of us, but I say unto thee - in all seriousness - it’s the cultural equivalent of Shakespeare and will be taught for generations.

The first 8 or so seasons, anyway. It’s not Batman.

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27 points

…fans can, and do, engage in entire conversations based solely on the show’s quotes and contexts.

Skinner and Chalmers at luncheon.

Seymour, his house on fire.

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11 points

Steamed hams, when the roast burned

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6 points

One for Martin, Two for Martin. HA

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2 points

MORE ASBESTOS! MORE ASBESTOS!

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4 points

Seymour’s calves, stretched on the windowsill.

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2 points

Stupid sexy Seymour.

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3 points

The northern lights, at this time of year, at this time of day, localized entirely within Seymour’s kitchen.

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4 points

We’ll never stop the Simpsons :(

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9 points

Like…Marge becomes a robot! Have no fear, we’ve got stories for years~

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3 points

Something… something… Do do do do doooo!

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4 points

Simpsons did it.

🎵 Has Bart ever owned a robot? 🎶

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25 points
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Who Shot Mr Burns… played over 5000 times… over 29 years… repeatedly in your living room.

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30 points

May I see it?

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27 points

No

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11 points

Well Lemmy, you are an odd website. But I must say, you meme a good ham.

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