Why "The Simpsons" is still worth watching

[raisindot]

The Simpsons has been running on auto-pilot for at least a decade or more, but every once in a while they do something that totally justifies the show's continued existence.

Getting Thomas Pynchon to do not one but two cameos on the show is one example. Another is the opening 'couch sequence' from the show two weeks ago. Conceived by Banksy, it spoofs that perception that the show and its merchandise are created in Dickinsean sweatshop conditions in Asia and that it's all endorsed by the right wing evil empire known as FOX TV.

To see it and read an interview of how it was done, go to:

http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/ ... y-opening/

If only the episodes themselves were still as good as these isolated bits.

J-I-B


Banksy's

 

[poohcarrot]

It's worth watching coz the Pope just said Homer was a Catholic and the producers said bollux to him!

 

[Jan Van Quirm]

Can't get the HULU vid to stream - says it's for US viewers only?

But it's OK - found it on YouTube

What pope? Where? I saw no pope in that

 

[Who's Wee Dug]

Really good that, but did not see the pederast shieilder either. :twisted:

 

[raisindot]

What pope? Where? I saw no pope in that

Not from the Banksy clip, you very silly person. From the Vatican newspaper.

http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/reuters/1010 ... s_simpsons



J-I-B

 

[Jan Van Quirm]

What pope? Where? I saw no pope in that

Not from the Banksy clip, you very silly person. From the Vatican newspaper.

http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/reuters/1010 ... s_simpsons



J-I-B

Oi! It was pooh that started with the pope thingie and forgot to mention where that came from!

It's worth watching coz the Pope just said Homer was a Catholic and the producers said bollux to him!

Why can't people quote what they mean!

 

[Jan Van Quirm]

Actually wasn't there an episode way back where Bart and Homer toyed with converting to Catholism but Marge soon smacked them out of it. I always thought they were some kind of Presbyterian myself...

 

[Sjoerd3000]

Actually wasn't there an episode way back where Bart and Homer toyed with converting to Catholism but Marge soon smacked them out of it. I always thought they were some kind of Presbyterian myself...

Yes there was! Liam Neeson voiced a catholic priest in that episode

It was This one!

 

[poohcarrot]

Yes there was! Liam Neeson voiced a catholic priest in that episode

It was This one!

That's the episode the Pope claimed that proved they were Catholics.

Come on chaps, keep up with the news, will you?

 

[poohcarrot]

What pope? Where? I saw no pope in that

Not from the Banksy clip, you very silly person. From the Vatican newspaper.

http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/reuters/1010 ... s_simpsons



J-I-B

Oi! It was pooh that started with the pope thingie and forgot to mention where that came from!

It's worth watching coz the Pope just said Homer was a Catholic and the producers said bollux to him!

Why can't people quote what they mean!

My original post was replying to the title of the thread and thought it was obvious to anyone who follows the news what I was talking about.

 

[Jan Van Quirm]

Dearest smartypants - I take very little notice of any mention of the 'pope' word in the news as I have zero interest in deranged hype from the leader of an outdated belief system...

The Simpsons on the other hand are fascinating and as Jeff's post didn't refer to that obscure and unnewsworthy article but to the couch gag featuring apparently enslaved Korean animators it somehow slipped through my radar - inexplicable from your fevered perspective I realise, but true nonetheless

For an avowed atheist your interest in things religious seems to have reached 'mania' proportions, so please do try and rest in a darkened room and avoid all irritating/stimulating objects such as crucifixes and rosaries or indeed reports on former notable worthies of the hitler youth movement - they're really not at all important in the modern world

 

[mspanners]

Simpsons are still top TV for Me, just wish Sky uk would show more new ones instead of the reruns.....


and I miss Futurama......

Bender Rules!!