Tag: Simpsons
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How Family Guy Paved The Way For Futurama’s Many Revivals
Matt Groening’s and David X. Cohen’s animated sci-fi comedy series “Futurama” debuted on March 28, 1999. Only a few months earlier, on January 31, Seth McFarlane’s animated sitcom “Family Guy” also premiered. They were both primetime animated sitcoms on the same network, and both were part of a wave of “Simpsons”-adjacent shows that tangled the…
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It Takes A Scary Amount Of Work To Make A Simpsons Treehouse Of Horror
The first “Simpsons” Halloween special, first aired on October 25, 1990, was a banner event for the rising tide of “Simpsons” fans. Many a youth rushed to their VCRs that evening, eager to capture on tape an event unprecedented in the show. While “The Simpsons” typically had fewer structural rules than its live-action sitcom counterparts,…
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A Simpsons Writer Still Defends This Infamous Episode
Across the 700+ episodes of “The Simpsons,” you’d be hard-pressed to find one which exists in as much infamy as the second episode of season 9, “The Principal and the Pauper.” Principal Seymour Skinner (Harry Shearer) is revealed as an imposter named Armin Tamzarian, a former street punk who took the name of his Mia…
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Jon Watts Set to Make 1980s Amblin Era-Inspired ‘Star Wars’ Disney+ Series
The “Star Wars” universe just keeps expanding.On the heels of the highly anticipated reunion between Ewan McGregor’s Obi-Wan Kenobi and Hayden Christensen’s Darth Vader, premiering May 27 on Disney+, comes another post-“Return of the Jedi” installment to accompany critically acclaimed “The Mandalorian” — and this time, Disney+ is borrowing from Marvel.“Spider-Man: No Way Home” director…
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Danny Elfman on Losing His Shirt and Owning a Wild, Web-Busting Coachella Show: ‘I Thought, Can They Hang Me for This?’
Danny Elfman saw his career flashing before his eyes during his performance Saturday night at Coachella, in more ways than one. Yes, there was the 40-yer-plus, career-encompassing aspect of the setlist, from Oingo Boingo new-wave evergreens to score chestnuts from “Edward Scissorhands” and “Batman”; from his recent orchestral-rock comeback album to a deeply viral concert…
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‘The Simpsons’ to Stream in Original Aspect Ratio on Disney+
Our long national nightmare is nearly over: “The Simpsons” episodes will soon be available in their original 4:3 aspect ratio on Disney+.“The even more important most important tweet I can make! As always you have been heard! @theSimpsons episodes will be available in their original 4:3 aspect ratio on #DisneyPlus beginning 5/28,” series showrunner Al…