Find out who voices your favorite Simpsons characters with the handy infographic below and check out a video of Harry Shearer and Dan Castellaneta on Late Night w/ Conan O’Brien after the break.
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Back in October, 2010 artist Banksy designed a much-talked about, and some would say controversial, Simpsons intro, which you can see here. Now Banksy has made public his storyboards for his highly praised intro.
Don’t know who Banksy is? He is an artist.
South Park’s 200th episode airs Wednesday, April 14, 2010.
The Simpsons first appeared in 1987 as a series of 30-second shorts produced by Groening for the FOX series “The Tracey Ullman Show.†The first of these shorts aired on April 19, 1987, during the third week of primetime broadcasts on FOX. Soon they had their own series, premiering on FOX as a half-hour Christmas special on Dec. 17, 1989 (20 years ago today), and then as a regular series on Jan. 14, 1990.
Aside from the wide range of souvenir items generated by the program, some of the character’s sayings have become part of pop culture history, such as “Don’t have a cow” and “D’oh.” Fun fact: when The Simpsons first went on the air, there were 193 million television sets in U.S. homes — today, the number is more than 300 million.
This needs no explanation. Enjoy.
CNN reporter Ted Leopold writes:
As it turns 20 on Thursday, “The Simpsons’ ” greatest enemy may be itself.
For many fans — particularly hard-core followers in the mold of the show’s sneering Comic Book Guy — the glory days are long past. Some refuse to watch anymore; others admit they still find it funny, but they’re disappointed the show didn’t bow out at the top of its game.
In the 1990s, “The Simpsons” was one of the most inventive shows ever broadcast, taking on high and low culture with equal abandon, becoming engrained within the culture at large. It was revolutionary; at the very least, it helped make Fox a big-league player.
What do you think? Is it time for The Simpsons to leave the airwaves? Leave your thoughts in the comments section.
The fine folks over at TV Squad have interviewed The Simpsons’ Executive Producer/Showrunner Al Jean. Below is an excerpt:
What’s coming up for this season?
Al Jean: The 27th we have our premiere, starring Seth Rogen, and he co-wrote the script. And it’s an episode where Comic Book Guy creates a character called Everyman who gets the power of any comic book he touches. And they try to make a Dark Knight-type of movie out of it because they’re so desperate for any new characters. And Comic Book Guy has casting approval, so he says that Homer gets to be the lead. And Homer gets a trainer who quits, so Homer’s weight fluctuates wildly from scene to scene. You see him muscular and then you see him flying through the air fat with a sandwich, and it’s a pretty terrible movie. And the issue is whether Comic Book Guy is going to give it a bad review, because that’s what he does, or whether he’s going to sell out to Hollywood.
The 12th season DVD set of ‘The Simpsons’ went on sale yesterday. Below are three clips from some of the season’s episodes. Enjoy!
FOX has revealed the list of celebrities that will make an appearance in the upcoming 21st season of the show that keeps on tickin’, The Simpsons, airing Sundays at 8:00PM.
Celebrities include Seth Rogen, Jonah Hill, Anne Hathaway, Jackie Mason, Neve Campbell and Eartha Kitt. Additional starts include Coldplay’s Chris Martin, Sarah Silverman, Eli Manning and Peyton Manning, Bob Costas, Chuck Liddell and Angela Bassett.
Also, beginning Monday, November 9 and continuing through Sunday, November 15, fans can watch FOX to find Simpsons tributes and clues featured in primetime programming and in on-air promos. Participating series in the week-long tribute include House, Lie to Me, So You Think You Can Dance, Bones, Fringe, Brothers, ‘Til Death, and Dollhouse. Viewers who spot Simpsons clues can log on to FOX.com for an opportunity to win daily prizes and to enter to win an ultimate grand prize.
Academy Award-nominated filmmaker Morgan Spurlock (“Super Size Me,” “30 Days”) is set to produce and direct The Simpsons 20th Anniversary Special in 3-D on Ice airing Thursday, January 14 on FOX. The documentary special will be the conclusion to the “Best. 20 Years. Ever.,” a year-long global celebration of The Simpsons that launched in January 2009 and culminates on the 20th anniversary of the series’ debut.
In The Simpsons 20th Anniversary Special in 3-D on Ice, Spurlock will examine the cultural phenomenon of the show in his distinctive and innovative style. The special will document how the world sees The Simpsons and how the Simpson family has seen the world for two decades.
“When they first called me about this, I thought it was a prank and I hung up,” said Spurlock. “And then my agent called back and said, ‘No, no, this is for real,’ at which point I fainted. Then when I woke up, I called everyone I knew because it was the coolest thing I could ever get to do in my career.”
The Simpsons are back with The Complete Twelfth Season, arriving on DVD August 18th from Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment. The longest running animated series in television history, the latest DVD collection features all 21 episodes from the 2000-01 season including Bart’s boy band odyssey in “New Kids on the Blecch†featuring N’Sync and a less-than-ordinary day for Homer, Bart and Lisa in “Trilogy of Error.†The season also features many other guest stars including Drew Barrymore, Edward Norton, Justin Timberlake, Stephen King, Andre Agassi, Pete Sampras, Roger Daltry and many more.
All episodes are compiled on four discs (full frame, aspect ratio 1.33:1). Each episode is presented with English 5.1 Dolby Surround, Spanish and French Stereo and English, French and Spanish subtitles. Check out the cover art along with a breakdown of each disc, after the break.
Sunday, September 27 is the day to mark on your calendar if you’re a fan of FOX’s Sunday Animation Domination block of programming. Premiering at 8:00PM is The Simpsons, followed by the series premiere of Family Guy spinoff, The Cleveland Show. At 9:00PM we get Family Guy, followed by American Dad.
