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The Nine Showrunners Who Defined The Simpsons
Thirty years ago this month, America’s favorite animated family made their debut as part of The Tracey Ullman Show. To celebrate, CoS will be broadcasting live from Springfield all week with a slew of Simpsons features. Today, Andrew Bloom looks back on the showrunners responsible for making The Simpsons so amazing, enduring, and endearing.
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Donald Trump's First 100 Days In Office - The Simpsons
Donald Trump reviews his accomplishments from his first 100 days in office.
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Homer Simpson inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame. D'oh!
Add master of baseball to Homer's resume of donut expert and nuclear power plant safety inspector.
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125 Days: Donald Trump Makes One Last Try To Patch Things Up With Comey
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Top 10 Simpsons Jokes That Came True
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'The Simpsons' turned down Trump guest appearance on show: producer
“The Simpsons” turned down President Trump for a guest appearance on the series, the show's executive producer said at Comic-Con on Saturday. When asked if the show had ever turned down a celebrity guest appearance, Al Jean said, “Let’s just say he’s the president of the United States,” The Wrap reported.
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New SIMPSONS Documentary Explores THE PROBLEM WITH APU
For nearly 30 years, The Simpsons has chronicled the lives and misadventures of the title characters and their fellow residents of Springfield, USA. The Kwik-E-Mart owner, Apu Nahasapeemapetilon, has been among the show’s most popular supporting characters during its run. In the early seasons of the show, Apu was largely a one-note stereotype figure, who was fleshed out in later seasons as a family man with a life outside of his Simpsons interactions. But that doesn’t necessarily change some of the problematic aspects of Apu’s portrayal, which persist to this day.
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Ranking: Every Simpsons Treehouse of Horror Episode from Worst to Best
It’s hard to believe that it’s been nearly three decades since Marge first stepped out from behind that curtain to warn viewers about the spooky scenes they were about to witness. But that warning started a proud, hilarious tradition for The Simpsons, and 28 seasons later, the show has offered a triple-dose of tales to fright and delight featuring Our Favorite Family each and every year. The Treehouse of Horror Halloween specials allow The Simpsons to spoof classic movies, indulge in a little blood and guts, and have some macabre fun in a non-canon setting.
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The Simpsons Shatters TV Records
The Simpsons is making TV history on Sunday, April 29 when the Fox animated series airs its 636th episode, beating Gunsmoke's record of scripted episodes. However, Gunsmoke and Law & Order are both still tied for the longest-running US primetime live-action series with 20 seasons produced. In "Forgive and Regret," the 636th episode of The Simpsons, Grandpa Simpson (Dan Castellaneta) makes a deathbed confession to Homer (also Castellaneta), but after recovering, Grandpa realizes the issue is not one easily reconcilable.
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'The Simpsons' Creator Matt Groening On Apu Backlash: 'People Love To Pretend They're Offended'
The creator of The Simpsons, Matt Groening, has finally addressed the backlash against Apu in an interview with USA Today.The cartoon character, an Indian convenience store owner, has been accused of being a racist stereotype. The criticism has always existed, but it has been taken more seriously after it became the subject of a documentary, The Problem with Apu.
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'The Simpsons' Creator Dismisses Criticism of Indian Character Apu
“The Simpsons” creator Matt Groening doesn’t have much to say in response to criticism of the show’s Indian character, Apu Nahasapeemapetilon. “I’m proud of what we do on the show,” Groening said in an interview with USA Today. “And I think it’s a time in our culture where people love to pretend they’re offended.” The character has been criticized as a stereotypical portrayal of Indian immigrants, and because it is voiced by a white actor.
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Reverend Lovejoy's Bookmobile
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‘The Simpsons: Treehouse of Horror’: A ‘Jurassic World’ Parody Includes a Very Familiar Dinosaur
It’s well-established at this point: Even in a rarified tropical environment, nothing good happens inside a glass-walled circular travel pod. That lesson seems to play a part in the upcoming “Treehouse of Horror XXIX” episode of “The Simpsons,” which sees the family trapped in a “Jurassic World”-style park. The twist here seems to be that someone has infused dinosaurs with DNA from some familiar faces.
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‘The Simpsons’ Is Eliminating Apu, But Producer Adi Shankar Found the Perfect Script to Solve the Apu Problem
In April producer Adi Shankar launched a spec script contest for “The Simpsons” to solve what has become known as the show’s “Apu Problem.” The long-running character, a convenience store owner voiced by Hank Azaria, has become a controversial figure because many believe him to be an inaccurate and hurtful portrayal of Indian-Americans.
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Simpsons exec responds to Apu leaving claim
Apu has become controversial recently, with some people arguing that he is an Indian stereotype.
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Online anger over Apu-Modi comparison
An Argentine news channel has come under fire for displaying an image of the Simpsons character Apu as Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived in Buenos Aires. Cronica TV used the headline "Apu arrives" as the Indian PM's plane touched down for the G20 summit. Some say the portrayal of the Indian shopkeeper is racist. Social media users responded angrily to the use of the image.
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‘The Simpsons’ Boss: Michael Jackson Used the Show to ‘Groom Boys’
The ‘Simpsons’ showrunner opens up to Marlow Stern about why they removed their Michael Jackson episode, the Fox-Disney merger, satirizing Trump, and much more.
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That Ned Flanders-themed metal band appeared on ‘The Simpsons’
In one of the strangest crossovers in recent memory, the famous Ned Flanders-themed metal band just appeared on the show it drew inspiration from; The Simpsons. For a few years now, the Arizona-based Okilly Dokilly have been doing the rounds, delivering metalcore tunes that are derived from the actions and quotes of The Simpsons character Ned Flanders. Although the band are rather divisive in online communities, their general existence is one of a well-thought out parody than anything.
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‘The Simpsons’ to Stream Exclusively on Disney+
“The Simpsons” have found a new streaming home. Disney+ will be the exclusive SVOD home of the long-running animated sitcom, with all episodes from the show’s 30 seasons available on the service at launch in November. The announcement was made during the Disney investor day on Thursday. The show is currently available to stream on the app Simpsons World, which was launched by FX after the show began airing on FXX back in 2014. There are also more recent episodes of the series available on Hulu.
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30 Seasons Of 'The Simpsons': How Matt Groening's Cartoon Family Of 5 Became A TV Institution
It’s been almost three decades since “The Simpsons” changed from a rough collection of clips to the lunkheaded family everyone knows. “The Simpsons” started as short cartoons, but when they got their own series in 1989, a historically popular program was born.
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