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The Simpsons Around The World
Kiss Kiss, Bang Bangalore (season seventeen) was chosen to be one of the best travel episodes of The Simpsons.Here is the full list: [link name=] http://www.triptouch.com/newsletter/mar2008-simpsons.php [/link] Which episode you like the most? Have you been to this places...
Homer's Paternity Coot
Marge finds a frozen mailman and finds a long lost letter that leads her to think that Abe might not be Homer's true father. After this episode has aired tonight, be sure to discuss what you thought of it here. I think this episode sounds interesting, but I really hope that Abe ends up being Hom...
MyToon's Doughnut-Drawing Contest!!
Join MyToons.com in celebrating Simpsons creator Matt Groening's 54th birthday by designing a doughnut for a chance to win one of 100 dozen delicious Krispy Kreme doughnuts! From Feb. 4 – 17, log onto MyToons to download and decorate your doughnut, or create one from scratch! Happy 54th Birthday...
futurama
who knows about a show made by matt groning called futurama. if you have did you like it? and if you did.did you know they are bringing out a movie to dvd called benders big score? This message was edited by mattardis on Nov 17 2007. ...
A new Simpsons ride, to come spring 2008, is being presented by universal studio's. They are also giving away a once in a lifetime chance to be immortalized as one of the characters for the ride. You can check out information on this at the official site!
Not too long ago, the neoportal was reporting issues with the Hispanic translation of the movie, and now it seems familiar changes have hit up the Japanese version as well. Due for release December 15th in Japan, a number of the original actors were removed in favour of TV regulars.
In an unfortunate twist for Japanese fans watching the dubbed version, the actors who voice the characters in the series were pushed aside to make room for television regulars George Tokoro, Akiko Wada, Becky and London Boots' Akira Tamura.
You can check out the rest of the article at Daily Yomiuri Online here!
With the movie nearing, the premier of the show has yet to be set in any particular city. However, one thing is known, and that is the city which will being hosting it is going to be called Springfield. 16 (of the 32) Springfields from around the United States have been asked if they would like to have the premier, however, the city of Portland, so far, seems to have the greatest chance because of the connections between Oregon and the creator of The Simpson's, Matt Groening.
Everyone who is a fan of the series has likely heard of Apu, the infamously unlucky and commonly shot Kwik-E-Mart owner and cashier, who is the proud owner of several scars, which he parades around like medals. Luckily for the folks who live near a 7-11, a life of high crime might be coming to a city near you!
As part of the new marketing campaign for the upcoming movie, 11 7-11s (out of 4700) are being changed into temporary versions of Homer's favourite shop for chocolate icecream with miniature pies and a few six packs of Duff. While neither of those are available, such things as Squishees, Buzz Cola and a few other products will be available. This is all alongside another marketing campaign, where it is currently being decided which Springfield "The Simpsons" is going to be shown in.
Mike Reiss, one of the writers for The Simpsons, speaks for a bit about what goes on on the inside of The Simpsons. The writer, who has spoken over a hundred times to numerous people at the behest of a friend, answers questions and fields bits of trivia and such about The Simpsons which isn't commonly known to many people. The entire interview is here. A short excerpt is below:
''I didn't expect to be asked by a 6-year-old girl, 'Why are they yellow?''' he recalls sheepishly about the question on the color of the Simpsons family's skin. ''I didn't know the answer, and had to ask around. Turns out, the artists knew. Bart and Lisa's hair blends into their skin, so they had to figure out what was a color halfway between the color of skin and the color of hair. It was yellow.''
Mexicans might be noticing a slight change in some of the voice acting when it comes to The Simpson's and the upcoming movie. While the voice acting in Spanish speaking countries has been superb, it was recently announced that there could be some changes to the voice acting cast due to issues with a strike some time ago.
Gabriel Chavez, the voice of Homer Simpson's boss Mr. Burns, told the Mexican newspaper El Universal that his union's voice-over actors were told they could work on "The Simpsons Movie" — to be released worldwide this summer — as a condition to the end of their strike in 2005.
"Gentlemen keep their word," Chavez told the newspaper.
He said that if Mexico's National Actors Association is not allowed to dub the film into Spanish, "there will be a boycott across Latin America of the film."
The actors, most, if not all, who were switched out, are now calling for a boycott of the film.
The Simpson's break yet another record by being the first hit TV show to ever come back and do the festival twice, combining the ending of the event with some very memorable comments from both the cast and from the interviews which happened that day.
While Cartswright showed off her skills by switching between characters such as Bart, Nelson and Ralph during the show while talking a bit in her own voice, Groening gave the fans the reasons behind choosing Springfield for the show:
"I used to draw a weekly comic strip [Life Is Hell] with bunny rabbits in it ... and then I got a call from Gracie Films to do animation for the Tracey Ullman Show ... I thought I'd do one on the bunny rabbits. Fifteen minutes before the meeting I heard the cartoon would eventually fall into FOX's clutches. I was not going to waste my great bunnies on this network that wasn't going anywhere. So on the spot I created [The Simpsons]. I was in a hurry, so I named them after the members of my own family ... but changed Matt to Bart.
"Springfield is the city in Father Knows Best, but also a couple towns over from where I grew up in Portland, Oregon ... But it's a common name, so I thought it'd be fun if everyone thought it was their [Springfield]."
Alongside this, the folks in the panel spoke about the guest stars on the show, and some general tid-bits which some of the more die-hard fans didn't know about. To read the entire thing, click the source below!
Nancy Cartwright, one of the voice actors for The Simpsons, recently sat down for a talk with the Simpsons consulting producer, Mike Scully, about a number of the aspects of his work within the Simpsons, and a good bit into the background of The Simpsons themselves. From voice acting, to character animation, to some background about Mike himself. A short part of the interview is below, and the entire interview is available to read here, on Nancy Cartwright's column section of the website.
Enjoy!
NC: What are my chances of a successful career in animation if I don't live in New York or Los Angeles?
MS: It's definitely tougher in the beginning. There's a lot more opportunity in N.Y. and L.A. Also, many of your potential peers and contacts are in those cities. Eventually, however, you may be able to move out of town and work from a local or home studio. I know one person who does that, but they started out here and still have to come here periodically for work. It's not easy.
On the animation front, there are new studios popping up around the country all the time. The Internet can help you find them.
IMDB.com recently put up an article with a possible synopsis for the upcoming Simpson's movie, purely on speculation. While this has yet to be confirmed, and therefore, should only be taken at face value, it is the beginning of hearing what could be happening in The Simpson's movie, not including the odd interview with a cast member who mentions how exited they are.
"When Homer accidentally pollutes the river with toxic waste from the nuclear power plant, he gets fired from his job, and everyone has to evacuate Springfield, possibly forever."
Who knows? This might actually end with Homer being fired, permanently.
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Leave it to The Simpson's to manage to spurn the Iraq War using slobbering aliens. In the third segment of the Treehouse of Horror Special this year, the show throws a rather hard blow which is obviously related to the war in Iraq.
At one point during this segment, one of the aliens turns to the other and says "You said they'd greet us as liberators", with the response from the other alien being "Don't worry; we still have the people's hearts and minds.", after which he holds up a heart and a brain. The operation itself was in search of Weapons of Mass Disintegration, called "Operation Enduring Occupation".
This isn't the first time that The Simpson's have delved into the world of political humour, and have done so in previous Treehouse of Horror specials in previous years. This is the heaviest that commentary has been pointed to the government of America.
The Simpsons Treehouse Of Horror XVII: Slice-Dice-and-Win Contest has begun, running from the sixteenth of October, and ends the fifth of November, the day that the episode itself will be run on Fox.
The contest involves using cutscenes from the episode, music and transitions to create a promotional shot running for thirty seconds in length, with the best one being chosen as the winner later one, getting the prize of a "Treehouse Of Horror XVII" giclee signed by creator and executive producer Matt Groening. Twenty more people will get an exclusive Framed Treehouse of Horror XVIII poster, with 100 more contestants at random picking up some special Simpson's mini posters.
Nickelodeon’s Australian Kids’ Choice Awards 2006 have finished, with The Simpson's walking away with the top award in the Toon category, which took place at the Sydney Entertainment center. The awards, designed specifically for kids, were made to allow them to express their opinions on Australian pop culture.
The winners are currently listed here, giving a comprehensive list of them all.
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The Treehouse of Horror has been a long running and popular series of The Simpsons, coming around every Halloween to share a number of scary (well, scarier than usual) Simpsons episodes in a half hour, ranging in the past from Ned Flanders being beheaded by a Gremlin to Willy the Groundskeeper killing children in their dreams.
IGN managed to catch a video interview with Silverman about the upcoming show which he will be directing, where he talks a bit about what will be in the show (War of the Worlds to The Blob) and a few other bits of information for viewing pleasures.
"It's just become a perrenial favourite, not only for the viewers, I think, but us to, the writers and the animators. We just love doing it, always a lot of great, crazy, crazy stuff. Great, crazy costume changes. Great, crazy plots. Great, crazy people. Just in general. Just here in the studio. We just don't like showing them because, uh, they're too crazy."
For those of you who have been waiting for the next Simpsons DVD release, the wait to know the date is over. The next Simpson's DVD will be coming out on the 19th of December, just in time for Christmas season. For those of you who don't remember the season's signature episodes, check out our Episode guide to see the Canyonero, or to read up on the episode where Homer buys a gun to "protect the family".
The disks will come in a set of four, containing all twenty-five of the episodes from season nine. Further information on what else will be on the disks has yet to be released.
