The Simpsons is an American animated television sitcom starring the Simpson family created by Matt Groening. He contains characters in James L. Brooks office lobby and names them after his own family members, replacing "Bart" for his own name. The family debuted as shorts on The Tracey Ullman Show on April 19, 1987. After a three-season run, the sketch was developed into a half-hour prime-time performance called The Simpsons , which started debuted on December 17, 1989. The show was an early hit for Fox, becoming the first Fox series to land in the top 30 in a season (1990).
The show was controversial from the start and has made news several times. In the early seasons, some parents and conservatives consider Bart a bad example for children and some public schools in the United States even ban the merchandise and t-shirts of The Simpsons. In January 1992, President George HW Bush made a speech during a re-election campaign in which he said: "We will continue to strive to strengthen American families, to make American families more like Waltons and much less like Simpsons." In 2002, the show was almost was sued by the Rio de Janeiro tourism council for creating an unreal city image on the show.
The Simpsons Movie , a long movie, was released worldwide in theaters on July 26 and July 27, 2007. Previous attempts to make the movie version of The Simpsons failed due to lack of a suitable script long and members of the production crew. Finally, producers Brooks, Groening, Al Jean, Mike Scully, and Richard Sakai started film development in 2001. They compiled many plot ideas, with Groening being the one that grew into a movie. The script was rewritten over a hundred times, and this creativity continued after the animation began in 2006. The film was a success at the box office, and received very positive reviews.
The Simpsons finally became America's longest running sitcom, America's longest running animation program, and in 2009 it surpassed Gunsmoke the longest in America, the television series written the longest. Since its debut on December 17, 1989, the show has broadcast 639 episodes and the 29th season starts airing on October 1, 2017.
Video History of The Simpsons
Celana pendek Tracey Ullman (1987-1989)
When producer James L. Brooks worked on The Tracey Ullman Show for the new Fox network, he decided he wanted to put a small sketch of animation before and after the commercial break. After seeing one cartoon cartoon cartoon cartoon cartoon cartoon cartoon cartoon, Grooks asked Groening to catapult an idea to a series of animated films, which Groening originally intended to present as his Life in Hell. i> series. Groening then realizes that animating Life in Hell will require revocation of the publishing rights for his life's work, and pass on the offer. Richard Sakai contacted Groening to see if he had any other character he was willing to give to Fox stuff, and, in short, Groening developed a dysfunctional family that became Simpsons. Garth Ancier argues that Groening creates a character at home and takes them the next day, while Phil Roman claims Groening sketches the characters on the drive to Fox. Groening's account states he quickly formulated The Simpsons while waiting in the Brooks office lobby for a field meeting, which is the most common and famous story. He named the characters after members of his own family, replacing "Bart" for his own name, adapting the anagram of the word "boy".
Fox negotiated a deal that would prove very profitable for Groening, where he retained most of his revenue from merchandising. To animate the short segment, Brooks and company settled in Klasky Csupo, a small animation house offering to produce cartoons at a low price. Brooks initially just wanted to turn on shorts through baseline drawings, and Klasky-Csupo offered the colors for the same cost. The studio only employs three young animators - CalArts graduate Bill Kopp, Wes Archer, and David Silverman - who adapt Groening scripts for animation in a week, do layouts, animations, and inbetweening by hand in a very short time. Groening only submitted the basic sketches to all three, and it was assumed that the numbers would be cleared in production. However, the animator merely retraces his image, which results in a rough appearance of the character in the initial short episode. Colorys Gyorgyi Peluce is the one who decides to make the character turn yellow.
Originally appeared alongside a cartoon by M. K. Brown, the Simpson family first appeared in the short subjects in The Tracey Ullman Show on April 19, 1987 and featured in the first three seasons. The actors who voiced these characters would later repeat their role in The Simpsons . And Castellaneta features the voices of Homer Simpson, Abraham Simpson, and Krusty the Clown. Homer voice in shorts is a loose impression of Walter Matthau, whereas it becomes more powerful and funny at the half-hour show, allowing Homer to cover a wide range of emotions. Julie Kavner, Nancy Cartwright, and Yeardley Smith featured the sounds of Marge Simpson, Bart Simpson, and Lisa Simpson. The crew began stringing clip together on tape to play for a live audience show, and The Simpsons generate "laughed the largest of the event" by John Ortved, author of The Simpsons: An Uncensored History, Not Official . Staff writing Ullman immediately began to see The Simpsons as a bad relationship because of the popularity, and Brooks began to consider adapting shorts for the series of half-hour alone. Brooks decision partly inspired by the cheerleaders David Silverman, who drunkenly approached him at a Christmas party and suggested the idea, vigorously emphasize what the primetime series for the animation industry.
The Groening, Brooks, and Simon year (1989-1991)
In 1989, a production company team adapted The Simpsons to a half-hour series for the Fox Broadcasting Company. The team includes what is now the home of the Klasky Csupo animation. Due to the increased workload of the full-length episodes, production is subcontracted to the Korean animation studio AKOM. While the layout of character and background is done by domestic studios, tweening, coloring and filming is done by overseas studios.
The Simpsons was developed jointly by Groening, Brooks, and Sam Simon, a writer-producer with whom Brooks has worked on previous projects. Groening says the goal is to offer an alternative audience of what he calls "mainstream junk". Brooks negotiated the terms of the contract with Fox's network that prevented Fox from disturbing the event content. The Fox Network is not sure whether the event can keep the audience's attention during the episode duration. They proposed doing three shorts seven minutes per episode and four specials until the audience adjusted, but the producer gambled by asking Fox for 13 full-length episodes.
Simon collected and led the original team of writers, and has been credited as "developing a [show's] sensibility." Writer Ken Levine says he "brings the level of honesty to the characters" and makes them "three dimensional", adding that "Simon's comedy is about characters, not just string jokes". Simon saw The Simpsons as an opportunity to finish what he did not like about Saturday morning cartoons. He wants all the actors in a common room, instead of reading their lines apart from each other. In addition to Castellaneta, Kavner, Cartwright and Smith, actors Harry Shearer and Hank Azaria were added to the show.
Groening developed a long opening sequence to reduce the animation required for each episode, but compiled two jokes as compensation for the repeated material each week. In the first joke, the camera zooms in at Springfield Elementary School, where Bart can be seen writing messages on the board. This message, which changes from episode to episode, has been known as the "whiteboard gag". Another gag is known as a "couch joke", where an alternate event occurs when families meet to sit on their couch and watch television. Groening, who had not paid much attention to television since childhood, was unaware that such long title sequences were rare at the time. The theme played on top of the sequence, compiled by Danny Elfman in 1989, after Groening approached him for a "retro-style" theme. The work that took two days to create, has been recorded by Elfman as the most popular in his career.
Half-hour series aired on December 17, 1989 with "Simpsons Roasting on a Open Fire". The series was originally scheduled to debut in the fall of 1989 with the episode "Some Enchanted Evening", but the producers found that the animation was so horrible that 70 percent of the episode needs to be reworked. At that time there were only a few options for the animation style; usually, they will follow the Disney style, Warner Bros, or Hanna-Barbera. Producers want a realistic environment where characters and objects can not do anything that is impossible in the real world. They consider foiling the series if the next episode of "Bart the Genius" turns out to be just as bad, but just an easy problem to fix. This debut was moved to December, and "Simpsons Roasting on a Open Fire" became the first episode of this series. In some episodes in the first season, the characters act differently from subsequent seasons; Lisa, for example, is undisciplined and grumpy, while Homer is the voice of reason; these roles are reversed in the next episode.
During the second season, The Simpsons airs the first special Halloween, "Treehouse of Horror". The annual series usually consists of four parts: an opening version and a Halloween theme, followed by three segments. These segments usually have horror, science fiction or supernatural themes and quite often parody films, novels, plays, television shows, Twilight Zone episodes, or old issues of EC Comics. Part of the attraction for writers is that they are able to break rules and include violence that will not create regular episodes. In some cases, the author will have an idea that is too rough and too far or too short for a normal episode, but can be used as a segment in a seasonal special. The first "Treehouse of Horror" episode is the first time that an alternate version of the theme airs at the end of the credits.
Bartmania and conservative criticism
BartmaniaThe show was controversial from the start. The main rebel leader at the time, Bart, often did not receive punishment for his bad behavior, which led some parents and conservatives to characterize it as a bad example for children. Some US public schools prohibit The Simpsons merchandise and T-shirts, such as those featuring Bart and the title "Underachiever ('And proud, man!')". In the season two episodes of the opening of "Bart Gets an F", Bart failed four consecutive history exams and school psychiatrist recommended that Bart repeat the fourth grade. Some critics think that the episode "Bart Gets an F" was a response to this controversy. However, Brooks denied that it was a response and added, "We are aware of it, I think it is important to us that Bart is not good at school, there are such students, and I am very wary of television where everyone should be You do not run across many real-life models, why should television be filled with them? "
In the October 1, 1990 edition of People , First Lady Barbara Bush called The Simpsons "the stupidest thing she ever saw" that caused writers to send a letter to Bush posing as Marge Simpson. Bush immediately sent a reply in which he apologized. Several years later, on January 27, 1992, US President George HW Bush addressed his election campaign in which he said, "We will continue to work to strengthen American families, to make American families more like Waltons and much less like the Simpsons. "The authors decided that they wanted to respond by adding a response to the next broadcast The Simpsons , which was a" Stark Raving Dad "playback on January 30th. Broadcasts include a new tongue cheek opening where they watch Bush's speech. Bart replied, "Hey, we're like Waltons, we pray to end the Depression, too." The criticism eventually led to the idea for the episode "Two Bad Neighbors", which George and Barbara had moved into the house across the street from Simpsons.
Compete with The Cosby Show
The Simpsons first season was Fox's first TV series to rank among the top 30 highest shows of the season. Due to its success, Fox's network decided to replace the time points of The Simpsons in the hope that it would result in a higher ranking to lead the event. It will move from 8:00 pm on a Sunday night to the same time on Thursday where it will compete with The Cosby Show , the number one show at the time. Many producers are opposed to the move, because The Simpsons has been in the top 10 when it airs on Sunday and they feel the move will ruin the rankings.
"Bart Gets an F" is the first episode aired against The Cosby Show and an average rating of 18.4 Nielsen and 29% of viewers. In the week rank, it finished tied for eighth behind the Cosby Show which has an 18.5 rating. However, an estimated 33.6 million viewers watched the episode, making it the number one show in terms of the actual viewers that week. At that time, it was the most watched episode in Fox Network history. The wise rank, the new episode of The Cosby Show beats The Simpsons every time during the second season and The Simpsons finally falls out of the top 10. At the end of season Cosby is averaged as the fifth highest rating event on television while The Simpsons is ranked 38th. It will not be until the third episode of the "Homer at the Bat" season that The Simpsons will beat The Cosby Show in the rankings. The show stays on Thursday's timeslot until the sixth season, when it returns to its original timeslot on Sunday.
Release music and "Do Bartman"
David Geffen, founder of Geffen Records, had the idea to record The Simpsons Sing the Blues album The Simpsons , which will be released in time for Christmas 1990. The authors write funny lyrics for the actors to perform on blues and hip hop. The album faced huge publicity before it was released. One particular element that is highly publicized is the involvement of Michael Jackson, who was denied around the time of the album's release. Early reports published link Jackson as a composer of "Do the Bartman", which Groening denies in a press release. However, Groening revealed in 1998 that "Do the Bartman" was actually co-written and co-produced by Jackson, but he could not accept credit for it because he was under contract with another record label. Jackson is a fan of The Simpsons, especially Bart, and has called the producers one night offering to write Bart the number one single and do place a guest on the show, which is how "Do Bartman" shows up. Jackson eventually became a guest star in the episode "Stark Raving Dad".
The Simpsons Sing the Blues album peaked at # 3 on Billboard 200, making it the highest charting album Simpsons . On February 13, 1991, the record was certified triple platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America for sales of over 3 million copies. The producers followed up the album with The Yellow Album in 1998, featuring original footage by Prince, Linda Ronstadt, CC Music Factory, and George Clinton of Funkadelic as well as The Simpsons . Soundtrack album Songs in Lock Springfield (1997), Go Simpsonic with The Simpsons (1999), The Simpsons Movie: The Music (2007 ), and The Simpsons: Testify (2007) were also released.
Maps History of The Simpsons
The Jean and Reiss years (1991-1993)
Although initially they worked well together, Simon and Groening's relationships became "very controversial" according to Groening. According to John Ortved's book The Simpsons: An Uncensored, Unauthorized History , Simon hates the media attention Groening received, especially praise for writing the show; Simon felt that Groening's involvement was limited, and that he should have received credit for the show. Like Groening, Simon often fell out with Brooks and production company Gracie Films and left the show in 1993. Before leaving, he negotiated an agreement that saw him receive a share of the show's profits every year, and an executive producer's credit despite not having worked on the show since. Al Jean and Mike Reiss, who had written for The Simpsons since the show's start, took over as showrunners for the third season. Compared to being an executive producer, showrunner positions are more involved with the show and acting as head writer and managing the show's production for the entire season. As well as turnover in the staff, The Simpsons transferred the animated production from Klasky Csupo to Roman Movies in season four.
During the fourth season, episode "A Streetcar Named Marge" was produced. The musical in the episode contains a controversial song about New Orleans, which portrays the city as "a house of pirates, drunks and prostitutes", among other things. Jeff Martin, the episode writer, means the song becomes a parody of the opening number at Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, who speaks of London in unattractive terms. A New Orleans critic sees "A Streetcar Named Marge" and publishes the song lyrics in his newspaper before the episode airs. Many readers took the lyrics out of context, and Fox New Orleans' affiliate, WNOL, received about a hundred complaints on the day the episode aired. Several local radio stations also held air rallies in response to the song. The Simpsons producers rushed out a whiteboard joke apologizing for "Homer the Heretic", which aired a week after "A Streetcar Named Marge". It read, "I will not defame New Orleans".
Ullman filed a lawsuit in 1992, claiming that his show was a successful source of The Simpsons ' and therefore should receive a share of the show's profits. "I nurse the little devils," Ullman once said about The Simpsons. He wants no part of The Simpsons' merchandising and gross profit and believes he is entitled to $ 2.5 million from Fox estimated $ 50 million in 1992. The Fox network has paid royalties $ 58,000 to The Simpsons and $ 3 million for its 3½ season show season in the air. Eventually the court decided to support the network.
Years Mirkin (1993-1995)
Some of the original performers who had worked at The Simpsons since the first season passed after the completion of the fourth season. David Mirkin took over as showrunner and executive producer for the fifth and sixth seasons. In The Simpsons: An Uncencored, Unauthorized History (2009), John Ortved describes Mirkin as an "outsider" on the show because, unlike most of the staff writers, Mirkin is not a graduate of Harvard University. The writing staff, at least initially, divided into Mirkin's leadership abilities. Mirkin conducts writing sessions in one room, rather than dividing the authors into two groups as has been done by other players, and often work late into the night. Writer Richard Appel praised Mirkin's leadership and comedic style, saying that "the show was great under it." In contrast to most Ortved accounts, in a 2004 interview with Animation Magazine, Mirkin stated that he was "not really intimid at all [ed] to join the crew [event writers]," because he "has worked with and wrote with" many of his coauthors before.
Mirkin says that he "brings [the show] back to a more story-oriented approach and improves character and emotional focus while" at the same time keeps it real and weird. "During his tenure, Mirkin moved the show's focus toward Homer, and developed several secondary characters, such as Apu.He was also strongly opposed to censorship and network disturbances.The Mirkin humor and style of humor were very popular among the show's fans, but the writer's staff divided up in his humor style, who saw the show shift from more stories "emotional" and based on the character to "pure comedy" and "real" humor.The episode of "Deep Space Homer" became controversial when the episode was produced.Some writers felt that bringing Homer into space was too "grand" from an idea and Groening felt that idea it's so big that it gives writers "no place to go".
The writing staff wanted to do an episode where the Simpsons family traveled to Australia. They have previously mocked some American institutions and thought it would be interesting to make fun of the whole nation. They are designing Australians and Australians are very inaccurate and many things are really made for fun. The episode "Bart vs. Australia" received a mixed reception in Australia, with some Australian fans saying the episode was a mockery of their country. Shortly after it aired, the Simpsons staff received more than 100 letters from Australians who were humiliated by the episode. Reiss claims that this episode is Australia's most unlikable, and that "whenever we have Simpsons visiting other countries, the country gets very angry, including Australia". He also claimed that they were "condemned in the Australian Parliament after the episode aired".
Former showrunners Jean and Reiss have left to produce their own series, The Critic , along with The Simpsons co-creator Brooks. The Critic is a short animated series that revolves around the life of film critic Jay Sherman. For the second season of The Critic , Brooks broke a deal with the Fox network to activate the series. The episode of "A Star Is Burns" was sung by Brooks, who wanted a crossover that would help launch the Critic on Fox, and he thought having a film festival in Springfield would be a good way to introduce Sherman. In addition, Jean and Reiss returned to produce two episodes ("A Star is Burns" and "'Round Springfield") with the Citi staff, to remove some of the pressure on The Simpsons > ' writing staff. Groening felt that the crossover was a thirty minute advertisement for another show and blamed Brooks, calling it an attempt to get attention for one of his unsuccessful shows. After unsuccessful attempts to obtain the episode, he decides to announce his concerns shortly before the episode airs and his name is removed from the credits. In response, Brooks said, "Over the years, Al [Jean] and Mike [Reiss] are the two people who work with their hearts on this show, staying up until 4 am to do it right.The point is, Matt's name has to be on Mike and Al's scripts and he has taken a lot of credit for many of their great jobs.In fact, he is a direct beneficiary of their work.The 'Critic' is their shot and he should give them his support. "
Groening envisioned the idea of ​​an episode in which Mr. Burns is shot, which can be used as a publicity stunt. The authors decided to write the episode "Who Sacked Mr. Burns?" in two parts with mystery that can be used in the contest. Part one is the last episode of the sixth season and originally aired on the Fox network on May 21, 1995. The second part is the seventh season premiere screening and was originally aired on September 17, 1995. It is important for writers to design mystery that has clues, taking advantage of the frame technology freeze, and structured around one character that seems to be a clear actor. In the months following the first part of the broadcast, there was a widespread debate among fans of the series about who shot Mr. Burns. Fox offers a contest to join the mystery in which viewers can guess who the culprit is. It runs from August 13th to September 10th and is one of the first contests binding on television and internet elements. Fox launched a new website, www.Springfield.com, dedicated to the mystery of more than 500,000 visits during the summer of 1995. The winner will be animated on the episode of the event. However, no one has ever been animated on the show. This is because no one is officially guessing the correct answer, so the selected winner does not have the correct answer and is paid cash prize in lieu of animation.
The Oakley and Weinstein years (1995-1997)
After season six, Mirkin suggested that Bill Oakley and Josh Weinstein take over as showrunners, but remain on the show in advisory capacity, helping them with the technical aspects of performances such as editing and sound mixing, and attending the script table reading. Oakley and Weinstein want to produce episodes of Treehouse of Horror , episodes about Bob Sideshow, Itchy & amp; Scratch and some "format-bending" episodes like "22 Short Films About Springfield". They aim for "at least two episodes per season that 'push the envelope', [and] expand the definition of what could be the episode." The eight seasons feature several episodes where focus is given to secondary characters and where new issues, such as divorce, are explored. Their choice of guest stars are those with unique and interesting sounds, and some of their guest stars are "old gray-haired men with a distinctive voice".
Their purpose for the episode should be realistic and more focused on the five Simpson family members and explore their feelings and emotions towards each other. Oakley regards season three as the greatest comedy season ever produced and seeks to create the feel of the season, focusing on stories with real emotions and situations, as well as episodes outside the walls. Season three is their base for Homer: "We love Homer as he is in the second and third seasons.That's what we consciously use as our model.Dimit, loving, hyper-enthusiastic, silly creatively, parody of American father - drawn with emotion real, though admittedly strengthened. "
The script supervisor for the show and the voice of the character Lunchlady Doris, Doris Grau, died on December 30, 1995. The episode of "Team Homer", which aired eight days later, was one of the last episodes to show her voice and show her dedication to it. From the nine to the eighteent seasons, Lunchlady Doris appeared just as a background character. He returned as a speaking character in several episodes since "The Mook, Chef, the Wife and Her Homer", and is now voiced by Tress MacNeille.
The episode "Lisa the Vegetarian" featured a permanent character development when Lisa became a vegetarian. The story was made by David S. Cohen and the producers felt it would be a sure way to bring Paul McCartney into a guest star. McCartney agrees, but only on condition that Lisa will remain a vegetarian and not return. That nature persists and is one of the few permanent character changes made in the show. In the 13th episode of "She of Little Faith" season, Lisa undergoes another permanent character change when she turns to Buddhism.
On February 9, 1997, The Simpsons went beyond The Flintstones with "The Itchy & Scratchy & Poochie Show" episodes as the longest-lived prime-time animation series in the United States. Manufacturers take this milestone and make an episode deal with longevity issues and problems that arise when producers try to make the event "fresh" again; a theme commonly known as "jumping the shark". Alan Sepinwall of The Star-Ledger , in a review printed two days after the episode aired, praised the authors for not airing the "very special" episode to celebrate the flame stoppage of The Flintstones He noted "[this episode] so self-conscious it puts the best jokes in St. Elsewhere to shame."
The Scully years (1997-2001)
Oakley and Weinstein retired as showrunners after season eight because they "did not want to break [the show]" and Mike Scully took over as showrunner in 1997. As showrunner and executive producer, Scully said his goal was to "not spoil the show", Scully popular with staff members, many of whom praised their organizational and management skills. Writer Tom Martin said he was "quite possibly the best boss I've ever worked" and "a great manager of people" while author Don Payne commented that for Scully "it's important for us to keep decent working hours". Scully noted: "I wrote many Lisa shows, I have five daughters, so I really like Lisa, I also like Homer, Homer comes very naturally to me: I do not know if it's a good thing or a bad thing.Many favorite episodes are when Homer and Lisa are in conflict... They're very human, I think that's their appeal. "
Nevertheless, Scully's term as pioneer of The Simpsons has been the subject of criticism from fans of the show. John Ortved wrote "Scully's episodes excel when compared to what The Simpsons is currently showing, but he is the one who leads when the ship turns to an iceberg." The BBC noted "the general consensus is that the Golden Age's" The Simpsons "is over after the ninth season," while an op-ed on Slate by Chris Suellentrop argues The Simpsons changed from a realistic performance of family life to a typical cartoon during Scully's years. The Simpsons under Scully has been labeled negatively as a "heavy-sentin, Homer-centric temptation" by Jon BonnÃÆ'Â © from MSNBC, while some fans have lamented the transformation in the Homer character during the era, from sweet and sincere to "a rough, self-serving oaf", dub him "Jerkass Homer". Martin said that he did not understand criticism of Scully and that he thought that criticism "disturbed [Scully], and still bothered him, but he managed not to pester it." Ortved noted in his book that it's hard to say how much the decline was Scully's fault, and that blaming a single combatant to degrade the quality of the show is "unfair."
Brian Tallerico of UGO Networks defends this season against criticism. According to him, in a 2007 review that comparing "the tenth episode of Simpsons to the inaugural series (3-7) just unfair and really like defeating oneself." Yes, I laughed, but not as hard as a few years ago. So that sucks. 'That's nonsense. The fact is that even the tenth season of The Simpsons is more funny than most of [the other] best shows. "PopMatters' Hassenger commented in his review that although the show was declining in quality," this is not to say that this episode was without their charm; many, in fact, laugh-out-hard funny and very smart. "
On May 28, 1998, Phil Hartman, the voice actor of Troy McClure and Lionel Hutz, was shot and killed by his wife while he was sleeping at Encino's home in Los Angeles. His wife, Brynn Omdahl, then committed suicide hours later. In the weeks following his death, Hartman was celebrated in a tribute wave. And Snierson of Entertainment Weekly argues that Hartman is "the last person you expect to read about the terrible headlines in your morning paper... a plain, ordinary man who is loved by everyone who works with him ". After Hartman's death in 1998, instead of replacing him with a new voice actor, production staff resigned McClure and Hutz from the show. McClure last appeared in a ten-season episode of "Bart the Mother", dedicated to Hartman.
In the 10th episode of "Thirty Minutes in Tokyo" season, the family traveled to Japan. References episodes and mocks some aspects of Japanese and American culture, as well as the differences between the two. At the sumo wrestling match, Bart and Homer met the Japanese emperor, Akihito. After Homer threw it into a sumo rod, Bart and Homer were put in jail, where they had to reenact kabuki dramas about forty-seven Ronin, perform origami, weave flowers and meditate. This episode also refers to Japan's adaptation to American culture. Although all other episodes of The Simpsons have been dubbed and broadcast on Japanese television, "Thirty Minutes In Tokyo" was never aired in Japan. The episode, which contains scenes showing Homer throwing the Emperor of Japan into a box filled with sumo thongs, is considered rude.
Difficulty working
Until the production of ten seasons in 1998, the six main voice actors were paid $ 30,000 per episode. In 1998, a dispute between their salary and the Fox Broadcasting Company emerged, with the perpetrators threatening to attack. Fox went as far as preparing for casting new voices, but an immediate deal was made and their salary was raised to $ 125,000 per episode. Groening expressed his sympathy to the actors in the Mother Jones issue sometime after the salary dispute was settled. He told the magazine: "[The actors] are very talented, and they deserve a chance to be rich and miserable like everyone else in Hollywood." The event also made changes for writers to be signatories to the Animation Guild. Most authors in the animation are included in the guild, but the The Simpsons and other animated shows on Fox are different. Scully commented that "everyone was expecting a great fight with the studio" and continued that "it never materialized, because they admit that prime-time animation works and everyone benefits."
The voice actress Maggie Roswell left The Simpsons in the spring of 1999 after a payment dispute with Fox. The network initially reported that he decided to quit just because he was tired of flying between Denver and Los Angeles for a recording session. It was announced by Roswell that he had asked for a raise, not only because he was tired of traveling, but because of the rising cost of airline tickets. Roswell paid $ 1,500 to $ 2,000 per episode for three seasons before he left, and he asked Fox to increment $ 6,000 per episode. However, Fox only offered a $ 150 increment, which did not even cover travel expenses, so he decided to quit. As a result of Roswell's departure, the character of Maude Flanders was killed in the episode "Alone Again, Natura-Diddily". Marcia Mitzman Gaven's voice actress was recruited to replace the other Roswell characters. Roswell returned to The Simpsons in 2002 in the inaugural season of the fourteenth season. He reached an agreement with Fox to record his path from his home in Denver and thus the dispute ended.
The return of Jean (2001-2007)
Jean returned full-time to The Simpsons during the tenth season. He once again became a showcase with the start of the thirteenth season in 2001, this time without Reiss. Jean says that "the hardest thing at the moment is just thinking of fresh ideas.The people are on top of things we've done before, so the challenge now is to think of a good idea, but it has never been seen." In April 2001, in an interview with The New York Times, Jean stated that he wanted to "bring the show back to the family". Her arrival was welcomed, with Jon Bonnà ©  © MSNBC stating: "[Jean] has guided the show out of a heavy and heavy Homer-centric incarnation... these are brighter days for old fans of this show." Bill Gibron of PopMatters.com notes that "the show has linked his madness with more personal stories" and that "the faltering ferocity of Homer Neanderthal and Bart gave way to" soft "episodes focusing on Marge and Lisa."
In season 13 episode "Blame It on Lisa", The Simpsons visit Rio de Janeiro in Brazil. In the week after the original broadcast of the episode, it faced an intense controversy involving the Brazilian state, most specifically the Tourism Council of Rio de Janeiro (Riotur). The council stated that the city was depicted as having rampant street crimes, kidnappings, slums and rat fleas. The Tourism Board confirmed that the event "went too far" and ruined a $ 18 million (£ 12.5 million) advertising campaign to attract visitors to the city. Fernando Henrique Cardoso, then Brazil's president, stated that the episode "brought about a distorted vision of Brazilian reality." On April 9, Riotur is preparing to sue producer and Fox, to damage international image and lost revenue. This issue threatens to become a diplomatic incident. After knowing the upcoming suit, the show producer contacted Fox's lawyer, who told them that a city could not technically demand defamation. In response, Brooks executive producer apologized, stating "we apologize to the beautiful city and people of Rio de Janeiro". Jean commented that it was "one of the biggest controversies in show history".
In season 14, the production switched from traditional cel animation to digital ink and paint. The first episode to experiment with digital coloring was Radioactive Man in 1995. Animators used digital ink and paint during the production of 12-episode "Tennis the Menace" episode, but Gracie Films suspended the regular use of digital ink and paint for the next two seasons. The completed "Tennis the Menace" is broadcast as made.
As the revenue of the show continued to increase through syndication and DVD sales, the lead cast stopped appearing for a script reading in April 2004. The halt came after weeks of unsuccessful negotiations with Fox, where players demanded their pay raise to $ 360,000 per episode, or $ 8 million for 22 episodes of the season. The strike was completed a month later and their salary was raised to something between $ 250,000 and $ 360,000 per episode.
Season 16 featured one of several major character developments since the beginning of the show. It was reported long before the episode of "There's Something About Married" that the main characters will come out as gay during the episode. At the San Diego Comic-Con International convention in July 2004, Al Jean revealed: "We have events where, to raise money, Springfield affirms gay marriage Homer becomes minister by going to the internet and filling out forms. , but I did not say who. "This led to a lot of media speculation and publicity in the media for the episode. Many fans rightly suspect that it will be one of Homer's brother-in-law, either Patty or Selma, while others believe it is Waylon Smithers.
Movies (2007)
20th Century Fox, Gracie Films and Roman Movies produced the animated film The Simpsons released on July 27, 2007. The Simpsons production staff has entertained thoughts about a movie since the beginning of the series , but production never comes together. Groening felt the length of the film would allow them to scale up the show and the animate order was too complicated for the TV series. The film was directed by David Silverman and was written by a team of Simpsons writers consisting of Groening, Brooks, Jean, Reiss, Mirkin, Scully, George Meyer, John Swartzwelder, Jon Vitti, Matt Selman and Ian Maxtone. -Graham. The work continued on a scenario from 2003 onwards and did not stop, taking place in a small bungalow where Groening first pitched The iacsons in 1987. Groening read about a city that had to get rid of pig manure in the water supply, which inspired the movie plot. She also wants to make the movie dramatically more powerful than the TV episode, because "we want to really give you something you've never seen before." The production of this film coincides with continuous series writing despite the old claims by those involved in the show that the film will enter production only after the series has finished.
After winning the Fox competition and USA Today , Springfield, Vermont hosted the premiere of the film. The Simpsons Movie earned a combined total of $ 74 million in its opening weekend in the US, taking it to the top of the box office, setting a record for opening the highest grossing weekend for a film based on the television series, surpassing Mission: Impossible 2 . Opened at the top of the international box office, taking $ 96 million from seventy-one overseas territories - including $ 27.8 million in Britain, making it Fox's second highest opening in the country. In Australia, it earned A $ 13.2 million, the biggest opening for the animated film and the nation's third-biggest opening weekend. On November 23, 2007, the film has a worldwide gross of $ 525,267,904. The film received a 90% approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes, with 171 out of a total of 191 reviews determined as positive. It received a rating of 80 out of 100 (signifying "generally favorable reviews") on Metacritic of 36 reviews.
Post movie season (2007-present)
Jean continued as a showrunner after watching the movie. Critics argue that the quality of the show has declined in Jean's tenure. Jacob Burch, an administrator of the NoHomers.com website, said in an interview that the show "seems less cohesive, more about trying to get jokes there, rather than making stories and letting jokes emerge from it" and adding "I just think only there's so much you can do [with characters]. " Steven Hyden from The A.V. The club is arguing in an online debate on the subject that "The Simpsons has been relying too heavily on Homer shtick and tired and meaningless guest stars" and that the authors "are content to entertain themselves with jokes, non-sequitures, and silly plot plots. "Jean responded to this criticism by saying:" Well, it may be that we have refused, but honestly, I've been here all the time and I remember in the season two people say, 'It's downhill.' If we listen to it then we will stop after episode 13. I'm glad we did not. "
The authors of The Simpsons went on strike together with the Writers Guild of America in late 2007. The Simpsons broadcast was unaffected by the strike. Because it took a long time to produce an animated event episode, the episode was written up to a year earlier. So the strike has to go on for a while so the show ends from a new episode. Production season 20 is delayed further due to contract negotiations with six major voice actors. The dispute was settled, and the actors' salaries were raised to $ 400,000 per episode. Production delays caused 22 planned episodes shortened to 20 episodes.
20th birthday and run long note
To celebrate the 20th anniversary of the premiere of The Simpsons, Fox announced the year-long celebration of the "Best 20 Years. Ever." Event, which runs from January 14, 2009 to January 14, 2010. Morgan Spurlock , an Academy Award nominated documentary filmmaker (Best Documentary for Super Size Me in 2004) and fans of The Simpsons since his college days, was asked to direct the special The Simpsons 20th Anniversary Special - In 3-D! On the ice! in February 2009. Spurlock believes "the reason [the producer] called him [he] to start is to have no show that would be a hands-happy, pat-all-behind-special, which is why rooting in the people who save this event in the air for the last 20 years is important. "It was shown on January 10, 2010 in addition to" Once Upon a Time in Springfield ", which was promoted as episode 450 of the series.
The "Million Dollar Maybe" episode features a new character created by the winner of "Best Character Ever." contest, where fans can submit their own ideas for new characters, and possibly repeat, Simpsons . More than 25,000 entries are submitted. The contest winner is Peggy Black of Orange, Connecticut, who created the character Ricardo Bomba. He describes Ricardo as "someone who likes all women and all men want to be" and "something like Casanova." Jean was one of the jurors in the contest, whom he described as "a thank-you to his loyal fans." He also notes that there is a possibility that Ricardo's character may appear on the show again. Another change was to show The Simpsons on 720p high definition television with the episode "Take My Life, Please" on February 15, 2009. With the new broadcasting system a new opening sequence emerged. It was the first major permanent change on the show's introduction since the beginning of the second season of the 1990 show; previous changes have included variations of introductory duration. The new introduction also includes some 3D animations when the camera took over Springfield.
To commemorate the twentieth anniversary of the event, the US Postal Service launched a series of five cents stamps featuring Homer, Marge, Bart, Lisa, and Maggie. Stamps, designed by Groening, were made available for purchase on May 7, 2009 and about one billion printed stamps. The Simpsons is the first television series still produced to receive this recognition. After entering the 21st season at the end of 2009, the event beat the record of Gunsmoke ' as America's longest longest television series.
Cancellation threat
On October 4, 2011, 20th Century Fox Television released a statement saying: "The 23 seasons, The Simpsons are creatively vibrant and loved by millions around the world.We believe this brilliant series can and should continue but we can not produce seasons under the current financial model.We hope that we can reach an agreement with the voice-cast that allows The Simpsons to continue to entertain the audience with original episodes for years to come. " One of the problems is that The Simpsons may be worth more than canceled in the air. A 17-year syndication deal with local TV stations prohibits Fox from selling impressions to cable networks. As long as The Simpsons is still generating new episodes, Fox can not undo this deal. Meanwhile, the cable network has grown to a market as large as the local TV stations. Another consideration is that Fox News Corp.'s parent company held a meeting on the possibility of a cable channel that will only air the episode of The Simpsons. Analysts consider second-term cancellations and deals that include cable networks worth $ 750 million. On this issue, Jean commented in an interview with TV Guide that "This is a big company, and there are definitely people whose interests will be better served by ending it." The interests are replaced because we are still valuable for networking in terms of our ratings. "
For negotiations, the studio requested that members of the player receive a 45 percent cut of their salary so that more seasons could be produced after season 23, or the season would be the last series. The actors are willing to take a pay cut, but want a percentage of back-end payments instead. At one point, Shearer even offered a 70 percent salary cut in exchange for a back-end percentage, but the studio did not want to make a deal involving a back-end percentage. In the end, the studios and actors reached an agreement, in which the actors would take a 30 percent salary cut, down to over $ 300,000 per episode, extending the show to the 25th season. As well as voice actors, everyone involved in the show takes a pay cut. These include animators, writers, post-production crews and even Jean himself. Further use of digital animation also saves money, because the animation of the show becomes more efficient.
In 2013, FXX purchased exclusive American cable rights for this series. Aired from August 2014, this event will also be available on-demand via the Simpsons World website. The website is only available in the United States.
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