The impact of the Simpsons was huge, though. It was Fox's biggest hit. Without it, we probably wouldn't have South Park, Family Guy, and a slew of other successful adult themed cartoons.

Uh, the simpsons was an animated short off of the Tracy Ulman show (which was terrible). Their original hits were Married with Children, 21 Jump Street, In Living Color, and some Werewolf show. Fox really took off once they got football - which was a huge coup at the time.

I used to watch that. :icon17:


That may well be, doesn't mean it doesn't need to be given a good death nevertheless.

Simpsons still have some good episodes from time to time, but they are coming fewer and farther in between these days.

Missed this. Yeah this is accurate. It was "groundbreaking" for the time but then again, so were their other shows.

Honestly I think the dumbest thing they did (and beginning of the downfall of the show) was make a movie. :ugh2:

Uh, I know how they started, and I know that Married was their first hit, but the Simpsons dwarfed it with its success. Did you know that Tracey Ullman tried to sue them for royalties and failed?

I thought the movie was good though

No I didn't know that, but WHAT is the flying speed of an unladen swallow? :icon08:

I had a bart simpson shirt at some point when I was a kid. It's 99.99% unfunny at this point but it still makes me chuckle now and then.

Blast from the past! Johnny Depp was so young in 21 Jump Street that he still had fat cheeks!!!

But it was far more successful than any other fox show.

I was not aware of that.
Even a blind squirrel finds a nut every now and again. :icon17:

Yeah. Matt Groening owned the rights to the cartoon so she didn't have a leg to stand on.

Married and Living Color were what "launched" fox. Then Rupert Murdoch paid an asston of money for football and they became a major player.

Great show.

Don't forget the spinoff starring Richard Greico, "Booker".

Confessions:
I stick my hand in the waistband of my pants when I am relaxing, much like Al Bundy.

I didn't say the show isn't long in the tooth and in need of an end, just that it should be appreciated for what it once was

90210 in its heyday had the Simpsons beat.

:pics: or it doesn't happen.

It's where Jim Carey got his start. Everyone remembers Fire Marshall Bob!
Pure awesomeness! I had totally forgotten about that!

Only because you could actually fantasize about the female characters in the show without being labeled a freak... :bowrofl:

I don't like much of anyone and I can sincerely say at this point that you are good people.

What was the round-faced DeLouise's name? Rob?

But you're acting like the Simpsons wasn't their cash cow original programming, the show that brought them huge success.

I would have done horrible, horrible things to Kelly.

Fairly sure it's the longest running show of all time.

OMFG! The drama! Shannen Doherty was all dramatic, and Luke Perry was so pretty and angsty.

Dom?

:eek: Freak! :bowrofl:

It wasn't? Married and living color + the football contract gave them enough money to AFFORD to make episodes of the simpsons.

Animated prime-time shows hadn't been seen since the flintstones because they were so goddamned expensive to make.

It is now. M.A.S.H holds the record for non-animated iirc.

I can see Tony saying that. :roflpuke2:

I'm sure he's got a few hundred MB's of Simpsons porn somewhere on those HD's :bowrofl:

Absolutely gotta give it it's dues.
Why don't you come take 'em? :p
Thankyou, thankyouverymuch
True dat. Only it remains.
:eek:
That's what I thought.

Multi-quoting FTW!!!

When/Where? :tiphat:

When I was a child, few things could depress me more than the theme music for M*A*S*H, Hawaii Five-O and the dreadful ticking of 60 Minutes.

Why don't you PM me with your availabilty and I'll pencil you in somewhere.


Wait...you know what "pencil you in" refers to, yes, young 'un?

Wow, this is stunning. Love to see proof. It was the biggest show on tv in the 90s, and as noted, it has survived. I wonder why that is, if it was so expensive and carried by all those other shows that died over a decade ago.

PM coming, and yes I know what that refers to. I assume you're a member of the Pen15 club?? If not, I can initiate you. :tiphat:

:bowrofl:

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What's the Pen15 club?