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Simpsons on the Silver Screen

Posted by timothy on from the it-will-be-funny-you-will-laugh dept.

An anonymous reader writes "It looks like Matt Groening is going to actually go through with it. This article says that the cast of the Simpsons has signed on for at least 3 feature films. Hooray!" I hope they call them Episodes 4, 5 and 6.

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  1. Inside the Actor's Studio?! by Viking+Coder · · Score: 5, Informative

    According to this, The Simpsons are going to be on Inside The Actor's Studio, on Nov. 18. How freaking cool is that?

    James Lipton: Homer, what is your favorite curse word?
    Homer Simpson: D'oh!

    Unfortunately, Nov. 18 is when they tape it, not when they broadcast it...

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  2. Repeat? by gatekeep · · Score: 5, Informative

    Isn't this a repeat?

    No, wait.. this same rumor recirculates every few months, that's right.

    As much as I'd love to see it happen, I'll believe it when there's something resembling a formal announcement.

  3. Re:Troublesome... by mcarbone · · Score: 4, Informative

    1) A Simpsons movie is unlikely to run 2 hours. Most animated films (excepting Miyazaki) run about 90 minutes.

    2) There are around 22 episodes in a standard Simpsons season.

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  4. Matt Groening confirmed... by TheTomcat · · Score: 4, Informative

    I saw Matt Groening in Montreal (here) a few months ago at the Simpsons Reading (Just For Laughs Festival). He confirmed that there would, in fact, be a Simpsons Feature.

    The show (reading) was pretty cool, too. (-:

    S

  5. Re:Awsome by zeno_2 · · Score: 4, Informative

    They first were on the Tracy Ulman (sp?) show as a little 5min crudely done cartoon. I can remember the first year it went from that to a 30min show, which has now turned into the greatest cartoon series ever created =).

  6. Re:Framerate by beebware · · Score: 2, Informative

    There was a recent episode on Sky TV in the UK where it had the family 'before Maggie' and Bart was envious of Lisa (and had to sit in a corner for trying to get rid of her), but once Lisa said "Bart" he liked her. Anyways, at the end of the episode (back in 'present day') Homer complains about wanting to hear Maggies first words. He puts her in her cot, closes the door and she removes her dummy and says "Dada".
    Of course, there was the other episode where she could speak quite well once it was discovered she was an alien...

  7. Re:Interesting to see how they do it. by Saint+Nobody · · Score: 3, Informative
    No episode affects the next, with minor exception (eg. Maude flanders death), and because of that the creators are not limited as to what can happen; A fact they seem to relish, even mock with in-jokes: "Oh look, we've won a trip to Delaware"

    the general rule is that no episode affects the scripts of later episodes unless ther is a real world reason for it (except for occasional references, for instance referencing sideshow bob's previous antics whenever he gets out of jail). for instance, lisa stayed a vegetarian because it was a condition in the mccartney's contract when they appeared to be on the show. maude flanders died because the voice actress quit.

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