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Simpsons Actors on Strike

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the but-we-need-them-to-live dept.

ameoba writes "The next season of The Simpsons is in doubt as the voice talent is on strike due to a pay dispute. Fifteen seasons of some of the greatest prime-time TV around seems worth the money to me. ."

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  1. Re:A thought. by isbhod · · Score: 0, Redundant

    $8 million(4.3 million) for a season

    well baseball players make 8 million for just putting on thier shoes. Now who's more important to you? Simpsons, or Baseball?

  2. Re:Don't die by JoeBaldwin · · Score: 0, Redundant

    It's not really Fox's short sightedness, it's the cast being greedy fucks.

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  3. Outsourcing by Cobralisk · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Maybe they should outsource the voices... to India!

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  4. good riddance... by sbma44 · · Score: 0, Redundant
    I love the Simpsons as much as anybody, but it's time to put the show to rest. Lame writing has been the main culprit -- their current crop of writers seems to have no sense of history of the show, reusing gags from the early seasons and stealing cheap gags that have been previously parodied on the Simpsons precisely for their lameness.

    I blame the writers primarily, but the voice actors have been phoning it in, too. I can't say I blame them -- it must be hard to infuse wit into insipid material. But the fact is their best work is behind them. Put the rest of the golden age seasons out on DVD, wrap up the show and get these people working on something fresh and creative.

  5. has to be said: by Daltorak · · Score: 0, Redundant

    I, for one, welcome our striking overlords.

  6. Well... by rune2 · · Score: 0, Redundant

    I for one welcome our new voice-actor overlords...