General Simpsons Thread

> No, they'll recast Bart and Homer, and if the producers protest, they'll be recast, too.

I doubt it,I really doubt it

Are you just being contrarian? Why do you think they wouldn't?

I'm not being contrarian,i just don't see them replacing the main cast's voices like that

How much control does Groening retain over his property? Because I think something happening to them or him is the point of no return.

So who would get to say no to Disney over that?

Retiring most of the previous characters had some leeway because the actors that passed away usually only did one or two noteworthy ones. Russi Taylor however did multiple recurring characters, making it harder to explain such a large quantity of them leaving. The same will likely occur with the rest of the V As right now since the large majority of remaining ones do a large quantity of characters. That or it will be when they finally decide to call it quits, though nothing has stopped them so far (it didn't look like the show's tracks halted even when Harry Shearer threatened to quit, and he does a huge amount of important characters).

Edited by Psi001 on Nov 11th 2019 at 12:20:44 PM

That reminds me, Disney hasn't announced on the new voice for Minnie Mouse.

BTW this was from a recent Simpsons episode.◊

If Jim Cummings is replaceable as Darkwing Duck, then you can be sure that they would replace the voices of Homer and Bart as well if they ever need to. No one is ever too iconic to replace in animation. Especially not at Disney, who has to replace iconic voices all the time.

Good news, everyone! (Yeah, I know, wrong show.)

Your complaints about Disney+'s borked up aspect ratio for The Simpsons will be fixed by early 2020.

Edited by TargetmasterJoe on Nov 15th 2019 at 7:16:51 AM

I hope this means that the other shows that were originally 4:3 (like Chip & Dale Rescue Rangers) are also going to be viewable in that way.

For some reason, I've been thinking about this part a lot lately. XD ^_^;;

There's NO way you could evacuate a large power plant in 45 seconds.

In "Marge The Lumberjill", Luigi complains about the stereotypical Italian accent Marge gives to Pontius Pilate in her bible reading. Luigi insists his mother spoke English very well.

This is an interesting contrast to the episode where Milhouse tutors Lisa in Italian. In that episode, Luigi admitted he doesn't know Italian but only knows the "Fractured English" his parents spoke at home.

It's not surprising as the show frequently contradicts things mentioned in previous episodes. Simpsons cast and crew has admitted they care more about getting laughs than being consistent.

Too bad they suck at the laughs part nowadays.

Wow, the episode I watched “Little Girl in the Big Ten” was really mean-spirited towards Lisa. Like did she really deserve what she went through in the episode just because she found happiness with college kids? You can’t really blame her since Springfield Elementary is practically a dump.

I also didn’t like how she had to ruin Skinner’s “celebration” just to get back to popularity. It kind of just screams anti-intellectualism to me. I could be overthinking it though.

Edited by PlasmaPower on Nov 19th 2019 at 4:49:46 PM

> It's not surprising as the show frequently contradicts things mentioned in previous episodes. Simpsons cast and crew has admitted they care more about getting laughs than being consistent.

There's a certain point where people stopping caring about consistent a cartoon is and I think the Simpsons passed that point long ago

However, it's annoying and can grate people.

I know people have a love/hate relationship with YouTube's comment section, but I heard a couple of great science fiction jokes describing Mr. Burns' predicament in "The Mansion Family." :)

When the doctor said that Mr. Burns has each and every disease in the world, somebody said "Looks like Nurgle has given Burns his blessings."

When he also said all those diseases are kept in perfect balance with each other, somebody said "Like all things should be."

XD

Tonight's episode will the be the final performance of Russi Taylor as Martin. Taylor passed away in July.

In the November 17 episode, Patty is horrified when she realizes her girlfriend is just like Homer. This took me back to Season 25's "Luca$" where Marge tried to separate Lisa from the title character because Marge felt he was too much like Homer.

It was amusing to see the Van Houtens vacationing with the Hibberts because I recall a previous episode (it might have been Season 27's The Fland Canyon) in which Kirk tried to portray the Van Houtens and Hibberts as vacationing buddies but Julius Hibbert was very quick to burst Kirk's bubble.

It's no shock that Kirk was so willing to scam the Hibberts in the November 17 episode. In Season 23's "500 Keys", Julius Hibbert won Luanne Van Houten at a key party and Julius was unsympathetic when Kirk complained about getting the key to Julius' parakeet cage.

Also, in Milhouse of Sand and Fog, Hibbert was sharing Kirk's embarrassing medical condition with the rest of the adults (even if it's Springfield, just checking with people in the know, but isn't that kind of illegal?).

What was going on in The '80s that made people not notice when Reverend Lovejoy “Stopped Caring”?

Flanders happened.

Flanders is the kind of Christian that puts people off Christianity, so that could indeed be it.

I took it to mean that something in the 80's just made people generally apathetic, but that works.