Simpsons 05/02/04
05-03-04 | 08:28 AM
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Simpsons 05/02/04
Several laughs in this one. Great Spider-Man parody with Marge kissing an upside-down Homer in the rain. It's nice to see they continually remember to have Xtapolapocetl (sp?) in the basement.
Pie-Man and Cupcake Boy!
Pie-Man and Cupcake Boy!
05-03-04 | 08:30 AM
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I was hoping they'd go the "Willy Wonka" route and have Homer find the Golden Ticket and tour the pork plant. But it still worked with the direction they went.
05-03-04 | 08:38 AM
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Originally posted by RoyalTea
the "it's not an island, it's a peninsula" joke was funny the first time they did it.
the "it's not an island, it's a peninsula" joke was funny the first time they did it.
That whole spoof of dating reality shows had me rolling.
05-03-04 | 08:44 AM
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From: Work. Or commuting. Certainly not at home.
From "Lisa on Ice"...
Lisa: I _have_ to join the team or I'll get an F that will haunt me for the rest of my life.
[in the future, Lisa is being sworn in]
Man: I now pronounce you President of these United --
Reporter: Stop the inauguration! I just discovered our President Elect got an F in second grade gym class!
[crows gasps; Lisa is handcuffed]
Man: In that case I sentence you to a lifetime of horror on Monster Island. [to Lisa] Don't worry, it's just a name.
[Lisa and others are chased by fire-breathing monsters]
Lisa: He said it was just a name!
Man: What he meant is that Monster Island is actually a peninsula.
[in the future, Lisa is being sworn in]
Man: I now pronounce you President of these United --
Reporter: Stop the inauguration! I just discovered our President Elect got an F in second grade gym class!
[crows gasps; Lisa is handcuffed]
Man: In that case I sentence you to a lifetime of horror on Monster Island. [to Lisa] Don't worry, it's just a name.
[Lisa and others are chased by fire-breathing monsters]
Lisa: He said it was just a name!
Man: What he meant is that Monster Island is actually a peninsula.
05-03-04 | 08:52 AM
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Originally posted by Groucho
Refresh my memory. When did they do that joke before?
That whole spoof of dating reality shows had me rolling.
Refresh my memory. When did they do that joke before?
That whole spoof of dating reality shows had me rolling.
05-03-04 | 08:55 AM
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seems like the past couple of weeks have been spoofing things (spiderman, star wars, something else last week)... like they are almost a year or 2 behind
was it just me or did anyone else see ralph wiggum on the conveyur belt as being one of the pigs ground up on the video of the pork plant?
was it just me or did anyone else see ralph wiggum on the conveyur belt as being one of the pigs ground up on the video of the pork plant?
05-03-04 | 09:01 AM
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ok.. good.. i had taken some allergy medicine, so i wasn;t 100% sure 
Originally posted by silentbob007
No, Ralph was on the belt ...
and I had the exact same feeling about the timliness of the parody.
No, Ralph was on the belt ...
and I had the exact same feeling about the timliness of the parody.
05-03-04 | 09:03 AM
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Originally posted by j123vt_99
seems like the past couple of weeks have been spoofing things (spiderman, star wars, something else last week)... like they are almost a year or 2 behind
seems like the past couple of weeks have been spoofing things (spiderman, star wars, something else last week)... like they are almost a year or 2 behind
05-03-04 | 09:08 AM
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how can a show like south park make fun of a topic the same week, but the simpsons takes months\years?
Originally posted by Groucho
This is unavoidable due to the long production time to make each episode. It's always been that way.
This is unavoidable due to the long production time to make each episode. It's always been that way.
05-03-04 | 09:15 AM
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Originally posted by j123vt_99
how can a show like south park make fun of a topic the same week, but the simpsons takes months\years?
how can a show like south park make fun of a topic the same week, but the simpsons takes months\years?
05-03-04 | 09:23 AM
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While I'd agree that it takes the animators longer to create an episode of the Simpsons, do you really think it takes 2 years an episode? I find that time period a bit long.
05-03-04 | 09:25 AM
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The entire production cycle for a Simpson's episode is well-documented. I believe the turnaround time is 18 months, from conception to premiere. Like I said, it's always been that way.
05-03-04 | 09:57 AM
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it takes a few days to do a south park episode, and if they want to spoof something very current (Saddam in a hole), they probably did the animation in a day and sent it in at the last second.
05-03-04 | 01:13 PM
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I remember that the South Park where the kids go to Canada in a Wizard of Oz spoof aired only a few days after Sadam was caught (they used a picture of scruffy beard Sadam in the episode)
What I think happened there was they either actually were going to use Sadam in the episode and just went back and put in beard Sadam or they replaced whoever was the wizard with Sadam's head.
They didn't do the whole episode in a few days, there was a special about South Park production process. Much shorter than a Simpsons ep but not possible in 2 days.
What I think happened there was they either actually were going to use Sadam in the episode and just went back and put in beard Sadam or they replaced whoever was the wizard with Sadam's head.
They didn't do the whole episode in a few days, there was a special about South Park production process. Much shorter than a Simpsons ep but not possible in 2 days.