CIPHER_one Posted May 6, 2002 Share Posted May 6, 2002 "The Simpsons" not close to ending, creator says By Arthur Spiegelman LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Reports of the imminent demise of Homer Simpson and his beloved but dysfunctional cartoon family are grossly exaggerated, their creator said Wednesday. In fact, says cartoonist Matt Groening, television viewers are going to have "The Simpsons" to kick around for years and years to come despite what the headlines of the British press might be saying. "D'oh!" as Homer might exclaim. Groening strongly denied a British newspaper report that he was planning to wind up the series shortly because it was getting harder and harder to find funny things to say. Cowabunga, dude! That's not the case at all. "I was misquoted and misunderstood. I don't want anyone to think I am predicting the demise of the Simpsons. They will live on with new adventures for years to come. As long as there are things to make fun of we will be around," the Los Angeles-based Groening said in a telephone interview with Reuters. The London Financial Times kicked off an international fuss when it quoted Groening on Tuesday as saying: "I think we are closer to winding it up ... Although what happens generally if we win the Emmy for best animation show is that that gives us another couple of years to run it into the ground. "It becomes increasingly difficult as the years go by to keep on not only surprising the audience, but surprising ourselves." Groening said these were comments that he often made before but were taken out of context and misunderstood. "I am always asked how much longer can this go on. I just said that given the fact the we just finished our 300th episode, I would guess we are closer to the end of our life than the beginning. At the end of our 100th episode (one of our writers) said we were halfway home. Now we think the show will last, our ratings are better than ever." Groening has earned millions for media baron Rupert Murdoch's Fox network since the series featuring Homer, Marge, Bart, Lisa and baby Maggie first entered the lives of television viewers in 1989. In fact, he predicted that the Simpsons "will continue to make Rupert Murdoch even richer." He added that he was not bored or unhappy with the program. "After 300 episodes it is more difficult to remain true to the characters. We are trying to top ourselves after all those great shows and the shows are as good now as they have ever been." "TV Guide" magazine recently placed the animated show eighth on its list of the 50 greatest television shows of all time. And it retains its ability to cause upset. When a recent episode depicted Rio de Janeiro as teeming with rats, monkeys and street crime, Brazilian tourist officials were outraged and the show's executive producer was forced to apologize. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swif1 Posted May 6, 2002 Share Posted May 6, 2002 this deserved its own thread, thank you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest greedy mars Posted May 6, 2002 Share Posted May 6, 2002 thank you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shameless self promotion Posted May 6, 2002 Share Posted May 6, 2002 Originally posted by swif1 this deserved its own thread, thank you http://www.12ozprophet.com/ubb/icons/icon26.gif'> yes sir, alot better than the ones that have been popin up lately... I know i helped with stupid threads..but hey...i suck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest uncle-boy Posted May 6, 2002 Share Posted May 6, 2002 :D chaaaaaaaaa-hooooooooooooo!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swif1 Posted May 6, 2002 Share Posted May 6, 2002 Originally posted by uncle-boy chaaaaaaaaa-hooooooooooooo!!! *feels 12ozFad shiver down the spine* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dropone Posted May 6, 2002 Share Posted May 6, 2002 the only thing I did in the 70's was kill hippies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blame Posted May 6, 2002 Share Posted May 6, 2002 a big sigh of releif....ahhhhhhhhh thankyou cipher Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Dazzle Posted May 6, 2002 Share Posted May 6, 2002 Thank God...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest uncle-boy Posted May 6, 2002 Share Posted May 6, 2002 Originally posted by swif1 *feels 12ozFad shiver down the spine* shit bitch, i been yellin the cha-hoo's when you were still rockinn "first" hawaiian style suckah. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paradiseXcity Posted May 6, 2002 Share Posted May 6, 2002 Simpsons That's a shame... that show shouldve been canceled years ago. Once the best show on earth (and im a complete simpsons nut..all episodes taped untill about 2 years ago) is now so pathetic to watch, i dont even bother. It's sad to see how bad it's gettin...almost embarassing. Now family guy being canceled, that's something people should be pissed about. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest HAL Posted May 6, 2002 Share Posted May 6, 2002 I like the simpsons. http://www.snpp.com/bin/icon1.gif'> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest blood as ink Posted May 6, 2002 Share Posted May 6, 2002 yay!!...this just topped my day off and made it even better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest platapie Posted May 6, 2002 Share Posted May 6, 2002 Re: Simpsons Originally posted by paradiseXcity That's a shame... that show shouldve been canceled years ago. Once the best show on earth (and im a complete simpsons nut..all episodes taped untill about 2 years ago) is now so pathetic to watch, i dont even bother. It's sad to see how bad it's gettin...almost embarassing. Now family guy being canceled, that's something people should be pissed about. ive got to disagree. i find that teh episodes that were mad ein the last 5 years are way better then when ti first started becasue when they first started they tried to have morals and a meanign to every episode. no its just humor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T.T Boy Posted May 6, 2002 Share Posted May 6, 2002 told ya. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swif1 Posted May 6, 2002 Share Posted May 6, 2002 Originally posted by uncle-boy shit bitch, i been yellin the cha-hoo's when you were still rockinn "first" hawaiian style suckah. oh...:o...:D off to school i go. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Kr430n5_666 Posted May 6, 2002 Share Posted May 6, 2002 http://ltpwww.gsfc.nasa.gov/globe/noteqtr.gif'> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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