http://www.businessinsider.com/harry...impsons-2015-5
http://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-ra...-harry-shearer
The show's going to hell. Homer needs his frienemy and that's too many toons. New characters lately have sucked too.
http://www.businessinsider.com/harry...impsons-2015-5
http://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-ra...-harry-shearer
The show's going to hell. Homer needs his frienemy and that's too many toons. New characters lately have sucked too.
Last edited by dextersmith; 2015-05-14 at 02:42 PM.
I just find it's amazing that it's still around after what 25 years?
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"This will be a fight against overwhelming odds from which survival cannot be expected. We will do what damage we can."
-- Capt. Copeland
Whatever, the show should have ended years ago. I don't watch any new episode since they all come off like a milked cow.
Just because a shows popular doesn't mean it has to keep going and going, Friends was one of the most popular sitcoms, and Frasier was one of my favorites, but I wouldn't want them to keep milking those either.
I saw one report that it was about money (its always about money). So did he not resign because of money dispute or did he just get tired of it. Seems like a nice job to have in voice over but probably boring in some ways.
Awww, Harry Shearer is one of my favorite performers and satirists anywhere. Hope he's not retiring from performing altogether.
Never forget Spinal Tap!
Help control the population. Have your blood elf spayed or neutered.
Harry Shearer is 71, so that kinda makes sense.
The guy is 71 years old, makes sense he wants to retire sometime.
Simpsons as a show is way past its expiration date anyhow, its been going downhill for years.
Say what you will but I still enjoy the Simpsons, it's gold.
Someone please explain why Futurama was stopped and the Simpsons is kept alive on life support
I made the same thread in the TV show/movies subforum, guess I should've visited this place first
Its sad to see him go, his characters have always been some of my favorites. The show is not as good as it used to but its still a good watch imo, atleast way better than the crap we get nowadays.
Showrunner Al Jean did confirm that they will be recasting.
It made more moneys?
Look at the Simpson's franchise, console games, arcade games, clothing, plushies, dolls, damn near anything you could slap a jaundice yellow character on, they have. And sold it. Overpriced. And made lots of moneys.
Futurama, not so much. "But it could have done so much moneys!" why take the chance?
Simpson's is almost a guarantee to make moneys based on inertia alone. Their Halloween special draws a fuckload of viewers because it used to be awesome, then it got kinda awesome, there was a shark under us but damn we looked good on that motorcycle, and now it dribbles out like a aging spent porn star. and people lap it up.
Cause Futurama was REALLY expensive. They had a full orchestra to do the incidental music. Don't get me wrong, money well spent in my opinion, but Fox could make like a hundred reality TV shows for the Futurama budget.
On topic, tried to find the clip of an odd sounding Ned saying something to the effect of "Fox loves animated shows because you can fire a voice actor and no one can tell the didly-difference".
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-Kujako-
I don't know what it is, but I have literally never watched this show.
Seems like the actor just got tired of it, he was offered a guaranteed $14 million for two years of work, the same deal the rest of the cast recieved.