If someone would’ve told you that The Simpsons would predict the future better than The Jetsons, you would think they were crazy. But they are sane.
The animated sitcom has predicted things like the 2014 Super Bowl winner and Donald Trump was going to be president. And they have predicted something else about the latter.
In 1994, they wrote that there was going to be a Barbie movie and that the president was going to be arrested. And that came true this summer.
I need to meet the psychic on their writing staff because they do a better job of predicting the future than the woman I have been paying for years.
Fox announced today that it picked up The Simpsons, Family Guy, and Bob’s Burgers for two more seasons. That will bring their totals to 36, 23, and 15 seasons, respectively.
“With this trio of renewals, we celebrate excellence in animation on FOX, our wonderful, long-time partnership with 20th Television and the brilliant creators and incredible voices behind these forever favorites,” said Michael Thorn, President, Scripted Programming for FOX Entertainment. “Three-plus decades of The Simpsons, more than two decades of Family Guy and over a decade of Bob’s Burgers proves the enduring power of the animation genre on our network and the infinite fan affinity for these outrageously funny comedy classics.”
The Simpsons’ renewal means it broke its own record of the longest-running scripted show. At this rate, the show will outlive its voice actors.
The three animated series join The Great North and Krapopolis in the 2023-2024 lineup.
Yeardley Smith did something fun this weekend. The voiceover actress married Detective Dan, a man she met who provided security for her at a Simpsons event.
The two fell in love, and now her husband is going to protect his wife every day for the rest of their lives.
Along with being married, the couple also hosts a podcast together called Small Town Dicks. I hope for Smith’s sake that title is referring to his job!
This is the 57-year-old’s third marriage. Hopefully, it will be a charm!
The Simpsons are going to turn 35 this year. The cast are all bazillionaires who are treated like royalty when they record their episodes today. However, it was not always that way.
Nancy Cartwright, who has been voicing Bart Simpson since 1987, talked about how primitive things were when they were part of The Tracy Ullman Show and the early years of The Simpsons.
The voice actress said, “We were finding our own. We were learning how to record in a booth that wasn’t meant for recording in. I was way pregnant. We were sharing one microphone. It was taking two hours to record 30 seconds. I’m like, ‘Do these people have any idea what they are doing?'”
Did the cast mind? Nope because they were having fun. And, for Cartwright, who was the only professional voiceover artist in the cast, she was looking forward to seeing how animation would play during primetime. While the genre was popular in the ’60s, only three new nighttime cartoons launched between 1970 and The Simpsons.
Did she, in her wildest dreams, think it would still be going strong over 30 years later? All she has to say to that is, “Thank you! Thank you, the fans. We wouldn’t be here if it weren’t for you.” Nice to see someone acknowledge us!
I love hearing stories like this. I am so happy she shared it with us, the loyal fans of more years than we want to admit, because that would make us old. Something her characters like Bart Simpson, Maggie, and Nelson Muntz never get.
Tonight at 8p on Fox, something huge is going to happen on The Simpsons. After a third of a century, Smithers finally finds love! And the shocking part is that it is Homer Simpson who brings them together.
It is a magical time for Smithers and fashion designer Michael DeGraff (Victor Garber). The billionaire flies him to only the most romantic places, and they are having the time of their lives. Michael even moves to Springfield to be with his new love. So, are their wedding bells in their future?
You just have to tune in for a really sweet episode of television’s longest-running scripted show to find out. We totally needed this episode after the last two that were a little darker than usual. Not that I am complaining about them, but we just needed a little lightheartedness, and we get with Portrait of a Lackey On Fire.
Oh, and did I mention that Michael gives Lisa a makeover? Wait until you see what he does!
