Zappit
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That's probably for the best.Al Jean said they were simply going to retire the character. Maybe Bart and Lisa move up a grade?
I thought they killed off Chef in a horribly over-the-top manner?Now she joins Chef in the "won't see that character any more" section.
--Patrick
Then brought him back at the end as Chef-Vader, but he never appeared in the show again.I thought they killed off Chef in a horribly over-the-top manner?
I think not retiring the character would be tasteless considering how long the Simpsons has been on the air.By retiring the character they remove a lot of possible school-related hijinks. Or they have Bart focus on tormentingSkinnerArmin Tamzarian exclusively.
Let's be honest here, when's the last time The Simpsons had hijinks?By retiring the character they remove a lot of possible school-related hijinks.
Quite recently!Let's be honest here, when's the last time The Simpsons had hijinks?
They're on season 25.Quite recently!
(caveat: I've only watched up to, like, season five)
I barely remember the Tracy Ulman show.Does anyone remember when the Simpsons were just short animations between segments of the Tracy ulman show?
I first saw them as the final short in of one of those animation collections that would tour movie theaters back in the late 80's. At the time, I knew Tracy Ulman had a show, but I wasn't watching it.Does anyone remember when the Simpsons were just short animations between segments of the Tracy ulman show?
I know literally nothing about the Tracy Ulman show other than that the Simpsons started there, and I assume someone named Tracy Ulman was in it.Does anyone remember when the Simpsons were just short animations between segments of the Tracy ulman show?
I know literally nothing about the Tracy Ulman show other than that the Simpsons started there, and I assume someone named Tracy Ulman was in it.
From the Simpsons Wiki...Wasn't Ullman super bitter about the Simpsons' success outside of her show?
So... yeah. She is/was super bitter about it.Ullman filed a lawsuit in 1992, claiming that her show was the source of The Simpsons success and therefore should receive a share of the show's profit. "I breast-fed those little devils," Tracey Ullman once said of The Simpsons. She wanted a share of The Simpsons' merchandising and gross profits and believed she was entitled to $2.5 million of Fox's estimated $50 million in 1992. The Fox network had paid her $58,000 in royalties for The Simpsons as well as $3 million for the 3½ seasons her show was on the air. Eventually the courts ruled in favor of the network.
I don't know about bitter, but she sued Fox. She is still lifelong friends with most of the production team and cast. She just felt Fox underpaid her for the Simpsons royalties.Wasn't Ullman super bitter about the Simpsons' success outside of her show?
I don't think so. I believe the graphic was added before the episode and not as a part of the title sequence.Was it new? My DVR didn't seem to think so because it didn't record.