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BalloonFish posted:The show lost the ability to do things that were both clear parodies but were also quality work in themselves ages ago. I think it's something about getting caught-up in being self-congratulatory about doing something with just a little ambition. They don't stuff it full of jokes like they used to, so there's not very much there after you get past the surface level of oh hey they're doing a song. And you're more likely to get past the surface level because they drag out the song all the way rather than keep it short. The monorail song was about a minute, that song's a minute and a half. Another thing to compare would be the Poorhouse Rock episode (ironically no rock involved). I think it's a lot better than a jankass europop about how great it would be to not have to tip*, but it still drags on for a while, and a lot of parts are just about the novelty of the song and the meta-joke about a dumb cartoon sitcom trying to have trenchant sociopolitical commentary. Also the novelty of Lisa and Clinton Secretary of Labor Robert Reich rapping (and I guess more broadly I'm extra tired of the novelty of raps by characters who do not fit the image of rap, I get it, everyone can do spoken verse). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5MjTWtS5TAI Wait it's not finished https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6TqYwRIG2RM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M_4TWccI4QA As opposed to O Streetcar fitting 5 song snippets within 4 minutes https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fVmBtNaDXQg *I sympathize with the logic, but I think it's also an injustice that sales tax isn't included on the sticker price of products, and for some reason nobody ever wants to get on a high horse about that
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May 13, 2024 19:47
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I was just appreciating the "chimpan-A to chimpan-Z" lyric yesterday. I would be so proud.
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May 13, 2024 21:06
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I'm in EU and I always tip. gently caress you, The Simpsons
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May 14, 2024 07:23
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BalloonFish posted:Marge's comically raspy and rough singing voice here sounds better than her normal voice now. I've said that there's a running gag in the Simpsons that the most blatantly ridiculous concepts for performances and projects are the only ones in Springfield that are wild successes; see also the Planet of the Apes musical. Anything sensible inevitably ends in disaster. Also funny thing is that Streetcar was made a musical in the show because Fox's lawyers told the writers that they wouldn't be able to show the play being performed in the episode without licensing the IP owners- but they could write songs based on the play as fair use.
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May 14, 2024 08:24
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Riptor posted:hey remember that parody of eurodance music that was popular on twitter for like 17 hours last summer, and then the guy went up his own rear end with it I turned this on and then had to walk away because I had something on the stove to tend to. I'm not sure how far into it played until I could get back here and turn it off but we're enemies now.
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May 14, 2024 08:55
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Riptor posted:hey remember that parody of eurodance music that was popular on twitter for like 17 hours last summer, and then the guy went up his own rear end with it Oh great, a piece of my brain died
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May 14, 2024 17:19
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Profanity posted:Oh great, a piece of my brain died Good news, that will make the next Simpsons musical number easier to watch!
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May 15, 2024 09:40
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dr_rat posted:Good news, that will make the next Simpsons musical number easier to watch! Join us, dr_rat. It's bliiissssss
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May 15, 2024 14:23
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I watched some new American Dad recently and it was pretty funny, made me realise its now by far the most consistent surviving animated series which is wild. 20 Seasons, I've not watched it all but it it seems to stay the same level of funny, plots even if they are wacky stay grounded and true to the characters, and politically pretty cool compared to The Simpsons, Family Guy and South Park which all have some episodes that are just completely unwatchable.
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May 15, 2024 14:32
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American Dad is probably helped by that its premise was pretty out there in the first place, what with the alien, talking goldfish and CIA shenanigans, and they pretty quickly realised that and the characters all being their own various kinds of unhinged was basically an excuse to do whatever the gently caress they want.
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May 15, 2024 14:38
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Profanity posted:Join us, dr_rat. It's bliiissssss Sorry, I can only take medical advice in the form of musical lyrics. It's just what they teach you at rat med school. 
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May 15, 2024 14:43
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Ghost Leviathan posted:American Dad is probably helped by that its premise was pretty out there in the first place, what with the alien, talking goldfish and CIA shenanigans, and they pretty quickly realised that and the characters all being their own various kinds of unhinged was basically an excuse to do whatever the gently caress they want. Nothing helped American Dad more than deciding to ditch their running commentary on Dubya Bush era republicanism early on in the series and just getting weird with it.
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May 15, 2024 14:44
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I was losing my mind at the end of a 10 hour flight and I watched 2 episodes of season 34 Simpsons on the in-flight entertainment as background noise while playing a game on my phone. Let me tell you, it sure was bad. The season premier was Homer starting a conspiracy theory club with Drederick Tatum, Superintendent Chalmers, Ms. Hoover and Gil. It started because he couldn't see a tortoise at the zoo. I don't remember what the second one was about, but it was also very terrible. Marge is the most obvious, but pretty much no one can do the voices anymore.
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May 15, 2024 15:05
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I watched part of the season finale and some lines Marge sounded like her classic self and others she sounded like you know. Also it was about Bart carrying around a human brain in a jar and it was odd.
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May 20, 2024 03:52
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Serious question, do you think the classic-sounding Marge could be AI?
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May 20, 2024 04:07
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Das Boo posted:Serious question, do you think the classic-sounding Marge could be AI? I don't know if the cast has the fight in them that they once had, but it's still hard to imagine them not making a huge stink if Fox tried that
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May 20, 2024 04:50
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I am just seriously struggling with the idea Kavner has the capacity for classic Marge.
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May 20, 2024 06:18
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Das Boo posted:Serious question, do you think the classic-sounding Marge could be AI? I didn’t think of that but probably, yes. It’s just weird how different she sounded only a few scenes apart.
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May 20, 2024 06:42
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I tried to watch a recent episode of The Simpsons but Kavner's voice hurt to listen to. She sounds like she's suffering to get the voice out.
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May 20, 2024 14:57
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PostNouveau posted:I don't know if the cast has the fight in them that they once had, but it's still hard to imagine them not making a huge stink if Fox tried that edit: That contract was ratified in March, so maybe not then but definitely now
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May 20, 2024 15:04
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shyduck posted:Julie Kavner would have to give permission per the new SAG-AFTRA contract. Yeah, I suppose it's not so outlandish to think they might drop in some AI considering how obvious it is that this sucks rear end for Kavner. At some point the rest of the cast might just say "Yes, please do whatever you can to spare her"
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May 20, 2024 15:07
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Once all the main cast are dead The Simpsons will continue for 40 more years with AI voices, AI scripts, and AI animation and probably still not be that much worse than it is now.
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May 20, 2024 16:06
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The Kyle Gordon thing is weird, because he's not bad as far as Instagram reals micro-humour stuff goes; it's clearly been thought about and worked on and I did think Planet of the Bass was a lot of fun last year, but everyone comes off worse from The Simpsons thing. He seemed really proud to be on it, but who gives a gently caress in 2024?
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May 20, 2024 16:28
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His Irish Drinking Song is great.
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May 20, 2024 16:38
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Disco Pope posted:The Kyle Gordon thing is weird, because he's not bad as far as Instagram reals micro-humour stuff goes; it's clearly been thought about and worked on and I did think Planet of the Bass was a lot of fun last year, but everyone comes off worse from The Simpsons thing. He seemed really proud to be on it, but who gives a gently caress in 2024? I have nothing against Kyle Gordon and I don't know about any reason why I should. Like, as bad as the Simpsons is, his funny meme song was popular enough to appear on mainstream tv in what was once the greatest comedy ever, I'd be chuffed about that. credburn posted:I tried to watch a recent episode of The Simpsons but Kavner's voice hurt to listen to. She sounds like she's suffering to get the voice out. Honestly, they should just get Nancy Cartwright to do Bart's impression of Marge fulltime at this point. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=doG-6KIMG2Y
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May 20, 2024 16:39
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They should have a different guest star every week to do Marge
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May 20, 2024 16:44
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V-l5S4ebvlU I remember I was surprised when I noticed this guy showing up in a couple different episodes of The Simpsons, since I think he's a later made rando character, and normally Springfield's population is so stagnant.
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May 25, 2024 00:21
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Oh, Eric Idle, what the hell are you doing there? 
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May 25, 2024 00:37
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he has been in at least 3 episodes as that character
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May 25, 2024 01:48
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I'm sure it's a very decent paycheck, for what, at most an hours work? I assume Ideal would have a recording booth at home.
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May 25, 2024 01:58
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The kid shooting off a gun made me laugh
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May 25, 2024 02:02
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PostNouveau posted:Yeah, I suppose it's not so outlandish to think they might drop in some AI considering how obvious it is that this sucks rear end for Kavner. At some point the rest of the cast might just say "Yes, please do whatever you can to spare her" Guessing the typical day of a main cast member is driving from a mansion in an expensive car to a reserved spot, recording for an hour or two with first take being final take, occasionally pausing to read a fawning review of how they’ve still got it. Their lives are in the top 99.999% of voice actors ever to exist, especially as the quality of the product can be trash for decades & no one cares. No way in hell they’d allow any hints of disruption to the scam or recasting. They know Kavner sounds horrible but if Marge could go no one is safe, so probably have a pact to block that and no showrunner is dumb enough to disrupt one of the few remaining shows that still attracts an audience.
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May 25, 2024 02:19
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Hyrax Attack! posted:Guessing the typical day of a main cast member is driving from a mansion in an expensive car to a reserved spot, recording for an hour or two with first take being final take, occasionally pausing to read a fawning review of how they’ve still got it. The main cast are all 100% recording their lines from home recording studios. Probably quite a lot of the other voice talent as well.
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May 25, 2024 04:28
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Looks like someone finally narc'd on the daily simpsons guys twitch stream. sucks, but I'm surprised it lasted as long as it did.
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May 25, 2024 06:17
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Idle is not particularly well off, financially, and also doesn't suck as much as some of the other remaining Pythons so I'm glad he's getting some work.
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May 25, 2024 08:32
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dr_rat posted:The main cast are all 100% recording their lines from home recording studios. Probably quite a lot of the other voice talent as well. That’s probably true. Wonder if show will just abruptly end when 80 year old Harry Shearer has a major health incident. Guessing too much money is at stake & they’d figure something out. Wonder if main cast would allow replacements if they were still paid their full rate for nothing.
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May 25, 2024 18:44
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Bill Oakley is doing a Q&A right now on Facebook in Simpsons Bortposting. https://www.facebook.com/groups/755388794646271/
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May 25, 2024 19:45
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Empty Sandwich posted:Bill Oakley is doing a Q&A right now on Facebook in Simpsons Bortposting. I thought they only let the cool kids bortpost, what the hell???
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Empty Sandwich posted:Bill Oakley is doing a Q&A right now on Facebook in Simpsons Bortposting. speaking of which: https://x.com/thatbilloakley/status/1795248789684724124
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