Fox New almost sued Simpsons

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giantgiant
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in General Discussion edited January 2014
Just saw this on /.



http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmp...n_031029172820



Toooo funny.



"Do Democrats Cause Cancer?"







The Simpsons are funny...

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  • Reply 1 of 8
    andersanders Posts: 6,523member
    Quote:

    "Now Fox has a new rule that we can't do those little fake news crawls on the bottom of the screen in a cartoon because it might confuse the viewers into thinking it's real news," he said.



    Do I need to comment this?
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  • Reply 2 of 8
    outsideroutsider Posts: 6,008member
    I wonder if they even got any criticism on it from viewers?
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  • Reply 3 of 8
    haraldharald Posts: 2,152member
    Quote:

    Originally posted by Anders

    Do I need to comment this?



    I came to this thread with that quote on my clipboard. And I intended to say something similar to you ...
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  • Reply 4 of 8
    murbotmurbot Posts: 5,262member
    My favorite:



    "Oil slicks found to keep seals young, supple..."



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  • Reply 5 of 8
    moogsmoogs Posts: 4,296member




    Ah, Simpsons and 24... the only things worth watching on Fox. Other than the Fox Sports channels of course. Any channel that carries hockey on a regular basis (unlike ESPN, those NBA wankers...) deserves some praise!
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  • Reply 6 of 8
    thuh freakthuh freak Posts: 2,664member
    Here are some select Simpsons quotes, from the news deck over in Springfield:

    "The fake Pope can be recognized by his high top sneakers and extremely foul mouth." -Kent Brockman



    "This just in: 'Go to hell!'"-Kent Brockman



    "Over the years, a reporter learns many things, and since it doesn't matter anymore, the following people are gay." -Kent Brockman



    "Ladies and gentlemen, uh, we've just lost the picture, but what we've seen speaks for itself. The Corvair spacecraft has apparently been taken over- 'conquered' if you will- by a master race of giant space ants. It's difficult to tell from this vantage point whether they will consume the captive Earthman or merely enslave them. One thing is for certain: there is no stopping them; the ants will soon be here. And I, for one, welcome our new insect overlords. I'd like to remind them as a trusted TV personality, I can be helpful in rounding up others to toil in their underground sugar caves." -Kent Brockman



    "Unemployment...it's not just for philosophy majors anymore." -Kent Brockman



    "Thousands of people are gunned down each day in Springfield, but until now none of them were important." -Kent Brockman



    Kent Brockman: Well what do you say to the accusation that your group has been causing more crimes than it's been preventing?

    Homer: Oh, Kent, I'd be lying if I said my men weren't committing crimes.

    Kent Brockman: (pause) Mmm, touché.



    Bart (to camera): What are you looking at?

    Kent Brockman: "What are you looking at?" -The innocent words of a drunken child.



    Kent Brockman: Another local peasant has been found dead, drained of his blood, with two teeth marks on his throat. This black cape was found on the scene. Police are baffled.

    Wiggum: We think we're dealing with a supernatural being, most likely a mummy. As a precaution I've ordered the Egyptian wing of the Springfield Museum destroyed.
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  • Reply 7 of 8
    dmband0026dmband0026 Posts: 2,345member
    I love the Simpsons so much.
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  • Reply 8 of 8
    defiantdefiant Posts: 4,876member
    Matt Groening made a joke.



    http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn...2003Oct30.html



    Quote:

    Doh! "The Simpsons" creator Matt Groening may have crossed the line with his comment last week to National Public Radio's Terry Gross that Fox media empire almost sued itself. (Now that takes some talent!)

    The story goes that Fox News Channel execs were none too thrilled last year when the wildly popular cartoon, which is on Fox Broadcasting, featured a fake news ticker mocking the station's conservative rep. The headlines included gems such as: "Do Democrats Cause Cancer? . . . Study: 92 percent of Democrats are gay . . . JFK posthumously joins Republican Party . . ."



    "Fox fought against it and said that they would sue the show," Groening told Gross. "And we called their bluff because we didn't think that Rupert Murdoch would pay for Fox to sue itself. So we got away with it," he said, proud of the accomplishment.



    Fox News, however, denies reports that they ever threatened to sue. "We were all scratching our heads and thought it was hysterical," spokesman Rob Zimmerman told us yesterday. "It's not the first time we've been spoofed, you know."



    Maybe not, but Groening told Gross during the interview that ". . . Now Fox has a new rule that we can't do those little fake news crawls on the bottom of the screen in a cartoon because it might confuse the viewers into thinking it's real news."



    Nonetheless "The Simpsons" (the show, not the characters) issued an apology yesterday: "Matt was being satirical and certainly there was never any issue between the show and Fox News. We regret any confusion."



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