Page 38 - Simpsons News Today

Suffering succotash. i saw a putty cat. >> he led the way for guys like me. >> seal of approval, only find it on products which meet the high personal standards of crusty the clown. >> the voice talent on the simpsons is a point of inspiration, theres always something great from the voice acting that you can mine for performances, how youre going to direct the shots, and overall the look of the characters get inspired by the vocal choices. >> you almost start drawing characters for the voice per...

I saw a putty cat. >> he led the way for guys like me. >> seal of approval, only find it on products which meet the high personal standards of crusty the clown. >> the voice talent on the simpsons is a point of inspiration, theres always something great from the voice acting that you can mine for performances, how youre going to direct the shots, and overall the look of the characters get inspired by the vocal choices. >> you almost start drawing characters for the voice person you have in mind....

Well, if we get one great nut to run a show, and they really know what theyre doing, it could work out. >> we got out of school. no more school today. we got out of school. >> oh, you guys, my eyes. >> if you havent yet heard about south park, youre about to. critics have praised the show as brilliantly funny, but many see only a lewd, offensive cartoon unsuitable for children. >> it was the next step in the evolution of animation. the simpsons opened the door, and south park kicked the door dow...

And now the studios were wising up. well, if we get one great nut to run a show, and they really know what theyre doing, it could work out. >> we got out of school. no more school today. we got out of school. >> oh, you guys, my eyes. >> if you havent yet heard about south park, youre about to. critics have praised the show as brilliantly funny, but many see only a lewd, offensive cartoon unsuitable for children. >> it was the next step in the evolution of animation. the simpsons opened the door...

And i was watching that episode of the flintstones or the jetsons. i always thought that those tv shows could have been better. they were disappointing to me. i said some day if i have my own tv show im going to do it different. >> in the 80s there was a young crew of animators and a young crew of writers who didnt have preconceived notions of what animation should or should not do. so there was a lot of breaking out of the three camera sitcom that you could do in animation, to quote monty pytho...

Family, which is crazy because it was a cartoon. >> the simpsons is the hottest new series on television. if you havent seen the animated series, its about a family just like yours. >> we had kids back talking to their parents. maybe it was because in animated format you didnt expect to see that. >> heres bart simpson the most popular character on television right no and ewe talked to the school principal who is banning bart simpson t-shirts. >> theres always somebody lying in bed awake at night...

They collected animated shorts and they had this one collection for grown ups. >> it would feature early mike judge cartoons. >> okay, but im going to set the building on fire. >> lupo, the butcher, a gory cartoon. spike & mike had taboo things from cartoons, gore and sex. >> before the internet, they were critical, they were connecting people with an audience that they just otherwise wouldnt have had. >> all of us who are working in that business, we would try to slip something in thats funny o...

The history between animation and comedy.

I thought he would have an impediment. >> here i come. >> from the simpsons, i loved doing agnes skinner, its a voice easy for me to do, im going to be her one day very soon. and dot, of course is the one sister, shes the cute one. >> that makes me feel all kind of warm and squishy. either that or i need to wear diapers. >> all you have to do is sit back and let them do their thing. >> but never duplicate -- genie of the lamp. >> thats robin williams, of course, as the voice and inspiration of t...

>> the lines on the simpsons are so sharp and im so impressed the volume of good jokes and the quality of the jokes. it was a legendary writers room, long before i got there. >> this subverted the family sitcom. in fact, it was the most realistic portrayal of the family, which is crazy because it was a cartoon. >> the simpsons is the hottest new series on television. if you havent seen the animated series, its about a family just like yours. >> we had kids back talking to their parents. maybe it...