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"heh heh"


Fox nearly sued itself over 'Simpsons' parody: Matt Groening

NEW YORK (AFP) - Rupert Murdoch's Fox News Channel threatened to sue the makers of "The Simpsons" over a parody of the channel's right-wing political stance, the creator of the hit US television show has claimed.

In an interview this week with National Public Radio, Matt Groening recalled how the news channel had considered legal action, despite the fact that "The Simpsons" is broadcast on sister network, Fox Entertainment.


According to Groening, Fox took exception took a Simpsons' version of the Fox News rolling news ticker which parodied the channel's anti-Democrat stance, with headlines like "Do Democrats Cause Cancer?"


"Fox fought against it and said they would sue the show," Groening said.


"We called their bluff because we didn't think Rupert Murdoch would pay for Fox to sue itself. So, we got away with it."


Other satirical Fox news bulletins featured in the show included: "Study: 92 per cent of Democrats are gay... JFK posthumously joins Republican Party... Oil slicks found to keep seals young, supple..."


While the lawsuit never materialized, Groening said some action was taken.


"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.


"The Simpsons," featuring the dysfunctional family of patriarch Homer Simpson and his rowdy brood, is now in its 14th year and is expected to become the longest-running situation comedy in US history in 2005.



[This message was edited Thu Oct 30 18:38:18 PST 2003 by Lleena]

just goes to show how stupid Republicans are.

Lleena said:

WHAT THE FUCK?

Sweeny79 said:

Only a republican would be dumb enough to think that 'news' was real

I gotta get back into the habit of watching the Simpsons again.

Supernova said:

Still the best thing on the tube, hands-down. And thank god it's on 4 or 5 times/day. Also thank god I own the first 3 seasons.

Ok, so...do Democrats cause cancer??... :O

Sweeny79 said:

thats what i said

I was surprised that in a study, it turned out the average IQ for Dem.s is 123, the average for Rep.s is 123.
It's not that the viewers aren't intelligent (at least in the traditional sense), but that the network is full of assholes.

No need for Republican bashing, cuz this has nothing to do with it.

It's stupid for a show to take political sides, because all it does is start to alienate some viewers. I happen to love the Simpsons and I don't take these things seriously, but as a right winger I can see how the media takes their jabs at us. Whenever there's a "Republican meeting" on the Simpsons, it always consists of the most evil characters on the show like Mr. Burns, Sideshow Bob, and I think they even put Dracula in there. If the playing field was equal on the show, then no one would have a problem, but it seems to be very one-sided.

P.S. Wrong forum.

I remember this episode!!! I hadn't laughed that hard in a looong time.

hee hee

CarrieMpls said:

Hi Carrie.

EvilWhiteMale said:

Well, they do take jabs at democrats too. I remember one episode where Stampy stomped through a democratic convention and they all had signs that said "we hate ourselves" and "we have no leadership", or something like that. When the elephant stomped through, everyone said "boo"

savoirfaire said:

Maybe so, but the playing field isn't leveled. But then again, it's just a reflection of the media in general.

Haha that was so funny

The Simpsons has to be one of the greatest American comedies, if not the greatest. I love it to bits. It seems like such a weird match though, being on Fox given their "leanings".

DUDE, TAKE A PILL AND RELAX.

M.2.K

EvilWhiteMale said:

Nikster said:

And plus, IT'S A CARTOON! What retard would think they were getting real news from an animated show?
[This message was edited Sat Nov 1 6:20:17 PST 2003 by minneapolisgenius]