Talk:History of The Simpsons

message: The article could be improved if we mentioned the first use of 3D animation ("Treehouse of Horror VI"). It could also be noted that "Deep Space Homer" used some form of computer animation. In addition to that the article should mention the entire feud with the Bush family ("Two Bad Neighbors"). --Maitch 07:53, 1 December 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: It should also mention the Who Shot Mr. Burns contest as well as the real Simpson house contest. --Maitch 07:55, 1 December 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Ideas for further expansion

message: There is a problem with cite 3.  Cirt 16:25, 1 December 2007 (UTC)
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message: When i first went to this article, i thought it was going to be like: the earlier seasons, thr golden age, the movie, the dwindling years - a proper historical recount on the life of the simpsons - but it looks to me more like a list of all the controversy and advertising it has done over the years. There also seems to be a lot of repetition in the article, and the introduction at the beginning seems to have taken whole paragraphs from the middle of the article. I propose that either the title of the article of changed, or the content is.--Coin945 (talk) 04:10, 13 December 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Contraversy/History 

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message: In the Cancellation threat section, it mentions how the show is possibly worth more cancelled than it is continuing because there is a deal in place that does not allow it to be syndicated on cable as long as the show is on the air. Then, just one paragraph later, it mentions the FXX syndication deal. But absolutely NO mention of how that is possible. 
Does anyone know how that is possible? Did they compensate the channels that have been airing syndicated episodes all this time in exchange for dropping that part of the original contract? If the reason is known, it needs to be included, because that section as it is written sticks out like a sore thumb due to there being no mention of how what we just read was not allowed suddenly became allowed.198.255.149.63 (talk) 02:03, 15 October 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  No mention of how it is able to be syndicated on cable now? 

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message: I would like to see each previous record holder mentioned in the section discussing the television records which the Simpsons have broken, I feel that listing theprevious record holders will give perspective to the accomplishments of the series when viewed in a historical context.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 107.2.190.142 (talk) 09:48, 23 May 2018 (UTC)
thread_title: Modify records list

message: The Simpsons first appeared as part of a comic strip by Matt Groening called Life In Hell prior to the Tracy Ullman Show.  Later Tracy Ullman sued stating that rights to the Simpsons belonged to her show.  She lost the lawsuit as Groening was able to prove the Simpsons preceded her show. Jjonagan (talk) 23:52, 12 May 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Life in Hell 

message: The design of the characters, especially Bart Simpson, has an interesting precursor. In 1972, Gabor Csupó, twenty years old and still living in Hungary, designed an intro for a new programme of public info shorts on Swedish public-service tv (later SVT), Anslagstavlan ("The Notice Board"). The programme became a real long-runner and has survived for half a century, though in the last few years the original intro has sadly gone. The similarity of the guy posting a paper onto the board (see link below) to the style of the Simpsons is unmistakable though.
The vignette has been given a few updates over the years (probably all done or at least okayed by Csupo), but the general look always remained the same until it was replaced a few years back. Here's an upload of a videp capture from 1978, this is either the original or very close to it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sPkULpK_W1A .
 The prominent yellow, the body structure and the bald head would all find their echoes in Bart and Homer Simpson nearly twenty years later. By 1989, Csupo was executive director not just of the animation studio, but also of the original animation team that designed the tv series version of the Simpson family. Strausszek (talk) 16:05, 23 April 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Link to Swedish tv intro