Should The Simpson's end it's run?

[Vanyel]

I'm sure we can agree that no one wants to lay off the staff of an entire show. But the show is only renewed until season 26 and I, for one, would rather have the cast and crew lining up new jobs by knowing that at the end of filming (or animation or whatever you call it when an animated show ends) the cast and crew have somewhere to go with a resume that does not say no longer employed due to cancellation.

 

[Kelthaz]

Given that, why are you in favor of laying off the entire Simpsons staff and putting them out of work? Or if not you, why should "fans" get that vote?

Oh, come on.

 

[Goji]

The time for going out on a high note is more than a decade in the rear-view mirror, and the first (good) 8-9 seasons are practically a different show than what is on the air now. So it's really no different from all the other shows that are on the air now that I don't watch, which is most of them. I am completely indifferent to its fate, beyond a general fondness for the voice actors.

 

[bigdaddy]

Should it end? Probably, yeah. Do I want it to end? At this point? Nah.

Isn't it near the record for longest running prime time show ever? May as well let them hit that because, well, if you're close no one else is likely beat you to it. And this weeks "Steal this Episode" about piracy was actually a really good episode, I suggest you all watch it.

I agree. I watched it for the first time in awhile and I really enjoyed it.

 

[Aldo]

Given that, why are you in favor of laying off the entire Simpsons staff and putting them out of work? Or if not you, why should "fans" get that vote?

Oh, come on.

Let's put it a different way: say person A loves a television show, and person B does not. What makes person B's opinion anymore valid than person A's?

If there are enough people still watching the Simpsons and enjoying it, I have no problem with it staying on the air. I have readily access to the episodes I enjoy and choose not to watch the episodes that I won't enjoy.

 

[Amaris]

To be fair, one can feel a show has run its course, and still believe that if people are happy watching it, they should be able to continue watching it. That's how I feel about it, and I think that's how Kelthaz feels about it (not trying to step on your toes, K).

Sure, let it stay on the air as long as folks enjoy it, but in my opinion, it has long since jumped the shark, and if I were in charge of making the decisions at FOX, I'd have long since ended the series.

 

[The Old Mixer]

Given that, why are you in favor of laying off the entire Simpsons staff and putting them out of work? Or if not you, why should "fans" get that vote?

It's a poll thread, people are expressing their opinions. To my knowledge, nobody here has any actual power to cancel the show or fire the staff. No voice actors were harmed in the making of this thread.

 

[.:: TSN ::.]

I agree with many posters about "gracefully bowing out" being in the distant past. At this moment everyone is pretty much just waiting on how long can they keep making it.

I voted for keep going..

But I would ask a follow up question. HOW should Simpsons end it's run?

They already made a movie, so should there be another movie?

Regular end for the season and then movie to finish everything off after that?

Maybe move timeline forward in last season?

Or maybe even try a spinoff with adult Simpsons kids?

I would go for a special last season, maybe mini-series with longer episodes, with timeline moving forward for the characters and each episode showing some special event.

For example Bart's first day in high school, Lisa's graduation, Grandpa Simpsons death, Homer's retirement, etc.

Sure, there have been time jumps and dream episodes about future, but this time it would be "for real".

 

[suarezguy]

I thought that this season was finally the last one. I don't watch and so don't really care but it has to end sometime and 25 seemed a good goal.

I would end it with: either Bart indeed becomes a lawyer or actually a Supreme Court justice or everything was a hallucination since Homer first got hit by Marge's car

 

[JirinPanthosa]

Given that, why are you in favor of laying off the entire Simpsons staff and putting them out of work? Or if not you, why should "fans" get that vote?

If Simpsons doesn't get to end gracefully, THE TERRORISTS WIN!

That statement is only slightly more irrational and absurd a debate tactic as the one you made.

I mean, why are you in favor of not letting a young writer with a clever, original idea get a show on the air, thus giving him and many others their first big break in the television business? Do you want him to be denied his pilot in order to keep a quarter decade old show with low but consistent ratings on the air, thus causing him to lose faith in humanity and jump off a bridge? IS THAT WHAT YOU WANT?

Jesus effing Christ.

 

[JWPlatt]

There's too much of not being happy with what you have and always looking for something new to throw away next year. Life is too disposable and too mobile now; too easy to - SQUIRREL! - get distracted by the shiny things. Too little commitment and appreciation for durability and permanence.

Keep the show. When the talent behind the stories and characters die or move on, replace it. Even Bart and Homer. Like Doctor Who. New artists and talent will get their chance regardless of whether the vehicle is old or new.

 

[JarodRussell]

Audiences actually decide what show stays and what show gets cancelled. People tend to forget that.
Extremely hilarious are comments like “It's going to suck, but I'll go see it anyways.“ WTF dude, vote with your goddamn wallet.

 

[Admiral James Kirk]

But if people only spent money on things that they enjoyed what would they bitch about?

 

[Vanyel]

Audiences actually decide what show stays and what show gets cancelled. People tend to forget that.
Extremely hilarious are comments like “It's going to suck, but I'll go see it anyways.“ WTF dude, vote with your goddamn wallet.

Not always true. MASH went out on it's own terms. As did Friends and a few others.

 

[Kelthaz]

Audiences actually decide what show stays and what show gets cancelled. People tend to forget that.
Extremely hilarious are comments like “It's going to suck, but I'll go see it anyways.“ WTF dude, vote with your goddamn wallet.

Not always true. MASH went out on it's own terms. As did Friends and a few others.

Seinfeld is another one. Jerry Seinfeld called it quits despite the studio, his costars, and the audience wanting the show to continue. He was even offered $5 million dollars an episode to continue the series, but he wanted to end it on his terms.

I wanted to end the show on the same kind of peak we've been doing it on for years," Seinfeld said. "I wanted the end to be from a point of strength. I wanted the end to be graceful."

That's $120 million ($5 million x 24 episodes) he turned down to do another season.

Jeez, just think about all of his coworkers who lost their jobs because he couldn't be assed to film one more season. Think about all the tax money that could have went to improving our schools and hospitals. Think about all the starving children in Africa that he could have fed with that money. Jerry Seinfeld sacrificed thousands of lives and the well-being of Americans to preserve the purity of a stupid TV show. All of us here have suffered at the hands of Jerry Seinfeld. He is truly history's greatest monster.

 

[Mr Light]

As someone who wants The Simpsons to keep going on forever...

I also strongly feel they should do a time jump to where the kids are teenagers. It would change so many aspects of the show and make it fresh and exciting again. They do a future episode every few years now and they're always excellent, but I'm just talking jumping forward five years or so.

 

[Brolan]

Audiences actually decide what show stays and what show gets cancelled. People tend to forget that.
Extremely hilarious are comments like “It's going to suck, but I'll go see it anyways.“ WTF dude, vote with your goddamn wallet.

Not always true. MASH went out on it's own terms. As did Friends and a few others.

Seinfeld is another one. Jerry Seinfeld called it quits despite the studio, his costars, and the audience wanting the show to continue. He was even offered $5 million dollars an episode to continue the series, but he wanted to end it on his terms.

I wanted to end the show on the same kind of peak we've been doing it on for years," Seinfeld said. "I wanted the end to be from a point of strength. I wanted the end to be graceful."

That's $120 million ($5 million x 24 episodes) he turned down to do another season.

Jeez, just think about all of his coworkers who lost their jobs because he couldn't be assed to film one more season. Think about all the tax money that could have went to improving our schools and hospitals. Think about all the starving children in Africa that he could have fed with that money. Jerry Seinfeld sacrificed thousands of lives and the well-being of Americans to preserve the purity of a stupid TV show. All of us here have suffered at the hands of Jerry Seinfeld. He is truly history's greatest monster.

Yeah, the show that replaced it made the money instead of Seinfeld. New people got a chance to make money from TV riches, how democratic is that?

 

[milojthatch]

I just don't get this, "I don't like it so it should be cancelled" mentality. If you don't like a show, don't watch it. Don't waste your time thinking about it. Why wish for it to be taken away from the people who do like it?

Kind of reminds me of my feeling on Enterprise. *sigh*

 

[Amaris]

I just don't get this, "I don't like it so it should be cancelled" mentality. If you don't like a show, don't watch it. Don't waste your time thinking about it. Why wish for it to be taken away from the people who do like it?

Kind of reminds me of my feeling on Enterprise. *sigh*

I do recall a number of people saying that they couldn't wait to see Enterprise cancelled, because it would piss off a lot of ENT fans. Now, I understand wanting a good show to retire before it gets worn out or feeling it's worn out (this is how I feel about The Simpsons), but I've never understood the desire to have something cancelled for the express purpose of wanting other people to lose their show, for any reason other than sheer malice.

 

[Kelthaz]

I do recall a number of people saying that they couldn't wait to see Enterprise cancelled, because it would piss off a lot of ENT fans. Now, I understand wanting a good show to retire before it gets worn out or feeling it's worn out (this is how I feel about The Simpsons), but I've never understood the desire to have something cancelled for the express purpose of wanting other people to lose their show, for any reason other than sheer malice.

Yeah, that's insane. Why would anyone be upset with people who like a show that they do not?