Springfield....OREGON!

[CHNOPS]

It's official.

 

[CHNOPS]

You people have no respect.

 

[gotsnowgotslush]

Better than Rhode Island, I suppose. What was Oregon like, before the counter-culture took over?

 

[evesdream]

Any word from Riverdale?

 

[semen4her]

The Simpsons are fictitious?

 

[SgtSpiderMan]

I'm shocked.

 

[semen4her]

Me too.

 

[KRCummings]

It's the town Springfield was named after but not really the town or state the Simpsons are in. You can tell he was still sorta careful about how he said it. He can still say they live in any state which is exactly how it should be. Part of the reason the show struck a chord to begin with was that everyone saw themselves and their own town in it.
Now don't get me going on this. You people know how I am when The Simpsons comes up.

 

[Disgustipated]

It's the town Springfield was named after but not really the town or state the Simpsons are in. You can tell he was still sorta careful about how he said it. He can still say they live in any state which is exactly how it should be. Part of the reason the show struck a chord to begin with was that everyone saw themselves and their own town in it.
Now don't get me going on this. You people know how I am when The Simpsons comes up.

I'm surprised it took you 2 hours to comment, slacker.

 

[KRCummings]

I'm surprised it took you 2 hours to comment, slacker.

My Simpsons thread alarm went off but I was not near a computer. It won't happen again.

 

[JohnnySavage]

You scrotes know it's a cartoon, don't you?

 

[RoryN]

It's just the name of the OR city he took for the town; it's not influenced so much by the city itself.

From the wiki entry:

Springfield is meant to represent "anytown, USA" and not be a specific real town,[6] although the producers acknowledge basing the town on various locations[7] including The Simpsons creator Matt Groening's hometown of Portland, Oregon and Mike Scully's hometown, Springfield, Massachusetts.

I always saw it - in part - as Springfield, Massachusetts. Writer and executive producer Mike Scully grew up in West Springfield, MA, and he's had a lot of influence on the show over the years. Bart shoplifting his Christmas gift from a store was based on a Bradlees department store there, the "Bart Carny" episode was based on the Big E Fair, and so on. "West Springfield" was featured in one episode as well.

But in "Bart Carny", I think he got the hilariously broken haunted house ride idea from Mountain Park - which was a town over from Springfield - and not The Big E. The cartoon version was a perfect match, including the skeleton that made a donkey braying noise instead of the right one. I remember that skeleton!

 

[KRCummings]

You scrotes know it's a cartoon, don't you?

Blasphemer!

 

[CandiCame]

It made me sad. I didn't want a definitive location.

 

[CHNOPS]

It's just the name of the OR city he took for the town; it's not influenced so much by the city itself.

From the wiki entry:



I always saw it - in part - as Springfield, Massachusetts. Writer and executive producer Mike Scully grew up in West Springfield, MA, and he's had a lot of influence on the show over the years. Bart shoplifting his Christmas gift from a store was based on a Bradlees department store there, the "Bart Carny" episode was based on the Big E Fair, and so on. "West Springfield" was featured in one episode as well.

But in "Bart Carny", I think he got the hilariously broken haunted house ride idea from Mountain Park - which was a town over from Springfield - and not The Big E. The cartoon version was a perfect match, including the skeleton that made a donkey braying noise instead of the right one. I remember that skeleton!

Yah, they've hinted at a dozen different Springfields over the years. You can read about it in the Wiki entry for 'A-der-hicky.'

 

[KRCummings]

Yah, they've hinted at a dozen different Springfields over the years. You can read about it in the Wiki entry for 'A-der-hicky.'

In the movie we're told that the state Springfield is in is bordered by Ohio, Nevada, Maine and Kentucky so I think that settles that.

 

[phrodeau]

Has anyone jumped a shark on that show yet?

 

[KRCummings]

Has anyone jumped a shark on that show yet?

There is little question of declining quality (although still many moments of brilliance) but the one thing The Simpsons has never done and will probably never do is jump the shark. Longevity isn't always a bad thing.

 

[CHNOPS]

There is little question of declining quality (although still many moments of brilliance) but the one thing The Simpsons has never done and will probably never do is jump the shark. Longevity isn't always a bad thing.

The handy thing about being The Simpsons is that once you've done Seasons 3 through (say) 9, everyone forgives you for not being as funny as that in your remaining years.

 

[richard_daily]

People still watch the simpsons?

 

[KRCummings]

The handy thing about being The Simpsons is that once you've done Seasons 3 through (say) 9, everyone forgives you for not being as funny as that in your remaining years.

Those six years or so are arguably the best tv ever produced. Certainly the best sitcom. Like Lucy and Dick Van Dyke, you pretty much get a pass for life after that.

 

[evesdream]

Futurama is better.

 

[IndieSnob]

Futurama is better.

Hi. I like you. That is all.

 

[KRCummings]

Futurama is better.

At it's peak it's better than the Simpsons now but that's it. The current version is ok but not nearly as good as it was and it was never ever better than the Simpsons golden age.

 

[KRCummings]

And since we're on the subject, I think Futurama never quite found the right formula. Over the years you can watch it switch gears a few times looking for the right fit but never quite gets it. Awesome characters, some great episodes but never really consistent and once the "future" jokes wore off they struggled a bit.

Still, I watch it often and sometimes revisit on Netflix.