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"If you don't like your job, you don't strike! You just go in every day and do it really half-assed. That's the American way!"
-- Homer Simpson, 2F19 "The PTA Disbands!"

With the WGA strike still driving a stake through the heart of network television, I began thinking about how FOX's three animated shows ("The Simpsons", "Family Guy", and "American Dad") are probably going to take the longest to feel any sort of squeeze as the result of the empty writing rooms, given how far in advanced they're produced. Still, if this thing lasts much longer, even those shows are bound to run out of episodes.

Years ago, when I was in high school, I tried to flex my comedy writing skills by utilizing the Simpsons characters in their own comic strip. Looking back at them, they weren't perfect, but after studying the show extensively on DVD, I now feel I have a strong enough grasp of the characters' personalities to utilize them in original stories again. And what better subject to tackle than one that the show's writers themselves probably see nothing funny about whatsoever?
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~Candimente Feb 23, 2011   Digital Artist
Perfect Simpsons humour right there. Not to mention you're good at drawing the characters. :D
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*RocMegamanX Feb 14, 2008  Hobbyist Traditional Artist
The last panel's the funniest part.
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~katrover Feb 8, 2008  Hobbyist Traditional Artist
The "infinite loop" gave me an involuntary burst of giggles.

Yes, you should sub ...
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~Gravure Feb 7, 2008
nice ! I love your drawing..but I think it'll look better if you had made Homer look fatter :P but that's what I think..
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*dth1971 Jan 22, 2008
I hope the strike is settled this week or next now that talks with the WGA and AMPTP are back in session after the December 7, 2008 break down.

I hope The Simpsons hires scab writers if the WGA strike is a long one, or possibly do a few new Fall 2008 episodes that are remakes of 1987-1989 Simpsons Tracey Ullman show skits!
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*jbwarner86 Jan 23, 2008
I honestly don't think that'd be a good idea at all. I'd rather have Season 20 get postponed a few months instead of having it start on time with inexperienced writers at the helm. And besides, how the heck would you stretch out the Tracey Ullman shorts to 22 minutes?
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*dth1971 Jan 23, 2008
A complimation I guess.
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*jbwarner86 Jan 24, 2008
That doesn't change the fact that the caliber of the writing has changed dramatically since the Tracey Ullman years. Having the characters go through these one-minute adventures all over again without any new writing would be jarring - if you recall, during that era, Homer was a brainless rage machine, Lisa was just as bratty as Bart, and Marge was so nondescript that she didn't even have a name yet.

No, the best thing for the show would be to wait until the strike is resolved. As it stands, after Season 19 finishes up, there'll be seven remaining KABFxx episodes left to hold over until Season 20. Presuming that FOX continues the trend of showing three episodes in September, taking October off for the World Series, and running the remaining four holdovers during November sweeps, that'd give the series until December to get to the LABFxx line. Given the nine month advance schedule that the show works on, if the strike sees a resolution by March or before, the show should still be relatively on schedule.
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*gunstar1 Jan 16, 2008
What's bad about all of this are the people caught in the middle, the techs, set builders, wardrobe, make-up etc.....etc..... they're out of a job and worse, they will get no benefit out of any agreement that is made.
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~DemonXGirl Jan 16, 2008
XD :lol:
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