Here is a party challenge. Could
you watch every episode of The Simpson’s Show in one sitting? Better make some
coffee for the event because the FXX Channel will be airing an epic 12-day
binge of the show. If you are one of
those who like to buy boxed sets of every episode or season of your favorite
show that can cost you anywhere from 50 to 300 bucks depending on what show
turns you on. Be cheap and tape the event if your Tivo or cable recorded list
can keep that much recorded time.
The Simpsons marathon begins with
the series premier and subsequent episodes running through September 1st. On
August 29th you can see the Simpson’s Movie. I guess it is a way to
let everyone know a new cable channel called FXX. It is new and yet promoting a
very old show. The show is approaching its 25th Anniversary in
December. How many couples do you know anymore that can approach 25 years
together anymore? Yet we all have spent 25 years with this show where no one
gets older and they all stay true to their individual personas.
Why do we love the Simpsons? How
did they survive ratings and viewing numbers all these years? They aren’t even
real. It is a cartoon after all. This channel will be showing all 552 episodes
and counting. It will take 12
continuous days to air the 278 hour marathon through Labor Day. What a way to
end a summer. But will I want to screw up a nuclear power plant at the end of
watching all this? How dysfunctional will I become after all this wacky
influence on my brain? Has anyone done any studies on the effects of too much
Simpsons does on your brain? No wonder all our kids are in special education classes
in the past 25 years. All other
disorders have popped up to in the past 25 years that
have to be treated making us all heavily medicated by new prescription drugs. I
blame The Simpsons.
The deal, believed to be among the
largest in syndication history is great promotion for a place called Simpsons
World which is an on-line treasure trove for die -hard fans to find everything Simpsons
to launch in early October. The site
which is part of the FX Now app is available to authenticated cable subscribers
that will provide access to the entire library of episodes for streaming. If
only we had such easy access to most of the books in our public libraries we
would be reading more instead of following 25 years of a dysfunctional cartoon
family we have grown to love.
There is a related website that
also allows viewers to research characters, find and share clips, and scripts
and more. Bugs Bunny never had any of this kind of analysis. That rabbit just
had to keep running away from the guy with the gun. The app with the episode
library initially will be available to 60% of United States cable homes
including those who subscribe to AT&T U-Verse,
Cablevision, Comcast, Charter, Cox and
Time Warner and then to all cable providers within a year according to FX’s
Chuck Saftler.
The Simpsons is not the only
long-running cartoon to get full –library attention. Comedy Central’s South
Park cartoon found a home this past July on Hulu where 17 seasons of episodes
are available free until September 24th, when it moves to
subscription-based Hulu. So go get your fill of obese Dads, arrogant boys and good
over-emotional girls and a wife with a really weird hair style that hasn’t
changed for 25 years and counting. Hey that is the Simpson's and not my house.
Maybe it is my home too.
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