Big Brother Is Watching You Miss All Your Favorite TV Shows

[Venomous]

Okay, that's weird. If anything should be on FOX Classics, it should be The Simpsons. How many milennia has this show been running for now? Oh! And Futurama, just because it rocks.

Coming up on sixteen millenia - errm, I mean years - now. Not a bad effort, I have to say. And though some of the middle seasons had a slight slump in humor value, I have to say, overall the series is as good as it ever was.

In today's TV world, where almost anything even remotely enjoyable is axed after the first season, you gotta respect shows like The Simpsons and Law & Order that are still kicking well into their second decades.

(By comparison, for interest's sake, that miserable excuse for television that is Everybody Loves Raymond ran for less than nine years before it got canned, which happened less than three months ago - so whether you go by how old the show is OR how long it ran for, how the fuck does that shit classify as a Fox Classic, alongside ancient classics like M*A*S*H, Rockford Files, Remington Steele, etc.?? Spot the odd show out, really...)

On a side note, the longest running TV show ever, according to three mins on Google/Epguides, seems to have been Gunsmoke - the show ran for 20 years, from '55 to '75, with a total of 635 eps and five TV movies. They sure don't make 'em like they used to!

Hey, wow... if The Simpsons can last for less than four years longer, it will officially break the world record... interesting....

[Tyranny]

Coming up on sixteen millenia - errm, I mean years - now. Not a bad effort, I have to say. And though some of the middle seasons had a slight slump in humor value, I have to say, overall the series is as good as it ever was.

I've always loved it, even when the comedy got more random... I think Matt was concentrating on Futurama so ultimately The Simpsons suffered the slump in funny.

In today's TV world, where almost anything even remotely enjoyable is axed after the first season, you gotta respect shows like The Simpsons and Law & Order that are still kicking well into their second decades.

(By comparison, for interest's sake, that miserable excuse for television that is Everybody Loves Raymond ran for less than nine years before it got canned, which happened less than three months ago - so whether you go by how old the show is OR how long it ran for, how the fuck does that shit classify as a Fox Classic, alongside ancient classics like M*A*S*H, Rockford Files, Remington Steele, etc.?? Spot the odd show out, really...)

Don't forget The Dukes of Hazzard!! I can't wait for the movie, even if it does have Jessica Simpson in it (she won't be wearing or saying much -- not much of a stretch for her as Daisy now, is it? )

On a side note, the longest running TV show ever, according to three mins on Google/Epguides, seems to have been Gunsmoke - the show ran for 20 years, from '55 to '75, with a total of 635 eps and five TV movies. They sure don't make 'em like they used to!

Hey, wow... if The Simpsons can last for less than four years longer, it will officially break the world record... interesting....

That's really cool! I don't think Matt will have a problem keeping the show running. Maybe one day the kids will be adults!... naaaaaaaaah...


T.

[Venomous]

I've always loved it, even when the comedy got more random... I think Matt was concentrating on Futurama so ultimately The Simpsons suffered the slump in funny.

If that was the price to bring us the goodness of Futurama, then I for one declare that it was worth it. =)

Don't forget The Dukes of Hazzard!! I can't wait for the movie, even if it does have Jessica Simpson in it (she won't be wearing or saying much -- not much of a stretch for her as Daisy now, is it? :mrgreen: )

Hmmm, those two factors make Jessica Simpson sound suddenly very appealing - in fact, I don't think I'd ever want to see her any other way. =)

That's really cool! I don't think Matt will have a problem keeping the show running. Maybe one day the kids will be adults!... naaaaaaaaah...

No, that's just stupid.

[Tyranny]

If that was the price to bring us the goodness of Futurama, then I for one declare that it was worth it. =)

Oh, I second that, that's for sure!

Hmmm, those two factors make Jessica Simpson sound suddenly very appealing - in fact, I don't think I'd ever want to see her any other way. =)

What, scantily clad and not saying anything? Isn't that how most men like their women?

No, that's just stupid.

Maybe there'll be more futuristic episodes. I think that's the closest we'll ever get to them growing up.


T.

[Venomous]

What, scantily clad and not saying anything? Isn't that how most men like their women?

Depends on the woman, for me at least. If she's intelligent (and I'm sure one day I'll meet one that is! =P), I'd prefer her scantily clad and conversational. =P

Maybe there'll be more futuristic episodes. I think that's the closest we'll ever get to them growing up.

Nah, I don't see them going out of their way to do that, either. If it aint broke, don't fix it - what they're doing already is working just fine...

[Ambrosia]

Don't forget The Dukes of Hazzard!! I can't wait for the movie, even if it does have Jessica Simpson in it (she won't be wearing or saying much --

Is that not the only reasion to watch such a film?? Well that and watching old cars doing impossible stunts. That's all movies seem to have in them these days... not that I'm complaining but I can't remember the last new movie I've seen that actualy made you stop & think.

[Venomous]

I can't remember the last new movie I've seen that actualy made you stop & think.

When was the last time anything made you stop and think?? >=P

[Ambrosia]

When was the last time anything made you stop and think?? >=P

I think quite a bit thank you very much. Tis not my fult you don't see it =P And at least when I do think unlike some people, I think with my head not other parts of my anatomy =P

[Tyranny]

Don't know about you, but I'm gonna go see it coz I liked the show! ...*mumbling* and Johnny Knoxville... (yeah yeah, shuddup...)


T.

[Ambrosia]

Johnny who?? I'll probable see it too when it's realeased on cable. But I'm not keen on spending $16 on movies.... unless I'm buying the DVD and it lives on my shelf =)

[Renae the Boozehound]

Yes, I have to admit, I'd probably go and see The Dukes of Hazzard partially for the Johnny Knoxville factor... He's definately got something!~ Yum! As for Jessica Simpson, yak yak and still more yak. I want to see that new Bill Murray movie that's out in the U.S at the moment. Not sure what it's called, but after seeing him in Lost in Translation, I'm totally up for anything he's in. But, meh, I don't get to the flicks that much, so I'll be lucky if I see either of 'em! Go pirate DVDs!~ Woo!

--Renae

[Venomous]

Johnny who?? I'll probable see it too when it's realeased on cable. But I'm not keen on spending $16 on movies.... unless I'm buying the DVD and it lives on my shelf =)

Johnny Knoxville. Made famous by applying an electrical pulse device to his perianal region (aka. the "gooch") and sending a significant electrical current through his testicles and anus in the process.

Erm, that is to say, he was one of the main dudes in the "Jackass" movie.

And yeah, I'm the same - not much keen on the cinemas these days, when for $2-3 extra at worst, I can just buy the movie on DVD a few weeks later and own it myself forever. I think it's only a matter of time until movie cinemas go the way of the drive-in pictures and become a rare novelty instead of a regular part of our society. The ever dropping prices for fancy home theatre equipment and the DVD industry that is releasing movies closer and closer to their cinema release date, and at lower and lower prices... soon everybody will just buy DVDs to watch on their huge fancy home cinema setups, and commercial cinemas will be history...

[Supernovae]

commercial cinemas will be history...

I hope so - because at $9.75 a movie per person (plus the prices for food/drinks) It's becoming quite expensive to watch a movie with someone.

Now, as far as the Dukes of Hazzard movie - I heard that Jessica Simpson is only in like 10-15 mins of the movie tops. So they are really using her publicity as a driving force for the movie. Burt Reynolds does an ok job but Jackie Gleason would have made a FAR FAR better boss hog in the movie (if he wasn't dead)

For those that dont remember, watch the old Smokey and the Bandit movies. (Sheriff Buford T Justice)

-SRR

[MP81]

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