"The Simpsons" Get More D'Oh!

By Acheron May 1, 2001 3:47 PM

Fox has sealed a deal that will keep "The Simpsons" animators and stars making new episodes for two years. What's more is they're getting a ridiculous amount of money to do it ($100K an episode). Read the full story here.

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Posted by Venturis (venturisventvent@icqmail.com) on May 1, 2001 9:02 PM

All i care about is when they plan on releasing the movie

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Posted by peacefrog (oneprimal@hotmail.com) on May 2, 2001 3:15 AM

Homer for President

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Posted by 100% AMERICAN (hellskitchen_@hotmail.com) on May 2, 2001 5:49 AM

Good for them, they deserve it!

As the highest rated show on FOX, they damn well better get those raises, compared with the less than funny show Friends whom get paid I think a mil per episode, with LeBlank that show would be called "Girls".

The Simpsons movie will not come out till the series ends which hopefully will not be for a long time. Also keep in mind that only 70% of the shows are sindicated, which means that a lot of great episodes including the first 3 seasons (the best by far)have not yet been re-released.

Keep your MTV, Oz, Sopranos, West Wing ER....I want my Simpsons

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Posted by A random shemp (No Email) on May 2, 2001 7:16 AM

What's more is they're getting a ridiculous amount of money to do it ($100K an episode).

Is the Simpson payroll keeping food out of your mouth? Then why do even care?

100K is not even a ridiculous amount of money.

I doubt that managment both for the show and Fox have any problems making the rent and the fact is many lesser actors on other shows make a whole lot more.

Get off your high horse

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Posted by Jack (jack@dtheatre.com) on May 2, 2001 11:12 AM

100k is a not that much at all.. It's amazing how fast you can go through that much money...but that's per cast member per episode.

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Posted by The walking dead (robertdowneyjr@jail.com) on May 3, 2001 4:30 PM

Can I speak with Mike Hunt?

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Posted by A random shemp (No Email) on May 5, 2001 1:41 PM

100k is really not that much when you consider how much tarantino raked in for the lord of the ring series, or keaton and nicholson for batman 1.

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Posted by The walking dead (robertdowneyjr@jail.com) on May 6, 2001 1:43 AM

100k isn't alot, but the studios will make a fortune.

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Posted by A random shemp (No Email) on May 6, 2001 6:29 PM

Ok, I'm as big a Simpson's fan as they come, I've been watching since they came out and I've seen all the episodes, so... Has the world gone mad? Did you guys stop watching 3 years ago? I just watched the newest episode an hour ago, it has gotten to the point where I can barely stand to watch it anymore. It is so utterlly horrible and ridiculously stupid that it shouldn't even be on the air anymore. I think they should have stopped airing when Homer became waste-management chairman and filled Springfield with garbage. The voice acting is just as good but the writing could be beaten by the writing on Barney. Please come to your senses people, the show stopped being good about 2-3 years ago, it doesn't make sense any more and it's just plain horrible, they should pay Us to watch it.

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Posted by A random shemp (No Email) on May 6, 2001 7:40 PM

dude, the reason it sucks these days is because matt groening doesn't write anymore.

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Posted by A random shemp (No Email) on May 8, 2001 7:46 AM

your not a simpsons fan then

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Posted by A random shemp (No Email) on May 8, 2001 8:28 AM

who's not a simpsons fan? me for thinking it has gotten worse or you for not watching it long enough to know that it was once fantastic and now it has been reduced to a half hour of the worst televesision there is?

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Posted by A random shemp (No Email) on May 8, 2001 9:01 AM

hah hes got a nose like a pig!! haha

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Posted by peacefrog (oneprimal@hotmail.com) on May 10, 2001 6:44 AM

hes right you know, the re-runs rock, new ones kinda lame, mabye they need to pay the writers a couple hundred thousand more...haha...losers

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Posted by A random shemp (No Email) on May 11, 2001 7:24 AM

You all need to get a life!

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Posted by A random shemp (No Email) on May 11, 2001 11:18 AM

you need to go to hell