Nancy Cartwright - voice of Bart Simpson says the public has earned a proper end to The Simpsons
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[QUOTE]The voice behind iconic TV prankster Bart Simpson has said she hopes The Simpsons has the chance to end with dignity.
Nancy Cartwright, who has voiced everyone’s favourite misbehaving fourth grader since 1987, told Fairfax Media the end of the show should come from a conscious decision of the show makers rather than an abrupt cancellation over money.
Despite having signed on for seasons 27 and 28 with Fox, with the options for a further two, The Simpsons has been facing financial issues over the last five years along with criticism of perceived declining quality.
Cartwright said she hoped the show was not pulled from screens without warning at the end of its current contract.
“What I would really love to happen, if it’s not going to go on any more than that, I would like to put out there that it’s a decision that’s made outside of a negotiation,” she said.
Cartwright made it clear she wanted the show to be completed the right way, saying she wants the writers given the “chance to be able to end the series in a dignified, respectable way that the public has earned.”
“It’s just not right to do it any other way,” she said.
“To pull the rug out from so many people that have invested their career and all their training, as writers, as directors, as animators, as musicians, as voice artists, to get it pulled without any warning whatsoever and just say ‘we’re done’ is not right.”
The Simpsons, which is the longest-running US TV show of all time, has faced financial issues in the past.
In 2011 when renewing for their 24th season, Fox TV released a statement claiming they could not afford to produce any more seasons under their current business model.
Previous reports have shown unnamed actors on the show took pay cuts of about 30 percent in order for the show to continue.
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Too late, the Simpsons have already gone too far in mediocrity to end with dignity. Now their only hope is to leave the rotting husk for good and prevent any more damage.
[QUOTE=doomevil;47888966]Too late, the Simpsons have already gone too far in mediocrity to end with dignity. Now their only hope is to leave the rotting husk for good and prevent any more damage.[/QUOTE]
I reckon the final episode would be touching if done right, hell they could go back as far to show who has died during the production of the show from all these years
I remember when South Park was doing their Christmas episode they did a touching tribute to the voice actor who voiced Wendy and a few other female characters like Kyle's mum who died, Simpson's could definitely pull something like that
[QUOTE=doomevil;47888966]Now their only hope is to leave the rotting husk for good and prevent any more damage.[/QUOTE]
No way, the show can't just be abandoned, they need to give it a proper sendoff.
[QUOTE=doomevil;47888966]Too late, the Simpsons have already gone too far in mediocrity to end with dignity. Now their only hope is to leave the rotting husk for good and prevent any more damage.[/QUOTE]
and then the simpsons would get even more hate and criticism for ending things poorly...
i like Al Jeans intended ending for the simpsons, basically ending the way it started with it's pilot episode so the whole series would be a giant circle
They should go with Conan O'brien suggestion at the end of a Simpsons special for marge to leave homer and over come back.
Hope they do it like king of the hill
[QUOTE=Rocket;47889094]Have you seen the final episode of Futurama? It was getting pretty bad towards the end of the last season but the last episode was still great.[/QUOTE]
Exactly. These writers are having trouble with original content, but finales are much more series-oriented so they'll definitely write it well.
[QUOTE=Mad.Hatter;47889081]Hope they do it like king of the hill[/QUOTE]
Honestly, I wish King of the Hill would be brought back. It was just one of those shows that was perfect for everyone to watch.
[QUOTE=JoeSkylynx;47889249]Honestly, I wish King of the Hill would be brought back. It was just one of those shows that was perfect for everyone to watch.[/QUOTE]
My 71 year old grandmother turns to adult swim just to watch the King of the Hill reruns.
[QUOTE=JoeSkylynx;47889249]Honestly, I wish King of the Hill would be brought back. It was just one of those shows that was perfect for everyone to watch.[/QUOTE]
Even though King of the Hill is one of my favorite shows, I'm kind of glad it ended.
IMO, just like Futurama, the last few season felt really weak compared to the earlier ones and the finales ended on good notes. I don't want it to overstay its welcome.
[QUOTE=Mad.Hatter;47889081]Hope they do it like king of the hill[/QUOTE]
Man, the ending to King of the Hill was so good. Ended the series perfectly.
What exactly could they do to end it in a "dignified" way?
Pull an Everybody Loves Raymond and [sp]make Homer go into a coma and have all the other characters in the hospital reminiscing?[/sp]
Pretty much nothing to be done at this point. I mean, I understand that she's pretty much just saying it shouldn't pull a Sopranos but really, what can you do that won't fall flat?
[QUOTE=Pretty Obscure;47889720]What exactly could they do to end it in a "dignified" way?
Pull an Everybody Loves Raymond and [sp]make Homer go into a coma and have all the other characters in the hospital reminiscing?[/sp]
Pretty much nothing to be done at this point. I mean, I understand that she's pretty much just saying it shouldn't pull a Sopranos but really, what can you do that won't fall flat?[/QUOTE]
[sp]They already did that.[/sp]
Interestingly, a finale was written when there were talks of ending the show at one point a while back, and it was the best episode in a long while. It's the one where we see a Christmas way in the future and bart and lisa are both adults, and are struggling with adult life. [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holidays_of_Future_Passed]This one.[/url]
But then it didn't get cancelled, so they just tossed it in the middle of the season with all the crap episodes.
[QUOTE=Pretty Obscure;47889720]What exactly could they do to end it in a "dignified" way?
Pull an Everybody Loves Raymond and [sp]make Homer go into a coma and have all the other characters in the hospital reminiscing?[/sp]
Pretty much nothing to be done at this point. I mean, I understand that she's pretty much just saying it shouldn't pull a Sopranos but really, what can you do that won't fall flat?[/QUOTE]
I honestly hate that kind of ending. It doesn't wrap anything up, it just puts something out there, have everyone go "hey, remembe this in the show?" and then it'd just come back and be all "yay, we're all okay, back to business."
[QUOTE=LegndNikko;47889884]I honestly hate that kind of ending. It doesn't wrap anything up, it just puts something out there, have everyone go "hey, remembe this in the show?" and then it'd just come back and be all "yay, we're all okay, back to business."[/QUOTE]
Yeah, I agree for the most part, though I'll admit in the particular case of Everybody Loves Raymond, it took me off guard and I cried like a little baby man. :v:
The final episode: The nuclear power plant has a hilarious accident thanks to Homer. The town blows up in a fiery blast the end.
[QUOTE=seano12;47889897]The final episode: The nuclear power plant has a hilarious accident thanks to Homer. The town blows up in a fiery blast the end.[/QUOTE]
Do that for the Halloween special then the next episode is just a wasteland.
The intro plays as per normal, except at the end when Homer runs through the door he leaves the frame and the camera pans into the living room, where we can suddenly hear the sounds of an older Marge and Homer laughing as she tells a house-guest about the one time where that happened. The episode could feature tie-ins to contemporary versions of the characters (excusing the change of voice cast) and flash-backs which would give a behind the scenes look at the lives of the characters that America saw as comedic, fleshing them out to be more human than otherwise established by demonstrating how they progressed and how certain moments in their past were instrumental to that progression in a 43 minute (allowing for commercials on an hour block) time slot.
It'd be cheesy, cliche, and a bit typical, but if done right it could be pretty effective.
[QUOTE=seano12;47889897]The final episode: The nuclear power plant has a hilarious accident thanks to Homer. The town blows up in a fiery blast the end.[/QUOTE]
That would clash with the Lisa's Wedding episode though, which shows Springfield still going as it was in the future.
Anyway if they were going to do a final episode I'd like to see old crew members return, particularity those who worked on it during its heyday in the 1990s and maybe extend its length to 60 minutes from the 20 minutes it usually has.
[QUOTE=Genericenemy;47890049]That would clash with the Lisa's Wedding episode though, which shows Springfield still going as it was in the future.[/QUOTE]
Alternate universe. Relevant considering you avatar.
[QUOTE=LegndNikko;47889884]I honestly hate that kind of ending. It doesn't wrap anything up, it just puts something out there, have everyone go "hey, remembe this in the show?" and then it'd just come back and be all "yay, we're all okay, back to business."[/QUOTE]
Yeah, they probably do that to make it so that they have the option to bring the series back later on if they decide to make some more money out of it, since nothing's really been disrupted,
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[QUOTE=Genericenemy;47890049]That would clash with the Lisa's Wedding episode though, which shows Springfield still going as it was in the future.
Anyway if they were going to do a final episode I'd like to see old crew members return, particularity those who worked on it during its heyday in the 1990s and maybe extend its length to 60 minutes from the 20 minutes it usually has.[/QUOTE]
There [url=http://simpsons.wikia.com/wiki/Category:Episodes_Set_In_The_Future]was a bunch of episodes set in the future[/url], and they all showed very different futures. Remember the one where Lisa was president. I always thought of them as non-canon.
Ending - Simpsons say bye to Springfield and go with the Futurama crew into the future to live, end up as heads in jars in a museum........the end.
They should make the last scene a scene in a Diner, where Homers sits at the table after putting on Journey's Don't Stop Believing and waits for his family
They should show what the simpsons would look like today if their age had actually kept up with the times since 1987. Bart would be like what, in his 40's?
I once started to write up a finale concept.I never finished it, but:
Couch Gag: The Simpsons run onto the couch and sit there normally. Lisa comments, "Did we just get home without something weird happening?" At that moment, Bart pops off identical to the Bart The Genius intro, causing the family to sigh in relief.
The episode begins as the Simpsons family are watching the Happy Little Elves/The Itchy & Scratchy Show crossover special. We see it coming on on it's last advert break, with the Itchy & Scratchy theme song. In it, Itchy is chasing down Scratchy to kill him once again. However, the Happy Little Elves intervene and offer Scratchy protection. Five years pass, and Scratchy has been accepted into their village. However, the new elf, Itchy, gives Scratchy a gift one day. It turns out to be a bomb and blows up in Scratchy's face. Suddenly, his skeleton gets up and is joined by Itchy, Poochie, the Elves, and the Life in Hell rabbits, as well as secondary characters from both the Itchy & Scratchy Show and Happy Little Elves. They smile and wave. After the end slide, Krusty the Clown appears, stating that the First Springfieldian Recognition Awards will be hosted the next day.
The Simpsons pull up to the awards show in their church clothes, seating themselves next to Mrs. and Nelson Muntz’s table. After various awards are passed out, it comes to the richest household in Springfield. Before they even announce it, Montgomery Burns and Waylon Smithers walk up to the stage, Burns stating “Excellent.” He continues with a speech that demeans most of Springfield, before the co-host Lurleen Lumpkin informs him that it wasn’t him. Nelson laughs at him and the Simpsons, to their confusion, are called up. It is revealed that, between being a Bodyguard, an Astronaut, an Actor, a Krusty impersonator, a superhero, and Duffman, Homer has gathered billions of dollars in his bank account that has been sitting there for years. When queried, Homer says he had put the bank statements in a drawer somewhere with the taxes.
On their way home, Homer pulls into a car dealership after seeing a plow for sale. The salesman, Gil Gunderson, looks enthused to see them. Homer announces that he's purchasing the plow, and reveals to his family it's the very same one he used when he ran the Mr. Plow business. He carries the sedan home with him in the plow, much to his family's annoyance. When they return home, Burns and Smithers are waiting at the front door. The former threatens to take the Olmec head from them, but foregoes the idea whenever they are unconcerned. Instead, he tells Smithers to 'release the hounds'. Smithers opens the house door and his hounds come running out, chasing the Simpsons away, who seek refuge in Bart's treehouse.
The next day, when Burns has left, they return to their house and sit around the kitchen, deciding what to do with their share of the profits. Lisa decides to donate to various charities and research funds, while Bart plans to build the most expensive prank ever. Marge is unsure of what she wants to do with her share and plans to save it. Abe Simpson shows up and asks for his share, Homer giving him $5,000 then shooing him away. They each leave to exact their plans, Marge nursing Maggie in the meantime. However, Number One appears at her door, stating she can become a Stonecutter in the newly reformed edition of it if she can find the sacred parchment. She happily accepts, and begins her search.
Bart, meanwhile, is bragging to his schoolmates. Principal Skinner refuses that he build the prank on school property, and Bart and Milhouse agree that he's the perfect subject for their prank. They initially plan to block out the sun, but when that idea is shot down, they agree that they will buy the entire town of Springfield, building by building. They start at Springfield Downs, then move onto the Enriched Learning Center for Gifted Children, Dr. Monroe's Family Therapy Centre, Herman's Military Antiques, The Jazz Hole, Bob's RV Round-Up, and The Rusty Barnacle. Meanwhile, Lisa and Professor Frink are X-raying Hans Moleman, whenever he seems to have a heart attack mid-way through. However, he snaps back to life, much to Lisa and Frink's curiosity. They find out how irradiated he is and realize that the versatility of Springfieldians is caused by unique radiations given off by the Radioactive Power Plant.
[QUOTE=Irockz;47890501]I once started to write up a finale concept.I never finished it, but:
Couch Gag: The Simpsons run onto the couch and sit there normally. Lisa comments, "Did we just get home without something weird happening?" At that moment, Bart pops off identical to the Bart The Genius intro, causing the family to sigh in relief.
The episode begins as the Simpsons family are watching the Happy Little Elves/The Itchy & Scratchy Show crossover special. We see it coming on on it's last advert break, with the Itchy & Scratchy theme song. In it, Itchy is chasing down Scratchy to kill him once again. However, the Happy Little Elves intervene and offer Scratchy protection. Five years pass, and Scratchy has been accepted into their village. However, the new elf, Itchy, gives Scratchy a gift one day. It turns out to be a bomb and blows up in Scratchy's face. Suddenly, his skeleton gets up and is joined by Itchy, Poochie, the Elves, and the Life in Hell rabbits, as well as secondary characters from both the Itchy & Scratchy Show and Happy Little Elves. They smile and wave. After the end slide, Krusty the Clown appears, stating that the First Springfieldian Recognition Awards will be hosted the next day.
The Simpsons pull up to the awards show in their church clothes, seating themselves next to Mrs. and Nelson Muntz’s table. After various awards are passed out, it comes to the richest household in Springfield. Before they even announce it, Montgomery Burns and Waylon Smithers walk up to the stage, Burns stating “Excellent.” He continues with a speech that demeans most of Springfield, before the co-host Lurleen Lumpkin informs him that it wasn’t him. Nelson laughs at him and the Simpsons, to their confusion, are called up. It is revealed that, between being a Bodyguard, an Astronaut, an Actor, a Krusty impersonator, a superhero, and Duffman, Homer has gathered billions of dollars in his bank account that has been sitting there for years. When queried, Homer says he had put the bank statements in a drawer somewhere with the taxes.
On their way home, Homer pulls into a car dealership after seeing a plow for sale. The salesman, Gil Gunderson, looks enthused to see them. Homer announces that he's purchasing the plow, and reveals to his family it's the very same one he used when he ran the Mr. Plow business. He carries the sedan home with him in the plow, much to his family's annoyance. When they return home, Burns and Smithers are waiting at the front door. The former threatens to take the Olmec head from them, but foregoes the idea whenever they are unconcerned. Instead, he tells Smithers to 'release the hounds'. Smithers opens the house door and his hounds come running out, chasing the Simpsons away, who seek refuge in Bart's treehouse.
The next day, when Burns has left, they return to their house and sit around the kitchen, deciding what to do with their share of the profits. Lisa decides to donate to various charities and research funds, while Bart plans to build the most expensive prank ever. Marge is unsure of what she wants to do with her share and plans to save it. Abe Simpson shows up and asks for his share, Homer giving him $5,000 then shooing him away. They each leave to exact their plans, Marge nursing Maggie in the meantime. However, Number One appears at her door, stating she can become a Stonecutter in the newly reformed edition of it if she can find the sacred parchment. She happily accepts, and begins her search.
Bart, meanwhile, is bragging to his schoolmates. Principal Skinner refuses that he build the prank on school property, and Bart and Milhouse agree that he's the perfect subject for their prank. They initially plan to block out the sun, but when that idea is shot down, they agree that they will buy the entire town of Springfield, building by building. They start at Springfield Downs, then move onto the Enriched Learning Center for Gifted Children, Dr. Monroe's Family Therapy Centre, Herman's Military Antiques, The Jazz Hole, Bob's RV Round-Up, and The Rusty Barnacle. Meanwhile, Lisa and Professor Frink are X-raying Hans Moleman, whenever he seems to have a heart attack mid-way through. However, he snaps back to life, much to Lisa and Frink's curiosity. They find out how irradiated he is and realize that the versatility of Springfieldians is caused by unique radiations given off by the Radioactive Power Plant.[/QUOTE]
That's actually really good. I'd be pretty satisfied with that so far as the finale, as long as the episode ends well and all the sub-stories tied together in some clever way.
Things I want on TV:
Kill simpsons
More futurama
[QUOTE=proboardslol;47890990]Things I want on TV:
Kill simpsons
More futurama[/QUOTE]
You should go watch the futurama crossover then, its exactly those two things
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