View Full Version : A "Simpsons" episode taken off the air?
NHL7890
06-01-2002, 06:50 PM
Now, this could just be an oversight on my part, but I couldn't help but ask this question that's been burning inside me for quite some time. There is a particular Simpsons episode in which The Simpsons visit New York City (one of my favorites). In one part Homer ends up at the World Trade Center, and several scenes with the Twin Towers ensue. But, ever since 9/11 I haven't seen this episode, and believe me I catch the re-runs daily. Was this episode removed from rotation just temporarily or permanetly, or have I just lost my mind? :confused:
Guinastasia
06-01-2002, 07:45 PM
I saw it just a couple of weeks ago.
It's probably just a coincidence.
capybara
06-01-2002, 08:16 PM
I saw it a few weeks ago, too. It was actually a little bit nostalgic and cathartic.
dead0man
06-01-2002, 08:48 PM
I have also seen it since 9/11. I'm glad they didnt remove it. It is a very funny episode.
dead0man
GopherGod72
06-01-2002, 09:01 PM
I'll take the crabjuice!
Seen it twice since 9/11. I'm glad they didn't bow down to pressure and pull it.
Mr. Blue Sky
06-01-2002, 09:10 PM
It would be a shame to remove this episode from the rotation. It was, IMHO, one the THE funniest episodes ever. From what New Yorkers have endured in the past nine months, it's doubtful a TV show will upset them.
friedo
06-01-2002, 09:51 PM
My favorite part was the "Men's room out of order. Use other tower" sign. :D
Ah, I love that episode.
Bryan Ekers
06-01-2002, 10:07 PM
Go, Secretariat!
Phouchg
06-01-2002, 10:28 PM
I am a program director at a FOX station that carries two reruns of "The Simpsons" a day. On Sept. 14 we got a list from the syndicator listing episodes we may want to use discretion on scheduling - they had scenes of "bombs" and questionable material (like the one where Sideshow Bob threatens Springfield with a nuke) but we never got an order to permanently pull any episode. Just recently I ran one of the ones listed (the one where they accidentally bomb the Mad magazine building)...nobody batted an eyelash.
YJAN EHT NIOJ
Phouchg
Lovable Rogue
Phouchg
06-01-2002, 10:31 PM
oops that should be
YVAN EHT NIOJ
:D
pldennison
06-01-2002, 11:08 PM
Oh, now you tell me, Phouchg, after I just called my local Najy recruiter.
Ruffian
06-01-2002, 11:55 PM
KALKABOSH!
Ottoerotic
06-02-2002, 12:22 AM
Was the episode aired in its entirity? I remember talking about this episode on 9/11 and we figured that if they ever did play it they would at least cut out the line that goes something like "They stick all of the jerks in tower one" Was this line cut or aired.
Little Nemo
06-02-2002, 01:17 AM
"And that's when the CHUD's attacked."
clayton_e
06-02-2002, 01:54 AM
They didn't air it for a while, several months. Then I saw it again, nothing edited.
I doubt they'd air it september 15th or something... but not America has gone back to it's consumer state of stupor.
David Simmons
06-02-2002, 02:01 AM
Originally posted by Phouchg
I am a program director at a FOX station that carries two reruns of "The Simpsons" a day. On Sept. 14 we got a list from the syndicator listing episodes we may want to use discretion on scheduling - they had scenes of "bombs" and questionable material (like the one where Sideshow Bob threatens Springfield with a nuke) but we never got an order to permanently pull any episode. Just recently I ran one of the ones listed (the one where they accidentally bomb the Mad magazine building)...nobody batted an eyelash.
YJAN EHT NIOJ
Phouchg
Lovable Rogue
This kind of thing, even if it happened, would be nothing new. During the great depression of the 1930's radio stations stopped playing the song Happy Days Are Here Again, so Roosevelt made it the theme song of his campaign for President.
Markxxx
06-02-2002, 10:50 AM
They cut out the WTC on Barney Miller
Big Kahuna Burger
06-02-2002, 12:24 PM
"All I remember was giving a guest lecture at Villanova, or maybe it was a street corner."
mobo85
06-02-2002, 12:25 PM
Originally posted by Little Nemo
"And that's when the CHUD's attacked."
Well, of course you're not going to like New York if all you remember are the pimps and CHUDs.
Freudian Slit
06-02-2002, 01:48 PM
However, I think they have pulled the episode where Lisa becomes Little Miss Springfield, because of the anti smoking agenda. At least, according to snpp.com.
The Great Philosopher
06-02-2002, 02:49 PM
I'm inclined to think similarly to otto. There's nothing too upsetting about simply seeing the towers, or seeing the ever-funny Homer interacting with them, but it's possible the scene where the two office workers argue across the tower (where the line "they stick all the jerks in tower one" is heard) could be taken as disrespectful to those who worked in those towers prior to 9/11.
Just taking it from the Fox network's view.
stockton
06-02-2002, 04:04 PM
Phouchg, good on ya, mate. We wondered this out loud ourselves after the attack. It's just a cartoon, no malice intended, and funny as all git-out. No reason to do a revisionist edit and pretend the things weren't there.
I didn't remember the line that otto and TGPhilosopher mentioned, and that might be a tasteful disinclusion.
I DO remember that Homer got booted and drove the Simpsonmobile all the way back to Springfield with the thing attached. KaTHWACK! KaTHWACK! KaTHWACK! KaTHWACK! KaTHWACK! KaTHWACK!
Phouchg, I'd understand in the interest of privacy if you don't want to answer this hijack. What city do you FOX in? At least, what general area of the world?
BraheSilver
06-02-2002, 06:38 PM
Sionce somebody already mentioned this episode, I'm not thinking of this as a full thread hijack. The Fox in my area recently showed the ep wherein Sideshow Bob threatens the city with a nuke, and as he's wheeling the bomb away in a wheelbarrow, he's supposed to hit a rock, tip the bomb onto the ground, get embarassed and pick it back up.
This scene was cut so that it showed Bob laughing with the bomb, then went straight to commercial. What happened? Was it a new fear of showing mishandling of explosives?
Big Kahuna Burger
06-02-2002, 06:45 PM
Originally posted by BraheSilver
Sionce somebody already mentioned this episode, I'm not thinking of this as a full thread hijack. The Fox in my area recently showed the ep wherein Sideshow Bob threatens the city with a nuke, and as he's wheeling the bomb away in a wheelbarrow, he's supposed to hit a rock, tip the bomb onto the ground, get embarassed and pick it back up.
This scene was cut so that it showed Bob laughing with the bomb, then went straight to commercial. What happened? Was it a new fear of showing mishandling of explosives?
Nah. Just your typical syndication cut, happens with a lot of funny scenes.
BraheSilver
06-02-2002, 06:48 PM
"Since," rather. D'oh!
socialxray
06-02-2002, 08:42 PM
Sort of like how when they re-air the Area Code episode (New Springfield/Olde Springfield) they edit out the line where the radio djs make the Joan Collins joke. ("Seems there's a mattress out in the middle of the freeway, Bob." "Is Joan Collins in town?") Ridiculously enough though, they don't edit out Moe's reference to the same joke later one in the episode, making for a misfire.
Kent Brockman: "Thanks to New Springfield, we're all taking golden showers." *snickering in background* "What?"
RiverRunner
06-03-2002, 12:09 PM
Sort of like how when they re-air the Area Code episode (New Springfield/Olde Springfield) they edit out the line where the radio djs make the Joan Collins joke. ("Seems there's a mattress out in the middle of the freeway, Bob." "Is Joan Collins in town?") Ridiculously enough though, they don't edit out Moe's reference to the same joke later one in the episode, making for a misfire.
This whooshed me. What's up with Joan Collins? Why would they edit out a joke about her?
RR
Just for time reasons - shows in syndication are usually a little shorter than first-runs.
Mr. Blue Sky
06-03-2002, 04:32 PM
Originally posted by RiverRunner
This whooshed me. What's up with Joan Collins? Why would they edit out a joke about her?
Assuming it wasn't for time restraints, they were insinuating that Ms. Collins is a lady who's seen lots of action on mattresses.
RR
mobo85
06-03-2002, 05:47 PM
Was for time restraints. Just like the cow can in Miracle on Evergreen Terrace. Editing out its final "moo...." as it melts for time purposes ruins the joke afterwards in which Marge asks "What was that" and Homer makes a noise like "moo..."
Tars Tarkas
06-03-2002, 06:55 PM
Originally posted by socialxray
Sort of like how when they re-air the Area Code episode (New Springfield/Olde Springfield) they edit out the line where the radio djs make the Joan Collins joke. ("Seems there's a mattress out in the middle of the freeway, Bob." "Is Joan Collins in town?") Ridiculously enough though, they don't edit out Moe's reference to the same joke later one in the episode, making for a misfire.
I saw that one last week here in SF, and they left both Joan Collins jokes in. Some stations cut more than others. Back in St. Louis, they had the Simpsons at 630, where they butchered it. then they added another simpsons at 600, which they didn't cut as much. They'd even show the same episodes, a few weeks apart, and it was clear how much more the 630 chopped out.
buckgully
06-03-2002, 06:58 PM
Hmmm. I have the new/old springfield episode on my Tivo (or I did yesterday, simpsons episodes get low priority, so they tend to get deleted quickly) and they had both Joan Collins jokes in there.
Then again, it wooshed by me the first time, as I didn't get it.
But I have noticed that most of the syndicated episodes have the "short" intro and not the full one (with Bart at the blackboard and Lisa playing sax) and I was wondering if they switched them to cram in more commercials.
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