# Hey, why did "Drawn Together" only get six episodes?

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [January 21, 2005, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-why-did-drawn-together-only-get-six-episodes/285855 "2005-01-21T02:55:19Z")\
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**Post date:** [January 22, 2005, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-why-did-drawn-together-only-get-six-episodes/285855/21 "2005-01-22T16:44:41Z")

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> [@BrainGlutton](#):
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> Why?

Well, if you want a character to wave for a few seconds, wouldn’t it be quicker to have a person wave in front of a camera than to draw and paint 120 pictures of a person in different “waving” positions (well, nobody would really do that for TV, they’d just draw the person and the arm separately, and then draw a few pictures of the arm going in one direction, film that, then loop it to get a waving effect, but you get the idea)?

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**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\
**Post date:** [January 22, 2005, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-why-did-drawn-together-only-get-six-episodes/285855/22 "2005-01-22T16:46:15Z")

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> [@Mr. Blue Sky](#):
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> I believe the Simpsons is now being done on computer. This should shorten the time required to make each episode.

It should, but they still say it takes six months.

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