# Say it ain't so! (Simpsons Strike) **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 1, 2004, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/say-it-aint-so-simpsons-strike/237773 "2004-04-01T18:35:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![caphis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e19adc/32.png) [@caphis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/caphis)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2004, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/say-it-aint-so-simpsons-strike/237773/1 "2004-04-01T18:35:15Z")
[‘Simpsons’ stars in work stoppage](http://www.cnn.com/2004/SHOWBIZ/TV/04/01/television.simpsons.reut/index.html) I haven’t been too keen on the Simpsons for a while, but lately, they’ve been getting better. At first I was thinking “who the hell needs $360,000 per episode?!” then I realized what other stars are making. Oy. Pony up, Fox! That said, if they do get cancelled or put on hiatus, then I’m sure Fox will pick up its option to air the new Family Guy episodes next year. Either way, I’ll have SOMETHING good to watch. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Soapbox\_Monkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ed655f/32.png) [@Soapbox\_Monkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Soapbox_Monkey)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2004, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/say-it-aint-so-simpsons-strike/237773/2 "2004-04-01T18:50:06Z")
YAY!!! OMG this is too good to be true! Could this hopefully be in the end in sight we have been looking for? It’s just a shame that they lost the chance to go out with any dignity a LONG time ago. ---
**Author:** ![Chastain86](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Chastain86](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chastain86)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2004, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/say-it-aint-so-simpsons-strike/237773/3 "2004-04-01T19:00:17Z")
> [@](#): > > The last “Simpsons” work dispute was in 1998, at a time when the actors were making $30,000 per episode. **The show’s producer, Twentieth Century Fox TV, hired casting directors in five cities to replace most of them before both sides worked out a new deal and resumed production.** (Emphasis mine) Can you imagine how badly this would suck? ---
**Author:** ![Weirddave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/919ad9/32.png) [@Weirddave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Weirddave)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2004, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/say-it-aint-so-simpsons-strike/237773/4 "2004-04-01T19:04:43Z")
> [@Soapbox Monkey](#): > > YAY!!! > > OMG this is too good to be true! Could this hopefully be in the end in sight we have been looking for? > > It’s just a shame that they lost the chance to go out with any dignity a LONG time ago. For Christ’s sake, aren’t your 30 posts used up yet? Can’t there be one Simpsons thread where you don’t pop in to announce how badly the show sucks now, all the while masturbating to your season 3 DVD until your penis bleeds? OK, OK, you don’t like the Simpsons now, we go it, go away. ---
**Author:** ![Jimmy\_Chitwood](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f475e1/32.png) [@Jimmy\_Chitwood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jimmy_Chitwood)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2004, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/say-it-aint-so-simpsons-strike/237773/5 "2004-04-01T19:06:57Z")
> [@Soapbox Monkey](#): > > YAY!!! > > OMG this is too good to be true! Could this hopefully be in the end in sight we have been looking for? > > It’s just a shame that they lost the chance to go out with any dignity a LONG time ago. For somebody who claims to have given up on the show, you sure do spend a lot of your time posting about how bad it is. ---
**Author:** ![Jimmy\_Chitwood](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f475e1/32.png) [@Jimmy\_Chitwood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jimmy_Chitwood)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2004, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/say-it-aint-so-simpsons-strike/237773/6 "2004-04-01T19:07:58Z")
Hello, **'Dave**. ---
**Author:** ![Tir\_Tinuviel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bc79bd/32.png) [@Tir\_Tinuviel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tir_Tinuviel)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2004, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/say-it-aint-so-simpsons-strike/237773/7 "2004-04-01T19:08:54Z")
Of course, if they had have stopped it “while they had dignity” you would be moaning your ass off about why they aren’t making Simpsons any more. ---
**Author:** ![clayton\_e](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c57346/32.png) [@clayton\_e](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/clayton_e)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2004, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/say-it-aint-so-simpsons-strike/237773/8 "2004-04-01T20:30:04Z")
According to your ‘all knowing powers on the way things should have been’, when exactly did the Simpsons begin to suck? ---
**Author:** ![Coldfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a587f6/32.png) [@Coldfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coldfire)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2004, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/say-it-aint-so-simpsons-strike/237773/9 "2004-04-01T20:37:55Z")
> [@Weirddave](#): > > For Christ’s sake, aren’t your 30 posts used up yet? Can’t there be one Simpsons thread where you don’t pop in to announce how badly the show sucks now, all the while masturbating to your season 3 DVD until your penis bleeds? OK, OK, you don’t like the Simpsons now, we go it, go away. C’mon Dave, you know better than that. Knock it off, please. ---
**Author:** ![Tikki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/5daacb/32.png) [@Tikki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tikki)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2004, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/say-it-aint-so-simpsons-strike/237773/10 "2004-04-01T21:33:37Z")
Thanks, Coldfire. That did sound way too Pittish for here. Besides, the Simpsons isn’t about dignity anyway. That’s what makes it so funny! ---
**Author:** ![Soapbox\_Monkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ed655f/32.png) [@Soapbox\_Monkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Soapbox_Monkey)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2004, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/say-it-aint-so-simpsons-strike/237773/11 "2004-04-01T22:00:15Z")
> [@Weirddave](#): > > For Christ’s sake, aren’t your 30 posts used up yet? Can’t there be one Simpsons thread where you don’t pop in to announce how badly the show sucks now, all the while masturbating to your season 3 DVD until your penis bleeds? OK, OK, you don’t like the Simpsons now, we go it, go away. Season 3 wasn’t all that great. And I don’t own any of the Seasons on DVD yet, because unless I’m out of the loop, Season 4 isn’t out yet, and I don’t buy DVDs that often anyway. And sorry, I thought I was entitled to my opinion on this matter. You don’t need to be a prick. ---
**Author:** ![wolfman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a8b319/32.png) [@wolfman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfman)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2004, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/say-it-aint-so-simpsons-strike/237773/12 "2004-04-01T22:05:10Z")
Hmm, I think I’ll wait to see a headline that isn’t dated April 1 before I react. ---
**Author:** ![Soapbox\_Monkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ed655f/32.png) [@Soapbox\_Monkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Soapbox_Monkey)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2004, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/say-it-aint-so-simpsons-strike/237773/13 "2004-04-01T23:05:36Z")
> [@Weirddave](#): > > For Christ’s sake, aren’t your 30 posts used up yet?..we go it, go away. And just for that comment, you’ve inspired me to subscribe to the SDMB just as soon as I get a debit card. 😃