# Simpson's Series Finale **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 10, 2004, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simpsons-series-finale/244372 "2004-05-10T00:35:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2004, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simpsons-series-finale/244372/41 "2004-05-13T18:25:21Z")
> [@Jeff Olsen](#): > > Although, it would be funny if these are indeed the final episodes and the whole thing is being kept low-key. Good one. Fox and low-key are two things that I always associate with each other. If Fox knew that the show was going to end in May of 2007 they would already be hyping “Only 75 more episodes of The Simpsons remain”. ---
**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2004, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simpsons-series-finale/244372/42 "2004-05-13T20:28:39Z")
> [@Jeff Olsen](#): > > Although, it would be funny if these are indeed the final episodes and the whole thing is being kept low-key. I wouldn’t put that past Groening, but as **adam** pointed out, FOX would hype the piss out of it! ---
**Author:** ![JDeMobray](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/85e7bf/32.png) [@JDeMobray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JDeMobray)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2004, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simpsons-series-finale/244372/43 "2004-05-13T21:59:15Z")
> [@Lord Ashtar](#): > > Sure, and while we’re at it we can learn the real names of Bumblebee Man, Squeaky Voiced Teen, and the Sea Captain. > > I bet they’re all named John. Hasn’t the Sea Captain, at least, been named? Captain MacAllister or something similar? > [@marley23](#): > > “Based on the opinions of fans, the show is terrible and has been getting progressively worse every episode. So the best episode ever was the first one, and it sucked too- in fact, it was the worst thing in the history of television except for all the subsequent episodes. So I conclude that nobody has ever enjoyed the Simpsons, and it’s possible that nobody has ever watched it.” This contest is over! Give that man the $10,000. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![ITR\_champion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c67d28/32.png) [@ITR\_champion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ITR_champion)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2004, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simpsons-series-finale/244372/44 "2004-05-13T23:41:44Z")
Perhaps it’s because I’ve recently been on a Shakespearean comedy binge, but I think the show should end with several marriages. Perhaps one of them could involve Disco Stu. But damn, writing the final episode is going to be _hard_. They’ll want to have something major happen to all the major characters, while at the same time making good use of virtually the entire cast of minor characters, because people will get pissed if any of them are left out. And you have to be emotionally meaningful without getting sappy. And you’ll have to work in some contemporary pop-culture references without overdoing it, or else it violates the spirit of the show. ---
**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2004, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simpsons-series-finale/244372/45 "2004-05-14T00:23:02Z")
There was some talk of a movie recently, too. I don’t know how that might effect the finale. ---
**Author:** ![tracer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tracer/32/20578_2.png) [@tracer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tracer)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2004, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simpsons-series-finale/244372/46 "2004-05-14T02:18:42Z")
> [@Ranchoth](#): > > that thing’s probably as outdated as a contingency plan for war with the Ottoman Empire. No problem. We just replace “Ottoman” with “La-Z-Boy”, and voila! Updated for the modern world. ---
**Author:** ![Dijon\_Warlock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a9a28c/32.png) [@Dijon\_Warlock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dijon_Warlock)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2004, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simpsons-series-finale/244372/47 "2004-05-14T04:41:31Z")
I don’t see why they couldn’t make it longer, at least. A two-hour grand finale would give plenty of room to throw all kinds of stuff together. Of course, I’m not known for brilliant ideas… ---
**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2004, 12:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simpsons-series-finale/244372/48 "2004-05-14T12:11:21Z")
> [@Dijon Warlock](#): > > I don’t see why they couldn’t make it longer, at least. A two-hour grand finale would give plenty of room to throw all kinds of stuff together. > > Of course, I’m not known for brilliant ideas… It would be cool if they had scenes with EVERY character that appeared more than once. That might take more than 2 hours, though… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simpsons-series-finale/244372.md?page=2)