101 Greatest Simpsons Quotes. Banksy creates new Simpsons title sequence. 11 October 2010Last updated at 08:43 UK graffiti artist Banksy has created a controversial title sequence for long-running US animation The Simpsons. The intro, which was shown in the US on Sunday, opens with the street artist's tag scrawled across the town of Springfield. It closes with a minute-long sequence showing dozens of sweatshop workers in a warehouse painting cartoon cells and making Simpsons merchandise. The Simpsons on FOX – Official Site. Last Exit To Springfield. 'The Simpsons' Explains Its Provocative Banksy Opening. How did “The Simpsons” manage to track down Banksy, the pseudonymous British artist, and get him to create the powerful opening-credit sequence from Sunday’s episode, which seems to reveal the torturous sweatshop responsible for the show’s creation?
And how, after all that mockery, have the producers behind that Fox animated series been able to retain their jobs? Al Jean, an executive producer and the longtime show runner of “The Simpsons,” pulled back another layer of the curtain and explained the stunt to ArtsBeat on Monday afternoon. How did you find Banksy to do this, and now that it’s done, how much trouble are you in? Well, I haven’t been fired yet, so that’s a good sign.
I saw the film Banksy directed, “Exit Through the Gift Shop,” and I thought, oh, we should see if he would do a main title for the show, a couch gag. Were you concerned that what he sent you could get the show into hot water? I’d be lying if I said I didn’t think about it for a little bit. No, absolutely not. Your Source For Simpsons News. Simpson Crazy, the ultimate Simpsons fan site — in association with Krusty Krowd Kontrol Barriers. Dead Homer Society. The War of the Simpsons - v3 - Pretending to Cry - Index. The Simpsons. The family was conceived by Groening shortly before a solicitation for a series of animated shorts with the producer James L.
Brooks. Groening created a dysfunctional family and named the characters after members of his own family, substituting Bart for his own name. The shorts became a part of The Tracey Ullman Show on April 19, 1987. After a three-season run, the sketch was developed into a half-hour prime time show and was an early hit for Fox, becoming the network's first series to land in the Top 30 ratings in a season (1989–1990). Production Development When producer James L. The Simpson family first appeared as shorts in The Tracey Ullman Show on April 19, 1987.
Executive producers and showrunners Matt Groening and James L. Writing Part of the writing staff of The Simpsons in 1992. At the end of 2007 the writers of The Simpsons went on strike together with the other members of the Writers Guild of America, East. Voice actors. The Simpsons (TV Series 1989– The Simpsons Archive.