Homer was going to tell Bart about the “Baby Stink Breath” ads the boy made as an infant. The Simpsons were timely, and the episode captures a wide range of conflicted cultural responses.
The reveal that Patty’s girlfriend Veronica isn’t a woman, and the entire notion of man sneaking into women’s tournaments, plays into reactionary politics, as does the ever-evolving marriage applicants who line up to get married at the end. Springfield legalizes same-sex marriage for money, not progression, which may be cynical, but remains a persistent concern.
Marge feels shocked and betrayed, not supportive and familial. “There’s Something About Marrying” is prescient, but complicated.
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Reverend Lovejoy refuses, but Homer trades his “Death before gay marriage!” sign for a minister’s license ordained by the Internet. At the time, this was only legal in Massachusetts. And then there was that Sleepless in Seattle incident, which now keeps Marge up nights.Īfter Bart pranks a famously ever-smiling tourist to frown for the cameras on his way out of the shamefully ill-mannered Springfield, Mayor Quimby accepts Lisa’s idea to win back tourism by allowing same-sex marriages. Marge crushed on David Cassidy Patty had eyes for Miss Hathaway from The Beverly Hillbillies. Marge wore pearls as a child, Patty liked hardhats. As surprise factors go, Homer nails it when he drops another bomb, “I like beer.” Marge, America’s greatest enabler, is also in the deepest denial, not noticing the tell-tale signs only a montage could display. Burns’ sycophantic sidekick Waylon Smithers, it turns out to be Homer’s sister-in-law Patty. Directed by Nancy Kruse.įox’s publicity team announced a major character would come out as gay long in advance of the airing of “There’s Something About Marrying.” While most speculation centered on Mr. Here are 10 episodes which kept it loaded.
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It beat Gunsmoke‘s record as the longest-running American primetime, scripted television series when it entered season 21 in late 2009. The Simpsons ended the decade as a new standard bearer. For those who thought the show should have ended, this was a major testament to its continued popularity. It opened at the top of the box office with a $74 million premiere weekend, and set the record for highest grossing opening weekend for a film based on a television series.
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The Simpsons Movie was made alongside the 2007 season. Burns sinister plan to shield Springfield from the sun for a cinematic and merchandising extravaganza. In the midst of the decade, the family moved to the big screen, borrowing panels from Stephen King’s Under The Dome and Mr. Just in time for the show’s twentieth anniversary, the United States Postal Service unveiled a series of five different 44 cent stamps, each designed by show co-creator Matt Groening. Season 19 was delayed because of contract negotiations, shortening the planned 22-episode season to 20 installments. The show had internal issues as well, like an April 2004 work stoppage when the actors learned how much Fox was making on syndication and DVD sales The writers of The Simpsons went on strike together with the Writers Guild of America at the end of 2007. Not that this was less dangerous, the season 13 episode “Blame It on Lisa,” almost got the show sued by the Rio de Janeiro tourist board in one of the biggest controversies of the long-controversial franchise. The comedy became more personal, shedding the slapstick of Homer and Bart to focus on Marge and Lisa. But with every breakthrough, South Park would point out how “ The Simpsons already did it.” Knowing this, The Simpsons softened the sharp-edged animation (moving from cel animation to digital ink and paint), fleshed out the characters, and let the jokes indulge irreverent self-reference, and the occasional social relevance. With Beavis and Butt-Head amping up cartoons on MTV, Fox had a new dangerous animated show on the block, Family Guy. After a pay dispute, voice actress Maggie Roswell left from 1999 to 2002, resulting in the death of the Maude Flanders in the episode “Alone Again, Natura-Diddily.” But the first cracks in the series’ “Golden Age” appeared when Principal Skinner was redacted and retrofitted for “The Principal and the Pauper,” from season 9. The late 1990s era was hit with a traumatic loss with the death of comic genius Phil Hartman. After the surprising rise and appallingly steady excellence of The Simpsons’ first decade, many long-time supporters felt the show would have gone out on top if it ended around 2001-2002.
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