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Nixorbo
UberMod
DOOP Secretary
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Originally posted by Professor Zoidy: Yes. The only reason you see some references was to help people know about it I suppose, or because they could do it. How do you reference Futurama in Simpsons episodes from the early 90's? @Yardstick: what, you're not going to mention what's-her-name's head in a jar from "Bart Gets Famous"?
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JavieR
Starship Captain
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« Reply #9 on: 11-26-2005 01:54 »
« Last Edit on: 11-26-2005 01:54 »
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Originally posted by Yardstick2006: Bill and Marty offer to mutate Skinner into a 'lobster-like creature'. Zoidberg? About that... I was just watching a Thundercats (Year 1983) episode, and there's a Human Lobster there. And maybe is an even older idea... and even real!? Check it out (disgusting in some way, but it is really a syndrome) I also found a movie named Lobster Man from Mars (1989) Ok, I had nothing else to do
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Beamer
DOOP Secretary
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Plus, both Futurama and The Simpsons have entire teams of writing staff, I wouldn't mind betting that none of those lines you mentioned were even written by Matt. They're coincidences, and vague ones that.
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Professy
Bending Unit
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Originally posted by Yardstick2006: I have allways had this sneaking suspition that, back in 1987, Matt had the idea for Futurama then but decided to create the Simpsons in stead. This is in my opinion because Matt Groening actually got called by James Brooks (this occured around 1988) about his comic strip Life In Hell and then somehow (i forget) Matt Groening got to make one minute bumpers between skits on Tracy Ullman Show, which were... you guessed it, The Simpsons. Before he knew it The Simpsons began its SERIES career, as one of the most successful shows in the late 1980's. With this information presented to you, Yardstick2006, it is highly unlikely that Futurama was even dreamt of in the late 1980's.
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DeltaWave
Crustacean
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Well Matt did heaps of comics before the Simpsons, and it might be possible that he had some rudimentary ideas but probably nothing fully formed. I believe Futurama evolved from the Simpsons, and maybe they put in sublimanal tidbits as advertisements.... But then again Matt does enjoy putting snippits of things from other series in the Simpsons, I liked the Simpson episode that aired in Australia a few weeks ago where Homer destroyed the big face shaped mountain. Pimple faced teen jumps off the mountain screaming "Why did they cancel Futurama!" Hehe, I thought that was cool, Matt getting back at Fox for cancelling his creation.
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David A
Space Pope
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Originally posted by Yardstick2006: I have allways had this sneaking suspition that, back in 1987, Matt had the idea for Futurama then but decided to create the Simpsons in stead. This may sound far feched but there are numerous times times in early episodes of the Simpsons were referances that could be Futurama forshadowing. If you've ever read Life in Hell, then you know that Groening recycled a lot of his old ideas from that into The Simpsons. Why wouldn't he do the same thing with The Simpsons and Futurama?
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