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'The Simpsons' Explains Its Provocative Banksy Opening - NYTimes

brooklynmutt:

Q. How did you find Banksy to do this [video here], and now that it’s done, how much trouble are you in?

A. 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. So I asked Bonnie Pietila, our casting director, if she could locate him, because she had previously located people like Thomas Pynchon. And she did it through the producers of that film. We didn’t have any agenda. We said, “We’d like to see if you would do a couch gag.” So he sent back boards for pretty much what you saw.

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spytap:

thedailywhat:

Couch Gag of the Day: Tonight’s episode of The Simpsons, MoneyBART, featured a dark, disturbing couch gag storyboarded and directed by Bristol-born street artist Banksy.

According to Wooster, this is the first time “an artist has been invited to storyboard part of the show.”

Banksy took a swipe at the Simpsons’ signature chalkboard gag when he visited New Orleans in 2008.

[wooster / video: banksyfilms.]

Jesus…

Fox is NOT going to be happy about this.

Also: this is the greatest thing The Simpsons has ever done.

(Source: thedailywhat)

(Reblogged from spytap)

11 Things the Simpsons Got Right about 2010... in 1995!

joshsuth:

Worth a look and a read. The Simpsons’ writers nailed a few things when predicting what life would be like 15 years in the future.

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“To Surveil, With Love” - The Simpsons take on Big Brother