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The Simpsons in
the Media
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Toon Kids
 Did
Bart lead cartooning down a slippery slope? (Asay - December, 1999)
Homer at the Helm
 That
explains it... (Mike Thompson - December, 1999)
Homer 2000
 Here
is a syndicated editorial cartoon cut from from the Philadelphia Inquirer,
October, 1999. A man looking at an extra-portly Homer comments, "He's
got name recognition, he speaks his mind, he's from outside the Beltway
and I hear he's coming over to the Reform Party!" I can't quite
read the artist's signature, but under it is "Springfield News-Sun Copley
News Service"!
He Will Eat Your Competition for Breakfast
 Here
is a trade ad from the back cover of a 1993 Variety. It is urging
stations to buy the syndicated version of the Simpsons. Homer is sitting
on a recliner, smoking a big stogie. Above his head are the words, "He
Will Eat Your Competition for Breakfast" and in a cartoon balloon, Homer
replies, "No Problemo." In the lower right-hand corner is a Simpsons "logo"
with the words, "The Simpsons--It's more than a family. It's a franchise."
I thought it unusual for a company to portray their main
character smoking (especially when the character does not do so in the show)
and there does not seem to be any real reason for him to be smoking in the
ad anyway. In any event, it is typical of the irreverent, eye-catching trade
ads that appear in Variety, which, after all, are aimed at industry
execs and not the viewing public. You can get a pretty good idea of it from
the thumbnail, but if you want a better copy, click on the image for a bigger
version (88.5KB).
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