‘Simpsons’ Uses Shadowrama

19 Replies to “‘Simpsons’ Uses Shadowrama”

1. Charles Solution says:

   January 11, 2015 at 6:57 pm

   Futurama had a better one. “Hey, no talking during the movie!”

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2. John M. Hanna says:

   January 11, 2015 at 7:12 pm

   What was that, a 20 year gap between references?

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3. Brandon Pierce says:

   January 11, 2015 at 9:20 pm

   Before someone asks, NO Josh Weinstein is not a writer for the Simpsons. That’s a different Josh Weinstein.

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4. Duane Zykov says:

   January 11, 2015 at 10:21 pm

   The episode was written by Judd Apatow, who is clearly pretty familiar with the MST3K crew. Not a shock he’d include a little shout-out.

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5. EricJ says:

   January 11, 2015 at 10:40 pm

   And, of course, the parody on Disneyland/Epcot’s “Soarin'”.
   The Simpsons crew and the Disney Parks haven’t quite gotten along over the years, which is one reason they’re at Universal.

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6. Goshzilla says:

   January 12, 2015 at 2:06 am

   Brandon Pierce:
   Before someone asks, NO Josh Weinstein is not a writer for the Simpsons. That’s a different Josh Weinstein.

   In fact, that Josh Weinstein is why our Josh goes by J. Elvis professionally. By the way, J.E.W. uploaded some of his standup to YouTube recently. I recommend his BUR tribute band bit.

   Charles Solution:
   Futurama had a better one.“Hey, no talking during the movie!”

   Stupid meatbags talkin’ over the movie. Robots have better manners at the thee-atre.

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7. JCC says:

   January 12, 2015 at 2:14 am

   Also a couple of little visual refs, when Future Homer and Bart watch the Itchy and Scratchy Movie their silhouettes come into the theater in a familiar way. Also I forget which episode but Homer and Marge are watching some movie with a submarine and we get silhouettes as Homer remarks “Oh that submarine looks so fake!”

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8. Uhh, I just met a girl named Uhh says:

   January 12, 2015 at 2:46 am

   Which Simpsons episode is that screenshot from? I haven’t watched a new episode of The Simpsons in its entirety in years.

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9. Wasdof says:

   January 12, 2015 at 3:12 am

   While we’re on the subject of using shadowrama, when looking for luchador movies on youtube I found some episodes of “A platicar a su casa”, which seems very familiar for some reason…
   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PaBjR_oWnv0

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10. Geoff says:

    January 12, 2015 at 6:38 am

    I remember the Simpsons Movie too. They were sitting in a theater during the credits, and when they walked out, that nerd guy was a janitor, and he says “So many years of film school for this!?”

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11. Creeping-Death says:

    January 12, 2015 at 8:47 am

    The original episode that it was from is “Who Shot Mr. Burns Part One”, from the sixth season, which aired when MST3K was still on the air.

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12. Barry says:

    January 12, 2015 at 9:27 am

    I doubt Judd Apatow included visual direction to feature MST3K in the show, this sort of stuff is usually from the animation director. Cool that the show got another reference on Fox’s animation lineup! I’m kind of surprised none of the MST3K cast never guested on the show, even Tim & Eric got to voice characters.

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13. casimar says:

    January 12, 2015 at 9:34 am

    I cant decide, is that a Joel or Mike silhouette the Soarin clip?

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14. maclen says:

    January 12, 2015 at 12:07 pm

    The car restoration show, “Fast N’ Loud” on the discovery channel is currently running an off season spinoff called “Demolition Theater” which features Shadowrama…

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RH_VNxFDPks

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15. Goshzilla says:

    January 12, 2015 at 12:08 pm

    Barry:
    I doubt Judd Apatow included visual direction to feature MST3K in the show, this sort of stuff is usually from the animation director.

    It could’ve been specified in the script. I believe Judd Apatow is friendly with Joel and Trace through Paul Feig and Josh, thus their appearances on Freaks & Geeks.

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16. majorjoe23 says:

    January 12, 2015 at 12:33 pm

    I watched this live, but somehow missed that reference.

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17. eegah says:

    January 13, 2015 at 7:30 am

    EricJ:
    And, of course, the parody on Disneyland/Epcot’s “Soarin’”.

    Awesome ride, BTW. If you are ever at Epcot, make sure to go to that ride first thing because it fills up for the day pretty fast (you can get a fastpass for later in the day).

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18. Retcon says:

    January 14, 2015 at 11:09 pm

    EricJ:
    And, of course, the parody on Disneyland/Epcot’s “Soarin’”.
    The Simpsons crew and the Disney Parks haven’t quite gotten along over the years, which is one reason they’re at Universal.

    Yeah but Soarin is better than the Simpsons Ride at Universal which still uses the old Back to the Future program motion. They just animated the new Simpsons ride film to match the old Back to the Future movements resulting in the film’s poor story flow.

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19. asdfasdf says:

    January 15, 2015 at 11:39 am

    Re-used motion vs People’s theme-park walking feet over your head.

    Whoever wins we lose.

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