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The Fox network recanted their decision of cancelling Seth MacFarlane's subversive animated gem, and at the 11th hour ordered another season, and just in time for Seth to cajole most of the writers for a return. Following the 11 month hiatus, Seth brings the Griffin family back for what is often cited as the funniest of the seasons. The third season features "The Thin White Line", featuring Brian's personal struggle with a cocaine addiction, while taking many pop culture shots at breakfast cerial magnate Toucan Sam and late night mainstay David Letterman. "Brian wallows and Peter's Swallows" contains the Emmy winning song, written and performed by none other then… Read more
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The subversive RISD grad Seth McFarlane, in his first major career endeavor, was given the executive producer title at the age of 25, the youngest in netork television history. First airing after the 1999 Superbowl, the show quickly garnered the large following for which it deserved. Fox was confident the young Seth could take the subversive show to hilarious levels, even being dubbed the next Simpsons. But Fox would relegate the show to poor time slots, resulting in a roller coaster ride for the show to both of it's cancellations. The show is packed with pop culture references, both obscure and obvious. The humor of the show is due in part to the crack team of writers Seth was albe to… Read more
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The rough animation and slower humor of the first season is in sharp contrast to the caustic satire of politics and the American lifestyle the writers would adopt for later seasons of the Simpsons. The show also relies heavily on the antics of the "bad-boy" behavior of Bart, evidenced by the prank phone calls and generally sub-par intellect of Bart that would be phased out by the third season, moving more to the socially relevant scripts. In December 1989, America got it's first glimpse at the Simpsons in it's half hour format, with "Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire", in which we see an early critique through the Simpson writers of the prototypical American family… Read more
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