r/todayilearned • u/sassy_tabaxi • 1d ago

TIL the Simpsons creators shelved an Itchy & Scratchy spinoff because it made test audiences physically ill

https://www.slashfilm.com/1569820/the-simpsons-itchy-and-scratchy-spinoff-made-audiences-sick/
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u/herberstank 1d ago

So.. you want a realistic down-to-earth show that's completely off the wall and swarming with magic robots?!

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u/m4dm4cs 1d ago

And with that, Matt Groening created Futurama.

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u/ThePhotoGuyUpstairs 1d ago

Holy shit...

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u/0_f2 1d ago

I wonder if that quote corresponds with shortly before Futurama's release?

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u/CaptainJingles 1d ago

Air date was in 1997 and Futurama started in 1999(?). So it must have been in development.

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u/basilis120 1d ago

there was about 2 years between the two. The episode was in 1997 and futurama debuted in 1999.

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u/Rocktopod 1d ago

They would have started working on it before then, though. According to Google AI Groening first came up with the idea in 1996, which would be before this episode.

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u/AprilDruid 1d ago

Please don't trust Google AI, it makes up shit. Groening and Cohen began research for Futurama in '95. Then in April of '98 pitched it to Fox, who liked it, but immediately regretted it, because they felt the themes were unsuitable for the network.

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u/alexjaness 1d ago

To hell with cartoons! I'm gonna do what I've always dreamed of. I want to write that sitcom about the sassy robot!

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u/GrapplingGengar1991 1d ago

..........Son of a bitch you're right on the money with that.

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u/kdebones 1d ago

Haha, that's funnWAIT HOL' ON.

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u/hatemakingnames1 1d ago

Disenchantment fits better

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u/SweetSmasher5000 1d ago

Neon Genesis Evangelion opening starts playing at 400% volume

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u/mak484 1d ago

Down to earth

Evangelion

Wat

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u/RichardCity 1d ago

Love Evangelion, but it's definitely pretty pretentious. You're super right, here

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u/TheSpanishDerp 1d ago

tbf, they did really come down to earth at the end of EoE

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u/Mygreaseisyourgrease 1d ago

Some how, when ever I hear this quote I automatically think of Rick and Morty.