The Simpsons forced to scrap joke even though Family Guy ‘can do it’

Matt Groening has revealed that they were forced to scrap a definite gag from the Simpsons – owed to strict watershed rules.

The cartoon has been connected our TV screens for astir 35 years, with Homer, Marge, Bart, Lisa and Maggie going connected countless adventures during that time.

The writers person besides made immoderate eerie predictions, including Donald Trump’s presidency and Lady Gaga popping up astatine the Super Bowl, starring galore to question whether they secretly had entree to a clip machine.

However, determination is one peculiar gag they are nary longer allowed to show, contempt different programs – specified arsenic Family Guy – not having to travel suit.

Speaking to Metro and different property astatine New York Comic Con implicit the weekend, Groening explained: ‘Historically, The Simpsons has been connected Sunday nighttime astatine 8pm.

‘There are things you tin bash and can’t bash astatine 8pm that you tin bash astatine 8:30.

‘For a while, we’d amusement Homer’s butt and past they said we could nary longer bash it, but Family Guy could, due to the fact that they were connected astatine 8:30.’

Just successful lawsuit you ever wondered wherefore you nary longer spot Homer Simpson’s bum, determination you person it…

When asked astir however they person adapted their comedic styles successful the years the Simpsons has aired, amid ever-changing times, showrunner Matt Selman explained that they person nary tendency to vie with different shows.

‘Certainly erstwhile we’re doing a Moe show, a batch of unusable worldly is pitched,’ helium continued. ‘We each transmission our interior Moes, it’s a unsafe thing… 

‘A beauteous saucy Moe gag coming up. He taped implicit an important video, which was the Westminster Dog Show, and helium says, “The dogs weren’t adjacent blistery that year!” That’s a country gag that we near successful the show.

‘I consciousness similar different shows really tin beryllium edgy and soiled and weird truthful overmuch amended than we can.

‘Like Family Guy, oregon South Park, oregon Rick and Morty –  we’re not gonna retired them them.

‘For me, it’s like, let’s bash what we bash … let’s conscionable bash emotional, observant, humanity based comedy, and satire.

‘Stuff that truly made the amusement breathtaking successful the opening – and not effort to retired Family Guy Family Guy, due to the fact that you’re ne'er going to bash it.’

Season 36 of the Simpsons premiered past period with the ‘episode fans person been waiting for’, but had a twist for america each erstwhile an animated Conan O’Brien gathered everyone for the ‘series finale’.

‘Well, it’s true. Fox has decided to extremity the Simpsons,’ helium declared, portion gasps were heard from astir the world.

Thankfully, nary of that was existent and we’re inactive a precise agelong mode distant from the existent bid finale.

While it’s hard to deliberation of a clip wherever the pack won’t beryllium causing chaos successful Springfield, Selman antecedently made headlines erstwhile he shared his hopes for the last episode.

‘I conscionable anticipation it’s conscionable a regular occurrence with nary Winky Winky worldly astatine all,’ helium said successful a caller interrogation with People Magazine.

‘Just a large household story, conscionable similar a classical communicative that’s conscionable comic and involves the full household and doesn’t consciousness similar it needs to wrapper up thing oregon alteration thing oregon necktie thing up oregon beryllium magic oregon speech to the assemblage directly.’

Selman, who has worked connected the animated programme since 1997, insisted that the writers don’t request to travel retired guns blazing for the past episode, arsenic the play 36 premiere ‘finale’ took attraction of that.

‘We did that. We conscionable did that,’ helium added. ‘We covered it. Check that disconnected the list.’

The Simpsons airs connected Fox connected Sundays.

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