UK: General Simpsons Chat

[Veryjammy]

Mine's the same as Butters, Dr Hibbert says it'll now be 40,000, then it shows the hospital, and then a very quick cut to black :boggled:

[Nameless]

It's put in the curly brackets on the capsule, though, indicating an edit.

On the C4 version though (I put in one of my old tapes to check - I gave up taping and brought the DVDs when my VCR started emitting horrible rumbling noises), it looks like the shot of the hospital after act 1 was held over a little bit longer...

All very strange. I can see why Christmas 2 got the syndicated version of Dude Where's The Episode That Actually Deserves To Be Aired, as FOX probably weren't too bothered about a small complimation when there were better ways to make money, but a complet boxset? And all 3 channels? Incredibly weird, I posted in the Q&A thread...

[Veryjammy]

What has me interested is that the 40,000 line seems like a much more natural place to have an ad-break, with Homer collapsing on the floor.

So CO, on yours, after that line it cuts to the Kwik-e-mart with Wiggum ignoring the radio, then it fades to black. Cos that sounds like a random scene to end an act-break on

[Nameless]

Yep. The Kwik-E-Mart "Bad Cops" scene is the end of act 1 on my DVD.

[Butters]

oh, darn, when you were all deciding to post it in the q&a i started a thread in the merchandise section. :uhh:

jeez, out of all the people to give an edited DVD to they chose me? heh.

[Veryjammy]

oh, darn, when you were all deciding to post it in the q&a i started a thread in the merchandise section. :uhh:

jeez, out of all the people to give an edited DVD to they chose me? heh.

Me too. That scene will likely remain a total mystery forever.

It actually has me quite annoyed that the 'complete' boxset actually isn't.
Likewise, I know this isn't specific to R2 but have you noticed the ending of the Telltale Head is different on the DVD to the broadcast version. There's a different end line by Homer and some crowd lines cut out. Very irritating by Fox.

[Nameless]

No, there's probably a logical sol...SURF'S UP!

If 4, BBC and Sky plus the boxset really did all somehow wind up with the syndicated version though, then that seems rather silly. How did the FOX people manage to give them a tape for syndication every single time? Shouldn't they have had some kind of copy of the master tape used for network broadcasts or something ready?

Yeah, this can move to that thread in the android's dungeon, and we can get back to talking about shows created by Mike Scully...

[Simpsons Forever!]

This is weird - I better check mine. Hope there aren't any more mysterious scenes like this.

In new episode news:

GABF10 Don't Fear The Roofer airs as the 350th episode on Sky at 19:30 on 26th June.

[Nameless]

Would there be any chance of Sky changing their schedules to stretch the season out over the summer into November with Season 17 if the "350th" gets good ratings?

[David X. Cohen]

In new episode news:

GABF10 Don't Fear The Roofer airs as the 350th episode on Sky at 19:30 on 26th June.

Excellent! will The Heartbroke Kid be airing with it like they did with FOX?

[Nameless]

No, they'll be saving the last five episodes of S16 until the end of the year, probably.

[Simpsons Forever!]

There won't be a new episode on Sunday 3rd July:

03-Jul 18:00 FABF19 Sleeping With The Enemy
03-Jul 18:30 GABF01 Mummie Beerest
03-Jul 19:00 FABF22 She Used To Be My Girl
03-Jul 19:30 FABF21 Fat Man And Little Boy

Sky are instead repeating these episodes again.

[David X. Cohen]

No, they'll be saving the last five episodes of S16 until the end of the year, probably.

dam i thought they would air at least one more new episode after Don't Fear the Roofer

There won't be a new episode on Sunday 3rd July:

03-Jul 18:00 FABF19 Sleeping With The Enemy
03-Jul 18:30 GABF01 Mummie Beerest
03-Jul 19:00 FABF22 She Used To Be My Girl
03-Jul 19:30 FABF21 Fat Man And Little Boy

Sky are instead repeating these episodes again.

the only good thing about this is that i get to see "Mummie Beerest" because everytime it was on i missed it :-$

[Simpsons Forever!]

It is shown before then:

19-Jun 18:30 GABF01 Mummie Beerest

[David X. Cohen]

It is shown before then:

19-Jun 18:30 GABF01 Mummie Beerest

Excellent! :D

[matt228]

Wasn't the "bad cops" scene a deleted scene?

[Nameless]

No, there wasn't a deleted scene on the DVD. I haven't quite finished up on it yet, but Jafar, DtB, Veryjammy and others would have found it by now.

[David X. Cohen]

the simpsons archive: Britain Listings have not been updated for a long time now...

[Simpsons Forever!]

It's almost been a month. Maybe someone should e-mail Wezzo now?

[Drunk Barney]

Yer, feel free.

As for 4 having Season 6 I knew they would do it at this timing. They aired Season 5 so when it finished the boxset would be out in a few weeks. They've done exactly the same thing with 6. Why? I think they've done becuase there trying to encourage less people to buy the boxset. They think when people see Season 6 is out, they'll think " Oh 4 have just shown all of them ". " Now I can't be bothered becuase i've seem 'em all ". Maybe i'm wrong but IMO it's all to do with TV ratings...

[Butters]

i e-mailed wezzie a few weeks ago and, still to this day, have no reply.

maybe he really has died in a random house explosion. only paul can clarify!

[Veryjammy]

Yer, feel free.

As for 4 having Season 6 I knew they would do it at this timing. They aired Season 5 so when it finished the boxset would be out in a few weeks. They've done exactly the same thing with 6. Why? I think they've done becuase there trying to encourage less people to buy the boxset. They think when people see Season 6 is out, they'll think " Oh 4 have just shown all of them ". " Now I can't be bothered becuase i've seem 'em all ". Maybe i'm wrong but IMO it's all to do with TV ratings...

Hmmm, why would Channel 4 want less people to buy the boxset, it has nothing to do with them? Plus most casual fans aren't going to know specific seasons, and The Simpsons is one of those rare shows where it can be repeated over and over again and the ratings pretty much stay the same, I don't think that the showing of Season 6 on channel 4 would get less ratings if the boxset was released first.

[Butters]

they're supposed to air the season that's due for release soon. it's supposedly to help promotion of the set. season 3 aired on bbc 2 the same week the set was released, sky aired season 4 when the set was released, season 5 was on C4 when the set was due for release...

[Veryjammy]

they're supposed to air the season that's due for release soon. it's supposedly to help promotion of the set. season 3 aired on bbc 2 the same week the set was released, sky aired season 4 when the set was released, season 5 was on C4 when the set was due for release...

That's interesting, I didn't know that. Although it has the opposite effect on me; I only recently bought the Season 5 DVD because I had watched the Season 5 episodes on Channel 4 mere weeks before it came out so I didn't see the point in watching them again so soon afterwards. So I'm just gonna skip the showing of Season 6 on channel 4 this time round.

[Dorkus Malorkus]

yeh exactly, a dvd is so much better when you've not seen the episodes in a while...so i am boycotting any season 6 airing until september, when i'll get the dvd.

on a sidenote - tonight's sky 1 episodes are as follows:

7.00 EABF15 - Brake my wife, please
7.30 EABF17 - Moe Baby Blues
8.00 - Malcolm in the Middle
8.30 4F21 - The Secret War of Lisa Simpson

[Nameless]

Yer, feel free.

As for 4 having Season 6 I knew they would do it at this timing. They aired Season 5 so when it finished the boxset would be out in a few weeks. They've done exactly the same thing with 6. Why? I think they've done becuase there trying to encourage less people to buy the boxset. They think when people see Season 6 is out, they'll think " Oh 4 have just shown all of them ". " Now I can't be bothered becuase i've seem 'em all ". Maybe i'm wrong but IMO it's all to do with TV ratings...

- 4 had to start showing it in November, as that's when their contract rights for S12 began, which they would obviously want to show on the launch night. It's pretty much coincidence that S5 would finish only a few days before the boxset was released.

- 4 didn't actually have the rights to 6 to begin with. The e-mail Wezzoley got is somewhere on the first few pages and says at that point they had 2-5 & 11-12 rights. They were supposed to get 6, yeah, but didn't due to some kind of error...

Good theory all the same.

EDIT: Wez has updated - he still says 4 don't have rights to 6, which needs to be corrected, and there's also another new ep on 24 July (probably GABF09)

[Butters]

The problem with the Season 6 rights was that they'd miscounted the amount of episodes in it and had it listed as a 24-episode season, so when they tried to get the rights they ran into problems because there was mistaken whether or not they wanted the remaining episode (they have to receive full seasons).

[H Thompson]

New episode scheduled for 24th July, presumably it'll be Heartbroke Kid. Unless it turns out there's is a double bill along with Don't Fear The Roofer.

[Nameless]

Interesting...but wouldn't that be a fairly quick problem to rectify? Or would it not?

[Butters]

Interesting...but wouldn't that be a fairly quick problem to rectify? Or would it not?
Yes, but it's not just a matter of getting ther rights and you can air them right away... they have to secure them, receive copies, etc.

[Nameless]

Is there any way you can explain that further?

[Simpsons Forever!]

Wez has updated - he still says 4 don't have rights to 6, which needs to be corrected, and there's also another new ep on 24 July (probably GABF09)

At long last! We had a gap of almost a month between updates there.
Good to know another S16 episode is being shown in July - it doesn't look like Sky will save all the episodes until October, like last year. Hopefuly there won't be much of a summer drought because of this.

Why do you think GABF09 will be on 24th July? It makes more sense to show GABF12 then.

[Drunk Barney]

7.00 EABF15 - Brake my wife, please
7.30 EABF17 - Moe Baby Blues
8.00 - Malcolm in the Middle
8.30 4F21 - The Secret War of Lisa Simpson

Being nitpicky here but why do you sometimes give up with your "E"nglish half way threw some titles. Carolyn Omine has just figured out that titles like " Lisa the Skeptic " doesn't have a capital T for the letter the. Basically she doesn't put a capital for each letter. Lol sorry had to say that!

Anyway, it looks like Sky could go on there huge summer break from episodes again and show a marathon in November or something...hope they don't.

[theody]

What was the 5th of November Confusion

[Simpsons Forever!]

5th November 2004 - C4 started airing The Simpsons. This thread started along with that and confirmed what episodes would be shown when.

[Rowdy Roddy Peeper]

7.00 EABF15 - Brake my wife, please
7.30 EABF17 - Moe Baby Blues
8.00 - Malcolm in the Middle
8.30 4F21 - The Secret War of Lisa Simpson

Being nitpicky here but why do you sometimes give up with your "E"nglish half way threw some titles. Carolyn Omine has just figured out that titles like " Lisa the Skeptic " doesn't have a capital T for the letter the. Basically she doesn't put a capital for each letter. Lol sorry had to say that!

Anyway, it looks like Sky could go on there huge summer break from episodes again and show a marathon in November or something...hope they don't.

What? I always put capital letters in front of ever word in an episode like 'Grade School Confidential', and i reckon it looks much better, how is it wrong?

[JonHillier]

You shouldn't give capital letters to articles, prepositions or conjunctions. So in the episode titles, only the first word and from there on people, places etc... should have capitals.

Something like that anyway, heh.

[Drunk Barney]

Grade School Confidential is like that I think. Here are examples

She Used to Be My Girl
Sleeping With the Enemy
Fat Man and Little Boy.

The part which isn't really important could be described as non capital section.

Also things with of in the title don't usually have capital "o's"

Like Saturday of Thunder.

[Nameless]

Why do you think GABF09 will be on 24th July? It makes more sense to show GABF12 then.

There was an article that said it would be shown in the summer, isn't July the summer?

The 5th November confusion was basically, IIRC, wether or not the Sky premiere of Fraudcast News would clash with the C4 launch night.

[Rowdy Roddy Peeper]

Oh well i spell the titles with all capitals, to avoid discrimination to words.

[Nameless]

MAJOR DISSAPOINTMENT AHEAD

channel4sales.com preliminary schedules say that following S5 will be...S2. These pages haven't been officially put up on the site yet, I just changed the URL and stumbled across them, so it's possible the apparent run of S2 is just an error. I rang up the C4 helpline and told them about this, hopefully this will turn out to be a mistake :(

[Butters]

Fuck. There's probably some reason for this, I'll try and find out what...

It *might* actually have something to do with that when it goes from S2-S5 again, the set will be due out... (September)

[Nameless]

I don't see why they'd hold it back just because of the boxset, I don't see them being malicious and wanting to sabotage sellings of the DVD...

Remember, people, before we charge C4 Studios with our rusty pitchforks and flaming torches, these schedules are currently preliminary. There's a chance they could change, albeit a small one.

[Butters]

No, you don't understand. They have to air the Season when the set is released. Maybe, C4 thought that it help sales more if they premiere said season when the set is released (as if it was a rerun of it again, it'd get fewer viewers?).

Although, I really hope that isn't the case; or they're going to face the same problem with every other season afterwards for a while...

[Nameless]

Oh. I don't quite get it, but I get most of it...

They'd probably do something to speed up the episodes or something so S6 could air for a second time when the boxset came out, like show episodes on weekends and show double/triple/quadruple/quintuple, etc. features...

[Simpsons Forever!]

There was an article that said it would be shown in the summer, isn't July the summer?

But isn't August, too?

I don't really mind if C4 show S2 again after S5 - I wouldn't watch S6 if it was on, anyway, because of the DVD release.

[Nameless]

Yes, but the July new ep leaves them with 5 new episodes...with so few, they'll want to hold what remains back into the end of the year, probably.

[Rich Uncle Skeleton]

No, you don't understand. They have to air the Season when the set is released.
I don't understand either...why do they *have* to? Is it part of the agreement with rights etc?

[Nameless]

OK, the final fixtures for 4 July have just gone live, with a few changes from how I remember them...but one of those changes is not Bart Gets An 'F' being replaced with Bart of Darkness. Looks like we're stuck. :(

[Drunk Barney]

Oh dear. Maybe it's just an error as the TV guides are now used to just swapping with 2-5?

[Nameless]

No, it's definetely confirmed. No error, we'll see S6 on C4 in September/October. Interesting theory but just downright wrong, whoever issues info will know when S6 starts.

[Drunk Barney]

Too tell the you the truth i'm not that bothered. It just puts some more "spice and excitement" for the boxset realase. I'm espically looking forward to Homer: Badman. I havn't seen it years and can hardly remember it. So it's just amazing too think i'm going to see one of the best episodes ever and it will be new!:D

[Nameless]

I have the Dark Secrets of the Simpsons VHS with that ep on it...somewhere...

O/T, I'm a little annoyed that they're pushing back S6 just for the boxset, because I was probably going to watch it all and still get the boxset anyway...and what if the boxset date is pushed back? What happens then? And besides which, won't the boxset get less sales or the S6 episodes on 4 less ratings if they show it at that time? Isn't it a kinda silly thing to do?

There's the tiniest chance of the schedules still changing, but expect nothing.

[Drunk Barney]

I could easily borrow that video...how tempting:P..or should I wait...

I'm still intreeged who has Season 10. Is it possible that neither have it?

[Nameless]

S4&5 weren't shown on either channel for two or so years once, so we can't rule that out.

[David X. Cohen]

I'm still intreeged who has Season 10. Is it possible that neither have it?

i don't have any series 10 episodes--! i'm glad actually :D

[D'oheth!]

Actually, according to Radio Times, following Season 5 is... Season 12! Or maybe not, as weirdly, on June 28th, Skinner's Sense Of Snow (S12) follows Burns' Heir (S5), which is a trifle odd because it leaves a few S5 and S12 eps unshown...

[Nameless]

Something screwy going on there - channel4sales.com agrees, but that's just for one day. Then, S5 returns. They've already done this twice now, the first time they had a reason (Grift of Magi on Xmas Eve), and the second time they replaced I Love Lisa with Bart's Dog Gets An F, and both of these last two occurences are still unexplained...

Let's all send hate letters to 4 telling them to show 6 and not 2.

[Simpsons Forever!]

New listings on Sky:

02-Jul 18:00 4F07 Hurricane Neddy
02-Jul 18:30 4F08 The Twisted World Of Marge Simpson
02-Jul 19:00 3F24 The Mysterious Voyage Of Homer
02-Jul 19:30 3F23 You Only Move Twice
04-Jul 19:00 5F13 This Little Wiggy
04-Jul 19:30 3F16 The Day The Violence Died
04-Jul 20:00 3F09 Two Bad Neighbours
04-Jul 20:30 3F07 Marge Be Not Proud
05-Jul 19:00 EABF10 C. E. D’oh
05-Jul 19:30 EABF12 Three Gays Of The Condo
06-Jul 19:00 EABF13 Dude, Where’s My Ranch?
06-Jul 19:30 DABF20 Bart vs. Lisa vs. The Third Grade
07-Jul 19:00 DABF18 Large Marge
07-Jul 19:30 EABF03 The Dad Who Knew Too Little
07-Jul 20:00 EABF04 Strong Arms Of The Ma
07-Jul 20:30 EABF08 A Star Is Born - Again
08-Jul 19:00 EABF22 The Regina Monologues
08-Jul 19:30 EABF19 The Fat And The Furriest
09-Jul 18:00 FABF06 Margical History Tour
09-Jul 18:30 FABF08 The Ziff Who Came To Dinner
09-Jul 19:00 FABF10 Co-Dependent’s Day
09-Jul 19:30 FABF11 The Wandering Juvie
10-Jul 18:00 FABF12 My Big Fat Geek Wedding
10-Jul 18:30 FABF14 Catch ‘Em If You Can *Fourth Airing*
10-Jul 19:00 FABF15 Simple Simpson
10-Jul 19:30 FABF13 The Way We Weren’t
11-Jul 19:00 FABF17 Bart-Mangled Banner
11-Jul 19:30 FABF16 Midnight Rx *Third Airing*
11-Jul 20:00 GABF02 Homer And Ned’s Hail Mary Pass *Third Airing*
11-Jul 20:30 GABF03 Pranksta Rap *Third Airing*
12-Jul 19:00 GABF05 On A Clear Day I Can’t See My Sister *Third Airing*
12-Jul 19:30 GABF07 Mobile Homer *Third Airing*
13-Jul 19:00 GABF08 The Seven Beer Snitch *Third Airing*
13-Jul 19:30 3F12 A Fish Called Selma
14-Jul 19:00 3F08 Sideshow Bob’s Last Gleaming
14-Jul 19:30 3F13 Lisa The Iconoclast
14-Jul 20:00 4F03 The Homer They Fall
14-Jul 20:30 4F05 Burns, Baby Burns
15-Jul 19:00 3G01 The Springfield Files
15-Jul 19:30 4F04 A Milhouse Divided

[Drunk Barney]

Good news about A Star is Born Again!

[Simpsons Forever!]

Good news about A Star is Born Again!

Why?

[Butters]

I don't understand either...why do they *have* to? Is it part of the agreement with rights etc?
I'm not 100% sure myself, but it's just supposed to be extra-promotion of the season sets themselves. I don't know if C4/Sky get paid to air them at the specific time, or if they're literally forced to air them. All I've really found out is the fact that it's supposed to promote the DVDs, and they're not going to stop doing it.

O/T, I'm a little annoyed that they're pushing back S6 just for the boxset, because I was probably going to watch it all and still get the boxset anyway...and what if the boxset date is pushed back? What happens then? And besides which, won't the boxset get less sales or the S6 episodes on 4 less ratings if they show it at that time? Isn't it a kinda silly thing to do?
They'd either air it before the set is released, or hold it back and air it after the season they've began airing is finished.

or should I wait...
Wait. Although the video (and specifically, only the video) is a pretty stand-out collection of good episodes (not one bad one on it), it's certainly nothing compared to a season set.

I'm still intreeged who has Season 10. Is it possible that neither have it?
Sky. They're in no hurry to begin airing it, I think they're waiting for the next "trades" with C4, so they will have twice as many "new" episodes to air.

Something screwy going on there - channel4sales.com agrees, but that's just for one day. Then, S5 returns. They've already done this twice now, the first time they had a reason (Grift of Magi on Xmas Eve), and the second time they replaced I Love Lisa with Bart's Dog Gets An F, and both of these last two occurences are still unexplained...
The Bart's Dog Gets An "F" was actually a mistake they made. I'm unenlightened to how the mistake was made, but I have a theory that it may be that they're both the 16th episode of their seasons... Just a guess.

Let's all send hate letters to 4 telling them to show 6 and not 2.
Let's all send hate letters to Carolyn telling her she's completely disregarding any facts and opinions for the sake of wanting to revolt against a British broadcasting network.

[Drunk Barney]

Why?It's a new epiosode!

New episodes are good things, right?:D

[Butters]

It's a new epiosode!

New episodes are good things, right?:D
No, A Star Is Born Again is from Season 14. You're thinking of A Star Is TORN.

[Nameless]

No, you're confusing Born Again and Torn...

EDIT: Yeah, what Butters said

[Veryjammy]

It's a new epiosode!

New episodes are good things, right?:D

It's a season 14 ep. Are you getting confused with A Star is Torn?

[Drunk Barney]

Yep, I was, my mistake!

Have you sent your hate mail yet Carolyn

Dear Channel 4,

I am very upset that your not airing Season 6. It's my favoruite Season you see. If you don't air it tomorrow, I will never watch the Simpsons on 4 for for up to 3-5 days. I mean come on why not? if you can't show it by law, show it, I won't tell honest!. So please show Season 6 otherwise I will send you loads of hate mail.

Regards, Carolyn Omine (Nameless) i'm off NHC you see. Bye!

Something like that 'ey Carolyn?:D

Edit: gee people was this some kind of race you disscused on MSN or something!

[Nameless]

No, I was very much obviously joking. (coughs into handkerchief)

[Butters]

Edit: gee people was this some kind of race you disscused on MSN or something!
Now there's a plan!

[Drunk Barney]

No, I was very much obviously joking. (coughs into handkerchief) So was I ;)

[Dorkus Malorkus]

7.00 EABF15 - Brake my wife, please
7.30 EABF17 - Moe Baby Blues
8.00 - Malcolm in the Middle
8.30 4F21 - The Secret War of Lisa Simpson

Being nitpicky here but why do you sometimes give up with your "E"nglish half way threw some titles. Carolyn Omine has just figured out that titles like " Lisa the Skeptic " doesn't have a capital T for the letter the. Basically she doesn't put a capital for each letter. Lol sorry had to say that!


I don't believe i have ever thrown any episodes.

anyway, isn't it more likely that the july 24th new episode is gabf12? sky have missed that out on original airing, and gabf09 was the official season finale, and sky one normally dont mess around the episode order that much, even when they reversed all the may episodes...

[Veryjammy]

I don't believe i have ever thrown any episodes.

anyway, isn't it more likely that the july 24th new episode is gabf12? sky have missed that out on original airing, and gabf09 was the official season finale, and sky one normally dont mess around the episode order that much, even when they reversed all the may episodes...

Don't talk in episode codes people!

[Butters]

GABF12 = Future-Drama
GABF09 = Father, Son And The Holy Guest Star

[H Thompson]

I agree with veryjammy talking in production codes is very annoying, I know what season they refer to, but how the hell can you memorise every episodes by production code unless you actually spend 10 minutes a day trying to learn them.

[Simpsons Forever!]

It's the same with the titles, though. Do you know the title's to all the episodes?

[Veryjammy]

It's the same with the titles, though. Do you know the title's to all the episodes?

I do. I just don't know how I can memorise over 350 episode titles yet can't even remember my mobile phone number....

[H Thompson]

but episode titles will often bear some relation to the episode, the titles are printed in t.v guides all the time but they don't print production codes.

[Simpsons Forever!]

True, but production codes should be easier to remember, as they are all basically the same. xAABFxx - The same sequence to go with every episode - only the first letter and numbers change.

[H Thompson]

I think your missing the point how does one logically think oh DABF12 that's the episode where such and such happens, I can't rember what an episode is by that, I'll be able to remember the season, but I don't understand how you can watch an episode and associate it in your mind as being of a specfic production number.
I need the title to give a pun or description about the actual content of the episode.

[Nameless]

Yeah, titles are much better than p-codes. I mean, I probably won't remember what happens in episode 7F13, but I do remember what happens in Homer vs. Lisa & the 8th Commandment...

yes, I looked that up at SNPP

[Rich Uncle Skeleton]

Just a few random rants...

RE: Episode names:
Episodes are much easier to remember from titles. Everybody knows that words are easier for people to remember than numbers/codes, whether it relates to the episode or not. For example, "Saturdays of Thunder" isn't exactly a descriptive title for the episode, but it's easier to remember the episode from those words than "8F07".

RE: Season 6 on Channel 4
TBH I think it would better promote the DVD if C4 aired it now, then when the DVD comes out, people will say "oh yeah I saw those episodes on channel 4 a few weeks back, they're great, so i'll buy the DVD". If C4 air it as the DVD comes out, people might say "oh channel 4 are showing them at the moment, there's no point in me buying the DVD".
And of course, don't forget that the casual viewer will probably not even make a connection between "Season 6 DVD" and the episodes C4 would be showing, because they don't know episodes in terms of Seasons or whatever.
In conclusion: CHANNEL FOUR SHOULD SHOW SEASON SIX!!

RE: Season 10:
As I've said before, if Sky aren't showing episodes from a particular season, then it's 100% certain they don't have the rights. They show at least 2 episodes a day (probably 3/day on average actually) and they're repeated over and over. Every time I look to see what episodes are airing on Sky I always say "I've seen that one loads recently".
Sky may be trying to aquire the rights, or C4 may have the rights but just aren't showing them. Remember, C4 show episodes in order by Season, Sky mostly show random episodes. Which brings me on to.....

Channel 4 Friday night episodes:
I know these have been taken off because of Big Brother, but I was wondering, where did C4 get up to with the episodes they were showing? I know they started with Season 12, then moved on to Season 11, but I don't know how far they got or anything. I kinda assumed they would show Season 10 after 11 since it was very likely they had the rights.

So if anyone actually read all that, can you shed light on any issues?

[Nameless]

I read it all.

S6 on 4: agreed.
S10: I think C4 have it, and might be waiting until they can show OFF in the 9pm slot again to show it (but, as Butters said, they might show S12, then S13 will follow)
C4 Friday night eps: They got up to Bart to the Future, which left 5 S11 eps unaired (Days of Wine through to BTL).

[Simpsons Forever!]

Anyone seen that advert on Sky for Don't Fear The Roofer, the "350th" episode? It shows a lot of old clips, of The Simpsons dancing, then only very short clips of the new episode itself. Then it says the countdown starts on Sunday.

[Nameless]

Why don't they just show the 350th? These are just reruns no matter what you call them...

[Simpsons Forever!]

But the average viewer thinks...ooh, special event, must watch...and it's a cheap, easy way to get more ratings - especially at this time of year, when fewer people watch telly.

[Nameless]

I'm surprised they didn't try to attract more publicity to the 350th episode by spreading it out over more weekends by including the 25th, 75th, 125th, 175th, 225th, 250th, 275th & 325 episodes...sounds like something Sky would do...

Yeah, easy way to get ratings over the summer.

[Drunk Barney]

What ranks do Sky approx get per evening?

[Nameless]

Don't know exactly, but I've heard that it's one of Sky's best ratings-winners, so they must be high.

[Rowdy Roddy Peeper]

I reckon Sky One definately has Season 10's episodes, as during the advert for the 350th episode, a clip from 'Homer Simpson In Kidney Trouble' was shown, and they wouldn't of put that in without having the rights.

[Butters]

Sky do have the rights. As I've mentioned time after time after time after time after time after time after time after time after time after time after time after time after time after time after time after time after time after time after time. I've had it confirmed to me. There just seem to be holding back from airing them.

I'd willing bet £10,000 that they do, just so I could laugh in your faces when you owe me money.

[Nameless]

I reckon Sky One definately has Season 10's episodes, as during the advert for the 350th episode, a clip from 'Homer Simpson In Kidney Trouble' was shown, and they wouldn't of put that in without having the rights.

They did put in a clip of 'Principal Charming' to promote Marrying, but if Butters has heard they have 10, they have 10.

[Drunk Barney]

I'm not saying I don't belive you, but just out of intrest where did you hear that they have 10?:)

[Nameless]

Sky probably have a helpline.

On another note, it seems the T4 ep on in three minutes is a one-off, there aren't any other scheduled.

[Butters]

but just out of intrest where did you hear that they have 10?:)
I'm not actually allowed to say, but if you look back through my posts in this thread, and a few in the older threads, and you might just be able to figure it out...

(and, no, I am not the president of television.)

[Dorkus Malorkus]

They did put in a clip of 'Principal Charming' to promote Marrying, but if Butters has heard they have 10, they have 10.

yeh, i think sky can negotiate with c4 for the rights to use advert clips...

i also dont know why they are making a big fuss about episode 350. There is a whole countdown, starting today with a few episodes, which as Carolyn said is indeed just a bunch of re-runs that are no different from anything else. From the advert, the average viewer would get the impression that 'Roofer' was AIRED on 19th June, and would be disappointed to find it wasn't...they should just do a regular evening thing where they show a couple repeats, a feature of some kind, and the episode itself on one sunday evening over 3 hours, like they did with 'Barting Over.' Simple...

[Butters]

yeh, i think sky can negotiate with c4 for the rights to use advert clips...
Actually, there's no rights about using clips in adverts. They're allowed to use whatever the damn hell they want in them. As both the channels have the rights to actually air the show, they're allowed to promote it using whatever material they want. If C4 wanted to, they could include clips from a Season 16 episode in a commercial. There's no restrictions to what they can and cannot use in their commercials for The Simpsons.

They could even use deleted scenes from the DVDs, and other exclusive content related to The Simpsons.

As to my understanding, anyway...

[Drunk Barney]

What would of made sense would of been had they started at 50 on Monday and worked there way to 350 on Sunday.

[Nameless]

Those Golden D'oh-nut Awards sucked, I think I prefer them showing reruns and dressing them up..."Simpson Safari" nominated for best movie moment? wha?

[Drunk Barney]

And Butters, do you have any idea when Sky will be showing your favoruite Season (10) think of all them classics, Max. HomerDrive, Viva Ned Flanders...:D

[Butters]

And Butters, do you have any idea when Sky will be showing your favoruite Season (10) think of all them classics, Max. HomerDrive, Viva Ned Flanders...:D
I don't care, and I don't know.

[Dorkus Malorkus]

Those Golden D'oh-nut Awards sucked, I think I prefer them showing reruns and dressing them up..."Simpson Safari" nominated for best movie moment? wha?

i know...it was a very cheap idea...on at 5.30, presented by phil jupitus...and all the worst episodes seemed to win. not good

[Butters]

What about the Simpsons Top 10? That was even worse. Brawl In The Family rated Number 1 best episode ever. Tedious is what it is.

[Drunk Barney]

I don't care, and I don't know.lol

Who came 2nd and third?

[JonHillier]

The problem with sky is that the programme schedulers don't know what episodes are good and what aren't. Of course, they are bound to be positive about all the episodes, but from personal experience with Sky programmers they aren't the most knowledgable folks regarding OFF.

[Butters]

lol

Who came 2nd and third?
2nd was Secrets of a Sucessful Marriage.

Whacking Day and Burns Heir were somewhere in that bundle of episodes.

[Simpsons Forever!]

What about the Simpsons Top 10? That was even worse. Brawl In The Family rated Number 1 best episode ever. Tedious is what it is.

I'm glad I didn't see that!

[EspanolBot]

Where did 'Future Drama' go?

[Nameless]

Well it obviously hadn't aired at the time...

[Simpsons Forever!]

Sky Listings for the 16th - 22nd July 2005: (Wezzo isn't updating again.)

16-Jul 18:00 4F06 Bart After Dark
16-Jul 18:30 3G03 SimpsoncalifragilisticexpialaD’OHcious
16-Jul 19:00 4F14 Brother From Another Series
16-Jul 19:30 4F10 Mountain Of Madness
17-Jul 18:00 4F11 Homer’s Phobia
17-Jul 18:30 4F18 Homer vs. The Eighteenth Amendment
17-Jul 19:00 4F16 The Canine Mutiny
17-Jul 19:30 4F09 Grade School Confidential
18-Jul 19:00 4F17 The Old Man And The Lisa
18-Jul 19:30 4F18 In Marge We Trust
18-Jul 20:00 4F20 The Simpsons Spin-Off Showcase
18-Jul 20:30 4F13 My Sister, My Sitter
19-Jul 19:00 DABF05 Jaws Wired Shut
19-Jul 19:30 DABF15 Little Girl In The Big Ten
20-Jul 19:00 DABF22 How I Spent My Strummer Vacation
20-Jul 19:30 EABF17 Moe Baby Blues
21-Jul 19:00 GABF04 There’s Something About Marrying *Third Airing*
21-Jul 19:30 3G02 Lisa’s Sax
21-Jul 20:00 5F24 All Singing, All Dancing
21-Jul 20:30 5F11 Das Bus
22-Jul 19:00 5F08 Bart Carny
22-Jul 19:30 3F04 Treehouse Of Horror V

[matt228]

Well this thread is really heading downhill now.

[Simpsons Forever!]

Why's that?

[H Thompson]

Ricky Gervais is on jonathon ross next week, might talk about his simpsons stuff.

[Drunk Barney]

Excellent news:D

Should be a laugh too...

[snrub]

Why's that?

Because you keep posting bloody listings.

I hope I speak for us all when I say - if it's not new, I don't want to know in this thread

[Veryjammy]

This probably shouldn't be in here but I'd like to congratulate Sky One for trashing one of the most beautiful moments in Simpson history (the end of Mother Simpson) by immediately cutting to an advert for a programme about food the moment the first credit came up. God that pissed me off

[Drunk Barney]

Heh amen to that, I recorded and watched it later that night and it ruined the ending completly. One of the best parts of the episode, if not the best!

Snrub- no need to be so snappy. Simpsons Forever is just trying to be helpful!:)

Though with all respect, I don't care about it either. Unless it's in a week or so and Wezzo hasn't updated then maybe, but I don't think people really care whats showing in 3 weeks. Only post it if it intresting, like if there showing the New York episode or a Season 10 episode. So nothing persnol, it doesn't bother me seeing them up and if anyone else wants to see them then I have no problem with them. But getting to the point I don't think anyone cares?.

[Simpsons Forever!]

Because you keep posting bloody listings.

I hope I speak for us all when I say - if it's not new, I don't want to know in this thread

Go to the S17 thread - look at the spam that is posted in there - listings are MUCH more relvant to this thread than 70% of the posts in the S17 discussion. And, if Wezzo's not updating, where are episode listings supposed to be found?

[H Thompson]

This probably shouldn't be in here but I'd like to congratulate Sky One for trashing one of the most beautiful moments in Simpson history (the end of Mother Simpson) by immediately cutting to an advert for a programme about food the moment the first credit came up. God that pissed me off

I have that moment forever ruined by my dad who for some reason finds that moment hilarious, I don't think I'll ever be able to watch it without thinking of his reaction.

[Nameless]

Posting listings should be fine until the Summer holidays (four weeks to go for me), when Wezzo can update regularly again.

[snrub]

And, if Wezzo's not updating, where are episode listings supposed to be found?

A tv guide...?

www.digiguide.com if your feeling frivalous with your money

www.radiotimes.com if your not

I don't mean to be snappy, but I've said it nicely quite a few times and nobody seems to listen. Plus these are random episodes over a month away... ;-/

[Nameless]

Any potential cuts for Don't Fear The Roofer which is on tonight at 7:30? I haven't seen it in a while...

[Drunk Barney]

yep, can't wait for Dont Fear the Roofer (great episode:D)..shall I predict a grade for Homer_T again?:D ooooh no here we ago again he thinks. hmmm well i'm going to see say B/B-

[Nameless]

I find predicting a grade for somebody on a new episode a smidge obnoxious, and it's probably going to be higher anyway ;)

[snrub]

I haven't seen, or really heard, anything about this episode, so I couldn't predict anything for myself or anyone else.

The Milestone eps are never as good as I think they are going to be anyway, so I wont expect much, then if it's good I'll pleasently suprised

[Dorkus Malorkus]

well, kicking off in 5 minutes...

6pm - Trash of the Titans >>> 200th episode
630pm - A Tale of two Springfields >>> 250th episode
7pm - Barting Over >>> 300th episode
730pm - Dont fear the roofer >>> 350th episode - NEW

[Butters]

Oh, yeah, uh, didn't do this when I first saw the episode, but I'll do it now, when it's more relevant:

Possible cuts from Don't Fear The Roofer.
(Homer and Ray are fixing Homer's roof. Homer yawns and stretches, while doing so he accidentally pulls the trigger on his nail gun. Pan to show a nail lodged in Ray's fore-head, a little bit of blood can be seen.)
Homer : Sorry 'bout that, pal.
Ray : Eh, no problem, accidents happen. (Ray takes the nail out of his forehead, and flicks it away. He then points his nail gun at Homer and begins firing rapidly. Homer falls backwards as he is shot by nails)
Homer: Argh! Stop it!
(Homer is lying on the roof, he sits up and we see that he has 4 nails lodged in his head, each one has a short piece of blood leaking out. Homer starts removing them.)
Homer: One, two, three, four; I declare a nail war!
(Homer and Ray start shooting nails at each other.)
Ray : This is why I got into roofing.
(Homer dodges a bunch of nails Ray shoots at him, by doing some rather strange gymnastic moves. Homer and Ray begin exchanging shots at each other, both of them laughing a lot.)
Ned : Hey, Homer!
(Homer looks over the roof, to see Ned on his lawn-mower. Which is covered in nails, as is his garden.)
Homer : Ned, are you okay?
Ned : Yeah, but my mower can't get much lower.
(Homer blasts another bunch of nails at Ned's mower, popping another tire.)
Ned : I was wrong!
(Ned runs inside his house, panicing. Homer and Ray laugh.)
Homer : That's Ned Flanders, there's one in every neighbourhood.

edit: and did A Tale of Two Springfields remain highly edited?

[Veryjammy]

edit: and did A Tale of Two Springfields remain highly edited?

From what I can remember, yes.

[Rich Uncle Skeleton]

Sky restored the flaming garbage bit, but other cuts remained. It's so odd how there's so many cuts in one episode!

First half of Don't Fear The Roofer was excellent as with all previous viewings, but the second half is really starting to get annoying (full of bad jokes and electrocuting).

Now, I must watch sporting legends...

[Nameless]

Butters, as the nailgun fight with Ned's car getting damaged is actually a key plot point and referenced as such later, it's unlikely they'd remove it altogether...

[Butters]

Sky restored the flaming garbage bit, but other cuts remained. It's so odd how there's so many cuts in one episode!
If I recall correctly, that scene was only absent from the premiere. I'm not too sure why, but it was certainly restored later on. I remember the premiere actually, and I was thinking "what the hell's that on Homer's shirt?" upon seeing the ignition marks on his t-shirt, without explaination.

As a matter of fact, why do they still cut that awful choking scene? They never removed it in Gump Roast, which just makes it more questionable.

Butters, as the nailgun fight with Ned's car getting damaged is actually a key plot point and referenced as such later, it's unlikely they'd remove it altogether...
I obviously transcribed the whole thing because they could've cut the entire thing down. I know that the Flanders' thing was a key plot point and referenced later, but they could've made it shorter and that's why I felt the need to transcribe the whole scene.

Anyway, was it cut? I see the scene wasn't cut, as I caught the reference later, but was any of the actual nailgun fight removed?

[Rich Uncle Skeleton]

Chill out, dude. I think the episode went uncut - I didn't notice anything missing anyway.

[Dorkus Malorkus]

uh, i dont think he was particularly irate, what are you talking about?

[Nameless]

On the subject of cuts, Butters, you're still missing the Moaning Lisa cuts on Moaning Lisa, and the C4 edit on the Bastard Kit in Boy Who Knew Too Much (edits in bold, ignore the blue part);

Krabappel : Now, unfortunately the school clocks have been running a head, so day we'll stay back and make up for the extra time we missed.
(The class groans, as Bart looks in his desk at a "Lil' Bastard Clock Tampering Kit".)

[Rich Uncle Skeleton]

uh, i dont think he was particularly irate, what are you talking about?
Well, he was...but edited his post.

If I recall correctly, that scene was only absent from the premiere. I'm not too sure why, but it was certainly restored later on.
Oh, okay. I probably never realised because I taped that whole series when it was on Sky and so probably didn't watch the episode on Sky.

[Butters]

Yeah, I originally said "bloody", because I thought carolyn was more or less trying to say that I hadn't actually noticed the relevance of that scene in the episode.

On the subject of cuts, Butters, you're still missing the Moaning Lisa cuts on Moaning Lisa, and the C4 edit on the Bastard Kit in Boy Who Knew Too Much (edits in bold, ignore the blue part);
I've lost the listings of the Moaning Lisa cuts... all I remember is that a lot of the video game was censored.

The "bastard" kit stuff, I wasn't even told was absent.

BTW, were the tidal wave references in Season 4 and 5 restored for the reruns? I'm always too busy watching piss poor sitcoms or jackin' it to really watch OFF.

Oh, and lastly, all 2 fans of my site can rejoice, after 20-or-something days without an update, you'll find a brief one:
http://www.thebritsons.co.uk
It hurt my ass scanning in all those covers for comics and then painstakingly continuing the number of pages to each story in them.

[Nameless]

I posted it once...

On tidal wave references; same here, well we've got the third airings coming up...

I checked wayback machine to see if they have an archived page of the Moaning Lisa cuts, but alas...:(

[H Thompson]

Was anything cut from roofer ?
I give it a B+ btw.

[Simpsons Forever!]

Don't Fear The Roofer was a decent episode - I give it an A.

[Mario]

I liked Don't Fear the Roofer, A-

[Simon Gibbons]

Why the hell dont channel 4 show repeats of season 11+12 at 6:00pm now season 5 has completed. On tuesday night we had a season 12 episode skinners sense of snow due to time constraints with the hong kong trailer! But why not normally? :mexican: Grr. Great time to watch season 2 for the third run!

[Rich Uncle Skeleton]

hahaha, hong kong...
So is that the reason they showed a Season 12 episode? I thought it was pretty odd. Did they go back to Season 5 today?

[Terrier Williger]

hahaha, hong kong...
So is that the reason they showed a Season 12 episode? I thought it was pretty odd. Did they go back to Season 5 today?

Yep, Sweet Seymour Skinner's Badasssss Song.

[H Thompson]

I'm confused, I haven't been paying any attention to world events the last few weeks, what about Hong Kong, and why would that make them show a season 12 episode instead.

[Nameless]

T4 had a 5-minute look at an upcoming film, King Kong, I think the user mistyped it as "Hong Kong". Hence, OFF started at 6:05 on Tuesday. I don't know why it would make them show an S12 episode, though.

[Simon Gibbons]

T4 had a 5-minute look at an upcoming film, King Kong, I think the user mistyped it as "Hong Kong". Hence, OFF started at 6:05 on Tuesday. I don't know why it would make them show an S12 episode, though.
Yes it was king kong, sorry....Arent Season 12 episodes slightly shorter?

[Nameless]

Yes, but they also have the full opening...they've shown OFF in a 25 minute slot before, I don't see why they didn't just show the S5 episode that was meant to air...

[Terrier Williger]

Sweet Seymour Skinner's.......21:05
Skinner's Sense of Snow .......20:16

Less than a minute actual episode time ain't gonna make that much difference??? Maybe someone just chose the wrong episode because it had Skinner in the title ?

[Nameless]

So they both could have been aired in the 25 minute slot...your point is?

[Terrier Williger]

It's a mystery, maybe someone ought to ask Channel 4 ?

[Simon Gibbons]

So they both could have been aired in the 25 minute slot...your point is?
40 second difference is quite a lot of time. It didnt finish at 6:25 but slighlty later, hollyhoaks was slightly later and so the new was late. They managed to cut 40 seconds of lateness off by using S12.

[ItchyScratchy100]

Just watched the repeat of "Don't Fear the Roofer" (because I don't have the ability of Episode Downloads anymore and also I missed the first showing of this episode because I was on joliday at the time) on Sky One.

I really enjoyed the episode but did Sky One cut anything out? If so, tell me.

Thanks.

[Nameless]

I really enjoyed the episode but did Sky One cut anything out? If so, tell me.

To anybody who's asked this: it aired intact.

[JonHillier]

Yeah, saw this for the first time this evening. A surprisingly good episode.

[ItchyScratchy100]

To anybody who's asked this: it aired intact.

Thank you.

[Mario]

Is Future-Drama the next new episode to air? I'm really looking forward to it!

[Nameless]

Next new episode is a month away, 24 July...An article reported it was going to be "The Father, The Son & The Holy Guest Star", but I'm willing to bet it's "Future-Drama" or "The Heartbroke Kid".

[Drunk Barney]

Wezzo has updated!

[Nameless]

...And GABF12, "Future-Drama", airs 28th August at the usual time, for those too lazy to look, so the 24th July episode will probably be "The Heartbroke Kid".

[Drunk Barney]

late post there Carolyn:D

Late night or did you get up early ?:)

[ItchyScratchy100]

What if she is going on holiday or unpredictably enough, the Live 8 concert in Hyde Park?

When me and my family go on holiday or to london we get up that early.

[Dorkus Malorkus]

aw crap, i can't believe i have to wait until the end of august to see 'future drama,' i want to see it asap, i've heard nothing but good reviews...

[Drunk Barney]

not from me. just average. the whacky future jokes are rather pathetic and not needed. cut them out and it's pretty good, get's a B from me. anyway no new info from gervais last night, but it was funny.

[Nameless]

I had to get up for Futurama on T4, so my mum insisted I had an early night, so I woke up earlier. But that's o/topic...

"Future-Drama"'s good, it does go a bit over the top with the future jokes like DB said, though, this isn't that far into the future...

[Dorkus Malorkus]

i dont know why sky one feel the need to tamper with the original air order of episodes...i could have seen 'future drama' already by now...

[matt228]

Whoever said that S6 would start today is wrong. Just flicked onto C4 and it's season 2 premiere Bart Gets an F. Ha!

[Nameless]

We all already know. They have the rights but they're holding it back to the S6 DVD September R2 release (try saying that ten times fast).

[Butters]

No one said that'd they'd air them today, we just speculated.

[Rich Uncle Skeleton]

...and we finalised what would happen (I think).

I had to get up for Futurama on T4, so my mum insisted I had an early night, so I woke up earlier. But that's o/topic...
Even more OT but...ever heard of a VCR?

[Simpsons Forever!]

Not that it's going to bring anyone any joy today, but Sky have just confirmed that:
GABF15 Home Away From Homer will air on Sun 24th July at 6:30pm.

[Nameless]

Why are they airing the episodes so immensely out of order?

And just to add to the continuing downhill frolicking of this thread...ITV1 are showing "The Pitts" again!

[Rich Uncle Skeleton]

It's because they're Sky One.

Anyway a small side note - was Don't Fear The Roofer the 350th episode to be broadcast on Sky? It was 351st in the US, right?

[matt228]

Just a thought:

Why do people complain that there is never any special events for summer or Christmas or whatever - and when there is they complain about it?

[Dorkus Malorkus]

when are ITV showing the Pitts? I've heard it's crap, so i want to see it.

and scott, yes...dont fear the roofer was indeed #350 to hit sky one screens. although, didn't sky one never show 'The Cartridge Family'? If so, this ep is only #349 on sky one, and 'Future Drama' would be episode #350. Which is ironic, because Future Drama was episode 350, although unadmittedly by fox.

[Nameless]

when are ITV showing the Pitts? I've heard it's crap, so i want to see it.

The Monday which is the Monday after tomorrow, the 18th July, at 3:45am, so set your VCR and stick a tape in when you go to bed Sunday 17th July night and in the morning you'll get to watch the pilot.

[matt228]

The Pitts pilot will probably get a few viewers hoping it's about Brad Pitt, but not many others.

[Veryjammy]

So apparently The Simpsons 17th Season starts on Fox on September 11th. I thought I'd mention it here since it's good news all round really....it should mean that Sky don't have to space out the remaining Season 16 episodes so much since, from September 11th, they'll have Season 17 episodes to show as well.

[Nameless]

The Pitts pilot will probably get a few viewers hoping it's about Brad Pitt, but not many others.

That is probably the funniest serious thing I've heard all year, which just goes to show how average my days are.

As Sky will still be showing S16 by the time S17 starts, I imagine they'll just treat it as normal.

[Simpsons Forever!]

I doubt the early season will make Sky show episodes quicker, because they have only confirmed two new ones in the whole of July and August, which is what they usually do. That still leaves four S16 episodes for September.

[simplysimpsons]

when are ITV showing the Pitts? I've heard it's crap, so i want to see it.

and scott, yes...dont fear the roofer was indeed #350 to hit sky one screens. although, didn't sky one never show 'The Cartridge Family'? If so, this ep is only #349 on sky one, and 'Future Drama' would be episode #350. Which is ironic, because Future Drama was episode 350, although unadmittedly by fox.

That's right, Sky One still refuse to show The Cartridge Family even after 9pm, although BBC2 have shown it several times at 6pm. So technically, Roofer would be the 349th.

I'll also be taping The Pitts...geez, ITV will be amazed at the amount of viewers they'll get!

[Nameless]

I don't think taping the episode with the TV on standby while you do what any sane person would be doing at that time and sleep would count towards ratings...? Unless you're actually planning to be awake at that time?

[Terrier Williger]

Remember about a week or so ago, it was noticed that the Season 12 episode "Skinner's Sense of Snow" was shown on Channel 4, during their Season 5 run of episodes. Some of us were wondering what the reason for this was.
Well just for a laugh, I thought I'd drop C4 a line, and today I have received a reply;

Thanks for your email. Well spotted. The schedulers haven't alerted us to any particular reason for doing this. It is possible it was a mistake and the wrong tape was programmed in. I have passed your comments on to the schedulers so that they know that this was noted by keen eyed viewers.

Kind regards
Gerald Splint
Viewer Enquiries

Not exactly conclusive, but it appears it was just a mistake.

[Nameless]

...Now why doesn't somebody give them a response as to not airing S6...

...And it appears ITV will be running "The Pitts" Monday mornings for a while. So set your VCRs to record on the coming two Mondays at 3:45am and 3:35am, folks!

[snrub]

I thought the Skinner's Sence of Snow was shown because of the Kong trailer before, and is a bit shorter thus fits into the schedule nicer

Also, I've posted the UK artwork for S6 dvd in the relivant thread if people want to have a look-see

[Nameless]

I thought the Skinner's Sence of Snow was shown because of the Kong trailer before, and is a bit shorter thus fits into the schedule nicer

That was theorized...but it was...a mistake. If it was intended I think they'd choose the season premiere instead of a random episode anyway...

Now, back to our discussion of Mike Scully's sitcoms airing at Midnight on the channel which will show anything.

[snrub]

That's completely off topic though.

It was intended though, as I know I saw it in the schedules. Hardly a case of putting the wrong tape in if they'd told the tv times it was happening 2 weeks in advance

[Nameless]

It's UK channel discussion, isn't it?

It says just a few posts above you that it was a mistake by the schedulers. "Possibly the wrong tape was programmed" implies they have what they show ready to air weeks in advance and can't make a change, doesn't it?

[snrub]

Discussion of Simpsons not Mike Scully sitcoms.

They can and often do make changes to the schedule, especially replacing certain episodes with others. I don't think C4 is "programmed" weeks in advance though, especially being a terrestrial channel.

[Nameless]

But The Simpsons can be classed as a sitcom, and two of its years which get the main discussion are Mike Scully-produced, so by logic, talking about The Simpsons is talking about The Pitts...

[snrub]

Oh please.

We don't talk about UK airings of Late Night with Conen o' Brian in here, so I don't see why we should clog it up with Pitts chat either

[Nameless]

...Which is a completely different thing to The Simpsons and The Pitts. It's not about a family, of course!

Do we have anything else to discuss at all, anyway?

[Dorkus Malorkus]

It's 'Channel 4' and 'Sky One' Discussion. Therefore as The Pitts airs on ITV1 from Monday, it is off topic. i will tape the show and post my comments in any thread you make in 'Media Discussion' however.

[Nameless]

OK, now, back on topic.

(long pause...)

Well, for those of you too lazy to check, our S6 boxart;

http://images.play.com/covers/673322x.jpg

[Rich Uncle Skeleton]

That looks....very flat.

[Rowdy Roddy Peeper]

It looked much shinier in the other thread :(

[Simpsons Forever!]

Is that it? It's flat! Isn't the whole point supposed to be that it's 3D? I thought the cover art couldn't get any worse, but this is appaling!

[snrub]

Isn't the whole point supposed to be that it's 3D?

No, I think the point is it's supposed to look like Homer

[Veryjammy]

I'm so confused as to what this will actually look like when I'm holding it in my hands :uhh:

[David X. Cohen]

i think it looks awesome... am i the only one?

[Dorkus Malorkus]

i think that is possibly just a picture of a piece of paper with a picture of the dvd on.

[snrub]

i think it looks awesome... am i the only one?

No you're not - I think it looks a mile better than the R1 one

[matt228]

our S6 boxart
It looks like you just pasted a '12' logo onto a flat front picture of the US boxart.

[Nameless]

that's what the manufacturers essentially did.

[Simpsons Forever!]

This is the real UK cover art from amazon:

http://images-eu.amazon.com/images/P/B0009WIL8M.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg

[simplysimpsons]

Seeing that hideous cover still makes me cringe. ugh. I probably still will get it though, but only because the extras look so good.

I still prefer it over that flat version, though, as on that pic there was no sign of the visible cube shape around the cover, meaning it would be even more difficult to fit on the shelf!

[Butters]

I just knew that the ugly cover would be made uglier by a badly placed "12" certificate.

[El Barto UK]

I can't wait to see what they've done with the back of the cover.

[David X. Cohen]

welcome El Barto UK

[Dorkus Malorkus]

i'm still quite angry that the sleeve of the dvd doesn't have 'season 6 dvd' written on it. hell, i dont see why it needs to be changed at all. there are so many colours for the dvds they haven't used yet...

I'm guessing that season 7 will be marge, 8 will be bart, 9 will be lisa and 10 will be maggie?

[David X. Cohen]

I'm guessing that season 7 will be marge, 8 will be bart, 9 will be lisa and 10 will be maggie?

yep

[snrub]

This is the real UK cover art from amazon:

http://images-eu.amazon.com/images/P/B0009WIL8M.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg

Unless you are making the sets, you can't be sure which cover is "real". We'll have to see on day of relase. Personally the play one looks like a more "official" picture, since it looks like Amazon have added the 12 on in paint.

i'm still quite angry that the sleeve of the dvd doesn't have 'season 6 dvd' written on it.

It says "The Complete Sixth Season", just like the rest of the sets with the relivant season number

[Nameless]

No, Bart will be 7. I bet you anything, even this small, strangely flavoured chewy sweet I'm eating right now. Bart is the second most marketable Simpson. Then most probably Lisa, Marge, Maggie.

[Head Bee-Guy]

You don't have to sound so certain about everything, especially when you don't actually have any more idea than the rest of us. Yes Bart may be the next most marketable but maybe they'll use him to prop up a poorer season's sales, like season 10? Maybe they'll apologise for making such a crap cover and scrap the whole new scheme, we don't know.

[matt228]

Would people please stop complaining about the new layout for the season sets? FOX decided to change them. There's nothing we can do. Deal with it.

[Drunk Barney]

The Professor has spoken. I actually don't think it's that bad. If only Homer's eyes were in the middle and he had hair.

[snrub]

Would people please stop complaining about the new layout for the season sets? FOX decided to change them. There's nothing we can do. Deal with it.

Just because we can't do anything about it doesn't mean people should stop expressing their opinion of it. If you don't like reading about it, that's your problem.

[Drunk Barney]

Just been thinking what an amazing end of the year line up for us Brits.

Sept 5th- Season 6 boxset comes out
Sept 11th- Season 17 starts!
October 3rd: Simpson book comes out
November 6th: The Simpsons re-open with THOH

Also there is the new Little Britain starting in October. Anything else? :D

[Nameless]

little britain is bad. but that's offtopic.

and we won't get season 17 instantly on sep. 11, unless sky air it at 1:30am. we'll get it a few weeks later.

[Simpsons Forever!]

Just been thinking what an amazing end of the year line up for us Brits.

Sept 5th- Season 6 boxset comes out
Sept 11th- Season 17 starts!
October 3rd: Simpson book comes out
November 6th: The Simpsons re-open with THOH

Also there is the new Little Britain starting in October. Anything else? :D

You forgot to mention S13 on Channel 4 in November!

[Nameless]

what week does big brother finish? because we could actually get s13 following the end of bb.

[Drunk Barney]

Damn I knew there was something else!!

So that's

September: Season 6 boxset and Season 17 Simpsons
October: Simpsons book
November: Return of Season 17 and Season 13 on 4!

And for those that won't be buying the boxset for whatever reason Channel 4 should be showing Season 6 at some point at the end of the year. We should also be seeing Season 10 coming to Sky at some point...good news ey Butters?:D

Carolyn Omine: Most Brits download it. Plus it's still fun to see the reviews the next day.

[Rowdy Roddy Peeper]

Also, by September the debut of my fan atemptage at The Complete Guides will be done just in time so we can compare them to the real deal :)

[snrub]

what week does big brother finish? because we could actually get s13 following the end of bb.

End Of August this year I think. They'll probably wait until November though I think

[Simpsons Forever!]

They'll probably first finish off those S11 episodes they haven't yet shown in the Friday night slot.

[Nameless]

No, venture back quite a bit and you'll discover that the only way we'll get those last S11 episodes is in another full-blown run of S11. As Big Bother will probably get high ratings, I imagine they'll want to keep hot on the heels of that with more new Simpsons...

oh, and s6 is back on the c4 guide. no episodes yet, though.

[Rich Uncle Skeleton]

That's gotta be a good sign :)

And this has probably been brought up before, but why do Sky keep repeating the same episodes over and over? There are loads of episodes I haven't seen for ages on Sky: King Size Homer, Marge Be Not Proud, Much Apu About Nothing, A Milhouse Divided, Homer's Enemy The City of New York vs. Homer Simpson (actually, are they even showing this episode anymore?) to name a few. Maybe I just keep missing these specific episodes?

[Nameless]

The City of New York vs. Homer Simpson (actually, are they even showing this episode anymore?)

It was scheduled for its first airing since 2001 in IIRC about November 2004, but was pulled from the schedules shortly before its designated airdate.

[Drunk Barney]

King Size Homer was on back a few weeks ago and as to was Homer's Enemy. Though i'm desparate to see Much Apu About Nothing. Not sure about Marge Be Not Proud though. I don't really look out for that on snpp as I have it on the XMAS DVD. As Carolyn says the New York one is banned and as for A Milhouse Divided- I'm not sure!

[Terrier Williger]

^Almost sure I saw "Marge Be Not Proud" on the telly the other day.
Don't think it was from one of my tapes- mind you it's getting to be a bit of a blur :boggled:

[Rich Uncle Skeleton]

Damn, why do I keep missing the good episodes?!

[Drunk Barney]

Why don't you get the Simpsons xmas dvd. You get Marge Be Not Proud and one of your fav's Dude, Where's My Ranch. You also get three others, She of Little Faith, Miracle on Evergreen Terrace and Grift of Magi!

[Veryjammy]

That's gotta be a good sign :)

And this has probably been brought up before, but why do Sky keep repeating the same episodes over and over? There are loads of episodes I haven't seen for ages on Sky: King Size Homer, Marge Be Not Proud, Much Apu About Nothing, A Milhouse Divided, Homer's Enemy The City of New York vs. Homer Simpson (actually, are they even showing this episode anymore?) to name a few. Maybe I just keep missing these specific episodes?

I've seen Marge Be Not Proud and Homer's Enemy fairly recently, and A Millhouse Divided was on just last week.

[Head Bee-Guy]

No, venture back quite a bit and you'll discover that the only way we'll get those last S11 episodes is in another full-blown run of S11.
Why's that? We've had Bart Gets an F 3 times in the last 8 months, it wouldn't kill them to show episodes that haven't shown yet and *do* have the rights do. If they weren't planning to use them up on Fridays after Big Brother, they could have put then into the 6pm schedules anyway.

[Nameless]

Yes, but that was just a mistake. Butters said the only way we'd get the last 5 episodes of season 11 pushed aside by big brother was in another complete run of season 11, so that's the only way we'll get them.

Why don't you get the Simpsons xmas dvd. You get Marge Be Not Proud and one of your fav's Dude, Where's My Ranch. You also get three others, She of Little Faith, Miracle on Evergreen Terrace and Grift of Magi!

No, you're mixing up contents of DVDs...Dude Where's My Ranch is on Christmas 2, not Christmas with the Simpsons

[Butters]

Marge Be Not Proud isn't on any of the Christmas DVDs...

[Nameless]

It's on "Bart Wars". I think Drunk Barney was just meshing DVDs by mistake.

so what exact week is the first week that does not have big brother since may 27?

[matt228]

so what exact week is the first week that does not have big brother since may 27?
Big Brother ends on the night of Friday, 12 August.

[Nameless]

So...we'll find out what Sky are planning to do with their Friday nights at 9pm in 8 days (presumably more OFF).

quick side-note for something that can be added to britsons: c4's copy of bart gets hit by a car does not contain the on-screen title (which appears after the directors' credit - well, it should.)

[Butters]

Just in case you're wondering, when Big Brother finishes the first season C4 air on Fridays will not be Season 13.

[Nameless]

Do you know what season it will be? Is there a chance afterall they'll continue S11?

[Butters]

It wasn't initially planned that those 4, or so, episodes from Season 11 would be aired individually, but they have plans to air Season 13 in September, so perhaps they will end up airing them. Either that, or Season 13 will be dragged to a late October premiere, which was actually when they had planned to actually air the season when they first got the show.

[Nameless]

Actually it's 5 (Days of Wine through to BtL).

Why would they want to keep back S13 to October? There doesn't seem to be any reason

[Butters]

Because, if they're not going to air those 5 Season 11 episodes, then they'll probably air another whole Season (12, or 11 again) which should last all the way up to late October. So, if they are actually intending to air Season 13 in September, like I was told, it would mean that they're either going to repeat those 5 episodes, or isolate another few episodes from the start of 12 or 11. Of course, when I said they had no plans to air those 5 episodes, it was 2 months ago or something, they could've very easily changed their minds...

[Nameless]

somebody really should call up that c4 help line (number's quite a few pages back, when i say c4 have the rights to 2-6 and 11-13.) i'd call them but i'm going for a weekend's camping in 5 minutes and i'd probably be held up for longer than that.

[snrub]

I would call, but from stuff I've gathered I wouldn't believe a word they say.

[Jayrayman]

The Simpsons should be aired at 8.30 before Big Brother. It would be a great time for them to air "new" episodes or even just episodes from series 11 and 12. But instead Channel Four show crap like Will & Grace, i mean who actually likes that shit? There must be more demand for The Simpsons surely?

[Rowdy Roddy Peeper]

But instead Channel Four show crap like Will & Grace, i mean who actually likes that shit?

(yanks collar)

[Butters]

So... they removed Bart chanting "bastard" in Oh, Brother Where Art Thou?. That wasn't absent from the premiere... they must've only found problem with it now...

[Terrier Williger]

So... they removed Bart chanting "bastard" in Oh, Brother Where Art Thou?. That wasn't absent from the premiere... they must've only found problem with it now...

Yeah I saw the episode tonight - although they did leave in the first 'bastard' from the dialogue. In fact that's the first time I've noticed the word used in this episode, which i havn't seen on TV since taping it off the BBC quite a few years ago. There's no mention of the word at all in the copy I have.

[Rich Uncle Skeleton]

Why don't you get the Simpsons xmas dvd. You get Marge Be Not Proud and one of your fav's Dude, Where's My Ranch. You also get three others, She of Little Faith, Miracle on Evergreen Terrace and Grift of Magi!
I do actually have every episode (downloaded) on my PC, but I prefer to watch the episodes on TV since they're better quality, and they're on at quite a conventient time for me when I get home from work. I could buy the DVDs but I don't see the point (and I actualy have the VHS video which has Marge Be Not Proud on it anyway). I'm not complaining as such, it just seems that I miss the good episodes and am always watching episodes that I've seen recently.

[Simpsons Forever!]

For the first time in almost a month a new episode airs tonight on Sky - Home Away From Homer. Predicted grade: A-