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After almost 700 episodes playing Bart’s bespectacled and beleaguered best friend, the voice actor is moving on to other opportunities

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[–] protist@mander.xyz 19 points 9 months ago (3 children)

It's insanity that the Simpsons is still in production. How many people are still watching it? I've found most people under 30 have never seen a single episode, many have never even heard of it

[–] MimicJar@lemmy.world 17 points 9 months ago

I still watch. I never stopped watching. It looks like it averages 1.7 million viewers on average, which has been decreasing over time.

I don't really hang out with people under 30, but they're missing out. Sure the new episode are just good, but the classics are still the classics.

But also at 34 (and counting) years it's the longest-running animated American series, longest-running American sitcom, and longest-running scripted primetime series. Never having heard of it is a huge gap.

[–] jbone@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 9 months ago

Even never heard about it?

[–] Nuke_the_whales@lemmy.world 3 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I tried watching it again years ago and went most of the episode without a laugh. It just wasn't funny. I heard they've improved in the last couple years but who cares at this point

[–] Windex007@lemmy.world 7 points 9 months ago (1 children)
[–] NickwithaC@lemmy.world 4 points 9 months ago (1 children)
[–] synae@lemmy.sdf.org 4 points 9 months ago

Maybe Milhouse can come back in POG form?

[–] Zombie@feddit.uk 4 points 9 months ago
[–] NickwithaC@lemmy.world 3 points 9 months ago

I assumed Cartwright was Milhouse given how she's every other preteen boy in the show.

[–] SplashJackson@lemmy.ca 1 points 9 months ago

I would be her Thrillho for sure