Money Dispute May End 'Simpsons'

Showbiz | 515 hits | Oct 04 9:01 am | Posted by: Scape

Difficult bargaining is nothing new for the show, which was created by James L. Brooks and Matt Groening. Fox studio execs have occasionally threatened to replace uncooperative cast members with sound-alike actors. But for the first time in nearly a quart

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by Newsbot
Tue Oct 04, 2011 7:08 pm
Money Dispute May End 'Simpsons'

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by DrCaleb
Tue Oct 04, 2011 7:08 pm
Wow. Multimillionaires discussion how to carve up billions. I think sympathy is in the dictionary between 'shit' and 'syphilius'.
by Guy_Fawkes
Tue Oct 04, 2011 7:16 pm
Bah I have stopped watching the show many moons ago, I wont miss it if it gets cancelled.
by DrCaleb
Tue Oct 04, 2011 7:25 pm
"Guy_Fawkes" said
Bah I have stopped watching the show many moons ago, I wont miss it if it gets cancelled.

Ditto. I think I tuned out around the time Ned's wife was 'killed'.
by Guy_Fawkes
Tue Oct 04, 2011 7:26 pm
That was about the same time for me as well.
by Bacardi4206
Tue Oct 04, 2011 7:28 pm
I'd miss it, still a great show. Still, people who make 8 million for 22weeks work barking about wanting more money has no sympathy from me.
by Dragon-Dancer
Tue Oct 04, 2011 7:35 pm
Once a great show but long since past it's best before date by now.
by Tricks
Tue Oct 04, 2011 7:40 pm
"Bacardi4206" said
I'd miss it, still a great show. Still, people who make 8 million for 22weeks work barking about wanting more money has no sympathy from me.

The actors are willing to take a pay cut of roughly a third, but that’s not good enough for Fox.”

Derp.
by Prof_Chomsky
Tue Oct 04, 2011 7:41 pm
"Bacardi4206" said
I'd miss it, still a great show. Still, people who make 8 million for 22weeks work barking about wanting more money has no sympathy from me.

Tom Hanks put it best when he said he felt guilty about the amount of money he made for doing essentially nothing, but said what am I supposed to do, take less pay so the likes of Rupert Murdoch could make even more?
by Thanos
Tue Oct 04, 2011 8:30 pm
Good riddance. The show hasn't even been funny since about 1997 anyway.
by bootlegga
Tue Oct 04, 2011 8:51 pm
"Prof_Chomsky" said
I'd miss it, still a great show. Still, people who make 8 million for 22weeks work barking about wanting more money has no sympathy from me.

Tom Hanks put it best when he said he felt guilty about the amount of money he made for doing essentially nothing, but said what am I supposed to do, take less pay so the likes of Rupert Murdoch could make even more?
by desertdude
Tue Oct 04, 2011 8:54 pm
Its think its time to let it die, it was a pioneer and trend setter of its time, but its death has been long overdue.
by BartSimpson
Tue Oct 04, 2011 9:11 pm
Reminds me of Family Guy. FOX screwed that one up, too.
by Bacardi4206
Wed Oct 05, 2011 8:21 am
"Tricks" said
I'd miss it, still a great show. Still, people who make 8 million for 22weeks work barking about wanting more money has no sympathy from me.

The actors are willing to take a pay cut of roughly a third, but that’s not good enough for Fox.”

Derp.

"The actors, who currently earn a comfy $8 million for their 22 or so annual weeks of work, proposed a slightly smaller cut in exchange for a small percentage of the show’s back-end profits — “amounting to untold billions” between syndication and merchandising, Grove reports. "

Double derp? There only comfortable with that paycheck because they were asking for the back-end profits from all the merchandising.