How 'The Simpsons' Animation Evolved Over 30 Years

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On May 23, 2021, the 32nd season finale of "The Simpsons" will air on Fox, finishing off a landmark season where the show celebrated its 700th episode.
The series has come a long way from its humble beginnings as a segment on "The Tracey Ullman Show." On air for 32 years and counting, it's become the longest-running scripted series on prime time, the longest-running American animated series, and the longest-running American sitcom. And Homer, Marge, Lisa, Bart, and Maggie have evolved a lot over the course of three decades - whether you look at the style of their movement or the details of their character designs, all the way down to pupil size.
In this episode of "Movies Insider," we turned to David Silverman and Al Jean, two of the main minds behind "The Simpsons," to find out how the show's animation evolved from the rough-around-the-edges style of Matt Groening's early sketches to the crisp, clean look of the show in its 32nd season.
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@aaronberns8485 2 жыл бұрын

Perfect example of “isn’t it funny how day by day nothing changes, but when you look back, everything is different”.

@sirrz1267 2 жыл бұрын

Your body adapts. That's why

@illestvillain1971 Жыл бұрын

Except day by day it changed rapidly, even frame by frame LOL

@timotheus2003 3 жыл бұрын

I love how one of the biggest shows of all time has "no money" to do something essential, like a title sequence.

@icecreamhero2375 3 жыл бұрын

That's Fox for yah. LOL

@kingastaroth7912 3 жыл бұрын

It's not a priority

@tripi7906 3 жыл бұрын

@@kingastaroth7912 you both are correct

@billjamal4764 3 жыл бұрын

@@tripi7906 not if I have anything to do with it

@viperbot5311 3 жыл бұрын

@greensky01 3 жыл бұрын

What made classical Simpsons so memorable for me was their tangential story lines. For example, Homer shopping in a grocery store ends up him traveling to Africa.

@trentonklein5725 3 жыл бұрын

I liked classic Simpson's for focusing on Bart a lot more.

@jorgebalbin5170 2 жыл бұрын

That sounds a lot like Family Guy

@_reverse-psycho_855 2 жыл бұрын

The Africa episode was seriously underrated.

@ProwlingTiger1 2 жыл бұрын

@@_reverse-psycho_855 The Africa Episode gets a lot of hate from people but I personally actually like it, it's one of the few episodes where I never really understood the intense hate for it, its like calm down, it's not that bad, is it one of the best?- no, but it's not one of the worst either, it had its good moments and lines, I think it gets more hate than it deserves to get.

@icecreamhero2375 2 жыл бұрын

They still do that.

@mank377 2 жыл бұрын

The animation was the best in the 90s when it still looked “rough” but at the same time smooth and energetic

@e.t926 2 жыл бұрын

I agree

@calypso 2 жыл бұрын

The change to digital was a detriment to the Simpsons, the show looks worse and lost a part of its soul

@CodingAbroad 2 жыл бұрын

Exactly it’s just lazy now. This is what Arthur fell into and look how that worked out

@sebastianortega1938 2 жыл бұрын

Back then it really looked like animation (animated, from anima, soul). The movements flowed. Today they look like dead rigid figures, the animators are just abusing lights and shadows to give them a fake 3D effect just to compensate for their mediocre animation.

@sebastianortega1938 2 жыл бұрын

@@calypso To be fair, digital animation is good, it's always good to use new technologies being used and whatever. The problem is how poorly they implemented it on The Simpsons. Now they just look like dead objects with a voice over. I like the well defined lines and to some extent the new light and shadow work they put on them... but all of that doesn't work if the animation is so stiff, so rigid, so dead. It's like watching a puppet show where there is only one person moving each puppet, one at a time so only the one puppet speaking is moving but the rest remain inanimate until it's their turn to be used. Idk if this makes sense. Example: All characters are static while Lisa talks, then Lisa shuts up and now she's static, Homer/Bart/Whoever suddenly starts talking and everyone else is motionless... I mean, come on, even Rick and Morty, Adventure Time and so many other modern shows that use computer animation do a way better job!!

@dannchap7795 3 жыл бұрын

No matter what happens, The Simpsons is always there for you

@_Painted 3 жыл бұрын

I wish the show would be canceled. The current Simpsons is a sham of what the show used to be.

@jessica.m.thornhill2300 3 жыл бұрын

@@_Painted yeah the storylines are repetitive and generic and some characters like Lisa have become really annoying

@Moj1989 3 жыл бұрын

I reckon since Disney's bought them, they're gonna want to make their money's worth. They might not be gone for a while.

@isabelsolorio383 3 жыл бұрын

I think it would be better if they did shows as Lisa and Bart as adults

@rolandolopez7540 3 жыл бұрын

@@_Painted 1 x

@KnellMortem 2 жыл бұрын

Y’know, for a 40 year old, Bart is looking pretty fresh.

@Lol-ik8xm 2 жыл бұрын

But still pretty fat.

@Lol-ik8xm 2 жыл бұрын

Nicolas Labranche I do, and I just hate the Simpsons

@fwef7445 2 жыл бұрын

i was the same age as bart when this show came out now im in my 40s wondering why bart is still young

@gachalifeakiegaming3315 2 жыл бұрын

@@fwef7445 we already saw Bart die old I haven't watched in a while but I think he died when he pulled his final prank on skinner saying skinner sucks

@AAAAAAAAAAAA4AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA 2 жыл бұрын

@Nicolas Labranche no

@dj-um7el Жыл бұрын

1987-2009 had the best animation for me. Especially earlier on, I loved the more energetic, fluid and messy look. The coloring also looked a bit deeper back then.

@dbtryd4519 3 жыл бұрын

i feel like the pre-hd seasons are the funniest, maybe bc the weird faces the caracters used to have like when homer vomits

@Crimsrn 3 жыл бұрын

no because the writers had more ideas, i mean you wouldn't have much idea left if you'd been doing a comedy since 1987

@teckyify 3 жыл бұрын

Until season 13 it had actually good writers. Then it got terrible. But no news, everyone know the writing team changed and it went downhill

@lander77477 3 жыл бұрын

the episodes from roughly 1991 - 1998 were the best. This is a fact generally agreed upon by all simpsons fans

@haroldberserker 3 жыл бұрын

@@lander77477 ok

@Eldudiogrande 3 жыл бұрын

Why is this an unpopular opinion????

@agent_w. 3 жыл бұрын

i kinda prefer the older version, it’s a lot more energetic.

@elmono6299 3 жыл бұрын

Same here.

@cerisem7727 3 жыл бұрын

Same. Everything from season 7/8 and under are by far the best.

@trishapaytas23 3 жыл бұрын

00:02

@jeremymullins1294 3 жыл бұрын

Everyone does.

@i.m.evilhomer5084 3 жыл бұрын

Eh, everybody's a critic.

@degenesis21 3 жыл бұрын

It's interesting seeing how they started creating character sheets only later on, after a few shorts. That is something that changed for the better nowadays. However, the fluidity, the principle of Exaggeration, and so much more... were completely abandoned for the sake of speeding up production and adapt to HD. A true shame. In this fast paced market, I find it ironic how HD basically forced companies to think "wait a moment, we should take the time to do this", but unfortunately at the expense of basic principles of animations. I wish we would all slow down production and focus on quality, but our life style seems to be antithetical to this crazy idea. Still, The Simpsohs remains in my heart, especially the early seasons.

@tariqs.111 3 жыл бұрын

Wow, well said

@DonVigaDeFierro 3 жыл бұрын

If only... I remember this interview with an animator of the cartoon network show "Steven Universe", in which they said "If you can recognize the character, it's on model"... Characters on that show are incredibly inconsistent, not just from chapter to chapter, but from shot to shot! They never really made model sheets, and the ones they made used already existing assets... And THEN other shows came and managed to go even lower than that already very low standard (Thundercats ROAR, for instance). 2D animation is pretty much dead. Disney no longer makes 2D animated movies, for instance, and it's a shame, because the medium still has a lot to give. With the rampant nostalgia baiting, studios should bring back 2D animation instead of a recycled IP from the 80s. It's not like they don't have the money or can't find artists anywhere, or worse, that people somehow no longer want 2D animated movies and tv shows!

@dustyrat3067 3 жыл бұрын

@@DonVigaDeFierro Hopefully Studio Ghibli doesn't go in the 3d direction, as well. Their 2d animated films are some of the best movies I've ever seen, but Earwig and the Witch seems mediocre at best. The animation is good for a first attempt, but I would much rather prefer something more on brand

@DonVigaDeFierro 3 жыл бұрын

@@dustyrat3067 Ah, yes. The Japanese animation industry is in a weird position, because they still make largely 2D shows, but add 3D to the complicated backgrounds, characters, effects, etc. 3D has its own qualities and it's cheaper to produce than 2D animation, so I'm not surprised that they're using it more liberally. It has its place and it can do amazing things (as Pixar/Dreamworks have shown us), and I'm really all for its adoption as long as the animation is good. Same for 2D... I prefer a good 3D animation over a mediocre 2D animation any day! But 2D animation has its own uniqueness to it, and I would like to see 3D animation doing the job of making 2D animation easier, rather than replacing it completely...

@Chiara_Apollo 2 жыл бұрын

Wow

@dromontana3619 3 жыл бұрын

The Simpsons is the greatest cartoon ever. I grew up on this show on a daily basis and I still watch it religiously 20 years later!

@slumberpartybard6355 3 жыл бұрын

it’s bad to me

@SilverOnYoutube 3 жыл бұрын

@@slumberpartybard6355 your weird

@SilverOnYoutube 3 жыл бұрын

@The Film Makers 2004 yuh

@SilverOnYoutube 3 жыл бұрын

@The Film Makers 2004 quite the gay person he is

@JorgeRojas-ut3wj 3 жыл бұрын

You STILL watch The Simpsons? You must be an extreme masochist because it's freakin terrible now.

@victorlee1850 3 жыл бұрын

At the end there when homer is waving goodbye to his mom then afterwards just sits there for hours.. after leaving my family for me it hit so hard. Just like I do He could be thinking about all good an bad things from childhood and then life now as an adult but words at best probably shouldnt be spoken

@thecunninlynguist 3 жыл бұрын

insane that this show's almost as old as me. like I would have never believed a show I grew up with, saw the shorts then premier ep would STILL be going.

@I_WANT_MY_SLAW 3 жыл бұрын

Yeah but its not good. Just because it still going, doesn't mean it should.

@thecunninlynguist 3 жыл бұрын

@@I_WANT_MY_SLAW haha, I don't necessarily disagree. It's just amazing to see, probably once in a life time kinda thing

@poweroffriendship2.0 3 жыл бұрын

Me too. It's surprising that the 80s show lived longer than that. I'm pretty sure people wanted to cancel the show for being so bad, but I think it deserves a proper ending, like The Simpsons Movie which it's the true ending for me.

@silentsmurf 3 жыл бұрын

IKR. I was either younger or same age as Lisa when I first started watching and now I think I’m the same age as Homer and Marge (I don’t remember how old they’re are supposed to be, I’m guessing mid thirties)

@poweroffriendship2.0 3 жыл бұрын

@@I_WANT_MY_SLAW Well, South Park would like to say the word with you. It got from the seasonal rot now.

@bluecandies 2 жыл бұрын

there's something incredibly inspiring about all the struggles the simpsons team had to go through over the years. They never waited to have a perfect recipe, they just went along, doing their best and adapting and still managed to be successful all the way.

@tomisgood 2 жыл бұрын

"To make things more demanding the Simpsons were going for a hand drawn look, so the artists used traditional ink and paint cell animation" Or Translated: "to make things exactly as challenging as all animation was at the time the Simpsons were going for the only kind of look that one could do at the time, so the artists settled for literally the only way that every single cartoon was created at the time"

@fearedjames 2 жыл бұрын

Produced in a way that was shabby and low quality, carried by solid writing which to this date is severely lacking in Western animation.

@RobloxzGamerz 2 жыл бұрын

Technically the computer was available if you bought one but it probably be harder than traditional animation at 1989

@kaitlyn__L Жыл бұрын

Not quite - there was also a technique where you photocopied pencil lines into the cel instead of hand-painted black outlines. A ton of shows (and even some Disney films) used that from the 60s and onward until the death of cels, precisely because it saved a lot of labour versus this older method of outlining. But it also gave sketchy, rough outlines, rather than the clean smooth outlines that The Simpsons went for. TLDR: the special thing wasn’t their use of cels, but that they didn’t cheap-out on the outlines.

@OneTwoFive0 3 жыл бұрын

Friendly reminder that “sleep” is quite important!

@kxiszo 3 жыл бұрын

Me at 2am.. Ik

@festive5476 3 жыл бұрын

@@kxiszo it's 2 am for me now, one hour difference

@anirudhsanjeev3998 3 жыл бұрын

Hmm 4:32 am I think imma go sleep.

@Lollol-ty2nx 3 жыл бұрын

@xx_fortniteprolegendslayer1219 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks bro, you too

@nathanm8792 3 жыл бұрын

Not gonna lie I think I just gained more respect for the employees from beginning to what we got now for what they do do I always kinda thought it was something throw together for money I owe my animation class teacher a apology

@trentonklein5725 3 жыл бұрын

I still like the show but the old ones were better script wise in my opinion they focused more on Bart and I liked that.

@RetroJack 2 жыл бұрын

I think your English teacher would like one too.

@gachalifeakiegaming3315 2 жыл бұрын

@@trentonklein5725 only for season 1 and 2

@PiglipsMaximus Жыл бұрын

The show has been terrible for a good many years

@KevyNova 3 жыл бұрын

Nobody ever took Fox as a serious network until The Simpsons. At the time, The Cosby Show on NBC was the undisputed king of prime time but this little cartoon show from a struggling network dethroned it.

@RetroJack 2 жыл бұрын

Where's Bill Cosby now?

@uwu- 2 жыл бұрын

@@RetroJack a free man

@RetroJack 2 жыл бұрын

@@uwu- With a totally ruined reputation.

@uwu- 2 жыл бұрын

@@RetroJack true, but I'm sure the man's got enough money to laugh it off

@RetroJack 2 жыл бұрын

@@uwu- I wonder what his lawyers and victim comp cost.

@tacticalwarfare8413 3 жыл бұрын

Im 28 years old im still watching this secretly because other people just dont understand that watching cartoons as an adult is normal

@kensethp12345 3 жыл бұрын

The Simpsons is by far the greatest show ever to be grown up with.

@I_WANT_MY_SLAW 3 жыл бұрын

No it isn't. The show hasn't been good in 20 years.

@etparadise7277 3 жыл бұрын

Family guy baby 🔥

@kensethp12345 3 жыл бұрын

@@etparadise7277 that's second on my list only cause I grew up with Simpsons from a small child. Family guy started for me in my teens.

@arandomguywithagreenprofil5075 3 жыл бұрын

It is for adults not kids

@jcurran01 3 жыл бұрын

@@I_WANT_MY_SLAW - well most of us have already grown up, lol

@jessetorres8738 3 жыл бұрын

It's weird to think that Ronald Reagan was the oldest President and Joe Biden was in the Senate when The Simpsons started and now Joe Biden is the oldest President over 30 years later with the series still going on.

@I_WANT_MY_SLAW 3 жыл бұрын

No it really isn't.

@tonyjohnson3717 3 жыл бұрын

It just means we need to stop voting in old people.

@JohnWick-vh2qy 3 жыл бұрын

Fake puppet president

@insertname7397 3 жыл бұрын

@@I_WANT_MY_SLAW Yes it is lmao

@purefoldnz3070 3 жыл бұрын

@@JohnWick-vh2qy opposed to a real puppet president?

@elitheguy1720 3 жыл бұрын

The simpsons is my favorite show ever, no matter how "mediocre" it is now, the show overall is fantastic I still like the show tbh but most people don't

@DKDiva804 2 жыл бұрын

The funny thing is compared to everything else currently on air simpsons is far from mediocre. It was the best thing on tv then and its the best thing now. Hold modern episodes up to the earlier ones of course it won't be as good, but Tv in general has declined not just the simpsons.

@kuromifytheworld008 2 жыл бұрын

kinda thought I was the only one…

@babydoll3216 2 жыл бұрын

Love them to .

@purplepaypalperson5447 2 жыл бұрын

Wow! I’m glad someone agrees with me. Although I do think that there are pros and cons to the new and old episodes, i still think the show realy holds up. And you gotta hand it to them, after 30 years of episodes of course its gonna be mediocre at times, but i still think its truly great.

@6012reasol 2 жыл бұрын

ive heard the new season is actually good

@FaxiDerp 3 жыл бұрын

It kinda baffles me that money was an issue to scale up to HD in 2009. Like you would think, after been on the air for 20 years being one of the biggest cartoons money wouldnt be a problem. We're talking about The Simpsons, which is sold to literally every country in the world.. Dunno, seems weird to me.

@RyanMooreMelb 3 жыл бұрын

It's probably their adherence to budgets that has enabled them to last 30 years.

@stussysinglet 3 жыл бұрын

I thought it was weird too... I guess each episode cost a lot of money to make and they prob only make a fraction of what they made decades ago from the show

@AbbyHaffizi 2 жыл бұрын

Maybe the HD are expensive bc they need to redraw all thing and object

@shaunsteele8244 2 жыл бұрын

the people with the most money are always the stingiest with it

@misterbig9025 3 жыл бұрын

0:16 Maggie costs $486.52 now compared to $847.63 in the past!

@TpoapAnimatesYT 2 ай бұрын

Thats a nice detail inflation

@mechajay3358 3 жыл бұрын

The animation for the Modern Simpsons, while clean and clear, loses the charm the early seasons had, specifically with the animation feeling robotic at times

@stussysinglet 3 жыл бұрын

The 2nd to 7th season of the Simpsons was the best sitcom/ television show of all time … it is a pity the storylines and humour radically changed declined after this…

@steamedclams5689 2 жыл бұрын

2-8 more like, season 9 was when the show became crap (minus the first episode).

@shaunsteele8244 2 жыл бұрын

like most shows in the 21st century they just became Democrat propaganda

@haliaeetus8221 Жыл бұрын

Did the writers change much at that time or what/who could be the reason?

@PiglipsMaximus Жыл бұрын

Yeah true

@nikeneon3188 Жыл бұрын

@@haliaeetus8221 Pretty much. Simpsons always have team of writers (around 12-15 people) who works on the show at the same time. Like half of that writers left show (amd were replaced by new unfortunately less talented writers) in 7 season, when storyline became less grounded, more absurd and ratings slowly beggin to drop, by the season 9 only 3 of classic writers remain

@ben6232 3 жыл бұрын

This is a really in-depth and well rounded video. I enjoyed it!

@adrees 3 жыл бұрын

Wow such a lovely and comprehensive coverage of the Simpson’s animation evolution. I love it and I love the show!

@user-pattt 3 жыл бұрын

7:06 this was my favourite style.

@olracroma1670 3 жыл бұрын

True. And why does sangwoo look different on your pfp?👁👄👁

@bossshrek1241 3 жыл бұрын

@@olracroma1670 who tf is sangwoo

@olracroma1670 3 жыл бұрын

@@bossshrek1241 he's from killing stalking. It's manhwa.💅

@bossshrek1241 3 жыл бұрын

@@olracroma1670 I hate anime

@skilleri3218 3 жыл бұрын

@@bossshrek1241 good for you

@omato2288 3 жыл бұрын

I miss when there was low quality and good animation.

@leeyli 2 жыл бұрын

i watched a video about that a few weeks ago

@southernchoker 3 жыл бұрын

When he said confused bird look that's exactly how I always felt it was

@elmono6299 3 жыл бұрын

90's Simpsons (seasons 1-10) will always be the best! 📿🍩🛹🎷👶

@Ganiscol 3 жыл бұрын

So much so, the show ended for me after season 10.

@capatani1152 3 жыл бұрын

Season 1-8 is perfection after that it's a hollow shell of itself

@Been.Here.Since.2007 3 жыл бұрын

Agreed

@maxhammer4067 3 жыл бұрын

I go to season 9 then its well and truly over

@lander77477 3 жыл бұрын

Yes and I will only watch those episodes on an old CRT tv I have. Old episodes look super weird on disney plus, with the tops and bottoms of the images cropped out

@sergicalcantara 3 жыл бұрын

The Simpson’s has to be the greatest animated show of all time. I’m currently on season 29 on Disney plus. I could rewatch every episode, and it’ll be like if it was my first time watching it like I was 8 again. It will always be my favorite animated show. I’m glad it’s still around. 👌🏼

@randysamady 2 жыл бұрын

@TheDeformedEevee 2 жыл бұрын

Finally, someone who actually watches the new seasons instead of taking one look and shoving it in the corner

@fireaza 2 жыл бұрын

1:42 Considering the show first aired in 1987, an era when digital ink and paint was still VERY experimental (Disney didn't fully adopt it until 1990) I'd say the use of cel animation was less of a conscious style decision, and more of a "this is pretty much the only option we have" situation.

@Themerchantfrom1020 3 жыл бұрын

0:06 with all due respect that is the second title sequence to the Simpsons

@gachaakiememes3255 2 жыл бұрын

Then she showed the 3rd intro

@acdh2971 6 ай бұрын

@@gachaakiememes3255 that's the 4th or 5th counting music changes

@VolcanoEarth 3 жыл бұрын

I like seeing how the animation improved over the years. I wish same could be said for some of the writing. Many sharks have been jumped in the last 25 years.

@RobloxzGamerz 2 жыл бұрын

Not the animation the visuals

@mandyb5167 3 жыл бұрын

The original are legitimately terrifying.

@purefoldnz3070 3 жыл бұрын

its terrifying how long this show has been going for. Put it out of its misery already.

@BJ-zd2or 3 жыл бұрын

I like the original, its meaningful

@Maximus20778 3 жыл бұрын

@@purefoldnz3070 nah

@bratwurst19 2 жыл бұрын

@@Maximus20778 super nah

@elizabethjohnson6386 2 жыл бұрын

Those shorts are cursed

@BoeingOfficial 3 жыл бұрын

It seems like it gets worse every year despite how long it’s been

@NoOneHere2Day 3 жыл бұрын

Can't believe I was eight when this show first premiered.

@charles67198 2 жыл бұрын

This is so crazy. I used to have a "how to draw the Simpsons" book from the nineties, that laid all this out in more detail. I remember entire pages dedicated to how many spikes to put in Bart ant Lisa's hair. So much mastalgia here!

@Nekotaku_TV 6 ай бұрын

Mastalgia haha?

@pavan_kumar556 3 жыл бұрын

Is it just or anybody just touched this videos notification redirected to a video about friends.

@GortonIma 3 жыл бұрын

Very interesting that they weren't given any (or very little) budget to redo the title sequence.

@lewiyoutube 3 жыл бұрын

0:02 me donating to my favorite streamer

@shadowgb 2 жыл бұрын

This was fantastic to watch. As a student and practitioner of traditional animation I loved seeing these behind the scenes aspects.

@TylerSinden 3 жыл бұрын

It's amazing that this is still going!

@Nauseousrap 3 жыл бұрын

that outro was beautiful

@fillerandblankspace 2 жыл бұрын

8:00 Found peter

@joe123452 3 жыл бұрын

Hey anyone know where i can find the full versions of those interviews with David Silverman and Al Jean please?

@JeremiahDoctsonFitness 3 жыл бұрын

Holy crap what an incredible video

@DimaShortPlay 3 жыл бұрын

Truly, an insider's video. So many technical insides. Love it

@arisu9085 2 жыл бұрын

Ya know, even though the simpsons might have lost a lot of fluidity and that "human touch" feel to it in the later seasons, it is admirable how they reinvented themselves when dealing with camera movement, scene planning, attention to detail etc. I do think it was an improvement, unfortunately it came without the most substantial thing about the show like the storyline and jokes

@woblerwhablo3161 2 жыл бұрын

Season 7 was sooo good, especially the Halloween special! Definitely my favourite ep. Nice video btw, learnt a lot I didn't know about the Simpsons.

@slimeyvids7304 3 жыл бұрын

4:41 that was satisfying

@wendellswendell2001 3 жыл бұрын

I'm 31 years old and still watch the show everyday. I grew up with them!

@Ezinma88 Жыл бұрын

Loved this video. Exactly what I was searching for.

@brownc7986 3 жыл бұрын

I grew up on the Simpson’s! My older brother would watch it at 6 after the news and dinner and I’d sneak in to watch too from the age of 4 until now! 1990-2021 for me and of course I went back and watched the original episodes and shorts! Literally the best series on TV

@coolioadi 3 жыл бұрын

A very nice case study of my favourite show of all time. Good Job team Insider!

@TheVision-gd7np 3 жыл бұрын

Can't wait for Season 100

@hdgavin4192 3 жыл бұрын

Yup

@pupsenlalupsen7483 3 жыл бұрын

@@Zramy no it’s not. It’s still as popular as it was

@casvandijck9338 2 жыл бұрын

You'd better get accidentally trapped in a cryo-chamber, then you won't have to wait.

@ICDedPeplArisen 2 жыл бұрын

I like how I can roughly tell how old the episode is based on the style and quality of the writing! Oh and the animation too

@o_o5578 3 жыл бұрын

The first season has some beautiful animation!

@fatmario8244 3 жыл бұрын

I like the 90’s and early 00’s Simpsons, nostalgia. I also like the super modern episodes with extra movements and shadows.

@gebibaboy5212 3 жыл бұрын

No matter how bad it is, I still love it

@rawburtmartinez 2 жыл бұрын

I love the background music. I want a library of all if it

@eliseoramos397 2 жыл бұрын

So thorough!

@casedistorted 3 жыл бұрын

I appreciate that the show is still going today as I grew up watching it, but the best seasons were when I was a kid. The shows all but dead now in terms of quality comedy and content. I haven’t watched the show in probably 10 years, but I’ll go back to the old classic episodes and watch those. God I miss watching those on TV with the family during dinner.

@thadonmel5352 3 жыл бұрын

It kills me when people say how bad simpsons is now but admit to not having watched in years ...makes 0 sense

@pammajidy9487 2 жыл бұрын

impressed by the cast and crew as always

@aleksandars9254 3 жыл бұрын

Did he really said "we had no money" for the new intro...LoL

@Merin6908 3 жыл бұрын

insider has its own channels for its own content, i like how organized that is

@lara_xy 3 жыл бұрын

I know it's silly, but I love watching this show over and over again because it has such nostalgia attached

@demonreturns4336 2 жыл бұрын

Why and how exactly is that even close to being silly?

@haise8810 2 жыл бұрын

Same

@ThatCarEnthuZiastBrittany 3 жыл бұрын

The oldies are still the goodies in my opinion! ❤️😊

@telengardforever7783 2 жыл бұрын

The Simpsons was the first and last show my family watched together in the early 1990's. It's strange to think it's still going on considering I think I last saw it in 1995.

@mattyoung4336 2 жыл бұрын

This is actually a topic I've been curious about for ages! Thanks for the interesting upload Insiders :D

@Oscardtt 3 жыл бұрын

i just wish my television station back then air The Simpsons so i know the show well since i was kid

@baltimore-maryland2347 3 жыл бұрын

Can't wait for season 33

@BaronKsatria 2 жыл бұрын

Glad I found this, I just started re-watching the whole episode recently. I am on Season 4 now. Last time I do this was in 2012.

@god6105 3 жыл бұрын

I still have the old dvds and I just watched the hd ones and wow do they look beautiful

@territ0ryX 2 жыл бұрын

THEY PUT IN SO MUCH HARD WORK TO BRING US THIS ART, I LOVE THE TEAM UP THERE, THANK YOU FOR AT LEAST 20 YEARS OF AWESOME MEMORIES

@OfficialRetroCoin 3 жыл бұрын

Too bad the writing quality didn't improve with the animation.

@kingsavagebruh147 3 жыл бұрын

To bad you are blind

@dorkle9085 3 жыл бұрын

@@kingsavagebruh147 I'm so sorry buddy, but at least you can hear huh? The birds chirping, the leaves rustling, your parents calling you downstairs for pie. Don't be sad, enjoy the things you have :)

@doiexist7293 3 жыл бұрын

@@dorkle9085 what if there deaf...? And there orphans...

@cheetopuffs2580 3 жыл бұрын

How can someone become better then perfect

@Digital_Ghost_ 2 жыл бұрын

@@dorkle9085 "your parents calling you downstairs for pie" 😂

@officialkirbyfan6899 Ай бұрын

It is scary that the animation we see in the most recent episodes of the show is getting to the point where they are comparable to the movie's animation!

@RocktheProject Ай бұрын

This is extremely fascinating, thank you!

@odiug95 3 жыл бұрын

Scripts aside, which is the thing that's currently failing in The Simpsons, it's nice to see that they're constantly improving and fixing their "look". I must say though, I digged the color pallete of the older episodes, with those jarring, extreme colors and kinda flat backgrounds with straight geometry and kinda empty spaces. It gave everything a slight uncanny feeling. Specially the night shots with used those deep purples and blues. It's an iconic look.

@kaitlyn__L Жыл бұрын

Yeah the colour theory in the early seasons was really strong. Heightened, yes, but very strong.

@danchase5905 3 жыл бұрын

looks great, wish they could invest time into some *good story lines*

@wissamalhashemi5548 2 жыл бұрын

Congratulations on releasing this video, it's top-notch for sure

@KuKKuDu 3 жыл бұрын

8:01 that's one big cell Peter

@tgj42495 3 жыл бұрын

I feel like I’ve seen different renditions of this video/ concept like 5 times over the years.

@GeekHour 2 жыл бұрын

The only reason the Simpsons is still on is because its still a cash cow overseas. They don't care about impressing anyone in the U.S. anymore.

@nonabeanyt Ай бұрын

4:41 bro I love how it went in sync

@GLinklater 2 жыл бұрын

This 14:32 video is entertainingly educational. The history of animation of The Simpsons was presented complete with interviews of the key people. This video is a nice piece of work.

@chefboybleutheemillennialc1076 3 жыл бұрын

Growing up we use to eat dinner as a family and watch The Simpsons together ❤️😩

@rogerstalder7184 2 жыл бұрын

8:00 Love this one :)) there is even a early drawn Homer rofl

@donog1309 3 жыл бұрын

DannChap you could not have said that any more amazing

3 жыл бұрын

2:03 The Simpsons predicted face shields

@aBetterMove 3 жыл бұрын

Also distancing: 'the feast of maximum occupancy' - but if something runs for long enough you will eventually find many coincidences since humans love to spot patterns in things.

@bryan_a99 3 жыл бұрын

Anyone know the name to that amazing outro song?

@ax2781 2 жыл бұрын

HAVE YOU FOUND IT YET?

@mateullahamiri2832 Жыл бұрын

Unbelievable, it is hard to believe that there was that much of hard work, art and geniuses behind The Simpsons. These people must have really proud of their selves for what they have been doing. I wish one day I also become a useful person like these people. My God, running this series like this is like running a whole world of yours. To be short I really admire this masterpiece, THANK YOU A LOT ❤️ ❤️ ❤️ ❤️

@tl5957 2 жыл бұрын

That ending Outro with Hommer waving goodbye to his mom got me... 😞

@salvation7362 3 жыл бұрын

They keep saying "there was no money"... That franchise makes a ridiculous amount of money every year from ads, games, toys and other merch. If the Simpsons didn't make mega bucks they wouldn't have continued to make it for the past 30+ years.

@bgashi94 3 жыл бұрын

I wouldn’t be surprised if very little of that money went to the actual animation team though. Cutting corners maximizes profits

@icecreamhero2375 3 жыл бұрын

Fox wouldn't give them money. Most of the money goes to Fox. Take it up with the higher ups.

@zeox7884 3 жыл бұрын

Its amazing that the episodes never stop after all these years

@panjokeraraya4115 Ай бұрын

The Simpsons in their beginnings had a visual aesthetic that was very consistent with their satirical personality, which for the time was transgressive and daring, now yes, the animation is cleaner but by improving the illustration they forgot to preserve the grace and essence of the characters, I still see them but only until season 10