Daily post 25 Jul 2007 08:05 am
tv Cartoons
Thanks to Tom Hachtman for this drawing, “Simpsons and extended family celebrate.”)
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- Now that the Harry Potter book is on the market the press seems to have turned to The Simpsons. If you like reading about the show/movie, the PR is flowing, and the articles are out there. Here are some local, NY papers so far:
- The NY Daily News has one by Joe Strike about the return of cel animation.- They have another by Ethan Sacks about the Simpsons going Hollywood.
- I’ve already pointed to the NYTimes‘ brief interview with Matt Groening.
- A *** star sort-of-review today by Kyle Smith in the NY Post.
- The NYPost has a different twist: an article about Hans Zimmer’s score for the feature film. (The surprise to me is that they didn’t work with Alf Clausen who has done such a brilliant job on the tv show for many years.)
- The Post has another, more generic PR article about the show. (One expects this from the paper that’s the sister organ of FOX TV.)
- Finally, they have another about the history of the show also by Reed Tucker.
- Newsday has a long article by John Andersen that tries to cover it all. The primary focus seems to be cultural references in the movie. Promo Promo Promo.
- And, of course, now that The Simpsons Movie is about to open, we get to hear about a feature version of The Family Guy. Who says 2D animation is dead?
– Then, if you’ve had enough of The Simpsons, at this point prior to the opening this Friday, and are looking for other TV animation that’s noticeably different, there’s Rick & Steve, the Happiest Gay Couple In The World on Logo (the all gay cable network).
The NY Times, yesterday, had a review that made it sound interesting enough, though the claims that this is the L&G South Park seems unfounded, according to the review. The show contains “robotic and stop motion animation” (as described by the NY Times review.)
Logo also has other animation to offer. If you go to their site there are numerous clips available.
