Is it the top of the highway for “The Simpsons”?
Not fairly: The hit animated sequence aired its “last episode” on Sunday night time, however in fact, it was a meta-way to begin the Season 36 premiere.
Titled “Bart’s Birthday” and introduced as a “Fox particular presentation,” the episode kicked off with animated celebrities proven rolling into the “Dolby-Mucinex Theater” for the event, hosted by Conan O’Brien.
“It is such an honor to be with you all for the sequence finale of ‘The Simpsons,'” O’Brien says to the onlooking crowd, flanked with animated variations of stars who’ve appeared on the sequence, together with Seth Rogen and Mr. T. “I knew I used to be the fitting man for the job as a result of I’ve hosted the final episode of three of my very own reveals, and counting.”
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He continued: “Effectively, it is true. Fox has determined to finish the Simpsons.”
O’Brien then continues the fake obituary for the legendary Fox sitcom.
“Not many individuals know this, however Fox has been making an attempt to finish it for years,” O’Brien’s character says. “When the very first episode aired in 1989, the viewers agreed on one factor: It wasn’t as humorous because it was. Fox executives, unaccustomed to criticism of any type, instantly caved to public strain and determined to finish ‘The Simpsons’ in 1990.”
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O’Brien’s character aired clips from what he says have been unaired sequence finale makes an attempt earlier than presenting the “last” episode, which was created utilizing synthetic intelligence and contains a number of dramatic makes an attempt to wrap up the present’s storyline, together with Moe’s shutting down and Mr. Burns dying.
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By the top of the episode, Bart turns into self-aware and realizes his birthday means he’ll flip 11. (Bart has been 10 years outdated because the sequence started.) He refuses, resulting in Homer strangling him and the present glitching and resetting. With every thing then again to regular, the “sequence finale” is now not.
“The Simpsons” stays America’s longest-running animated sequence, sitcom and scripted primetime tv sequence. The primary episode aired Jan. 14, 1990.
Although the sequence will not be as fashionable because it was in its heyday within the Nineteen Nineties, the present continues to be recognized for its generally uncanny means of predicting the longer term, no less than in keeping with followers.