As much as Internet know-it-alls like to talk about "The Simpsons'" long decline into irrelevance, the show has gotten back some of its long-lost edge this season, and no moment captures that better than the opening credits designed by graffiti artist Banksy. Back in October, the New York Times interviewed executive producer Al Jean, who explained how it went down:
I saw the film Banksy directed, “Exit Through the Gift Shop,” and I thought, oh, we should see if he would do a main title for the show, a couch gag. So I asked Bonnie Pietila, our casting director, if she could locate him, because she had previously located people like Thomas Pynchon. And she did it through the producers of that film. We didn’t have any agenda. We said, “We’d like to see if you would do a couch gag.” So he sent back boards for pretty much what you saw.
Now, for the first time, Banksy has published the storyboard. You can check it out on his website... OR!!! Or you can click through for a slide show of the panels (click on them for larger versions). Sorry, but Uproxx won't pay me unless I give you an occasional dose of multi-pagers. C'mon, gimme the clicks. Daddy's gotta eat.
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Sound sync is way off on that vid.
I clicked through here and on my phone- you’re welcome. Now go buy yourself some Cuttysark and menthol cigarettes.
Sorry, esseque. The original YouTube got pulled, and the Hulu player is no longer available, so I went with the best picture quality available. Perhaps you want to find me something better? Or shall I log your complaints with the others?
Hang on, man. Stating a fact isn’t a criticism of your work.
You’re right. I apologize.
We’re good.
I sometimes forget that your comments have Asperger’s.
How exactly does the multipaging generate money? *Types same into google, hits first suggestion. Nope, none the wiser*
I can’t wait til Family Guy does the same thing in five months.
@AEVC – To my understanding, ad rates/revenues are based on page loads, so each slide counts as a page load.
Also, I clicked through all nine (for the record, I couldn’t care less about that, you gotta make a living too), is it too much to ask for some tits now though?
What ads? *clicks on everything anyway*.
I have no idea who Banksy is but Mo’s gay bar was a pretty funny episode.
Problem is enrico, how many times have they done that plotline?
2, 3 times? oh look, Moe redid the bar… off the top of my head I can remember the Flaming Moe.
@donturrccio, don’t forget when Moe turned his bar into a family themed restaurant called “Moe’s Family Feed Bag” and when he turned into an upsclae bar and renamed it “m”.
*upscale
Moe also turned it into a trendy bar…kind of like a gay bar, but without the ecstasy and butt sex.
Bansky sounds like a Seinfeld villain.
….So…. where can I purchase a severed dolphin head licking tool?
To be fair they acknowledged the storyline was a bit of a retread, showing pictures in the episode of Moe’s as M, Uncle Moe’s Family Feedbag, Flaming Moe’s, and the shitty one where Marge helps him turn it into a pub. Overall i thought the episode was decent for a newer one.
I second everything Fat Troy said.
You’re welcome.
Menace… I thought that was a tape gun and I want one. Also, Moe makes fun of the idea of re-doing the bar, and lists off all the times it’s been done. When a show had been on as long as the Simpsons we are bound to see variations of storylines. As much hate as the Simpsons get nowadays, I still have yet to watch an episode where I don’t laugh out loud a few times.