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    The Simpsons is an animated sitcom about the antics of a dysfunctional family called the Simpsons. Homer is an unhealthy beer loving father, Marge is the hardworking homemaker wife, Bart is the ten year old underachiever, Lisa is the unappreciated eight year old genius, and Maggie is the cute, pacifier loving, silent infant. The Simpsons is the ultimate nuclear family - a social unit composed of two parents and one or more children. The Simpsons is a television show that displays great examples of

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    looks at woman’s role. One of Brooks most long lasting and most popular television shows, “The Simpsons,” is and award winning and depicts an atypical family struggling with a pleather of wacky characters and a slightly dysfunctional family, the Simpsons, that must deal with these conflicts. It has hosted multiple episodes deal with a variety of relevant social issues (The Simpsons). Over the years the Simpsons have tackled issues and deconstructed stereotypes of environmental awareness, family issues

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    that exist now bring forth that children’s TV-viewing time is increasing (Vaala & Hornik, 2014). For these reasons, coupled with the questions laid down in the paper, I watched one episode each of Dora the Explorer, SpongeBob SquarePants, and The Simpsons. (What is there about each type of program that would appeal to preschoolers?) For the Dora the Explorer

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    Simpsons and Philosophy

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    On Nietzsche and the Virtues of Being Bad, Mark T. Conard shows us why people believe Bart Simpson is similar to a philosophical theorist named Friedrich Nietzsche. Bart being the bad boy of the Simpson's and Nietzsche being the bad boy of Philosophy. Conard says that Bart does not take on the chaos like Nietzsche says but he is just an empty being of bad actions. This argument is ridiculous; Bart Simpson is as creative as creative gets. In this chapter, Conard is first shows us how people consider

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    Twenty two years ago, football star, O.J. Simpson, was put on trial for the murders of his ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson and Ron Goldman. Despite the fact that he was found not guilty, some still believe he is guilty of these murders. The evidence from the trial, however, proves that O.J. Simpson is innocent and did not kill Nicole Brown Simpson and Ron Goldman. O.J. Simpson was born in 1947 in San Francisco, California. "He became a college football star at USC, winning the Heisman Trophy in 1968

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    Madison Mac Kinnon Mr. Aerni English III 17 May 2015 Simpsons Semiotics The Simpsons is not just another animated television show, it is the animated television show. Never has a North American cartoon had such an impact on daily living then The Simpsons. The Simpsons is now credited as the longest runnning american show, with 384 episodes forming eighteen seasons. It’s longvity has not gone unnoticed either. The Simpsons has won many awards and had this year received its 9th Emmy Award for best

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    Humor in The Simpsons I and many other millions of people across the world believe that The Simpson’s is the best programme on television because it is funny in more ways then one. The Simpson’s uses the family lifestyle that many American TV shows have used over past (e.g. The Adam’s family, The Flintstones) but The Simpson’s has proved it is a lot more popular because it uses many more different forms of comedy which work with people from all ages. Slapstick

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    no further than Matt Groening’s classic The Simpsons, or the more recent twist Family Guy created by Seth Macfarlane. The Simpsons and Family Guy are American comical cartoons that share many similarities and differences. Although the two shows portray a dysfunctional American family and have a similar way of delivering humor, they both contrast in their targeted audience and characters. The first and most noticeable resemblance is that The Simpsons and Family Guy’s humor can be indistinguishable

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    Comparison Between The Simpsons and Futurama The word genre can be used to describe several things such as books, films and television programmes. It means the theme of the book, e.t.c. and in the case of a film or programme means either horror, thriller, comedy, romantic. It is important that a programme or film makes clear what genre it is. For example, a horror should make you cower in fear and a thriller should keep you on the edge of your seat. In the case of a

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    anyway.” (Simpson). “On June 13, 1994, Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman were found murdered outside Brown 's Bundy Drive condo in the Brentwood area of Los Angeles. Evidence found and collected at the scene led police to suspect that Simpson was the murderer.” (Ferrell). O.J. Simpson was as charming and deceiving as they come. A true famous figure in the public’s eye has to be calm and collective; however, O.J.’s subconscious came out more throughout his marriage with Nicole Brown Simpson. “You

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