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Nicky91 14-10-2020 09:18 AM

The Simpsons give 50 reasons not to reelect donald trump in next halloween episode
 




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They've never been afraid to take shots at celebrities, politicians, or even their own TV network.

And The Simpsons take aim at US President Donald Trump in their upcoming annual Treehouse of Horror anthology episode, which generally air around Halloween.

In the clip, obtained by Variety, the revered animated series listed 50 reasons not to reelect the sitting President.

In the episode, set to air on October 18, Homer Simpson arrives at a polling station ready to make decisions on all the smaller races, from propositions to judges.

However when it comes to voting for president, he calls the decision 'a stumper'.

It's then that daughter Lisa enters the polling booth, demanding, 'You're hesitating over President? By all that is decent, how can you forget everything that's happened the last four years?'

However, the only scandal Homer can conjure to mind is Faye Dunaway's infamous 2018 Oscar flub.

'Not sure what you're talking about, admits Homer, before Trump's many scandals and indiscretions scroll up the screen.

Among them are 'Put children in cages' and 'Called Tim Cook "Tim Apple"'.

'Talked about grabbing *****', 'Lied about the size of his inauguration' and 'Refused to release tax returns' are also included, as are the fact the billionaire 'Paid $750 in taxes' one year.

It concludes with the point that 'We haven't even said the worst one'.

The Simpsons is currently in its 32nd record breaking season, while this will be the 31st Treehouse of Horror Halloween special episode.
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Gstar 14-10-2020 09:32 AM

:clap1:

UserSince2005 14-10-2020 09:33 AM

desperate.

Did the media not learn their lesson last time around?
Try to tell us who to vote for and we don't like it.

Nicky91 14-10-2020 09:35 AM

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Originally Posted by UserSince2005 (Post 10933488)
desperate.

Did the media not learn their lesson last time around?
Try to tell us who to vote for and we don't like it.

well the media tries to find good reasons to vote for Trump, but they can't find anything good about him :joker:

Oliver_W 14-10-2020 11:05 AM

Sounds a bit cringey, but whatever, it's their cartoon.

bots 14-10-2020 11:32 AM

does anyone still watch the Simpsons?

Oliver_W 14-10-2020 11:35 AM

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Originally Posted by bitontheslide (Post 10933578)
does anyone still watch the Simpsons?

I'm sure they'll get a boost to be told "don't vote for him as he didn't end the cagings that Obama started, and a bunch of crap which doesn't directly relate to his policies or presidency" :rolleyes:

Epic. 14-10-2020 11:59 AM

I'm not even a Trump supporter, but this once again highlights how dumbfoundedly awful The Simpsons has grown into in recent years. It was already proven in 2016 that whenever the media blatantly encouraged anti-Trump vendetta, it caused that to be one reason he was elected in protest by people of being sick of being told what to vote for, and this show was one of the examples that caused it, clearly learning nothing now. The Simpsons is meant to just entertain and humour people, it's not supposed to be a political vacuum of bias. In fact, there were almost no jokes in this anti-Trump promo by them, so it doesn't even feel remotely like the show really :skull:. And in the past when it has ventured into politics, as far as the classic era of the show goes at least, it kept things impartial and made fun of everything to therefore appeal to everyone.

Mess and it's supposed to be a Treehouse of Horror halloween episode, is the joke supposed to be that Trump's presidency is "scary"? It's just so preachy and transparent, and ultimately won't do anything to stop people voting Trump.

Dogeatdog 14-10-2020 12:06 PM

Haven’t watched The Simpson’s for years. I’ve seen clips of the South Park Pandemic Special and that looks pretty funny.


arista 14-10-2020 12:09 PM

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Originally Posted by Nicky91 (Post 10933477)




Yes its like Propaganda

Epic. 14-10-2020 12:16 PM

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Originally Posted by Dogeatdog (Post 10933604)
Haven’t watched The Simpson’s for years. I’ve seen clips of the South Park Pandemic Special and that looks pretty funny.


A better example of a long-running animated sitcom that's remained fresh in its satire all these years later :clap1:.

Clearly an anti-Trump show but they're at least going about it a more intelligent and sharp way in the episodes

Dogeatdog 14-10-2020 12:28 PM

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Originally Posted by Epic. (Post 10933614)
A better example of a long-running animated sitcom that's remained fresh in its satire all these years later :clap1:.

Clearly an anti-Trump show but they're at least going about it a more intelligent and sharp way in the episodes

I want one of those stick things for when I return to work :laugh:

Tom4784 14-10-2020 01:18 PM

The Trump cult will be triggered as hell but no one else will care either way.

Shaun 14-10-2020 01:39 PM

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Originally Posted by Epic. (Post 10933596)
I'm not even a Trump supporter, but this once again highlights how dumbfoundedly awful The Simpsons has grown into in recent years. It was already proven in 2016 that whenever the media blatantly encouraged anti-Trump vendetta, it caused that to be one reason he was elected in protest by people of being sick of being told what to vote for, and this show was one of the examples that caused it, clearly learning nothing now. The Simpsons is meant to just entertain and humour people, it's not supposed to be a political vacuum of bias. In fact, there were almost no jokes in this anti-Trump promo by them, so it doesn't even feel remotely like the show really :skull:. And in the past when it has ventured into politics, as far as the classic era of the show goes at least, it kept things impartial and made fun of everything to therefore appeal to everyone.

Mess and it's supposed to be a Treehouse of Horror halloween episode, is the joke supposed to be that Trump's presidency is "scary"? It's just so preachy and transparent, and ultimately won't do anything to stop people voting Trump.

Given the vast wealth of the main cast it really wouldn't surprise me if half of them were Trump voters anyway. At the very best, they are Clintonite Democrats that don't give a **** about working class people or social responsibility.

Nicky91 14-10-2020 01:51 PM

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Originally Posted by Epic. (Post 10933596)
I'm not even a Trump supporter, but this once again highlights how dumbfoundedly awful The Simpsons has grown into in recent years. It was already proven in 2016 that whenever the media blatantly encouraged anti-Trump vendetta, it caused that to be one reason he was elected in protest by people of being sick of being told what to vote for, and this show was one of the examples that caused it, clearly learning nothing now. The Simpsons is meant to just entertain and humour people, it's not supposed to be a political vacuum of bias. In fact, there were almost no jokes in this anti-Trump promo by them, so it doesn't even feel remotely like the show really :skull:. And in the past when it has ventured into politics, as far as the classic era of the show goes at least, it kept things impartial and made fun of everything to therefore appeal to everyone.

Mess and it's supposed to be a Treehouse of Horror halloween episode, is the joke supposed to be that Trump's presidency is "scary"? It's just so preachy and transparent, and ultimately won't do anything to stop people voting Trump.

because it is, having Trump as president will eventually completely destroy America

Epic. 14-10-2020 01:56 PM

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Originally Posted by Nicky91 (Post 10933680)
because it is, having Trump as president will eventually completely destroy America

But where's the comedy in that? Why should that be used as a Simpsons joke?

Epic. 14-10-2020 01:57 PM

I'd also like to add that in the video's 50 reasons diatribe, one of the points are on Manchester, embarrassingly misspelling it as... "Machester" :skull:

GoldHeart 18-10-2020 04:11 AM

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Originally Posted by UserSince2005 (Post 10933488)
desperate.

Did the media not learn their lesson last time around?
Try to tell us who to vote for and we don't like it.

Well either way the orange prck is getting in again so it doesn't really matter :notimpressed:

Mystic Mock 18-10-2020 06:18 AM

There's only 50?:shocked:

Oliver_W 18-10-2020 08:57 AM

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Originally Posted by Mystic Mock (Post 10935503)
There's only 50?:shocked:

There's actually only one reason not to vote for him:

Spoiler:

You don't want to

user104658 19-10-2020 07:19 AM

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Originally Posted by Oliver_W (Post 10935532)
There's actually only one reason not to vote for him:



Spoiler:

You don't want to

Sure but "50 reasons you might reconsider wanting to vote for Trump" is a bit longwinded.

Oliver_W 19-10-2020 11:56 AM

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Originally Posted by Toy Soldier (Post 10935941)
Sure but "50 reasons you might reconsider wanting to vote for Trump" is a bit longwinded.

Meh. Presidentially he's no worse than anyone else. The "kids in cages" thing is a carryover from Obama's presidency, and most of the other things aren't really related to how he's been running the country.

user104658 19-10-2020 12:01 PM

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Originally Posted by Oliver_W (Post 10936041)
Meh. Presidentially he's no worse than anyone else. The "kids in cages" thing is a carryover from Obama's presidency, and most of the other things aren't really related to how he's been running the country.

I'd argue that it's not as simple as actual policy decisions when weighing up how dangerous he is in a position of power. Just being there as a figurehead emboldens a certain demographic to action and exacerbates America's deeply-embedded divisions in very unproductive ways.

In short, his very presence in that position of power legitimizes trolling and anti-intellectualism and THAT is doing a lot of damage.

The Slim Reaper 19-10-2020 12:10 PM

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Originally Posted by Oliver_W (Post 10936041)
Meh. Presidentially he's no worse than anyone else. The "kids in cages" thing is a carryover from Obama's presidency, and most of the other things aren't really related to how he's been running the country.

It's not a carry over from obama - it's a bastardisation of the Obama policy which was designed to protect against trafficking.

He ignored warnings from his own intel to take the words of dictators, including not even challenging Russia about putting bounties on US troops. The DoJ is supposed to be America's protection, but they've ended up as his own personal lawyers, defending him in court. He's had more of his staff indicted than any president in history, including Nixon.

He's consistently put his re-election and business interests ahead of the US interests, and that just to mention a few of the illegal things he's done. It's crazy to suggest he's no different from the others.

Oliver_W 19-10-2020 12:13 PM

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Originally Posted by Toy Soldier (Post 10936045)
I'd argue that it's not as simple as actual policy decisions when weighing up how dangerous he is in a position of power. Just being there as a figurehead emboldens a certain demographic to action and exacerbates America's deeply-embedded divisions in very unproductive ways.

In short, his very presence in that position of power legitimizes trolling and anti-intellectualism and THAT is doing a lot of damage.

That's fair. I wish anti-Trumpers would come up with stuff like that more often, instead of calling him a long list of adjectives and "Cheeto Hitler". I guess that's an example of the anti-intellectualism he begets :joker:

I'm neither pro nor anti, I don't really care either way tbh. It'd be just as annoying if a list of reasons to reelect him included "he had a cameo in Home Alone" and "he's LITERALLY making America great!!!111"


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