Like No Business I Know
- Thread starter John Fredrick Parker
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I'm sorry, my phrasing there was ambiguous. I'm banking that Clooney will become the Governor of California, and then the 2008 Democratic nominee for President, ITTL. Thanks for pointing that out; I'll clarify that right away. As for why I really don't like (hate is such a strong word, especially for someone as inconsequential as) Clooney, you're actually not the first person to ask. All I can tell you is that he rubs me the wrong way. Smooth and smarmy, like an exceptionally well-groomed used-car salesman...Why do you hate George Clooney, Jerry Brown, and Barack Obama?
John Fredrick Parker
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Well, the short answer would be to just say "the butterfly effect"; to add to that, I'd say part of Lieberman's appeal was that he was a Conservative Democrat who spoke vehemently against Hollywood around the same time that Republicans were trying to use them as part of the culture wars as well. (OTL, he devoted a good portion of his VP nomination acceptance speech on this subject.) A different 1999 would change the context of this debate, and thus change the appeal of someone like Lieberman. This is in addition to the fact that Bush is reaching to the center with his running mate, so now the Democrats have less to scare the left with and actually need an actual liberal on the ticket.
(Hopefully no necro, given it is a timeline)
I had a thought today. Had the Simpsons been cancelled, it still would have continued in the Bongo comic series, and I think probably would have been very strong in comic sales, at least in the initial years after it's cancellation. A comic book doesn't have to pay actors or recording fees or animators, so oddly that may be how many younger people know the Simpsons compared to knowing them from a television program (which would certainly continue in syndication). Certainly the Sonic the Hedgehog comic, based on the 90s animated series, is a big seller for Archie comics still today, long after the animated series was cancelled. I also think that the comic series Simpsons writing is much better than what is on the show today.
You also open up the prospect of spinoffs, as again, there is no special cost to comic books that weighs the industry down as being as expensive as television or film. There's already a Bart Simpson comic, and you could easily have spinoffs based on any number of things. Perhaps an anthology series of the tales of Springfield of multiple characters, or Troy McLure, or Krusty the Clown, and the list goes on.
I had a thought today. Had the Simpsons been cancelled, it still would have continued in the Bongo comic series, and I think probably would have been very strong in comic sales, at least in the initial years after it's cancellation. A comic book doesn't have to pay actors or recording fees or animators, so oddly that may be how many younger people know the Simpsons compared to knowing them from a television program (which would certainly continue in syndication). Certainly the Sonic the Hedgehog comic, based on the 90s animated series, is a big seller for Archie comics still today, long after the animated series was cancelled. I also think that the comic series Simpsons writing is much better than what is on the show today.
You also open up the prospect of spinoffs, as again, there is no special cost to comic books that weighs the industry down as being as expensive as television or film. There's already a Bart Simpson comic, and you could easily have spinoffs based on any number of things. Perhaps an anthology series of the tales of Springfield of multiple characters, or Troy McLure, or Krusty the Clown, and the list goes on.
Stolengood
Banned
This is a pretty severe necro, though, considering you're not the OP and it's been nearly a year...