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The Simpsons (season 28)
The twenty-eighth season of the animated television series ''The Simpsons'' began airing on Fox in the United States on September 25, 2016, and ended on May 21, 2017. On May 4, 2015, Fox announced that ''The Simpsons'' had been renewed for season 28. This season includes the 600th episode of the show, "Treehouse of Horror XXVII". On August 31, 2016, it was announced that an episode titled "The Caper Chase", inspired by Trump University, would air sometime in 2017; the episode aired on April 2. This season also includes the show's first hour-long episode, "The Great Phatsby", a parody of ''The Great Gatsby''. Other noteworthy events and gags include a ''Pokémon Go''-themed episode ("Looking for Mr. Goodbart"), couch gags spoofing ''Robot Chicken'' and ''Adventure Time'', an episode that shows how Homer learned to feel better with food (" Fatzcarraldo"), Mr. Burns hiring all of the Simpsons (except Homer) to become his "pretend" family (" Friends and Family"), and Glenn Close ret ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chief Wiggum
Chief Clancy Wiggum is a fictional character from the animated television series ''The Simpsons'', voiced by Hank Azaria. He is the chief of police in the show's setting of Springfield, and is the father of Ralph Wiggum and the husband of Sarah Wiggum. Gluttonous, irresponsible, and immature, Wiggum is often too lazy, cowardly, and corrupt to bother fighting crime. His more responsible subordinate officers Eddie and Lou play the straight men to his shenanigans. Character development His surname "Wiggum" is Matt Groening's mother's maiden name. As "a conscious pun", Wiggum was designed to look like a pig. Hank Azaria first based his voice for Wiggum on David Brinkley, but it was too slow and he switched it to an Edward G. Robinson impression. Biography Chief Wiggum is of Irish descent. Per the episode "Raging Abe Simpson and His Grumbling Grandson in 'The Curse of the Flying Hellfish', Wiggum's father Iggy served in Abe Simpson's infantry squad, implying the Wiggums emi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kevin Michael Richardson
Kevin Michael Richardson (born October 25, 1964) is an American actor. Known for his distinctively deep voice, he has mostly voiced villainous characters in animation and video games. In film, Richardson voiced Goro in ''Mortal Kombat'' (1995) and reprises in '' Mortal Kombat Legends: Scorpion's Revenge'' (2020), Captain Gantu in the ''Lilo & Stitch'' franchise, and Deus Ex Machina in ''The Matrix Revolutions'' (2003). He has also voiced characters on Seth MacFarlane's shows ''Family Guy'', ''The Cleveland Show'', and ''American Dad!'', as well as several characters on ''The Simpsons''. Richardson is also known for his roles as Trigon, Mammoth & See-More in both ''Teen Titans'' and ''Teen Titans Go!'', Antauri in ''Super Robot Monkey Team Hyperforce Go!,'' the Shredder in ''Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles'' (2012), Stump Smash and Tree Rex in the ''Skylanders'' video game series, as the second voice of Dr. Hibbert and various others in ''The Simpsons'', Rosie in ''F Is for Family ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Chiklis
Michael Charles Chiklis ( born August 30, 1963) is an American actor, television director, television producer and musician. He is best known for his role as Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) Detective Vic Mackey on the FX police drama ''The Shield'' (2002-2008), for which he won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series in 2002, and was nominated in 2003. Other starring television roles of his include Commissioner Tony Scali on the ABC police drama ''The Commish'' (1991-1996), Chris Woods in ''Daddio'' (2000), Jim Powell on the ABC science-fiction comedy-drama ''No Ordinary Family'' (2010-2011), Vincent Savino in the CBS crime drama ''Vegas'' (2012), Dell Toledo in '' American Horror Story: Freak Show'' (2014), and Nathaniel Barnes in ''Gotham'' (2015-2017). In film, he is best known for his roles as The Thing in two ''Fantastic Four'' films (2005-2007), George Callister in ''Eagle Eye'' (2008), Derrick in ''When the Game Stands Tall'' (2014), a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bill Burr
William Frederick Burr (born June 10, 1968) is an American stand-up comedian, actor, filmmaker, and podcaster. He has released multiple stand-up comedy specials, most notably ''Why Do I Do This?'' (2008), ''Let It Go'' (2010), '' You People Are All the Same'' (2012), '' I'm Sorry You Feel That Way'' (2014), ''Walk Your Way Out'' (2017), ''Paper Tiger'' (2019), and ''Live at Red Rocks'' (2022). He received a Grammy Award for Best Comedy Album nomination for ''Paper Tiger'', and a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Actor in a Short Form Comedy or Drama Series nomination for the dark comedy series ''Immoral Compass'' (2021–present). Burr also created, co-wrote, and voiced the lead character in the Netflix animated sitcom ''F Is for Family'' (2015–2021). His other notable acting roles include appearing in various sketches in the second season of ''Chappelle's Show'', Patrick Kuby in the AMC series ''Breaking Bad'' (2011–2013), Migs Mayfeld in the Disney+ series ''The Mandalo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rob Oliver
Rob Oliver (born 1977) is a director for ''The Simpsons''. He has also been a character layout artist, storyboard artist, assistant director, second unit director, and technical director over the course of his long career on the show. He graduated from Owosso (MI) High School in 1995, and the next year he was hired to draw characters on "The Simpsons". He has worked on hundreds of episodes. Rob has also worked on Simpsons commercials, DVD menus, DVD boxes, and consumer products for the brand. His Renault Kangoo commercial was a mix of live-action and animation. Received an Emmy nomination for directing "Holidays of Future Passed", an episode of "The Simpsons". He conceptualized many of the visuals for the episode himself, while storyboarding it. Two of his artists—Charles Ragins and Dima Malanitchev—won individual Emmy awards for their work on his "Treehouse of Horror XXIV", for "The Simpsons". ''The Simpsons'' episodes He has directed the following episodes: *" The Bo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Town (The Simpsons)
"The Town" is the third episode of the twenty-eighth season of the American animated television series ''The Simpsons'', and the 599th episode of the series overall. It aired in the United States on Fox on October 9, 2016. In the episode, Bart enrages Homer by becoming a fan of the Boston Americans (a parody of the New England Patriots). Homer takes the family on a "hate-cation" to Boston to show Bart how bad the city is, but the family fall in love with the city and move there. However, Bart soon discovers that Boston is not how he imagined it, and wants to go home. "The Town" received positive reviews and was the most watched show on Fox that night, with an audience of 3.22 million. It was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Animated Program. Plot Homer goes to Moe's Tavern to watch a football game between the Springfield Atoms and the Boston Americans, but they end up bitterly arguing with a group of Boston fans, calling their team cheaters and losers. Homer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Allison Janney
Allison Brooks Janney (born November 19, 1959) is an American actress. In a career spanning three decades, she is known for her performances across multiple genres of screen and stage. Janney has received various accolades, including an Academy Award, a British Academy Film Award, a Golden Globe Award, and seven Primetime Emmy Awards, in addition to nominations for two Tony Awards. Born in Boston and raised in Dayton, Ohio, Janney received a scholarship to study at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art following her graduation from Kenyon College. After years of minor and uncredited film and television appearances, Janney's breakthrough came with the role of C. J. Cregg in the NBC political drama ''The West Wing'' (1999–2006), for which she received four Primetime Emmy Awards. In 2014, she won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series for her role as Margaret Scully on the Showtime period drama ''Masters of Sex''. For her portrayal of Bonnie Plun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lance Kramer
Lance Kramer is an animation director on ''The Simpsons'' and ''Futurama''. He was as an additional sequence director for ''The Simpsons Movie''. He also worked as an assistant animator on '' Tom and Jerry: The Movie'' and served as a storyboard artist for ''Garfield and Friends''. History Kramer graduated from Bismarck High School in Bismarck, North Dakota. He graduated from San Diego State University with a degree in film production. ''The Simpsons'' episodes Kramer directed the following episodes: Season 11 *"Saddlesore Galactica" Season 12 *"Skinner's Sense of Snow" Season 13 *"A Hunka Hunka Burns in Love" *" The Old Man and the Key" Season 14 *"Mr. Spritz Goes to Washington" Season 16 *"Goo Goo Gai Pan" Season 18 *"The Wife Aquatic" *"Crook and Ladder" Season 19 *"Little Orphan Millie" *"Smoke on the Daughter" Season 20 *"Sex, Pies and Idiot Scrapes" *" How the Test Was Won" Season 21 *"Homer the Whopper" *"The Squirt and the Whale" Season 22 *"The Real Housewives ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pendleton Ward
Ward Taylor Pendleton Johnston (born September 23, 1982), known professionally as Pendleton Ward or simply Pen Ward, is an American animator, screenwriter, producer, director, and voice actor who has worked for Cartoon Network Studios, Frederator Studios, and Netflix Animation. He created the Emmy Award-winning series ''Adventure Time'', the Internet series ''Bravest Warriors'', and the adult animated interview series '' The Midnight Gospel''. Early life Ward grew up in San Antonio, Texas and currently resides in Los Angeles. His mother Bettie (born 1947) is an artist. Ward became interested in animation at an early age, inspired by his mother, who is an artist and worked with animators. He started drawing flipbooks in first grade. He often worked with his best friend, Alec "The Logdog" Coates, on short comic books. He graduated from North East School of the Arts in San Antonio. Ward attended CalArts, where he became friends with J. G. Quintel and Alex Hirsch. They late ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amy Schumer
Amy Beth Schumer (born June 1, 1981) is an American stand-up comedian and actress. She ventured into comedy in the early 2000s before appearing as a contestant on the fifth season of the NBC reality competition series ''Last Comic Standing'' in 2007. From 2013 to 2016, she was the creator, co-producer, co-writer, and star of the Comedy Central sketch comedy series ''Inside Amy Schumer'', for which she received a Peabody Award and was nominated for five Primetime Emmy Awards, winning Outstanding Variety Sketch Series in 2015. Schumer wrote and made her film debut in a starring role in '' Trainwreck'' (2015), for which she received nominations for the Writers Guild of America Award for Best Original Screenplay and the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Comedy or Musical. She published a memoir in 2016, ''The Girl with the Lower Back Tattoo'', which held the top position on ''The New York Times'' Non-Fiction Best Seller list for two weeks. The same year, s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
TV By The Numbers
TV by the Numbers was a website devoted to collecting and analyzing television ratings data in the United States that operated from 2007 to 2020. It was a part of Nexstar Media Group's Zap2it television news/listings site. History An Internet and statistical analyst, Robert Seidman had previously worked for IBM and Charles Schwab, and published an online newsletter about the Internet and AOL before founding TV by the Numbers; Bill Gorman had been an AOL executive until 1998, and had read Seidman's column. Friends since the early 1990s when they met near Washington, D.C., both were fond of television, as Gorman loved numbers and Seidman enjoyed statistics relating to it; the subject of television ratings data entered into one of their conversations. Gorman was dismayed at being unable to find other blogs devoted solely to television data, and after a Google search confirmed this, he and Seidman thought of the idea for a website devoted solely to the subject. In Gorman's words, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tom Gammill And Max Pross
Tom Gammill and Max Pross are an American comedy writing team. Together they have written episodes for such successful shows as ''Seinfeld'', ''The Critic'', ''The Wonder Years'', ''It's Garry Shandling's Show'', and ''Monk''. They have also worked as producers on ''The Simpsons'' and ''Futurama''. Early career Pross and Gammill started to write comedy sketches together for ''Saturday Night Live'' in 1979. In 1981 they co-wrote Steve Martin's fourth NBC special "Steve Martin's Best Show Ever" with such notable comedy writers as Eric Idle, Dan Aykroyd, and Lorne Michaels. They spent the next few years as part of the original writing staff of "Late Night With David Letterman," and also contributed short films for the show after leaving the staff. In 1984 they worked on the writing staff of another Lorne Michaels production, ''The New Show'' - a comedy sketch show with guests including Steve Martin and John Candy, which was similar to ''Saturday Night Live'', but nowhere near as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
