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Thu Oct 08, 2009 5:25 pm EDT

MMA under attack from The Simpsons on Sunday

By Steve Cofield

Dana White can juggle three or four wars at a time so why not add another to his fight against Herschel Walker, Quinton Jackson, Bob Arum and Showtime? FOX and The Simpsons are jumping on board, sort of. The long running cartoon series features an anti-MMA episode:

When the male population of Springfield becomes obsessed with Mixed Martial Arts, Marge and some friends organize a protest. A MMA show promoter gets wind of Marge's protest and challenges her to a match and agrees to shut down the show if Marge wins.

The story comes via Cage Potato where they bash The Simpsons saying it's a show that jumped the shark. Has it? Family Guy is awesome but isn't there a place for good ole Homer and the gang anymore?

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  1. BNG
    1. Posted by BNG Thu Oct 08, 2009 5:38 pm EDT

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    The Simpsons has run its course as a show. But, it still must make a profit or Fox wouldn't keep it on.
  2. Diego G
    2. Posted by Diego G Thu Oct 08, 2009 5:45 pm EDT

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    Could there be anything more mainstream than the Simpson, its part of the daily pop culture, so I would say that MMA on this shows means its here to stay.
    I wonder who the promoter would be... maybe Dana ?
    Fedor vs The Duffman..oh yeah
  3. salazin_01
    3. Posted by salazin_01 Thu Oct 08, 2009 5:51 pm EDT

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    That's the problem, there is always room for "good old Homer". But the Homer and the rest of the gang for the last decade? Go away. It's had very few funny moments in near recent memory, and is way too much about winking before every joke.
  4. The Unsilent Majority
    4. Posted by The Unsilent Majority Thu Oct 08, 2009 6:12 pm EDT

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    People still watch the Simpsons? They don't get their fill of stupidity from South Park and Family Guy? Hmmm, well maybe attacking MMA will vault the Simpsons back into relevance - and then again, maybe not. "Family Guy is awesome" - hey, there's a reason those HULU commercials showing peoples' brains being rotted always have then watching Family Guy.
  5. James K
    5. Posted by James K Thu Oct 08, 2009 6:22 pm EDT

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    This sort of sounds like the episode where Marge is against violence in Itchy and Scratchy. I very much doubt Matt Groening et al are against MMA. If anything this is recognition that MMA is now mainstream.
  6. Luis C
    6. Posted by Luis C Thu Oct 08, 2009 6:28 pm EDT

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    It doesn't sound like much of an attack on MMA, more like a shot at the people against it.
    I guess we will have to see how it ends to really be able to tell, perhaps Marge will gain a better understanding of the sport once she participates? hmm....
  7. Middleclass Elitists
    7. Posted by Middleclass Elitists Thu Oct 08, 2009 6:47 pm EDT

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    nice misleading headline cofield, the story really substantiates the title.
  8. tadd
    8. Posted by tadd Thu Oct 08, 2009 7:15 pm EDT

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    The Simpsons has been turned into a platform for its creators' liberal political views in the past few years. It's totally unwatchable in its current state- its not funny, its smug, arrogant, and self congratulatory. Who cares what they think, they're wrong about everything else, why wouldnt they be wrong about MMA.
  9. AdamG
    9. Posted by AdamG Thu Oct 08, 2009 8:02 pm EDT

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    The Simpsons have run out of material as has Family Guy. All these shows have left are guest appearances and recycled jokes.
  10. Robert C
    10. Posted by Robert C Thu Oct 08, 2009 8:51 pm EDT

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    None of this means that it is a real Anti-MMA episode....anyway, it does mean that the popularity of MMA is being noticed more by the world.
  11. TheTruth
    11. Posted by TheTruth Thu Oct 08, 2009 8:55 pm EDT

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    If Cofield had spun this article in the other direction, about the Simpsons doing a positive show about the MMA, I'm guessing most people here would be saying how great the show is. I'm pretty sure #5 has it right. The show may not be 100% pro-MMA, but I doubt it will be attacking the sport.
  12. Allen
    12. Posted by Allen Thu Oct 08, 2009 10:31 pm EDT

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    Are you guys seriously debating the Simpsons?
  13. box
    13. Posted by box Thu Oct 08, 2009 11:12 pm EDT

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    Maybe people should watch the episode before saying it's a slam on MMA.
  14. Ray R
    14. Posted by Ray R Fri Oct 09, 2009 12:12 am EDT

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    Ever read a Simpsons ep. description before?
    Id put my house on it being a positive portrayal
  15. Brizzle T
    15. Posted by Brizzle T Fri Oct 09, 2009 2:22 am EDT

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    Family Guy=the opposite of "awesome." The Simpsons isn't as good as it once was, but it's still better than Family Guy. The reason The Simpsons isn't as good as it once was is that it's pretty hard to stay the best for 20+ years.
  16. bDavid
    16. Posted by bDavid Fri Oct 09, 2009 7:08 am EDT

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    the important question is, does Bruce Buffer get to say WE ARE LIVE and do the Buffer 360 on The Simpsons?!
  17. Instant Money
    17. Posted by Instant Money Fri Oct 09, 2009 9:02 am EDT

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    The Crazed Scottish Janitor keeps the show running.
  18. JJ
    18. Posted by JJ Fri Oct 09, 2009 9:51 am EDT

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    Now da simpson wunt sum of dana...ha ha..."you 'vil lose" dat wat Iven Drago sed to Rocky. Da simpson will loose just lik strikefarce...ha..ha..dat wat dana call dem. all you mutha truckers lik Rampage and Bob Arum are da enemies know so shut up. dana will wen just lik he always do and he take hi rode in evreything. Peeple lik hershel walker ar dumm dumms. and i wunt to tak a speshel moment too shout down to mr stephen w and mr. silent very few...too of my bigger fans...I meen biggest fans. wats up ladys....we gonna party lik its 1999. Well dat my blog for toda....
  19. Grrr
    19. Posted by Grrr Fri Oct 09, 2009 11:47 am EDT

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    Time for the mma nerds to complain.
  20. Haladin
    20. Posted by Haladin Fri Oct 09, 2009 12:18 pm EDT

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    Who cares? The Simspsons hasn't been funny in almost a decade. It should been cancelled 8 years ago. It's just too bad a crap show like Family Guy can be raised from the dead by the idiotic fandom of 16-25 year-old manboys along with a night of Seth McFarlane garbage shows since Fox can't create anything better for Sundays.
  21. IDGAD
    21. Posted by IDGAD Fri Oct 09, 2009 2:35 pm EDT

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    JJ! Supremo. No show gets me angrier than Family Guy. I mean I'd be felony bound upon running into anybody associated with that show. Why do I watch it, then? I like being angry!
  22. Thomas M
    22. Posted by Thomas M Fri Oct 09, 2009 5:53 pm EDT

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    If she wins, I hope Dana gives Marge a shot at Kimbo....
  23. FerminS
    23. Posted by FerminS Sat Oct 10, 2009 2:24 am EDT

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    I think people are going to be more interested in Marge's playboy spread than the mma episode.
  24. lucidmike78
    24. Posted by lucidmike78 Tue Oct 13, 2009 4:01 am EDT

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    Marge does an armbar. Nice!

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