And so, guided to a ticket site that actually worked thanks to William Lopez, Gwen and I went up to Montreal this weekend to watch “The Simpsons In the Flesh.”
It was as entertaining as one could possibly have hoped. It was incredibly disconcerting to watch Nancy Cartwright open her mouth and Bart Simpson’s voice would come out, and every time a new character would leap out of someone’s throat, the audience would go nuts. Particularly entertaining was when an actor would essentially start talking to himself: Crusty the clown shouting at Homer, for instance, with Castellaneta barely seeming to expend the slightest effort in the change as he switched from one to the other.
We not only had a great time at the 4 PM but, when we found out they were doing a different episode for the 8 PM, we went to the box office and discovered–to our amazement–that there were some seats left. So we took in the second show as well.
Man, could you imagine them doing it as a special feature, or charity event or something, at the San Diego con? How cool would that be?
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That really must have been totally surreal seeing that. I’m jealous. A bit.
I wish they would come out with this on video or dvd. I would love to be able to see this show.
That would be fantastic to see live, but I have to say that I woulnd’t buy it if it was released on DVD/VHS; it just couldn’t possibly be the same.
That would be a fantastic show to see live! I have to say, though, that I wouldn’t buy it if it was released on DVD/VHS; there is just no way it could even come close to being the same experience.
Excuse the double post (sort of)… as you may have guessed, I didn’t actually intend on posting the first one.
What can I say but: D’OH!!!
I would pay alot to see something like that. I’m probably one of the biggest Simpsons fan. I know, everyone says that but does anybody else here have a room dedicated to it ?
And i’ll agree with Paul, on DVD it wouldn’t be the same, it wouldn’t catch the magic.
That must have been very cool. And just to add my $0.02, I don’t think I’d pay for a seperate dvd of the show, but it would be a neat extra feature that might induce me to buy.
Y’know, the first thought that came to mind upon reading this was, “Wow…they should do this as a special episode or something one week.” I mean, why not? “The Simpsons” has been one of the most successful series on the air for, what…12 seasons? They can afford to shake things up a bit. Reading some of the previous comments, however…it’s true, watching it on a screen would hardly do it justice. If you ever hear of this happening in the NY area, let me know. I would love to check this out.
I’ve heard that when the Simpsons comes to an end, they’re going to make a movie out of it. Just like Star Trek.
But when is it going to end, that’s the big question for now. I guess it’s still going on and on and on, isn’t it? So, when’s the 13th season going to start?