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submitted 1 week ago by The_Picard_Maneuver@piefed.world to c/simpsonsshitposting@sh.itjust.works

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[–] spankinspinach@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

TIL my favorite show growing up was spun off the Tracy Ullman show. I'd never looked into it, I had no idea 🤔

[–] JcbAzPx@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Yeah, they would air shorts that slowly played out what amounted to a single episode.

[–] spankinspinach@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Oh cool! Kind of like the idea of a serial (in newspapers where they'd do a chapter of a book a week or whatever)?

[–] JcbAzPx@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Yeah, like that. That's also how they would run serial shows at movie theaters before TV.

Simpsons only got one story before it became it's own thing, though.

[–] spankinspinach@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 week ago

Awesome! Thank you for letting me know, I knew the early history was a touch more convoluted than I anticipated but this closes the loop :)