Monday, October 11, 2010

Banksy Does The Simpsons
In care you missed it (I did), yesterday's episode of The Simpsons included an extended opening theme sequence (if you're not a show watcher, the intro always concludes with a unique ending for each episode. Watch every couch gag here, if you're interested). Apparently the segment was created/directed by underground British graffiti artist Banksy, who I've only heard of because of a pretty good documentary I caught earlier this year.

His opening depicts the animation of The Simpsons and its extensive merchandising being produced by overseas sweatshops. BBC reports the show's animation department threatened to walk out over it. Watch below; I'm kinda surprised they aired it.

2 comments:

Doug said...

Hey, Don. This should work (but you'll have to embed it yourself):

http://www.hulu.com/watch/184819/the-simpsons-banksy-opening

Don said...

Fixed - thanks Doug!