Does Bill O'Reilly Think The Simpsons Are Real?

[siddif]

By reacting like this he's lending more credence to to the joke. Well Fox itself is a joke too but thats a different story

 

[GoodApprentice]

I'm not an American, and I have never watched Fox news, but I do have to say that during its long run, The Simpsons has done much to slowly poison the world's view of America and Americans in general. It's one of the few American shows that is viewed around the world, and unfortunately, many non-Americans take its constant self-satire at face value. The image of the fat, stupid, lazy American was nowhere near as prevalent before The Simpsons were around.

 

[Charli]

The Simpsons tend to make jibes at Fox all the time as part of a long time running joke...

Why is this news. What a total baby.

 

[rsvp42]

Bill O'Reilly is a complete tool. I await the time when he's no longer newsworthy, even for little jabs like this.

 

[FinalHeart95]

The joke was hilarious though!
"We're unbalanced! It's not fair!"

 

[Vykrel]

that dude seriously needs to stop bringing attention to the things that make him and his colleagues look like asshats. hes just solidifying peoples negative view of them

 

[paketep]

Well, that was funny!, something I didn't expect from any episode on the last ¿15? seasons of The Simpsons. Kudos.

 

[mr_rubino]

Does Bill O'Reilly Think The Simpsons Are Real?

Fox News's Bill O'Reilly thinks the denizens of Springfield have gone too far, and calls upon Fox to rein them in.

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In the most recent episode of The Simpsons, the series took a shot at Fox News. The episode opened with a shot of a Fox News helicopter, zooming towards the Statue of Liberty. The chopper bears the Fox News logo, followed by the motto "Not Racist, But #1 With Racists." The Hollywood Reporter reports that Fox News anchor Bill O'Reilly was understandably offended by this jibe, but chose unusual words to express his displeasure: "Continuing to bite the hand that feeds part of it, Fox broadcasting once again allows its cartoon characters to run wild." I'm not trying to cast aspersions on O'Reilly, but his statement seems to indicate that the cartoons are the ones writing the jokes.

O'Reilly came to his network's defense on his own program, The O'Reilly Factor, bemoaning the wild cartoons and airing the clip. He closed the segment by saying, "Pinheads? I believe so." It was unclear whether he was referring to the cartoons themselves or the Fox executives who, as they have done for years, allowed the joke to air.

The Simpsons have never played nice with Fox, the network on which they air, and Fox News isn't immune from the animated jibes. Last Sunday's episode, "The Fool Monty," opened with network executives from NBC, Fox, Bravo, LOGO, TBS, and TNT, among others, meeting in a secret enclave atop the Statue of Liberty. Those wild cartoons. What'll they think up next?

Source: The Hollywood Reporter [http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/bill-oreilly-calls-simpsons-mocking-48437]

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I find this an absolutely bland and frankly stupid jibe at Fox News. As though the author of this column (who I would presume - judging from the tone of the article - doesn't like Fox News) was over eager to join in on the "Let's hate Fox News!" band wagon, asserting an obtrusive claim that's down right silly - or ignorant. I don't know how to take this, except to scoff at its ridiculousness and hope the Escapist will get back to reporting about things that actually matter... like the recent rumors of a new Halo movie! Ohhh how glorious that would be...

(Did anyone else hear how the movie apparently failed because movie studios wouldn't have the rights to merchandise? Yea... those dicks.)

Someone mentioned Fox News and said something bad about it. Time to complain about liberals pretty much anything as long as it jumps from subject to subject, sounds generically snide and sarcastic strung together with random and pointless references, and invites absolutely no discussion or response at any point. This does not happen every time Fox News is mentioned on every message board ever, so it will be seen as new and intriguing.

Nonetheless, Fox News taking issue with a Fox program? Isn't this the 3rd or so time in the last 5 years that's happened?

 

[garfoldsomeoneelse]

I think the bigger news story is that The Simpsons was actually funny in the last five years.

 

[direkiller]

Anyone see the clip where bill oreilly threatens a little girl and tries to get social services to take her away for saying hes a bad liar? lol

They seem to have no morals at FOX news....

Link plz

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k8x14cLGh5o

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WFkTaDvFGwE (first 2 min) sorry i cant find the full video. There's just alot of people makeing fun of him for it.

 

[Steve the Pocket]

To put it bluntly if I worked there, and the guys doing "The Simpsons" did that without someone being fired, I'd be POed myself. That's like a guy from another department insulting you on the billboard or whatever, except this isn't even just "in house" it's in front of a national audience.

Here's the thing, see. Network executives, scum of the earth though they might generally be, are not that thin-skinned. If a show makes a jab at the network or its parent company, in a way that the target audience are likely to find entertaining, they'll leave it in. Ratings are important enough that they're not going to get butthurt about it.

Besides, there's a pretty good chance the people who run Fox News didn't make it the way it is in order to spread their own personal agenda. They did it because stupid right-wingers who want a news network that's heavily biased in their favor yet claim (as they, the audience, do) to simply be reporting the unbiased truth are a lucrative market. Just like The Simpsons makes fun of Fox News all the time because that's what its target market wants to hear. O'Reilly's probably in on the whole thing, and going along with the charade by pretending to criticize The Simpsons right back.

It's pretty hilarious when you come right down to it.

I'm not an American, and I have never watched Fox news, but I do have to say that during its long run, The Simpsons has done much to slowly poison the world's view of America and Americans in general. It's one of the few American shows that is viewed around the world, and unfortunately, many non-Americans take its constant self-satire at face value. The image of the fat, stupid, lazy American was nowhere near as prevalent before The Simpsons were around.

Then you have them to thank for tearing down the glamorized image that mainstream Hollywood regularly feeds the world.

 

[Donald L]

Watch the video again. He has a smile on his face. He is not bothered about it at all.

 

[Canid117]

Anyone see the clip where bill oreilly threatens a little girl and tries to get social services to take her away for saying hes a bad liar? lol

They seem to have no morals at FOX news....

Link plz

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k8x14cLGh5o

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WFkTaDvFGwE (first 2 min) sorry i cant find the full video. There's just alot of people makeing fun of him for it.

I didn't really see any threats. Though I wonder what he and his guest would think of those two little girls who tour the country singing racist nazi songs. He probably wouldn't have a problem with it.

 

[BlueGlowstick]

Can O'Reilly be submitted to a mental hospital for thinking that the Simpsons are real??? lol

 

[Kurokami]

Does Bill O'Reilly Think The Simpsons Are Real?

Fox News's Bill O'Reilly thinks the denizens of Springfield have gone too far, and calls upon Fox to rein them in.

​

In the most recent episode of The Simpsons, the series took a shot at Fox News. The episode opened with a shot of a Fox News helicopter, zooming towards the Statue of Liberty. The chopper bears the Fox News logo, followed by the motto "Not Racist, But #1 With Racists." The Hollywood Reporter reports that Fox News anchor Bill O'Reilly was understandably offended by this jibe, but chose unusual words to express his displeasure: "Continuing to bite the hand that feeds part of it, Fox broadcasting once again allows its cartoon characters to run wild." I'm not trying to cast aspersions on O'Reilly, but his statement seems to indicate that the cartoons are the ones writing the jokes.

O'Reilly came to his network's defense on his own program, The O'Reilly Factor, bemoaning the wild cartoons and airing the clip. He closed the segment by saying, "Pinheads? I believe so." It was unclear whether he was referring to the cartoons themselves or the Fox executives who, as they have done for years, allowed the joke to air.

The Simpsons have never played nice with Fox, the network on which they air, and Fox News isn't immune from the animated jibes. Last Sunday's episode, "The Fool Monty," opened with network executives from NBC, Fox, Bravo, LOGO, TBS, and TNT, among others, meeting in a secret enclave atop the Statue of Liberty. Those wild cartoons. What'll they think up next?

Source: The Hollywood Reporter [http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/bill-oreilly-calls-simpsons-mocking-48437]

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I don't understand what the problem with this is and that certainly didn't sound at all as though he believed them to be real to me.

 

[DuctTapeJedi]

Well, my initial theory was that Glen Beck was just some man off of the streets that Fox "News" acquired in order to make the rest of their "correspondents" seem more sane by comparison. I see that point is now refuted.

 

[thedeathscythe]

"Continuing to bite the hand that feeds part of it, Fox broadcasting once again allows its cartoon characters to run wild."

Wait, that wording makes it seem like Fox broadcasting is "biting the hand that feeds part of it" rather than The Simpsons. He can't even speak properly, let alone the fact that the whole segment is nothing but whinging and complaining.

I find it funny because the Simpsons is probably their most watched show, if I had to fathom a guess. I would even say at a time, besides their news broadcasts, the Simpsons has been what has tuned many of their audience to their channel. I always thought that was why they let them poke fun at fox...

 

[The Seldom Seen Kid]

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