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General Discussions => Inner Glimpse => Topic started by: Spacey on June 21, 2007, 04:40:42 pm
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So pumped about this. VT represent. Triumph was the underdog!!!
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You can see all of the entries here (http://www.usatoday.com/life/movies/simpsons-contest.htm).
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NEW YORK - Welcome home to Springfield, Vermont, Homer and Marge Simpson. The Vermont town on Tuesday beat 13 other Springfields from around the United States in an online vote for the right to host the premiere of the upcoming Simpsons movie featuring the popular television cartoon family.
The New England town, with a population of about 9,500, won with a video showing a Homer Simpson look-alike chasing a giant, pink doughnut through the town. It also boasted similarities to the cartoon Springfield, such as having a nuclear power plant nearby.
"After 18 years, it\'s good to finally welcome the Simpsons home. Vermonters love The Simpsons," Democratic Sen. Patrick Leahy of Vermont said in a statement.
"Homer, Marge, Bart, Lisa and Maggie will look great on that yellow carpet with the green mountains as a backdrop."
But in the TV series\' 18-year history it has never been clear which of the 34 Springfields in the United States was the basis for the version in the cartoon, a satirical parody of Middle American lifestyle.
The contest between the Springfields sparked friendly rivalry, with some pulling in top-name endorsements to try to win such as Democratic Sen. Edward Kennedy for his home state of Massachusetts and skateboarder Tony Hawks for the Oregon bid.
The premier of "The Simpsons Movie," being released by News Corp.\'s 20th Century Fox, will be held on July 21 in Vermont with the filmmakers on hand to walk the yellow carpet.
But the other 13 Springfields will also be given small screenings on July 26, the night before the movie hits theaters nationwide.
The Vermont town beat Springfields in Oregon, Colorado, Nebraska, Missouri, Illinois, Michigan, Massachusetts, New Jersey, Ohio, Kentucky, Tennessee, Florida and Louisiana in the video contest to best portray the "Simpsons\' spirit."
It landed 15,367 votes of 109,582 votes cast. Springfield, Illinois, coming in second with 14,634 votes and Springfield, Oregon, ranked third at 13,894.
Springfield, Florida, came last with 1,386 votes.
The creator of the TV series, Matt Groening, located Homer, Marge and their children Bart, Lisa and baby Maggie in the fictional town of Springfield after noting that this was one of the most common U.S. town names.
Some already had a claim to fame, such as Springfield, Illinois, which was home to Abraham Lincoln, and Springfield, Massachusetts, known as the birthplace of basketball.
Simpsons Reuters (http://www.reuters.com/article/entertainmentNews/idUSN1036201020070710?pageNumber=1)
That is all.
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http://www.thesimpsons.usatoday.com
web site isn\'t up yet of of fri afternoon, but i guess this is where you can see all the video\'s and vote. And I hear we did get Kennedy saying "chowda"
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Jeez... if only these towns would put this much effort into battling hunger, homelessness, healthcare, etc etc....
the world would be a better place.
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Jeez... if only these towns would put this much effort into battling hunger, homelessness, healthcare, etc etc....
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I gotcha....I was thinking you meant that would reveal the "real" city
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The Simpsons movie reveals its location.
I\'m pretty sure it doesn\'t and they said that it is "anywere, USA". They chose springfield because there are so many of them. In the movie previews it shows them standing on a mt. in springfield and they can see 4 landmarks spread out in the country (I.E. to the right is the grand canyon/left is Mt. rushmore).
That being said, if Springfield DID happen to get ted kennedy to make a cameo in the video, we would have it in the bag. I know they did a filming for it on sunday and I don\'t think it went that good, so I wouldn\'t bank on Springfield, MA winning (still could cause Mike Scully grew up in West Springfield, so we might get bonus points for that)
thats exactly it. it isn\'t anyone place in particular, its anytown USA.
Dana Gould is from Hopedale, MA too.
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The Simpsons movie reveals its location.
I\'m pretty sure it doesn\'t and they said that it is "anywere, USA". They chose springfield because there are so many of them. In the movie previews it shows them standing on a mt. in springfield and they can see 4 landmarks spread out in the country (I.E. to the right is the grand canyon/left is Mt. rushmore).
That being said, if Springfield DID happen to get ted kennedy to make a cameo in the video, we would have it in the bag. I know they did a filming for it on sunday and I don\'t think it went that good, so I wouldn\'t bank on Springfield, MA winning (still could cause Mike Scully grew up in West Springfield, so we might get bonus points for that)
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Cobras
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The Simpsons movie reveals its location.
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touchet salesman, touchet
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the northern kentucky thing was just part of the running gag. when the episode reaired they changed it so it said southern missouri.
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i thought on the \'behind the laughter\' episode they said the simpsons were a northern kentucky family. on my way to the first bonnaroo we took a wrong turn through kentucky and ended up having to cut over through springfield...the adjacent town was shelbyville.
coincidence..... i think not. but thank god i didn\'t have to grow up listening to one of my favorite shows with a southern accent
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Regardless of what anyone says, I dont believe that Springfield was supposed to be anywhere but anywhere, usa.
Regarding of Springfield, KY, I wonder if there is an Ogdenville and North Haverbrook in Kentucky as well..........and the big clincher for this contest would be if any of the springfields ever had a monorail built and then destroyed because the monorail salesmen was a scheister.....
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i thought on the \'behind the laughter\' episode they said the simpsons were a northern kentucky family. on my way to the first bonnaroo we took a wrong turn through kentucky and ended up having to cut over through springfield...the adjacent town was shelbyville.
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I just want to see Springfield, MA\'s entry to see "Diamond" Ted Kennedy........Hes gotta be wearing the mayor sash....."vote quimby"
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winner:
Springfield, Minn., declined, saying it was nothing like the dysfunctional town on the TV show.
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I agree Todd. This will be interesting and should be fun to see which Springfield will win.
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Ha! This should be some funny stuff!!
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SPRINGFIELD, Vt. - With a bowling alley, a pub, a prison and a nuclear power plant just down the road, Springfield, Vt., likes to think itself a real-life version of the home of "The Simpsons."
Now, the town is going all out to prove it, joining 13 other Springfields from across the nation in a contest, with the winner hosting the big-screen premiere of "The Simpsons Movie" July 26. The public will choose the winner in a USA Today online vote.
The competition is stiff.
Springfield, Ill., has its own power plant, run by a man who looks a lot like Mr. Burns, head of the nuclear plant on "The Simpsons," said Tim Farley, executive director of the Illinois\' Springfield Convention and Visitors\' Bureau. The school is identical and the city is not far from Shelbyville, the town next to Homer Simpson\'s Springfield, he said.
"We feel like Springfield has a lot of curious similarities," Farley said.
But folks in Springfield, Ore., the home state of "Simpsons" creator Matt Groening, always thought it was their Springfield on the Fox TV show. "It was a shock, that we had to prove it," said Niel Laudati, community relations coordinator.
Every Springfield in the nation was invited to take part, submitting a three- to five-minute video showcasing their towns. Some had a cow over the idea.
Springfield, Minn., declined, saying it was nothing like the dysfunctional town on the TV show.
As the June 28 submission deadline approaches, the Springfields aren\'t giving away many details, just upping the ante.
"We just got Senator Kennedy to be in our Simpsons video," said David Horgan, producer of the effort in Springfield, Mass. "I can\'t give it away, but he\'s hilarious."
Last week, more than 300 people showed up to be in the final scene of the Massachusetts entry. "We had a hair salon dyeing hair blue," and piling it up like Marge Simpson\'s do, said Azell Murphy Cavaan, community relations director.
Illinois and Massachusetts got local input online for how to show their "Simpsons spirit." Oregon held a public meeting with the mayor. Companies have volunteered their video-editing services, food and beverages.
Vermont\'s Springfield planned to show off buildings with "Springfield" in them ? the bank, a movie theater ? in a scene in which Homer (Burlington talk show host Tim Kavanaugh) runs through town chasing a big, pink, rolling doughnut.
On Tuesday, 17-year-old volunteer cameraman Alex Campos of Barre filmed Homer charging after the doughnut through a Little League diamond and plowing into his son, Bart.
The southeastern Vermont town\'s preparations went so far as to include a doughnut double ? in case anything happened to the inflatable plastic pastry.
Later they planned to film the final scene, in which Homer is chased by a mob into a movie theater.
"We tried to keep within the spirit of the movie," said producer Brock Rutter, of the Vermont Film Commission, who also plays Bart. "Homer wrecking things and everything turning out in the end."
The town doesn\'t plan to emphasize anything that might be offensive, said Patty Chaffee, head of the Springfield Chamber of Commerce.
We\'re not "looking at it (as) being compared to. I think more for us it\'s a promotional piece, just getting our name out there."
Voting ends July 9, with the winner announced the next day. The movie hits theaters July 27.
Simpson\'s Yahoo! (http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/simpsons_springfields)
Interesting to see how much the Simpson\'s has influenced the American culture and life.
To think Matt Groening created the Simpson\'s 15 minutes before he was to pitch the idea to the networks, scrapping his original idea of pitching Life in Hell.