Simpsons opening directed by British street artist Banksy

[onehandle]

Run time: 01:44 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DX1iplQQJTo   Posted on YouTube: October 10, 2010 By YouTube Member: banksyfilm Views on YouTube: 318   Posted on DU: October 11, 2010 By DU Member: onehandle Views on DU: 5011

 
It's 'funny' because it's true.

[Warpy]

1. Wow.

They're going to get into trouble for that one.

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

2. Groening et al have Fox by the balls. What you see above is a squeeze. -nt

[NYMdaveNYI]

35. Same case with McFarlane and the Family Guy crew,

and how lovely it is!

[ProfessorPlum]

3. holy sh!t

[daleanime]

4. Needs to stay the opening....

till the show is canceled, or FOX goes under!:evilgrin:

[Fearless]

25. DVD sales made Fox billions in cash alone...

They're not going anywhere anytime soon.

[Ken Burch]

5. Brilliant....my only question is...

how can they be SURE it was "Banksy" that directed it?

[madrchsod]

20. can we be sure banksy even exists!

[kas125]

21. The answer to your question is here -

http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/10/11/the-simpsons-explains-its-button-pushing-banksy-opening/

[Bonobo]

6. Holy shit!

If that isn't the most radical political sentiment expressed on TV in the last 30 years, my name is Mr. Rogers.

[Johnny Noshoes]

8. That was great.

So great I just downloaded and converted it to mp4 - it is a keeper.

[tomm2thumbs]

7. definitely going to the top of the video line - thanks for posting

[Douglas Carpenter]

9. now that was truly awesome!! kick and recommend

[geckosfeet]

10. +

They are killing the Unicorn.

Does any Remember the Unicorn in 'Bladerunner'?

[JohnyCanuck]

11. China: Wave of suicides at Foxconn’s Shenzhen plant: alienating work

So far this year, 11 Foxconn employees have attempted suicide. Two failed. Yesterday’s successful suicide came just three days after a 21-year-old man tried the same.

The high number of suicides has set off alarm bells and attracted the interest of the public. Company officials responded to the situation by saying that working conditions in Longhua are the same in all of the company’s plants, which are long hours, de facto compulsory overtime during peak production periods, few opportunities for leisure activities, life in dormitories and eating at the cafeteria to save money. Unpleasant it may be, but no more alienating than in any other Chinese plant.

Beijing has reacted expressing concern over the situation—it urged the Taiwan-based company to monitor working conditions.

Some workers told the South China Morning Post that they are forced to work very long shifts under a military-style discipline.

A 21-year woman from Guangxi said she has to work from 8 am to 8 pm, six days a week. She has to rise at 6.30 am, walk for an hour from the dormitory to the plant “because there is no shuttle bus”.

“The atmosphere inside our workplaces is so tight and depressing that we're not allowed to speak to each other for 12 hours or you'll be reproached by supervisors. You'll only be given 30 minutes for lunch and are not allowed to use toilets for more than 10 minutes,” she said.

http://www.speroforum.com/a/33644/China---Wave-of-suicides-at-Foxconns-Shenzhen-plant-alienating-work

[valerief]

34. That is so heartbreaking. This is what the elites want for the world.

Slaves and soldiers. And the elites controlling them.

[neobeetle]

12. That was creeeeeeeepy!

KnR?:shrug:

[AtheistCrusader]

13. Damn...

That had to hit some people hard.

[Ishoutandscream2]

14. Absolutely mindblowing

I had it tivoed, and I yelled to my wife that she had to see this. What an incredible statement!

[drm604]

15. I saw this last night, it actually was broadcast.

Good for Groening! And not just Groening, numerous people had to have known about this and gone along with it.

It's amazing to me that they got it on the air. I guess it's nothing that the censors would flag but you'd think that Fox would have someone look at these things before they go on the air. I wonder if it was secretly substituted for some other opening right before it aired?

I wonder if that opening will ever be broadcast again. I wonder if anything Groening's involved with will ever be aired by Fox without a high level screening first.

[blondeatlast]

16. Astonishing. Groening's in an excellent position to do this--he's got FOX

by the short curlies.

Thanks to Groening and Banksy. Amazing stuff.

[Ozymanithrax]

17. That was probably the best opening I've ever seen.

Very, very good.

[tomg]

18. That blew me away. I

am playing it for my writing students tomorrow.

[BEZERKO]

19. I used to record

the show on VHS. I'd play it again after it was over, so I could pause it just to see all the gags that were going by to fast to notice. There was some kind of joke in almost every frame.

[cindyperry2009]

22. Sad but

terribly true.

[Drunken Irishman]

23. And what's FOX gonna do about it? Not a damn thing...

The Simpsons made FOX. Without them and maybe Married...With Children, the network would've folded.

It's still one of their highest rated shows and certainly most recognizable.

[Wednesdays]

24. "This video is no longer available...

...due to a copyright claim by Twentieth Century Fox."

:(

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

29. Streisand Effect... ENGAGE!

[Hissyspit]

26. Gone! That was fast. I just watched it and then went to watch it again.

And it was 'video removed due to copyright claim by 20th-Century-Fox.

[Hissyspit]

28. Ha, I still had it opened in another window and downloaded, so I showed it to my art class

even after it had been removed.

Not something you see every day, that's for sure.

[LongTomH]

27. The video is no longer available due to a copyright claim by Twentieth Century Fox!

Hmmmmmmm:eyes:

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

45. IT'S BACK! Banksy must have challenged the takedown.

Being one of the artists responsible, he does have a standing.

[Matariki]

30. That was genius. If anyone finds another source, please post it here.

[Hissyspit]

33. HERE You Go - Watch While You Can:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=385x513918

Also, bad quality on You Tube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=haNyA0WSaP8

[BrklynLiberal]

31. day-um... missed it.

[Lorien]

43. See post #38. nt

[BrklynLiberal]

44. Thanks...

[LongTomH]

32. There's a partial description of the opening on Huff Post

Here: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/bill-barol/the-simpsons-and-banksy-p_b_758386.html

[Bette Noir]

36. That opening was brilliant.

[AsahinaKimi]

37. You can watch the entire

Episode on hulu.com

[Shining Jack]

42. Thanks. n/t

[Locrian]

38. still up here

http://www.thedailybeast.com/video/item/banksys-simpsons-intro

[Spiderzumbie]

39. UNBALEETED

http://www.capitalfm.com/news-travel/world/banksy-tags-credits-for-sweatshop-simpsons/

Enjoy, lurk moar.

[Robbins]

40. Remember

The SImpsons Is able to take potshots at Fox because when it started James L Brooks was able to get In writing that the network
can not give them notes.They have taken potshots at Fox over the years and even at Murdock himself.As long as the Simpsons makes
money for them this will continue.The flewed Nielson ratings also show The Simpsons still has legs after almost 21 years.

[4lbs]

41. I downloaded the entire episode (intro included) as an XviD AVI on a public torrent site.

It's definitely a keeper.

For those interested in the actual episode plot, it's pretty good too.

Lisa meets her elementary school's greatest student in school history, who went to Yale, and came back for a visit. She told Lisa that she needs a lot of extracurricular activities. They showed where this super-student was involved in something along the lines of 50 extracurricular activities in elementary school, besides having a 4.0 GPA.

So, Lisa volunteers to become Bart's Little League baseball team's manager, after some arguing with Bart.

She becomes a little too dictatorial and militaristic herself as she guides them to the Little League World Series Championship. She essentially took the fun out of baseball, crunching it down to nothing but nerdy statistical probabilities and put the players through a boot camp type atmosphere.

[underpants]

46. That's unpossible -- C&L has the whole episode

http://crooksandliars.com/nicole-belle/blanksys-bleak-dickensian-indictment-