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Podcast: The Jim Hill Media Podcast Network
Episode: How “The Simpsons” Took Over America (with Author Alan Siegel)
Description: Jim Hill and Drew Taylor sit down with Alan Siegel from The Ringer to discuss his new book Stupid TV, Be More Funny: How the Golden Era of The Simpsons Changed Television and America Forever. Together, they revisit how Matt Groening’s crude interstitials on The Tracey Ullman Show evolved into a cultural juggernaut, what nearly derailed the series before it ever aired, and why The Simpsons continues to matter nearly four decades later. Along the way, the guys dig into:
• The box office performance of The Bad Guys 2 and Paramount’s Smurfs• The cautious rollout of the Z...