"The Simpsons" You Kent Always Say What You Want (2007)

Director:

Matthew Nastuk

Writers:

James L. Brooks (developer)
Matt Groening (creator)

TV Series:

"The Simpsons" (1989)

Original Air Date:

20 May 2007 (Season 18, Episode 22)

Genre:

Animation | Comedy

Plot:

After Kent Brockman is fired as a news anchor, he and Lisa use the Internet to expose the Fox News Conspiracy.

Plot Keywords:

Studio Logo Segues Into Film | Profanity | Nuclear Power | Dysfunctional Family | Principal

Cast

Dan Castellaneta	...	Homer Simpson / Hans Moleman / Mayor Quimby / Barney Gumble / Tooth Decay / Squeaky Voiced Teen / Grampa Simpson / Arnie Pye / Newshound / Krusty / Sideshow Mel / Mr. Teeny / Rich Texan / Count Dracula (voice)
Julie Kavner	...	Marge Simpson / Patty Bouvier / Selma Bouvier (voice)
Nancy Cartwright	...	Bart Simpson / Miss Springfield / Girl in pool #2 / Girl in pool #4 / Girl in pool #5 / Dentist #2 / Rod Flanders / Children in audience / Nelson Muntz / Stripper #3 (voice)
Yeardley Smith	...	Lisa Simpson (voice)
Hank Azaria	...	Snake / Chief Wiggum / Chinese #2 / Chinese #3 / Asian dentist / Phineas Q. Butterfat / Comic Book Guy / 'Landing Strip' announcer / Teenager boy (voice)
Harry Shearer	...	Gum Disease / Principal Seymour Skinner / Kent Brockman / Ned Flanders / Birch Barlow / Mr. Burns / Rainier Wolfcastle (voice)
Ludacris	...	Himself (voice) (as Chris 'Ludacris' Bridges)
Maurice LaMarche	...	Fox announcer / Chinese #1 / Chinese #4 / Leprechaun (voice)
Pamela Hayden	...	Girl in pool #6 / Dentist's assistant / Children in audience / Stripper #2 (voice)
Tress MacNeille	...	Girl in pool #1 / Dentist #1 / Mother / Lindsey Naegle / Stripper #1 / Teenager girl (voice)
Maggie Roswell	...	Girl in pool #3 / Helen Lovejoy (voice)
Karl Wiedergott	...	(voice)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Company:

20th Century Fox Television

Trivia:

This is the 400th episode.

Quotes:

Kent Brockman: Tonight on Smartline, our report from the Middle East will not be seen, so that we may bring you a man who bought an ice cream cone.
Homer Simpson: That's me.
Kent Brockman: Of course, that has nothing to do with the fact that the ice cream parlor and this station are owned by the same company, but I digress.

Movie Connections:

References "The 700 Club" (1966)

Soundtrack:

Luda-Crest Wisdom

Bad Politics

This episode paints an incredibly false and shamefully misleading version of the modern political landscape. Republican news and politicians are shown as diabolical censors and the liberals look like they've been oppressed. This Simpsons episode was not comedic or clever. It might as well have been an ad for the Democratic Party.

It seemed like this episode was parodying the CBS firing Dan Rather because of his news story against President Bush using false documents. But guess what? CBS is known to be quite left leaning. It's wrong to blame that on the right.

How exactly is the left being stifled? PBS and NPR are so left wing they would make Huge Chavez call for Adam Smith. And these outlets are run by the US government!

This episode shows liberals being thrown in jail for disagreeing with the country's aims. This has NEVER happened in our country's recent past.

But this is what liberals do best. They love to paint themselves as oppressed when they are the ones misleading the public about a proud and storied political party. And by falsely claiming they are the victims and demonizing the GOP they are really the ones being weird - saying that anyone who disagrees with THEM are Nazi like Gestapo jail wardens.

Get away from political commentary and go back to the funny, Simpsons writers. Or stump for the Democrats on your own time.