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...toss its crown so casually to a yearly sporting event identified only by a generic Roman numeral. This is a series that won 14 Emmy Awards, and in the decades since it went off the air, has been homaged on everything from “The Simpsons?? to “Sesame Street” (and twice in this season of “Community” alone). A few hundred thousand Super Bowl viewers shouldn’t let us devalue the importance of “M*A*S*H” to television history...
Mike Reiss ’81 has spent years mocking a wide range of America institutions. Now, after returning to Harvard to talk about his work writing for “The Simpsons?? and discuss how his time at Harvard has influenced his career, his alma mater can be added to that list. At last Thursday’s event, co-sponsored by Harvard Hillel and the Office for the Arts’ Learning from Performers initiative, Reiss entertained the audience for an hour with clips from his shows and a fittingly sharp tongue.Reiss revealed how difficult...
...Simpsons.’ “This is not easy for me to come back to the alma mater and give a speech for free.” Reiss roused his audience into laughter with his deadpan jokes, comic timing, and clips from ‘The Simpsons?? and his new show ‘Queer Duck.’ He also shared his views on the current president (“Oh, I hate that leaky diaper of a man. He’s Satan with a learning disorder.”) and explained how oxymorons...
...Treasurer Hayes H. Davenport ’08 (who, curiously, asked that all quotations be attributed to both of them), “The Lampoon has had a long-standing tradition and relationship with the Simpsons. In fact, 36 of our grads went on to become Simpsons?? writers and one of them went on to become a director.” One of the grads attending was Michael L. Reiss ’81, a former Lampoon President and current Simpsons producer. “I loved the Lampoon,” says Reiss, explaining his 3000 mile...
...hard-ass becomes her boss; both have to deal with All-American antics of All-American weirdo celebrity.” In just 21 episodes, Fey and Co. have created a fictional New York so rich with supporting characters and delightfully off-kilter logic that it could unseat the Simpsons?? Springfield as TV’s most fascinating city.PUBLIC SCORN INDEX: 97%“Friday Night Lights” (NBC)Fridays, 9 p.m.Season Two Premiere: Oct. 5Don’t worry. You don’t have to see the movie of the same name?...