A question about the Simpsons?

Question

Did anybody else in the UK notice that in the Simpsons they seem to think we use kilometres? I know most of Europe does but you'd think they'd do a little research! Does anyone else from America think this?

Some people in America seem to have been taught they they are the only ones still using miles. This is wrong! I have lived here all my life, we use miles! Everything else used the metric system though. (Apart from alot of people use imperial measurements for people's height and building materials etc.)

Answer 1

I am from Canada we use kilometres. In fact in Canada we use the metric system quite a bit. The creator of the Simpsons is Canada go figure and I guess he figures that England is like the rest of Europe and uses the metric system of measuring items with such as the length of a road.

Answer 2

Why, yes I did, I'm from Seattle, and I thought that England used the metric system.

Answer 3

Bart Simpson is acting like himself, which is to say naughty. He also sounds like the Bart we know, with that familiar mischievous lilt. But Bart's voice is coming out of a petite blonde wearing a fluffy, bright-pink wrap.

Homer has morphed into a lanky fellow and Marge's towering blue hair is brown and tastefully cropped. The event is a "table read," when the cast of The Simpsons gathers with a roomful of writers, producers, and guests and use their imaginations to conjure the animated family with the distinctive mustard hue.

It is just one of the steps towards crafting an episode of this television phenomenon, now in its 16th season. Irreverent, witty, and willing to take on anything from politics to religion to family values, The Simpsons has provided a rare bit of spice for the oatmeal-bland bowl that is TV broadcasting.

The table read is held in a trailer at the 20th Century Fox studio in Los Angeles, where the series is produced. Actors, producers and writers sit at a huge table littered with water bottles and note pads.

Invitation-only visitors ring the table. Noticably absent are the network executives who often haunt rehearsals for shows, but The Simpsons has a rare stipulation, won by executive producer James L. Brooks, limiting Fox ececutive meddling.

"It's sort of the hottest ticket on the lot," says Yeardley Smith, who voices Lisa Simpson.

This is the first time this script has been performed after months of writing and revision. The assembled performers include Smith, Dan Castellaneta, who voices Homer, Krusty the clown, and Grandpa Simpson.

Also seated at the table is blonde Nancy Cartwright (Bart) in her pink wrap, Julie Kavner (Marge) and Harry Shearer, who does an array of voices including Ned Flanders and Mr. Burns.

Each 21 minute episode takes about nine months to create, including the animation work done in the US and South Korea. The actors move through their lines and most of the jokes draw guffaws from the room.

One person seated at the table rarely smiles. This shaggy-haired figure is a tough customer to win over. It's the series creator and executive producer, Matt Groening. "He's not an easy laugh, so when you get a laugh out of him you feel like 'Yes!' It's a big deal," Smith says of Groening, who follows the script carefully, taking notes for the show's writers.

Among his suggestions: omit a giggle from baby Maggie in one scene and beef up another in which Marge finds herself without a partner for her new bike built for two.

"It's a fairly well-oiled machine," Smith says. No matter what else changes, though, the characters stay the same. Says Smith: "It's about a bratty boy and a sensitive, intellectual girl, a dumb but well-meaning husband and a wife who's sweet and knows a little better than him."

Answer 4

the whole globe uses kilometres and other metric measures. The US is the only nation in the world that doesn't.

Answer 5

OK I dont know if your question is serious, but i KNOW when I was growing up, my teachers told me We were the only country useing the standard system. If I am wrong I would lile to be updated, I like being right in all things.

Answer 6

Well,more useless to add to my list.
I thought we were the only ones that didn't use metric as our common measurement

Answer 7

Have you seen that episode where they go to London? What's with that bit when they're on the London Eye and they 'detach' their pod and fly off.

Weird.

Answer 8

yes,,,,
because even though you dont use kilometers,,, most everything else you use is metric.

Answer 9

They're just poking fun. Ha! Ha!

Answer 10

I love that show.It makes me smile.