The long-running series recently aired its 700th episode.
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The end of the series The Simpsons there are still many years to go. But with the show moving forward into its current 33rd season, showrunner Al Jean has shared his thoughts on how the long-running animated show should come to an end.
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On an interview with Radio Times On Sunday, Jean, who has been a part of the series since the beginning, said: “There would be an ending where they (the Simpsons) would go back to the Christmas contest from the first episode ( The Simpsons roasting over an open fire ), so that the whole series was a continuous loop, this is how I would end it, if I had to. “
The show, which debuted on December 17, 1989, is the longest-running prime-time series in television history and is credited by some with predicting the future, including the presidency of Donald Trump of the United States and the attacks of November 11. of September.
In March 2020, fans pointed to an episode from May 6, 1993 titled Marge in chains – which featured a fictitious illness called “Osaka flu” that everyone contracts after a sick factory worker in Japan coughs into boxes that are shipped to Springfield, as proof that the series saw the coronavirus pandemic coming.
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Bill Oakley, a co-writer of the episode spoke with The Hollywood Reporter denouncing claims that the program had predicted the pandemic.
“The idea of someone misappropriating it to make the coronavirus look like an Asian plot is terrible. In terms of trying to blame Asia, I think it’s disgusting, ”Oakley said.
Oakley went on to downplay the notion that the series acts like a modern Nostradamus saying, “It’s mostly a coincidence because the episodes are so old that history repeats itself. Most of these episodes are based on things that happened in the 60s, 70s or 80s that we knew about. “
Earlier this year, a Facebook viral post credited the show with predicting the January 6 Capitol riots in a 1996 episode titled The Day the Violence Died. More recently, fans claimed that the show was referencing the Astroworld tragedy after 2018’s digital fan art resurfaced.
But with no end to the series in sight, Jean believes there will be many more times that fans will be able to find ways the show has envisioned the future.
“To be honest … especially since we’re doing so well on Disney + … I don’t see anybody saying, ‘Let’s finish or figure out how to get out of it’ right now,” he said.
After she recently celebrated her 700th episode, Jean adds that she would be happy to see the show reach its 1000th episode, something that won’t happen until 2033.
“I will be very happy to be here in 12 seasons,” he said.
Reference-torontosun.com