“Our Mickey Mouse Property” – The Moment a Fox Exec Told Me The Simpsons Were Doomed

By Bobak When I was in undergrad in Los Angeles, I took classes in film/television at both my school (USC) and extension courses on the industry at UCLA.  (I’m now a lawyer in an unrelated field, so a lot of good that did.)  One of the UCLA courses I took was on marketing and always had a round table of execs from all the major Hollywood players, many from Fox which was just down the way in Century City.  A lot of times the execs would come in gushing about their latest productions–I remember the Disney people were all about…

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“Wow, you’ve had some career!  Although the moral seems to be that a lifetime of jazz leaves you sad and lonely.” – Lisa Simpson “Well, before you came to visit, I would have agreed with you.” – Bleeding Gums Murphy Happy birthday Yeardley Smith!