Simpsons SPOILER

[Deja Q]

Simpsons had Keith Oberman on; claiming if you skip commercials, you are stealing TV.

Uh, when I buy a product, part of the money from that product goes back into the company's advertising fund. I have no say in what the company sponsors and some products are just unavoidable.

So KO's guest appearance seemed to be nothing more than a JO for somebody.

[ghostsofgiants]

1. Pssst...It was probably a joke.

[northzax]

2. i bet not

KO knows who buys him those nice suits and pays for dinner.

[ghostsofgiants]

4. Yeah, why would they have jokes on a show like The Simpsons anyway?

[northzax]

5. in every joke lies a kernel of truth, amigo. nt

[ghostsofgiants]

7. Or in satire, a subversion of truth.

You know, sarcasm/irony.

[trotsky]

6. Absolutely a joke.

Unless going to the john during commercial breaks is also "stealing."

[PeaceNikki]

8. And it speaks to an element from the movie.

Clearly they don't like Fox advertising during the actual running of show - the tickers and logos and stuff.

I'd be pissed - they spend months animating an episode to have it cropped or tainted by some ad for a new Fox show.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

3. Sounds like a joke to me.

The Simpsons are infamously sarcastic about such things.