The Critic: The Entire series Z1 en enero

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Groening & The Critic>

Aunque Matt nada tuvo que ver con esta serie, fue bien comentado el berrinche que hizo cuando Jay Sherman aparecio en los simpsons, al grado tal que en dicho episodio removio su nombre de los creditos (si se fijan, en los creditos iniciales no aparece su nombre, aparece un parche azul en su lugar, y al final tampoco aparece)

Espero ver que va a pasar cuando este episodio salga en DVD, acaso Matt omitirá participar en el audiocomentario?

Como dato cultural... he aquí un extracto de LA Times, donde se comento el asunto de Matt Groening Vs. The Critic (aquél episodio del los Simpson donde aparece Jay Sherman)

Matt Groening's reaction


Groening's name is conspicuously absent from the credits in this show.
Some excerpts from a Los Angeles Times article from 3-Mar-95 (thanks
to Elson Trinidad for typing this in):

"The Simpsons" creator Matt Groening is so angry with executive
producer James L. Brooks for cross-promoting "The Critic" on this
Sunday's episode that he has yanked his name from the credits.

"I am furious with Matt," Brooks said. "He's been going to
everybody who wears a suit at Fox and complaining about this. When
he voiced his concerns about how to draw 'The Critic' into the
Simpsons' universe he was right and we agreed to his changes.
Certainly he's allowed his opinion, but airing this publicly in the
press is going too far.

"This has been my worst fear . . . that the Matt we know privately
is going public," Brooks added. "He is a gifted, adorable, cuddly
ingrate. But his behavior right now is rotten. And it's not pretty
when a rich man acts like this."

Groening said his decision has nothing to do with [Al] Reiss or
[Mike] Jean [creators of 'the Critic']. His dispute is with Brooks
and the cross-promotion, or crossover.

"The two reasons I am opposed to this crossover is that I don't want
any credit or blame for 'The Critic' and I feel this (encroachment
of another cartoon character) violates the Simpsons' universe,"
Groening said. " 'The Critic' has nothing to do with the Simpsons'
world."

He fears that fans of "The Simpsons" will "accuse us of making the
crossover episode just to advertise 'The Critic.' That's why I've
had my name removed on this episode."