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Posted Tuesday 5/08/18 at 1:23PM EDT
The Problem with Apu's Hari Kondabolu thinks it's "too late" for Hank Azaria to step aside from The Simpsons' Apu role
Kondabolu says he doesn't think The Simpsons writers or Matt Groening saw his truTV documentary -- but he thinks Azaria...
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Posted Friday 5/04/18 at 1:53PM EDT
Priyanka Chopra says The Simpsons' Apu "was the bane of my life, growing up"
The Quantico star said she personally experienced the ramifications of the controversial Indian-American character, telling The View: “A lot of...
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Posted Wednesday 5/02/18 at 1:17PM EDT
Longtime The Simpsons writer says Apu is practically already gone from the show
Mike Reiss says he's puzzled by recent The Problem with Apu controversy because the writers were aware three or four...
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Posted Monday 4/30/18 at 8:42PM EDT
The Problem with Apu's Hari Kondabolu: "Matt Groening finally responded & sounds like every other troll on the internet who didn’t see the documentary"
The Simpsons creator told USA Today last week when asked about the Apu controversy, "I think it’s a time in...
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Posted Monday 4/30/18 at 2:02PM EDT
Indian-American movie producer Adi Shankar is crowdsourcing a plan to fix The Simpsons' Apu
The Dredd and Lone Survivor producer has launched “Crowdsourcing the cure for The Simpsons," a free competition open to everyone,...
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Posted Monday 4/30/18 at 6:42AM EDT
The Simpsons shares the recipe for Homer Simpson's favorite pie on historic Episode 636
The episode that broke Gunsmoke's record for the most episodes by a scripted series contained a recipe that was actually...
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The Simpsons will break Gunsmoke's TV record this weekend with Episode 636
Gunsmoke ended in 1975 with 635 episodes.
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Posted Friday 4/27/18 at 1:37PM EDT
Matt Groening on The Simpsons' Apu controversy: "I think it’s a time in our culture where people love to pretend they’re offended"
Asked by USA Today if he had any thoughts about The Problem with Apu criticism, The Simpsons creator said: "Not...
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Posted Thursday 4/26/18 at 1:08PM EDT
The Problem with Apu's Hari Kondabolu on The Simpsons: "Honestly, I wasn’t trying to troll, but if I was, I won"
The Indian-American comedian -- speaking the day before Hank Azaria said he was willing to "step down" from voicing Apu...
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Hank Azaria offers to "step aside" from Apu role, calls on The Simpsons to listen to South Asians
Asked by Stephen Colbert about the Apu controversy, Azaria said, “the idea that anyone young or old, past or present,...
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Recalling when Barbara Bush was pen pals with Marge Simpson
The former first lady and mother to President George W.
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Posted Tuesday 4/17/18 at 1:41PM EDT
The Simpsons writer reveals what was cut from the Steamed Hams episode
Former Simpsons writer Josh Weinstein has shared the second draft of the famous episode.
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Posted Monday 4/16/18 at 11:31PM EDT
The Simpsons' Apu controversy is what happens when a show is stuck in an eternal 1990
"The show seems to take pride in the way it hasn’t changed since 1989, even as change is a fact...
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Posted Monday 4/16/18 at 11:31PM EDT
Here are the best Tax Day TV episodes
The Simpsons, Roseanne and All in the Family had some of the greatest episodes about paying your taxes.
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Posted Saturday 4/14/18 at 12:07AM EDT
A journalist of South Asian descent says "most of us happily embraced Apu" in the 1990s, but The Simpsons can fix its most controversial character
"For those of us with low expectations, starving for any representation, Apu was a breath of fresh air," says Wajahat...