>DVD commentary for Lisa The Greek>Mike Reiss: There was one time when we were going to have Homer strangle Lisa but we just couldn't do it. She's too sweet.
So if she was a bigger bitch it would have been fine
The Meg and Santa episode ruined this pose me.
>too sweetLOLok Mike, you tell yourself that.
>>152098311She couldnt be a bigger bitch. Its a lie. Someone specific(a woman likely) said no so theyre pretending it was everyone's idea.
>>152098576>>152098311probably the same reason why Coco doesn't have any of the gruesome deaths that Crash has in the newer Crash games
>>152098753someday we may as yet range ban all Latin American IPs
Guatemalan...
>>152098304Didn’t they do an episode where Homer strangled Maggie?
I'm finally watching season 1 and it's weird that Lisa isn't even a main character
>>152098311Yeah if it was Tracey Ullman Lisa they could have gotten away with strangulation
They'll probably have Marge strangle Lisa soon.
>>152098304Isn't this the commentary where they mention that they ripped this premise off from The Mary Tyler Moore Show? Not that that's unusual.>>152099138She gets a huge spotlight episode with "Moaning Lisa" though, which pretty much created the "Lisa is too smart for this family" thing.(This premise was also ripped off from The Mary Tyler Moore Show, by the way. Brooks told the writers to do "Lisa is sad and can't explain why" as a premise and they didn't know he already did the same plot with Gavin MacLeod's character.).
>>152099403should add that Brooks is an ardent male feminist because like most of them he had no dad growing up
>>152098304Lisa is a bitch
>>152098789That'll still leave me here to fuck with you though.
>>152098304bought this shirt mainly because it has 3 lisas on it
>>152098789Rent free
>>152098304Despite how annoying Yeardly was, always bugging the writers for more Lisa-centric episodes, bigger parts, and deeper dialogue? I think the writers would have been on board for a throttling.
>>152098325meg is freaky
>>152099754Yeardey is pretty dumb but still most of that is blamed on Al Jean.
>>152098753Now make them kiss.
>>152099403I think with the recent Ella McCay advertising and interviews there's no hiding Lisa is a Brooks character. Marge and Lisa episodes almost entirely manifested because Brooks pushed. His favorite episode is Lisa's Substitute, which he heavily contributed to.
>>152100738"Lisa's Wedding" was Brooks's idea too.
>>152100738In the early days it probably was but eventually Lisa became Al Jean's daughterfu.
>>152100779Brooks mostly phased himself out of active involvement with the show after Season 4, this episode was his last major writing contribution.
>>152098304Thank God for AI
>>152099658$40 for a print on demand shirtjesus
one always gets the feeling that Simpsons fans would have preferred the Ullman short Lisa than what we got instead
>>152100828He seemed to involve himself a bit more in season 6 for some reason, maybe licking his wounds from the failure of "I'll Do Anything". The writer of "Bart's Girlfriend" says on the commentary that he worked on the story one-on-one with Brooks.The only anecdote I can think of him contributing after that (except the movie) is when the writers were trying to come up with a sexual fetish for Troy McClure to have and Brooks pitched that he should be attracted to fish.
>>152100899It kills me how much more entertaining she was
>>152100899Nah, Ullman Lisa was just female BartThe characterization she had in the first three or four seasons was best - precocious but still had the interests and psyche of a little girl, not a liberal college student
Lisa lapdancing while wearing her Tawanga costume
>>152099658>three lisas howling at the moon
>>152100942>Ullman Lisa was just female BartThat's preferable
>>152100943>Lisa lapland dancing while wearing her Tawanga costume
Brooks suggested the idea for Homer's Triple Bypass but they had to get some outside guys to write it because the writing team considered it too dark and nobody was willing to take it up.
>>152100942>Ullman Lisa was just female BartThey could've still kept that mischievous side, but also keep her smart as well and even give her girly interests instead of being a contrarian like she was in pic. Louise from Bob's Burgers is pretty much what she could've been, some edge but with a softer side shown.
people give Mike Scully all kinds of shit but his seasons had the least Lisa screentime of the entire series and he didn't give a fuck about her
>>152101056The writers are just kind of shit at female characters most of the time when its anything other than setting up a joke. Marge might as well be Maude a lot of the time.
>>152101056It's just a little boring how every cartoon needs to portray the nerdy character as the reserved friendless type. Maybe its more realistic, but you can't think that and also be okay with an 8 year old girl screaming about patriarchy and caring about jazz.
>>152101172they admitted it as well, they can't write female characters for crap. also Sam Simon banned women writers from the show so there weren't any until after he left.
>>152101187Sam simon needs to be annointed as a saint.
>>152101187He was super butthurt because he had been divorced at that time and was on turbo /r9k/ mode. They kind of avoided mentioning him on the DVD commentaries because they were afraid he'd sue them for libel if they said something he didn't like.
>>152098304I demand an AI video of Homer strangling Lisa.
>>152098304You can't strangle girls, they'll cum.
>>152102632Based
i imagine they couldn't do it because Yeardley would have thrown a bitchfit
