Why hasn't the band ever been a guest star on the simpsons???

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  • dpmay
    dpmay Posts: 643
    http://images.google.com/images?hl=en&q=simpsons%20pearl%20jam&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=wi

    (sorry for the crappy link)
  • RolanBolan
    RolanBolan Posts: 36
    http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w127/oama_in_hiding/pearl_jam_simpsons.jpg

    Was this the pic you were trying to post? ;)
  • gozzo5058
    gozzo5058 Posts: 611
    because bart is always cooler than pj
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  • Duder5k
    Duder5k Posts: 278
    giventofly0812 wrote:
    i think the better social critic we have is south park, and many artist have been on it. Robert Smith of the Cure. Issac Hayes. Phil Collins.

    hell, jerry seinfeld gobbled like a turkey on it, guesting as A TURKEY with no considerable lines
    Not to mention Radiohead...

    BTW Jerry didn't actually voice the turkey.
  • Surf Rider
    Surf Rider Posts: 813
    cellophane_star wrote:
    Considering guest starts on The Simpsons don't actually get paid, I don't see how Pearl Jam would be "selling out". Give me a break.

    If Radiohead can appear on South Park, Pearl Jam can appear on The Simpsons!


    Ya, but the simple fact is...............why would they want to. I keep reading should they, should they, but give one reason why they would [size=+10]WANT[/size] to. Ya, I can't think of one neither.


    I can pull a monkey out of my ass too, watch. Should Pearl Jam have appeared on Macgyver? I think they guys should have went on the show, I mean, why not?


    See, if something doesn't make sense...........why debate it.


    I think it's safe to say Pearl Jam will not be appearing on your cartoon.
  • catefrances
    catefrances Posts: 29,003
    PJAMEDVED wrote:
    Ya, but the simple fact is...............why would they want to. I keep reading should they, should they, but give one reason why they would [size=+10]WANT[/size] to. Ya, I can't think of one neither.


    I can pull a monkey out of my ass too, watch. Should Pearl Jam have appeared on Macgyver? I think they guys should have went on the show, I mean, why not?


    See, if something doesn't make sense...........why debate it.


    I think it's safe to say Pearl Jam will not be appearing on your cartoon.

    and my question would be why wouldnt they?

    my feeling is it may well feel like tokenism to the band and they may well get on their high horse about that.... but in the end tis just amusing imo. :)
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  • iamica
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    REM was on The Simpsons too, I forgot about that.
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  • MakeMeCry43
    MakeMeCry43 Posts: 355
    Well, it's always fun to watch stars appear on The Simpsons, I'm a huge fan and everytime I watch it, I just have to check who was guest voicing in this or that episode, but yeah, I love the show a whole lot, but it's not as it used to be, it doesn't suck, but it seems like they kind of lost their touch, although the movie was awesome, their episodes are kind of strained.

    As for PJ on The Simpons, that'd be awesome and funny, but I don't think the band would want to, I mean why? it's not exactly for fun, in PJ's eyes it might be commercializing a bit, but I don't know, as much as it would be awesome, why should they do it? there's no real motive for it.....
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  • Stu42
    Stu42 Posts: 178
    don't forget about smashing pumpkins and sonic youth, billy corgan sets up one of homer's best lines ever
    "billy corgan, smashing pumpkins"
    "homer simpson, smiling politely"
  • TroubledSoul
    TroubledSoul Posts: 1,374
    Stu42 wrote:
    don't forget about smashing pumpkins and sonic youth, billy corgan sets up one of homer's best lines ever
    "billy corgan, smashing pumpkins"
    "homer simpson, smiling politely"

    wasnt homerpalooza supposed to be the episode that pj was approached for?
    someone correct me if im wrong.
    Yeh I've seen Pearl Jam, too. But I can't remember the dates.
  • JordyWordy
    JordyWordy Posts: 2,261
    TroubledSoul wrote:
    wasnt homerpalooza supposed to be the episode that pj was approached for?
    someone correct me if im wrong.

    I remember hearing that in a behind the scenes simpsons type show....

    i definitely have heard that was the episode they were approached about, and i think Bob Dylan was approached about it too. no real proof though..

    would have been a good episode to be in, then again, could have been highlighting a phase of the bands career that had already been left behind.
  • Kel Varnsen
    Kel Varnsen Posts: 1,952
    JordyWordy wrote:
    I remember hearing that in a behind the scenes simpsons type show....

    i definitely have heard that was the episode they were approached about, and i think Bob Dylan was approached about it too. no real proof though..

    would have been a good episode to be in, then again, could have been highlighting a phase of the bands career that had already been left behind.


    Bob Dylan was also approached to be Homer's spirit guide after he eats the Guatemalan Insanity Peppers. He said no, so they used Johnny Cash, which helped make an awesome episode.

    As far as Pearl Jam appearing I think the Homerpalloza episode would have been ok, but I think I would have prefer something a little more random, like Elton John, or Ringo's appearance.
  • Brownie9160
    Brownie9160 Posts: 190
    Duder5k wrote:
    Not to mention Radiohead...

    BTW Jerry didn't actually voice the turkey.

    Yeah, I guess Jerry's agent contacted Trey and Matt and said that Jerry wanted to be a guest voice on the show. So they came back and told him he was going to be turkey #5 or something...I guess it didn't go over to well with Jerry haha.

    George Clooney did play the part of a homosexual dog though.
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  • firecrotch23
    firecrotch23 Posts: 586
    there are a few referances to pj, the one episode where selma adopts a baby from china, the citizens start questioning everything, one of the questions is "why doesnt pearl jam come here?" and of course the sign held up by jimbo in the episode where mr burns is the alien.
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  • rasty10
    rasty10 Posts: 68
    PJAMEDVED wrote:
    Ya they sent him a script alright. He sat it next to the Rolling Stone Mags so he could wipe him ass with it.

    He was on the cover of RS last year, or some time. He's not so against commercialism as he once was...based on my observations.

    I think the reason is that The Simpsons suck........They should be on South Park though!
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    Stu42 wrote:
    don't forget about smashing pumpkins and sonic youth, billy corgan sets up one of homer's best lines ever
    "billy corgan, smashing pumpkins"
    "homer simpson, smiling politely"

    LOL, awesome line, but here's a fun fact for you: Courtney Love was supposed to be in that episode and she was supposed to be in that joke. It was orginally, "Courtney Love", "Homer Hungry." Foe whatever reason, Love wasn't in the episode and the joke was rewritten for the Smashing Pumpkins, and I think it worked better with Billy.
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  • i am a target
    i am a target Posts: 808
    from what i understand they declined to be on the show due to the fact that the creators of the simpsons retain the rights to the animated images and the pearl jam camp wasn't into that idea.
  • pc_loadletter
    pc_loadletter Posts: 164
    IWillLiveForeve wrote:
    No it will never happen. Why? Because they won't sell out. Just keep loving U2. They'll be on the show again.


    it didn't take too long to get this response.

    uh oh... pearl jam played on david letterman MORE THAN ONCE..... they sold out.
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  • pc_loadletter
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    rasty10 wrote:
    He was on the cover of RS last year, or some time. He's not so against commercialism as he once was...based on my observations.

    I think the reason is that The Simpsons suck........They should be on South Park though!


    WHOA let's settle down. the simpsons NOW suck. seasons 1-9 were amazing. probably the best cartoon ever made. and guess what... the simpsons were an influence on south park.... uh oh
  • mattosborne
    mattosborne Posts: 339
    If they did, most people around here would scream sell out so its probably best it doesn't happen. As if having some fun on a beloved american television show is selling out, its ridiculous but, thats the Pearl Jam world we all live in.
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