The Simpsons Was a Fox Show

In 19 96, the simpsons was heading into its ninth season. It had achieved the near impossible feat of being an animated series on prime time television. Fox executives said that no adult would ever watch a show about children and no child would be allowed to watch south park. So they suggested to parker and stone they make the parents of the children the lead characters. Their pitch was rejected. Next stone and parker went to m t v, but the video channel turned them down. They approached another network, but were rejected. And every meeting south park was rejected. But fox put its foot down. Foul mouthed adults aren't ridiculous or necessarily funny. That's why we