The contest was a cross-promotional deal with 1-800-COLLECT, and the rules were that only people who had used the 1-800-COLLECT service were eligible. Out of those people, a random sampling of only 200 people were selected to actually get callbacks; those people, when called, had to (a) be home at the time (or else they’d be disqualified), and (b) correctly identify Mr. Burns’s shooter. And NONE of the people who were called back supplied the correct answer. So they ended up randomly choosing a winner from the 200-person sample, and the person they chose didn’t even watch the show.
The person who posted on the message board was NOT the one who “won” the contest, but was, as far as the show’s creators knew, the only person who correctly identified the shooter. They wanted to give that person a reward, but weren’t allowed to do so until after the contest ended, and by then they couldn’t find him/her.
@AstroCitizen: Someone accurately guessed who the right shooter was in an online message board, the producers wanted to get in contact with them, but because of the rules of the context (it had to be someone who called in), they couldn’t. & it turns out the person wasn’t even a fan of the show & took a cash prize instead of allowing theirself to be animated.
Give a listen to the 2 Bad Neighbors podcast episode (#87)
They have sex scenes in shows like “American Horror Story” (an anthology show that first premiered on FX in 2011), even if the genitals and lady pecs are not shown.
And “Torchwood” (a more mature “Doctor Who” spin-off) even had a gay sex scene a few years back, too (albeit the male genitals were also censored).
Also Aaron’s idea for a “Simpsons” episode sounds very neat.
@Zach Kenny: Close, but not quite.
The contest was a cross-promotional deal with 1-800-COLLECT, and the rules were that only people who had used the 1-800-COLLECT service were eligible. Out of those people, a random sampling of only 200 people were selected to actually get callbacks; those people, when called, had to (a) be home at the time (or else they’d be disqualified), and (b) correctly identify Mr. Burns’s shooter. And NONE of the people who were called back supplied the correct answer. So they ended up randomly choosing a winner from the 200-person sample, and the person they chose didn’t even watch the show.
The person who posted on the message board was NOT the one who “won” the contest, but was, as far as the show’s creators knew, the only person who correctly identified the shooter. They wanted to give that person a reward, but weren’t allowed to do so until after the contest ended, and by then they couldn’t find him/her.
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Who_Shot_Mr._Burns%3F#Contest
Well, they would make a rock concert based episode a year later, “Homerpalooza”.
However, it was not the most flattering episode for the scene, since the writer, Brent Forrester had a very bad experience at Lolapalooza.
@AstroCitizen: Someone accurately guessed who the right shooter was in an online message board, the producers wanted to get in contact with them, but because of the rules of the context (it had to be someone who called in), they couldn’t. & it turns out the person wasn’t even a fan of the show & took a cash prize instead of allowing theirself to be animated.
Give a listen to the 2 Bad Neighbors podcast episode (#87)
Sorry to go off-topic — sort of — but does anyone know how the actual contest ended?
They have sex scenes in shows like “American Horror Story” (an anthology show that first premiered on FX in 2011), even if the genitals and lady pecs are not shown.
And “Torchwood” (a more mature “Doctor Who” spin-off) even had a gay sex scene a few years back, too (albeit the male genitals were also censored).
Also Aaron’s idea for a “Simpsons” episode sounds very neat.
Boy, will Aaron be kicking himself when he sees the reveal.
Nah, Fox still won’t show boobs, Kendra…
I see too many references to past NNS stories here.
The idea of Homer becoming a Pyrotechnician would be a great Simpsons episode.
“Ethnic slurs.”
Ah, now we know whose side of the family that grandma comes from 😅