Notice the blackboard?

S13E19 The Sweetest ApuliveMay 5, 2002, 8:24 PM ET24 minutes after the credits7 posts by 7 posters

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kaanchtoofanMay 5, 2002, 8:24 PM ET

In todays ep (Sweetest Apu), the blackboard says 'I will not lie about being cancelled'

;)

Simpsons FanMay 5, 2002, 10:54 PM ET↩ kaanchtoofan

yes

KGenameMay 6, 2002, 12:23 AM ET↩ kaanchtoofan

----- They pulled one over on everyone, what with the (later retacted) reports of the Simpsons cancellation, just to rub it our faces with the blackboard message. They must've planned it over 6 months ago. Brilliantly executed.

Exxxx-cellent.

73, Keith

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AcK!May 6, 2002, 3:02 AM ET↩ KGename

On 06 May 2002 04:23:46 GMT, [email] (KGename) wrote:

Planning nothing - Matt couldn't have expected to world's media to be *that* stupid (but I guess we can now...)... they just threw that in earlier in the week when the stuipity storm was at its peak...

TTYL

JacobMay 6, 2002, 11:39 AM ET↩ KGename

Please. They can throw in a new blackboard message on a moment's notice. Granted I have no first-hand experience with cartooning, but I guarantee they have a blank blackboard scene where they can digitally insert the message of the week. So let's not get carried away and start thinking the whole "Simpsons Cancelled" story was an elaborate plot leading up to this one blackboard shot.

KelekaMay 6, 2002, 12:13 PM ET↩ Jacob

On 6 May 2002 08:39:25 -0700, [email] (Jacob) wrote:

Still, it was an absoutely brilliant bit of PR by Fox and MG. To capitalize on the media frenzy surrounding the comments of MG.

al;kdjfMay 6, 2002, 10:55 PM ET↩ kaanchtoofan

Nobody in the country saw that except you.