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The Most Depressing Simpsons Opening Ever

Featuring dead cats, sad pandas and slave labor

by Josh Kurp   |   Oct 11, 2010

The Most Depressing Simpsons Opening Ever

Photo: 20th Century Fox

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Right after coming home from Angels in America, a truly depressing play, I put on The Simpsons. It’s my favorite show of all-time and, outside of the Mike Scully years, it always puts a smile on my face—until I watched last night’s opening credits, courtesy of graffiti activist and gift shop exit’er, Banksy:

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A funeral home joke seems tame compared to what’s about to come

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But first, some Banksy-inspired grafiti. Okay, here we go…

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Your favorite Simpsons’ doll is made of shredded cat

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It’s like the Temple of Doom…

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Yep, that’s how DVDs get their holes.