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Ricky Gervais is a man of many talents. A great comedian, a big thinker, a charismatic actor and also a fantastic mind behind TV-programs (The Office). In the 12-part TV-series Extras he once again defied expectations when he started with a simple premise: it is about a man who is an extra on movie sets and each episode features a different movie star – but by the end of the series Extras would have turned 180°.
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Following in The Simpsons’s footsteps we have a Futurama Christmas special. Futurama created by Matt Groening on first glance appears to be an over the top Simpsons Rip-Off in the future, but the series is a completely different way for satirized storytelling.
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Long before The Simpsons became the sad joke they are right now the series redefined the way we look at serialized animated storytelling. Combining jokes, theology, philosophy, history, science into an entertaining mix for both adults and children. While there were many hilarious episodes in later seasons the earlier seasons were a lot heavier on the family drama and the moments between the members of the Simpsons family.