The Mysterious Evolution of Simpsons Promo Images

[@TheRealJims]

Yay! Thanks for having me on your show to talk about some Simpsons stuff I had genuinely never thought about before. I feel like we all kinda just glance at these promo images and forget them, but there is a lot of cool and bizarre stuff in there. (That Lisa's Pony one will never make sense to me.)

[@Elvusmiw]

Simpsons KZbin cinematic universe

[@dm6905]

Between Jims and NICKtendo, why do all these people making Simpsons videos sound like frogs?

[@TheRealJims]

@@dm6905 Ribbit ribbit

[@milan99cz]

Sad to see you still hating on Herb in YET another video

[@BlinksAwakening]

I'm honestly shocked that you, sir, didn't address this stuff first. Love your channel by the way!

[@ToonrificTariq]

Two of my favorite KZbinrs in one video. It’s like Christmas.

[@noellestradamus]

I'm seeing double here, 4 KZbinRS

[@pineapplecity3769]

thanks mom

[@realDonaldTrump420]

He sounds like ProjectFarm

[@scootinand]

Twenny-one?

[@BBWahoo]

I want dreamybull for christmas 🥵🏳️‍🌈

[@mathieuleader8601]

the promo for the Springfield Files makes it look like the episode had an abandoned plotline where Homer teams up with Mulder & Scully to rescue Ozzie Smith from Springfields sinister mystery spot.

[@waywardlaser]

Interesting to see you guys tackle this often overlooked part of Simpsons history. As a kid I always thought "No way Matt Groening drew all of these himself" just because his name was always there in that distinctive font. Fox basically turned his name into a brand itself.

[@eatatjoes6751]

I love and hate it.

[@hezekiahramirez6965]

Maybe it's because I loved DC Comics as a kid but I always just understood that was just a logo and that a lot of artists did the same thing. Bob Kane springs to mind. Even when I was little I knew Bob Kane stopped drawing Batman a long time ago. I saw the artists' names in the comic books. Stan Lee is another one. And sometimes I saw Siegel And Shuster on the odd Superman thing. I also remember seeing Bob Kane's signature in the 1989 Batman movie. So I guess I always just thought of it as a logo

[@KazakhV3]

Honestly a lot of these promo images are nostalgic as they were used to represent episodes on the back of the old VHS tapes and dvds of the show over here. The promo image for Cape Feare was even used as the front cover for one tape.

[@EmployeeAMillion]

Thanks for having me on! I’ll no longer put any more effort into improving my American accent.

[@TheRandomPosterTRP]

I love that everytime TheRealJims makes a cameo in another KZbinr's video, they usually adopt their editing style, gotta be my favorite running gag

[@KremBotop]

This was really fun and interesting. Well done to everyone involved

[@spins_um]

4:46 "Mr. Burns is shot!" *Whoo-oo!* Homer enjoyed that.

[@TheCartoonGamer8000]

Didn't know how much I needed something like this til now.

[@jonothanthrace1530]

Speaking of promotional stuff, I remember there being radio ads for every episode for the first several seasons and I have no idea if they were archived anywhere.

[@SpadeALay]

I think the kangaroo one is the best because the kangaroo should've been the new cast

[@NICKtendoReviews]

whoa escape team pfp

[@PeacefulZealot]

Between this and his Gil video I get two doses of Jims in one day? What a treat 🧡

[@benjaminphelps561]

i work at a fox affiliate station out in rural america, and we have so many of those promo poster things from the simpsons, we hung up a bunch of them

[@DeepWeeb]

I remember seeing a lot of the more parodic promo art on t-shirts and binders, because they were so cool The ones that mystified me the most have to be the "Rosebud" one (since Homer never interacts with the Ramones in the actual episode) and "Jazzy & The Pussycats" (because, again, Milhouse isn't even present at the scene where The White Stripes make their cameo)

[@bafd19991]

wouldn’t it make sense for a simpsons wiki to be named kwik-e-pedia

[@NuteGunray]

how are you this smart

[@alchemistofsteel8099]

Cwcki

[@thatcomicandmangafanfromdublin]

The wiki Mart

[@dittomaster2141]

Hearing the real Jim’s over a moving picture is cursed

[@TomTheyy]

2:29 So weird, I was just thinking of "rare Green shirt Bart" earlier today!

[@giovanniorellana2200]

Nice getting TheRealJims to talk about this topic

[@Elvusmiw]

The ultimate crossover that was teased has finally come true. The crossover that we didn't deserve but glad we got

[@AJPiersonToonParadise]

They did team up in the Johnny Test revival review.

[@Elvusmiw]

​@@AJPiersonToonParadisethey did. I how did I forget

[@ch3rri]

11:22 you didn't warn us of the terf jumpscare

[@TheInkTank]

I love this kinda stuff. Great video!

[@NICKtendoReviews]

Thanks!

[@samwill7259]

Gotta be careful just tossing Muscle Marge at me like a flashbang, it already awakened something in me once and I do not know if I could survive a double tap

[@007megaoof]

I got flashbacks to when I used to go on deviant art

[@samwill7259]

@@007megaoof Eeeeveryone's got a thing.

[@007megaoof]

@@samwill7259 lmao

[@connorbeith3232]

Speaking of promo stuff, one thing I've thought about that also isn't discussed much are promo animations. As in original animations studios create to promote animated movies, particularly CG ones, with some of my favorites coming from Turning Red. I wonder how much of the staff on these films had to animate those on top of the film itself.

[@lasarousi]

I appreciate that the editing style of Mr Realistic Jimothy was kept, more or less.

[@walpoleandworcester]

I always loved this kind of promo art for these shows. And I've always really dug those movie posters that came with a lot of animated short subjects many decades ago. That's what this reminds me of.

[@Elvusmiw]

The monorail promo poster is so far my Fav

[@casualtuff2327]

8:48 DR BREEN?!?!!?!?! “i was hoping i’d seen the last of him in city 14”

[@smashbrew2039]

Thanks bringing back a deep rooted childhood memory for me! On one of the cash register screens of a restaurant I used to go to there was that art of the ape evolving into Homer for some reason 🤷‍♂️

[@maxresdefault_]

The promo image for Eternal Moonshine of the Simpson Mind is one of my favourite images from the show's history. Great idea for a video.

[@jonothanthrace1530]

So many of these later promos feel like they're writing checks the shows can't cash.

[@digitalzealot7026]

Omg you should make a video about stock Spongebob art (when some of them first appeared and such)

[@BoyOHBoy123]

5:02 So sad that it's Skinner who's packing heat instead.

[@Minerdee]

TheRealJims kinda sounds like Lorenzo Music to me. It’s kinda neat

[@Shadytribe97]

I remember as a kid being misled by the box art on the Star Wars themed episodes VHS. It depicted Bart as Luke and Homer as Vader and I assumed it was like some cool ‘Blue Harvest’ sorta parody. Instead the closest thing we got was Mark Hamil saying “use the fork”

[@memeelfman324]

Welcome to another epic Nicktendo Simpsons episode

[@ShortyGravel]

Just watched your Ok Ko video very happy to see the new upload a day after seeing it !

[@NICKtendoReviews]

Love that one! Thanks for the support

[@brenlc1412]

Nick: What other person would be willing to talk at length about Simpsons images? TheRealJims: Now this looks like a job for me!

[@spicy767]

I was not expecting this in my notifications

[@StudioCONGO40]

The next video is nicktendo *canon event* great video as usual Dr nick-tendo

[@AJPiersonToonParadise]

Oh hey! You have the Simpsons Guidebook too. Neat. 👍

[@hearmymotoredheart]

2:00 Matt was absent for the production of that episode? That explains so much

[@botchboy4237]

Good job managing to sneak in a Herb sucks in there Jim

[@erikperez4829]

I was probably the only one that seen the playboy mag with marge on the cover and thinking but she a cartoon 😂😂😂

[@buddyisbored2355]

wtf black hanz moleman at 4:49

[@Air_OK]

I wasn’t ready for WOKE Simpranos or the Sweatin’ Rudy jumpscare 💀

[@johnwerner69]

I had a theme on my old Sony Ericsson phone with Bart and 50 Cent back in the day

[@adamgingibbins2751]

Wikisimpsons over the fandom one anyway. Fandom has to many ads man

[@Mr.BeastFacts]

*I have to admit, as much as I like I Can’t Believe It’s Not Jims, TheRealJims is starting to grow on me!*

[@RobLives4Love]

listening to TheRealJims as Simpsons VIDEO played shook me to my core

[@woodman7841]

Wow very good as I have seen it as of it releasing around a minute ago

[@benncourt]

11:08 *holyyy shiiii* l love jims

[@nixonbubble]

after the ad i forgot i wasnt watching-- er listening to nicktendo

[@WhoElseButZane]

If it's a 90s cartoon that suddenly has shading on the characters, you know it's either a a promo image or a movie

[@hezekiahramirez6965]

Have you read many of the Bongo! comics? They're pretty fun. The Bartman and Radioactive Man books are legitimately good. Especially Bartman. I had both Bartman trades as a kid. I've not read them in years but I love them The Treehouse Of Horror comics are kind of hit or miss but overall good too. I've not read many Futurama comics but I plan to get to them eventually. They did two crossovers. The first one is a lot better than the TV version. The second is okay too. But definitely people should check out the comics if they haven't. I'm always happy to hear people mention them

[@haydenbrewer787]

For years, I’ve been puzzled as to where there promotional images even came from.

[@Blue.Diesel]

Top 10 anime crossovers, loved the intro

[@ShiningMew]

this has like the best thumbnail ever

[@uhh.willow]

The fact that the two wikis are called “wiki Simpsons” and “Simpsons wiki” sounds like a Simpsons joke

[@th4h3]

I love realjims addition here❤

[@Ekraelum]

I've always known of these, and actually my cable service sometimes uses the promo images in the TV guide too (others it's just a screenshot or the season DVD boxart). I find it funny that my favorite episode, Deep Space Homer, has one of the most boring promo arts in the show's history lol but at least they didn't try to shoehorn the cameos in it I suppose. The one for Dude, Where's My Ranch? is kinda a perfect summary tbh, for me at least, cause I mostly cared for that episode because of the Everybody Hates Ned Flanders song and the rest is filler for me lol I don't hate the episode but it's not really stellar either

[@S1nwar]

man i miss the simpsons of the Xfiles episode, that was the best episode ever...

[@KasumiKenshirou]

A lot of the earlier images were simpler than those of later seasons because they were seen by most people as uncolored line art in TV Guide. 10:45 Are they going to stop putting this "Lizzo" person in every TV show, now? Matt Groening's had his name removed from The Critic crossover, but allowed it to appear on the Playboy drawings of the character named after his mom and in the Jeffrey Epstein flight logs.

[@MatthewPrower]

i like it when homer do the funni scream

[@christopherfarinu8308]

we still got to finish the fop retrospective

[@NICKtendoReviews]

and you got to finish the video

[@Polycomical]

I'm learnding

[@TryTheRoachBurger]

He’s back :)

[@lrgogo1517]

Can someone explain the difference between "promo images" and the briefly mentioned "key art"?

[@debbieganger]

Promo images are for specific episodes. Key art is for an entire season/series.

[@xanferra]

Really liked the video, but I do have to make one correction: I don't believe its Hoover holding the gun in that Who Shot Mr Burns image. The angle that the gun is held at and the inclusion of a silencer, which he had in the episode, makes me think it's Skinner's gun, just being held aloft near Hoover.

[@TheRealBlackarrot]

Why has Matt Greoning's signature been on every promotional Simpsons image even though he didn't draw them?

[@AJPiersonToonParadise]

Copyright perhaps. Or some legal junk.

[@Brewart2012]

I hope FOP Season 9 and 10 is coming soon(absolutely no rush though)

[@NICKtendoReviews]

I was screaming into my closet about it/recording some audio for it yesterday.

[@Reg16]

You better make a joke about how it's been almost a year since you said 'Why do I consider making the next part next year, so don't get as burnt out?", that would be hilarious.

[@StinkySeaGoat]

Imagine if the simpsons brought on streamers as guest stars

[@NICKtendoReviews]

Duncanville got NINJA. It could happen

[@jennyquinn23]

so is no one talking about the treehouse of horror xxxiv poster?

[@backup368]

Why did Grandpa have a blue sweater in that calendar?

[@BuddhaBot]

I liked the Jockey Elves. But I don’t know how to feel about Matt Groening liking the Jockey Elves too -_-

[@AJPiersonToonParadise]

Worst. Episode. Ever. Said most people.

[@BuddhaBot]

@@AJPiersonToonParadise I disagree.

[@DigiRangerScott]

Great video! Now if only Carl could find his wallet

[@Alaqeam]

Anyone know the name of the song that plays at 15:12? Been searching for months for the source

[@collinlueb5980]

whats the name of the song that starts at 2:04 ?

[@AJPiersonToonParadise]

It says so in the video. Portal - Fantavision

[@Akrenix]

2:31 i want the real bart where can i get him

[@austinthompson3075]

NO.................NO.......WHY WOULD I WANT THIS.

[@wyclef_bean]

Has anyone mentioned that you sound like Henchman 24 from the venture brothers? Because you do lmao

[@lrgogo1517]

FOP part 3 hype!!

[@kathy444]

nick is a matt groening youtuber now

[@NICKtendoReviews]

Good thing I teamed up with one

[@kathy444]

all it needs is the matt groening signature on the corner of the screen for the entire duration of the video @@NICKtendoReviews

[@kazmiller7195]

Mommmmm, nicktendo made me think I clicked on a toonrifictrariq videoo

[@abanana]

yay!!!

[@backup368]

You mean Lord Montymort.

[@Swagtuna12]

mr burns is shot! W O O H O O

[@gabrielcornejo682]

6:47 Why?

[@lucinae8512]

I hate the promo images with just celebrities standing around in voids with the Simpsons or on their own. Besides some sectors of movie stars and childhood media, I've never been a celeb savvy person, so for the majority of these I have no clue who these people are! Sure the same applies within the episodes, but at least there I get learn something about them and see them interract with the Simpsons characters, even if I end up disliking them. These promos are not only cheaply produced and boring, but it's creepy to see realistically drawn characters smirking at me or judging the Simpsons with zero context and that puts me off watching the episode! The opposite of what promos or I want to do!

[@thunderphoenix440]

Yeah, and all those Who Shot Mr. Burns promos DON'T HAVE WHO DONE IT on them! The cheaters!

[@Sirenhound]

Hey! Who told you about my big sandwich fetish!?

[@ManiaSonicFire]

NICK NICK NICK NICK NICKTENDO!

[@Anonymousaggro]

I have to disagree with your statement pertaining to not being able to tell apart animation from the 2010's and 2020's. I know you already mentioned backgrounds, but the animation itself has also improved a lot in comparison the the 2010's. It's a lot more fluid, bouncy, and expressive while the 2010's HD era animation was a lot stiffer and less dynamic. While the stylization hasn't changed all that much, the animation quality defiently has and it's easy to pick out between the time periods.

[@NICKtendoReviews]

If we’re gonna get nitpicky, the animation quality started to pick up in the way you’re talking about it around Season 27 (I started noticing it in “The Town”) so no, I don’t think that’s the main difference between the two decades. Fair point though! This video is also moreso about design evolution in the show too, that’s just where my brain was at.

[@kermitgotthesickkicks4265]

Boom baby 3.1k like

[@Looneyboy]

Matt Groening was on Epstein’s flight log and the victim reported him after a feet massage

[@donaldscottishengine]

GUYS THEY SHOT MR. BURNS

[@SirFarty-hh6lk]

Do Fiona and cake please

[@moxxiepeppino]

Wow

[@admiralAlfonso9001]

Limey grimey

[@neilhannan5112]

Avengers Endgame is the most ambiltion crossover NickTendo' and TheRealJims Fans : Ha that Funny

[@theletterm1787]

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[@Pro-Gamer330]

South Park Season 26 review

[@NICKtendoReviews]

Lol not watching that