It is time for goodbye? 'The Simpsons' composer Danny Elfman has heard show is 'in its last year'

Elfman said when he wrote the opening theme, he thought the show would get cancelled after 3 episodes.

By PTI | Nov 29, 2019, 02.00 PM IST

'The Simpons', which premiered in December 1989, is one of the longest running animated sitcoms on American TV.

LONDON: Danny Elfman, the composer behind the 'The Simpsons' iconic opening theme, has revealed that he has heard rumours the show could be "in its last year".

Speaking to website JOE, the composer said he is "flabbergasted and amazed" that the show stayed on screens for more than 30 years.

"Well, from what I've heard, it is coming to an end. So, that argument (about whether the show should be cancelled) will also come to an end. I don't know for a fact, but I've heard that it will be in its last year," Elfman said.

"When I scored 'The Simpsons', I wrote this crazy piece of music, and I expected no-one would hear it, because I really did not think the show had a chance in hell. Really, I expected it would run for three episodes and get cancelled, and that would be that, because it was so weird at the time, and I just didn't think it had a chance. So believe me, that is one of the truly big surprises in my life," he added.

'The Simpons', which premiered in December 1989, is one of the longest running animated sitcoms on American TV.

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Stephen Hawking, a prolific theoretical physicist, would have celebrated his 77th birthday today. The cosmologist and author of 'A Brief History Of Time', who was diagnosed with motor neuron disease at 21, spent his life trying to resolve the mysteries of the universe. However, while Professor Hawking, who passed away on March 14 last year, was busy deciphering the basics of black holes and tackled time travel, he enjoyed a brief, small-screen career as well.

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