The little town of Springfield, VT (pop. 9,300) won the nationwide contest to host the premiere of The Simpsons Movie. It beat out 13 other Springfield, USAs for the honor based on voting on the USA Today website.Springfield, VT was a last-minute entry into the contest. City leaders said they didn't even hear about the contest until the videos were almost due, so they hurried up and slapped something together. That video is pretty darn good, actually. It begins with a live action re-creation of The Simpsons opening credits, which comes to an abrupt stop when a man impersonating Homer Simpson sees a giant, pink doughnut. He chases it around town-- showing off Springfield, VT in the meantime and introducing characters, such as a post-pubescent Bart. Whoever wrote the script definitely has knowledge of The Simpsons. You can see the winning video (and the other contenders) here.
Springfield, VT will get to premiere The Simpsons Movie on July 26th. It opens nationwide on July 27th.
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7-10-2007 @ 5:53PM
pete said...
jolly good show springfield vt, jolly good show indeed. deserves a golf clap and all.
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7-10-2007 @ 6:07PM
Mel said...
Aww, I was hoping for Springfield, Illinois, because I live in St. Louis. Ah well, good for Vermont!
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7-10-2007 @ 6:55PM
mrkorb said...
Vermont? What the fark? Oregon got robbed. ROBBED.
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7-10-2007 @ 7:22PM
bd said...
Boooooo
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7-10-2007 @ 9:21PM
J8675309 said...
I saw on my local news that my town (Springfield, Florida) was in dead last, or something like that.
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7-10-2007 @ 9:23PM
J8675309 said...
OMG, wow, OMG, our vid really was bad. The Library! that's my library! I've spent a lot of time in there getting immunizations in the years when the Health Center shared the building down the center with the library.
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7-11-2007 @ 10:01AM
mc said...
Frigging Vermont? Yeah, the show really has a tiny town rural setting with no nuclear plants whatsoever.
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7-11-2007 @ 10:23AM
mary said...
I really got a kick out of Ohio's video.
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7-11-2007 @ 5:39PM
cab said...
To "OMG" -- which State are you from with the bad video?
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7-11-2007 @ 5:41PM
denis said...
I don't understand why Vt won....it was pretty lame.
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7-12-2007 @ 2:10AM
Ray said...
Denis,
It is fairly easy to explain why we won. Pay attention now....Ummm, we received more votes.
Hope that helps you out.
Ray
WCFR 1480
Springfield, VT
"Home of The Simpsons"
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9-21-2007 @ 4:54PM
Ed said...
You should read how community leaders in Springfield, VT mistreated its own volunteer video actors and extras following the big win.
Check out http://vtvid.110mb.com
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