Or is the show within a show better in small doses?

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To me, a little bit of I&S goes a loooooooooooooooong way.

...that focused on Itchy & Scratchy's "backstory" as cartoon characters {supposedly as far back as World War II}, as a "trial balloon" to see if viewers would accept a full half-hour of them on a weekly basis. Fox passed on the idea- I don't know if the situation would be any different today.

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...that focused on Itchy & Scratchy's "backstory" as cartoon characters {supposedly as far back as World War II}, as a "trial balloon" to see if viewers would accept a full half-hour of them on a weekly basis. Fox passed on the idea- I don't know if the situation would be any different today.

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If "The Simpsons" have a Final Episode, only Itchy and Scratchy remain, then Scratchy finally kills Itchy...something we didn't see because some dumb-ass nerds turned-off the TV!

Hmmm...Interesting topic. For me personally, I enjoy watching Itchy & Scratchy and find it quite funny, but I would have to say I prefer to watch Itchy & Scratchy in small doses, if I had to take any more than that I would probably end up hating the show because of all the mindless violence that it gives. However, if they were to create a spin-off where it had a bit more story to go along with all the violence than perhaps I would watch it but if they couldn't deliever on that than most definitely I would not watch it.

It's time for the cat to kill the mouse and get it over with.

I dont think so. If you want to cancel a show after 23 yrs. why would you keep a part of it? I think less is more with Itchy and Scratchy. They might be overexposed as well. Also, I dont think Itchy and Scratchy talk plus its only the 2 of them. How would a show work with only 2 people and no one else.

I dont think so. If you want to cancel a show after 23 yrs. why would you keep a part of it? I think less is more with Itchy and Scratchy. They might be overexposed as well. Also, I dont think Itchy and Scratchy talk plus its only the 2 of them. How would a show work with only 2 people and no one else.

Actually, they do talk once in a while.

How would a show work with only 2 people and no one else.

It wouldn't. I imagine it would be just like so many similarly themed shows, where the theme characters would be regulars, and maybe even hosts, but many other characters would be featured as well. Kind of like The Bugs Bunny/Road Runner hour or that Porky Pig show (the name of which escapes me).

It's time for the cat to kill the mouse and get it over with.

Yeah despite the fact that it only happened in Homer Goes to College but we didn't see it