Simpsons composer Alf Clausen sues Fox, blaming age & disability discrimination

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...for his 2017 firing

https://variety.com/2019/biz/news/si...on-1203292605/

Two-time Emmy winner Clausen, 78, was fired in August 2017 after 27 years with the Fox animated series. At the time of his firing, producers said Clausen would have an "ongoing role" with the show. In his lawsuit, Clausen was informed that the show was "taking the music in a different direction.” The lawsuit states: "This reason was pretextual and false. Instead, Plaintiff’s unlawful termination was due to perceived disability and age.” The suit doesn't state Clausen's disability.

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This lawsuit is gonna be the second blow to The Simpsons ending it's current season and now that the new season of The Simpsons is premiering September 20th FOX is gonna have a lot on their plate first with the death of Russi Taylor now this lawsuit and I can predict that this upcoming season of The Simpsons will be the last season. What I think happened is that when Alf Clausen got fired as music composer for The Simpsons FOX refused to give him his last check and so Alf Clausen tried every trick in the book so FOX would give him money and so when FOX refused to listen Alf decided to use tricks such as pretending he had an illness to being too old and when FOX had enough of Alf Clausen pretending they gave him a warning to stop for if he didn't stop FOX would not give him his money and only gave him checks containing small amounts of money. Alf Clausen is a nice guy and composed some of the best The Simpsons songs and I do hope he wins his lawsuit and FOX will finally give him his retirement money
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Fox responds to fired Simpsons composer Alf Clausen's age discrimination lawsuit, accuses him of delegating his work to his son

Fox says one of the reasons why the longtime Simpsons composer was fired in 2017 was because he was violating his contract by delegating his work to other people, including his son Scott Clausen. The 79-year-old Alf Clausen, who has been diagnosed with Parkinson's disease, filed suit alleging he was discriminated against due to his age.

Fox responds to fired Simpsons composer Alf Clausen's age discrimination lawsuit, accuses him of delegating his work to his son

Fox says one of the reasons why the longtime Simpsons composer was fired in 2017 was because he was violating his contract by delegating his work to other people, including his son Scott Clausen. The 79-year-old Alf Clausen, who has been diagnosed with Parkinson's disease, filed suit alleging he was discriminated against due to his age.

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Disney & Fox Are Full Of “Lies & Deceit” Over Real Reason ‘The Simpsons’ Composer Alf Clausen Was Axed, Filing Claims

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Originally Posted by LaBestia

This lawsuit is gonna be the second blow to The Simpsons ending it's current season and now that the new season of The Simpsons is premiering September 20th FOX is gonna have a lot on their plate first with the death of Russi Taylor now this lawsuit and I can predict that this upcoming season of The Simpsons will be the last season. What I think happened is that when Alf Clausen got fired as music composer for The Simpsons FOX refused to give him his last check and so Alf Clausen tried every trick in the book so FOX would give him money and so when FOX refused to listen Alf decided to use tricks such as pretending he had an illness to being too old and when FOX had enough of Alf Clausen pretending they gave him a warning to stop for if he didn't stop FOX would not give him his money and only gave him checks containing small amounts of money. Alf Clausen is a nice guy and composed some of the best The Simpsons songs and I do hope he wins his lawsuit and FOX will finally give him his retirement money
Bestie

The Simpsons should've cancelled years ago...it's now a parody of itself...if there's another season...I won't be surprised! It isn't even Matt Groening's show anymore....