The Longest Daycare
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The Longest Daycare
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Special Information
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Maggie Simpson in: The Longest Daycare is an animated 3D short film starring Maggie Simpson. The short aired on July 13, 2012 onwards in the USA (though it was seen in some countries since June 25) before Ice Age: Continental Drift in theaters in USA. A 2D animatic version was screened at San Diego Comic-Con International on July 14, 2012.[1][2]
Summary
Maggie returns to the Ayn Rand School for Tots where her only friend there is a butterfly. Each baby is put through a security gate and when Maggie goes through, it says "Nothing Special". Maggie is then put in an area of the daycare that isn't great. Baby Gerald, Maggie's arch-nemesis, will make an appearance.[1]
Plot
When Marge brings Maggie to Ayn Rand School for Tots to get babysat, Maggie starts to miss her mother. When she is there she is put through a security gate and is placed in the category "Nothing Special" instead of "Gifted Children". Maggie, Baby Gerald, and an unnamed child are the only children in the category. Gerald, bored, starts to smash two butterflies which upsets Maggie. Maggie finds a larvae and uses that as her eyebrow so Gerald would not kill that too. Maggie then read a book about butterflies and found out that they form from a pupa. Maggie started to protect a pupa which lead to Gerald hunting Maggie around the daycare center. The pupa hatches and Maggie tried to throw it out of the window but Gerald managed to kill it by drawing down the blinds when it is at the window. Maggie is sad, meanwhile Marge comes to pick up Maggie. Gerald is still at the center and draws up the blinds and discover that the butterfly he killed with the blind was Maggie's rosette. Maggie is in Marge's car and her rosette starts to fly away out of the car window and it turns out that it was the butterfly and Maggie is happy.
Production
The producers decided to focus the short on Maggie as it is hard to make a 20 minute Maggie episode, but easy to make a 4-5 minute short. James Brooks came up with the idea of doing a short, similar to the Pixar shorts. The short is dialogue-free.[1]
On May 24, 2012, David Silverman's Twitter account posted a drawing from the short featuring Maggie.[3]
Reception
Thereelbits considered the animation beautiful and that the fluid movements were noticeably more nuanced and richer than their television counterparts, "making us wish for a second theatrical outing for our favourite yellow people".[4] Filmdrunk said that they think a lot of Simpsons loyalists didn't want to see Ice Age 4, and are going to watching the short on the Internet.[5]
The Herald Sun said that "The Longest Daycare, starring baby Maggie from The Simpsons, displays all the wit and creativity missing from Continental Drift".[6] inthekan.net argued that the best part of Ice Age 4 is the Simpsons themed short as the entertaining little sequence plays out like a silent film and squeezes out more laughs than the main feature.[7] Sydsvenskan said that the film is better than the Ice Age film,[8] and Active 3D said in a review of Ice Age that the short is worth the price of admission alone.[9]
Titles
Gallery
External links
- The Longest Daycare at the Internet Movie Database
- [[wikipedia:{{{1}}} ({{{2}}})|{{{1}}}]] at Wikipedia
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Inside TV Entertainment Weekly
- ↑ THE SIMPSONS at Comic-Con
- ↑ Review: Maggie Simpson in The Longest Daycare
- ↑ WANT TO SEE ‘THE SIMPSONS: THE LONGEST DAYCARE’? YOU’LL HAVE TO PAY FOR ‘ICE AGE 4
- ↑ Movie review: Ice Age 4
- ↑ Review: Ice Age 4: Continental Drift
- ↑ Förfilmen bättre än filmen
- ↑ Active3D
Special episodes
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1989 | Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire | |
1991 | Big Bird's Birthday or Let Me Eat Cake • Black or White | |
1992 | The Oprah Winfrey Show | |
1995 | Homer and Bart visiting NFL on FOX | |
2004 | The Simpsons Quiz Show • The Simpsons' Christmas Message | |
2007 | The Simpsons Judge American Idol • Homer Introduces American Idol • Homer's Monologue on The Tonight Show | |
2008 | The Simpsons Ride • Homer's Colonoscopy • Late Show Top Ten List | |
2009 | Homer Congratulates Huell! | |
2010 | The Simpsons SU2C PSA • Late Show Top Ten List | |
2012 | FOX's 25th Anniversary Special • The Longest Daycare • Homer Votes 2012 • Debate Reaction • A Message from Springfield Republican Party Headquarters • Mr. Burns Endorses Romney • Late Show Top Ten List • Fiscal Cliff | |
2013 | Maggie Sucks • Oscar-Nominated • Homer Shake • We Put the Spring in Springfield: The Music of the Simpsons | |
2014 | Super Bowl Promo • Simpsons Ice Bucket Challenge • Willie's Views on Scottish Independence • The Simpsons Take the Bowl • The Simpsons Guy | |
2015 | Pixel Couch Gag Submission • Marge Simpson's ALS Ice Bucket Challenge | |
2016 | Join The Simpsons at the Daytona 500 • Pokémon Now? • Homer from the Green Room at San Diego Comic-Con 2016 • Homer Simpson vs. Sydney Opera House • Jimmy Kimmel Live! • Homer Votes 2016 | |
2017 | Happy Daytona Day • Moe Live Tweets! • A Public Announcement About the Eclipse • Springfield of Dreams: The Legend of Homer Simpson • A Message from Moe About Puerto Rico | |
2018 | MLB on Fox Postseason | |
2019 | Welcome to the Family, The Simpsons! • Everybody Smile | |
2020 | Playdate with Destiny • Dear Class of 2020 • Homer Peabody Award Speech • Disney Investor Day 2020 | |
2021 | The Force Awakens from Its Nap • Homer Simpson Conducts Conan's TBS Exit Interview • The Good, the Bart, and the Loki • Balenciaga • Plusaversary • Te Deseo Lo Mejor | |
2022 | When Billie Met Lisa • Welcome to the Club • Feliz Navidad | |
2023 | Rogue Not Quite One | |
2024 | May the 12th Be with You • The Most Wonderful Time of the Year • O C'mon All Ye Faithful • The Past and the Furious • Yellow Planet |