The Simpsons' "Tik Tok" Parody

What more would you expect from a show that jumped the shark thirteen years ago?

Was there a reason this video was flipped backwards?

IT'S BACKWARDS!!!!!

I can't find a high-quality video that is embeddable but not flipped. But I'll keep an eye out for one and switch it when I can.

It's been flipped to push the idea that it's been modified, so it can't be pulled down by FOX for copywrite infringement. It could be worse, it could be recorded off a TV onto a camcorder.

I've always assumed that Youtube had a system to auto-identify certain clips that contain copyrighted materials. I uploaded a video that had 20ish seconds from Avatar, and it was marked as potential copyright infringement immediately after uploading.

I think there is some watermark that the software automatically detects.

I like it flipped. It's like flipping off any potential takedown by FOX.

I think I may have enjoyed the parody more if they had the characters singing the song. Even if Lisa had been the main vocalist, I think more would have been added to the whole experience.

ugh. That song. ffffffff.

IANACopyright Lawyer, but I'm skeptical of how effective mirror-flipping the video would actually be in an infringement challenge. There have been cases of far more dissimilar items being ruled against for fair use or separate copyright than this. I expect this to be taken down as readily as non-flipped images (though I'm eager for any contrary evidence).

Ugh. I stopped watching the show around the 10 year plunge off the cliff. Any recent forays (this one included) validate the decision.

This is so funny b/c a local college here - Boston University did a lip dub to the same song a few weeks ago! Check it out - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qSHV8SJ_K_A

This just mad me sad. It's such a terrible song, and it makes me sad to think that the Simpsons has fallen so low.

I'm with Medlir on this one—the fact that the show might have promoted this song, when in the past they referenced Thomas Pynchon and featured Sonic Youth as guest stars, is really disheartening.

I have been a loyal Simpsons fan my entire life (literally, since I'm 23 and I've been watching it since I was a toddler) and there were a couple years around Season 17 that were not funny at all, but they are funny and amazing again! Much funnier than this season of South Park...

ditto Medlir and James.
Hate the song.
Formerly LOVED Simpsons. (This was *OK* TV, on a show that used to be fantastic.)

Speaking for the dyslexics in the crowd, the video was perfectly normal.

Medir, James, Emmakete- back when the Simpsons were referencing bands such as Sonic Youth, that band was in the eyes of popular culture. Now, this song is pop culture, and the Simpsons put their spin on it. This is how they work, this is how they're still on the air.

I think you're disheartened because the things you liked years ago aren't popular culture.

Just enjoy it. I thought it was funny and I don't care for that song, either.

Bring Conan back to the Simpsons!!!!!!!!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x_HCoSsBuHw

The USAFA version is just as awesome!!

I knew eventually the cultural references would reach the point where I no longer got them.