{"id":675,"date":"2007-08-07T07:41:25","date_gmt":"2007-08-07T14:29:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=675"},"modified":"2007-12-08T15:36:47","modified_gmt":"2007-12-08T22:24:47","slug":"curse-of-the-simpsons-movie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=675","title":{"rendered":"Curse Of The Simpsons Movie"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/tabloidbaby.blogspot.com\">TabloidBaby reports<\/a>: &quot;Hal Fishman, longtime LA TV anchorman, and one of the models for Simpsons TV newsman Kent Brockman, died this morning, a few days after a sudden diagnosis of colon and liver cancer, and ten days after the opening of The Simpsons Movie. The other longtime LA TV news anchorman who helped inspire the Brockman character was Jerry Dunphy. He died five years ago!&quot;<\/p>\n<p><!--adsense--><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>TabloidBaby reports: &quot;Hal Fishman, longtime LA TV anchorman, and one of the models for Simpsons TV newsman Kent Brockman, died this morning, a few days after a sudden diagnosis of colon and liver cancer, and ten days after the opening &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=675\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[178],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-675","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-tabloid-baby"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t<!-- All in One SEO 4.9.10 - aioseo.com -->\n\t<meta name=\"description\" content=\"TabloidBaby reports: &quot;Hal Fishman, longtime LA TV anchorman, and one of the models for Simpsons TV newsman Kent Brockman, died this morning, a few days after a sudden diagnosis of colon and liver cancer, and ten days after the opening of The Simpsons Movie. The other longtime LA TV news anchorman who helped inspire the\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"max-image-preview:large\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Luke Ford\"\/>\n\t<meta name=\"google-site-verification\" content=\"HMjuOfLRyzTPB-5Z5FG4BHkfZ1fbEij34rmbKM3BkZ4\" \/>\n\t<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=675\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"generator\" content=\"All in One SEO (AIOSEO) 4.9.10\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Luke Ford - No sacred cows.\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Curse Of The Simpsons Movie - Luke Ford\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"TabloidBaby reports: &quot;Hal Fishman, longtime LA TV anchorman, and one of the models for Simpsons TV newsman Kent Brockman, died this morning, a few days after a sudden diagnosis of colon and liver cancer, and ten days after the opening of The Simpsons Movie. The other longtime LA TV news anchorman who helped inspire the\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=675\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/lukesanta.jpg\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:image:secure_url\" content=\"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/lukesanta.jpg\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"800\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"600\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2007-08-07T14:29:25+00:00\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2007-12-08T22:24:47+00:00\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/lukecford\" \/>\n\t\t<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n\t\t<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@lukeford\" \/>\n\t\t<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Curse Of The Simpsons Movie - Luke Ford\" \/>\n\t\t<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"TabloidBaby reports: &quot;Hal Fishman, longtime LA TV anchorman, and one of the models for Simpsons TV newsman Kent Brockman, died this morning, a few days after a sudden diagnosis of colon and liver cancer, and ten days after the opening of The Simpsons Movie. The other longtime LA TV news anchorman who helped inspire the\" \/>\n\t\t<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@lukeford\" \/>\n\t\t<meta name=\"twitter:image\" content=\"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/lukesanta.jpg\" \/>\n\t\t<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"aioseo-schema\">\n\t\t\t{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"BlogPosting\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/lukeford.net\\\/blog\\\/?p=675#blogposting\",\"name\":\"Curse Of The Simpsons Movie - Luke Ford\",\"headline\":\"Curse Of The Simpsons Movie\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/lukeford.net\\\/blog\\\/?author=1#author\"},\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/lukeford.net\\\/blog\\\/#person\"},\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/lukeford.net\\\/blog\\\/?p=675#articleImage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/lukeford.net\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/litespeed\\\/avatar\\\/af8ecf5ef66099147247f500ec429b38.jpg?ver=1784204923\",\"width\":96,\"height\":96,\"caption\":\"Luke Ford\"},\"datePublished\":\"2007-08-07T07:41:25-08:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2007-12-08T15:36:47-08:00\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/lukeford.net\\\/blog\\\/?p=675#webpage\"},\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/lukeford.net\\\/blog\\\/?p=675#webpage\"},\"articleSection\":\"Tabloid Baby\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/lukeford.net\\\/blog\\\/?p=675#breadcrumblist\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/lukeford.net\\\/blog#listItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/lukeford.net\\\/blog\",\"nextItem\":{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/lukeford.net\\\/blog\\\/?cat=178#listItem\",\"name\":\"Tabloid Baby\"}},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/lukeford.net\\\/blog\\\/?cat=178#listItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Tabloid Baby\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/lukeford.net\\\/blog\\\/?cat=178\",\"nextItem\":{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/lukeford.net\\\/blog\\\/?p=675#listItem\",\"name\":\"Curse Of The Simpsons Movie\"},\"previousItem\":{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/lukeford.net\\\/blog#listItem\",\"name\":\"Home\"}},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/lukeford.net\\\/blog\\\/?p=675#listItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"Curse Of The Simpsons Movie\",\"previousItem\":{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/lukeford.net\\\/blog\\\/?cat=178#listItem\",\"name\":\"Tabloid Baby\"}}]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/lukeford.net\\\/blog\\\/#person\",\"name\":\"Luke Ford\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/lukeford.net\\\/blog\\\/?p=675#personImage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/lukeford.net\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/litespeed\\\/avatar\\\/af8ecf5ef66099147247f500ec429b38.jpg?ver=1784204923\",\"width\":96,\"height\":96,\"caption\":\"Luke Ford\"}},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/lukeford.net\\\/blog\\\/?author=1#author\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/lukeford.net\\\/blog\\\/?author=1\",\"name\":\"Luke Ford\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/lukeford.net\\\/blog\\\/?p=675#authorImage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/lukeford.net\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/litespeed\\\/avatar\\\/af8ecf5ef66099147247f500ec429b38.jpg?ver=1784204923\",\"width\":96,\"height\":96,\"caption\":\"Luke Ford\"}},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/lukeford.net\\\/blog\\\/?p=675#webpage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/lukeford.net\\\/blog\\\/?p=675\",\"name\":\"Curse Of The Simpsons Movie - Luke Ford\",\"description\":\"TabloidBaby reports: \\\"Hal Fishman, longtime LA TV anchorman, and one of the models for Simpsons TV newsman Kent Brockman, died this morning, a few days after a sudden diagnosis of colon and liver cancer, and ten days after the opening of The Simpsons Movie. The other longtime LA TV news anchorman who helped inspire the\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/lukeford.net\\\/blog\\\/#website\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/lukeford.net\\\/blog\\\/?p=675#breadcrumblist\"},\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/lukeford.net\\\/blog\\\/?author=1#author\"},\"creator\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/lukeford.net\\\/blog\\\/?author=1#author\"},\"datePublished\":\"2007-08-07T07:41:25-08:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2007-12-08T15:36:47-08:00\"},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/lukeford.net\\\/blog\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/lukeford.net\\\/blog\\\/\",\"name\":\"Luke Ford\",\"alternateName\":\"No Sacred Cows\",\"description\":\"No sacred cows.\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/lukeford.net\\\/blog\\\/#person\"}}]}\n\t\t<\/script>\n\t\t<!-- All in One SEO -->\n\n","aioseo_head_json":{"title":"Curse Of The Simpsons Movie - Luke Ford","description":"TabloidBaby reports: \"Hal Fishman, longtime LA TV anchorman, and one of the models for Simpsons TV newsman Kent Brockman, died this morning, a few days after a sudden diagnosis of colon and liver cancer, and ten days after the opening of The Simpsons Movie. The other longtime LA TV news anchorman who helped inspire the","canonical_url":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=675","robots":"max-image-preview:large","keywords":"","webmasterTools":{"google-site-verification":"HMjuOfLRyzTPB-5Z5FG4BHkfZ1fbEij34rmbKM3BkZ4","miscellaneous":""},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"BlogPosting","@id":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=675#blogposting","name":"Curse Of The Simpsons Movie - Luke Ford","headline":"Curse Of The Simpsons Movie","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?author=1#author"},"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/#person"},"image":{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=675#articleImage","url":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/wp-content\/litespeed\/avatar\/af8ecf5ef66099147247f500ec429b38.jpg?ver=1784204923","width":96,"height":96,"caption":"Luke Ford"},"datePublished":"2007-08-07T07:41:25-08:00","dateModified":"2007-12-08T15:36:47-08:00","inLanguage":"en-US","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=675#webpage"},"isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=675#webpage"},"articleSection":"Tabloid Baby"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=675#breadcrumblist","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog#listItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog","nextItem":{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?cat=178#listItem","name":"Tabloid Baby"}},{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?cat=178#listItem","position":2,"name":"Tabloid Baby","item":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?cat=178","nextItem":{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=675#listItem","name":"Curse Of The Simpsons Movie"},"previousItem":{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog#listItem","name":"Home"}},{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=675#listItem","position":3,"name":"Curse Of The Simpsons Movie","previousItem":{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?cat=178#listItem","name":"Tabloid Baby"}}]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/#person","name":"Luke Ford","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=675#personImage","url":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/wp-content\/litespeed\/avatar\/af8ecf5ef66099147247f500ec429b38.jpg?ver=1784204923","width":96,"height":96,"caption":"Luke Ford"}},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?author=1#author","url":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?author=1","name":"Luke Ford","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=675#authorImage","url":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/wp-content\/litespeed\/avatar\/af8ecf5ef66099147247f500ec429b38.jpg?ver=1784204923","width":96,"height":96,"caption":"Luke Ford"}},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=675#webpage","url":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=675","name":"Curse Of The Simpsons Movie - Luke Ford","description":"TabloidBaby reports: \"Hal Fishman, longtime LA TV anchorman, and one of the models for Simpsons TV newsman Kent Brockman, died this morning, a few days after a sudden diagnosis of colon and liver cancer, and ten days after the opening of The Simpsons Movie. The other longtime LA TV news anchorman who helped inspire the","inLanguage":"en-US","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/#website"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=675#breadcrumblist"},"author":{"@id":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?author=1#author"},"creator":{"@id":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?author=1#author"},"datePublished":"2007-08-07T07:41:25-08:00","dateModified":"2007-12-08T15:36:47-08:00"},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/#website","url":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/","name":"Luke Ford","alternateName":"No Sacred Cows","description":"No sacred cows.","inLanguage":"en-US","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/#person"}}]},"og:locale":"en_US","og:site_name":"Luke Ford - No sacred cows.","og:type":"article","og:title":"Curse Of The Simpsons Movie - Luke Ford","og:description":"TabloidBaby reports: &quot;Hal Fishman, longtime LA TV anchorman, and one of the models for Simpsons TV newsman Kent Brockman, died this morning, a few days after a sudden diagnosis of colon and liver cancer, and ten days after the opening of The Simpsons Movie. The other longtime LA TV news anchorman who helped inspire the","og:url":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=675","og:image":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/lukesanta.jpg","og:image:secure_url":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/lukesanta.jpg","og:image:width":800,"og:image:height":600,"article:published_time":"2007-08-07T14:29:25+00:00","article:modified_time":"2007-12-08T22:24:47+00:00","article:publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/lukecford","twitter:card":"summary_large_image","twitter:site":"@lukeford","twitter:title":"Curse Of The Simpsons Movie - Luke Ford","twitter:description":"TabloidBaby reports: &quot;Hal Fishman, longtime LA TV anchorman, and one of the models for Simpsons TV newsman Kent Brockman, died this morning, a few days after a sudden diagnosis of colon and liver cancer, and ten days after the opening of The Simpsons Movie. The other longtime LA TV news anchorman who helped inspire the","twitter:creator":"@lukeford","twitter:image":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/lukesanta.jpg"},"aioseo_meta_data":{"post_id":"675","title":null,"description":null,"keywords":null,"keyphrases":null,"primary_term":null,"canonical_url":null,"og_title":null,"og_description":null,"og_object_type":"default","og_image_type":"default","og_image_url":null,"og_image_width":null,"og_image_height":null,"og_image_custom_url":null,"og_image_custom_fields":null,"og_video":null,"og_custom_url":null,"og_article_section":null,"og_article_tags":null,"twitter_use_og":false,"twitter_card":"default","twitter_image_type":"default","twitter_image_url":null,"twitter_image_custom_url":null,"twitter_image_custom_fields":null,"twitter_title":null,"twitter_description":null,"schema":{"blockGraphs":[],"customGraphs":[],"default":{"data":{"Article":[],"Course":[],"Dataset":[],"FAQPage":[],"Movie":[],"Person":[],"Product":[],"ProductReview":[],"Car":[],"Recipe":[],"Service":[],"SoftwareApplication":[],"WebPage":[]},"graphName":"","isEnabled":true},"graphs":[]},"schema_type":"default","schema_type_options":null,"pillar_content":false,"robots_default":true,"robots_noindex":false,"robots_noarchive":false,"robots_nosnippet":false,"robots_nofollow":false,"robots_noimageindex":false,"robots_noodp":false,"robots_notranslate":false,"robots_max_snippet":null,"robots_max_videopreview":null,"robots_max_imagepreview":"large","priority":null,"frequency":null,"local_seo":null,"breadcrumb_settings":null,"limit_modified_date":false,"ai":null,"created":"2023-05-10 19:05:59","updated":"2025-06-04 11:28:18","seo_analyzer_scan_date":null},"aioseo_breadcrumb":"<div class=\"aioseo-breadcrumbs\"><span class=\"aioseo-breadcrumb\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\" title=\"Home\">Home<\/a>\n\t\t<\/span><span class=\"aioseo-breadcrumb-separator\">&raquo;<\/span><span class=\"aioseo-breadcrumb\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?cat=178\" title=\"Tabloid Baby\">Tabloid Baby<\/a>\n\t\t<\/span><span class=\"aioseo-breadcrumb-separator\">&raquo;<\/span><span class=\"aioseo-breadcrumb\">\n\t\t\tCurse Of The Simpsons Movie\n\t\t<\/span><\/div>","aioseo_breadcrumb_json":[{"label":"Home","link":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog"},{"label":"Tabloid Baby","link":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?cat=178"},{"label":"Curse Of The Simpsons Movie","link":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=675"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/675","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=675"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/675\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=675"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=675"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=675"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}