Fox Kids "Bartcasting" (found "The Simpsons" promotional event on children's program block; 1996)

The logo for the event, taken from a promo.

Status: Found

Date found: 06 Nov 2022

Found by: krudvid

Bartcasting was an event that took place on Fox Kids for a single day on November 2nd, 1996 to promote The Simpsons, specifically, the upcoming season at the time: Season 8. During the event, Bart Simpson had "taken control" of the Fox Kids satellite, and was now in control of the broadcasting. This amounted to Bart Simpson hosting the regular Fox Kids lineup of cartoons on that day along with the occasional Simpsons clip that aired during commercial breaks, leading up to a sneak peek at the season 8 premiere.

Availability

Since "Bartcasting" was a one-off promotion, these hosting segments had not been seen or aired since their initial airing on that Saturday, and there is very little information online about this event in general. On May 21st, 2022, YouTuber Joseph A. Sobora uploaded a compilation of Fox Kids commercials recorded on November 2nd, 1996, from WFLD-TV, Ch. 32 in Chicago, IL, including one of the previously lost Fox Kids "Bartcasting" bumpers.

On November 6th, 2022, all bumpers from the "Bartcasting" event were uploaded to YouTube by krudvid.

Gallery

Compilation of all of the bumpers that aired during the "Bartcasting" event.

See Also

The Simpsons

• The Simpsons (partially found deleted scenes of Fox animated sitcom; 1989-present)
• The Simpsons (partially found scripts for unproduced episodes of Fox animated sitcom; 1990s)
• The Simpsons "Some Enchanted Evening" (partially found original pilot of Fox animated sitcom; 1989-1990)
• The Simpsons Movie (partially found alternate versions and deleted scenes of animated comedy film; 2007)
• Currys "We Can Help" Spots (partially found "The Simpsons" Sky One sponsorships ads from British electronics retailer; 2009-2010)
• Season Six Alternative Packaging Program (lost audio from phone number based on "The Simpsons" animated TV sitcom; 2005-2011)
• Al-Shamshoon (partially lost Arabic adaptation of "The Simpsons" Fox animated sitcom; 2005)
• Moe Szyslak (lost unaired original Christopher Collins dialogue of The Simpsons character; 1989)
• The Simpsons Game 2 (lost build of cancelled platform game sequel; 2011)
• Who Shot Mr. Burns? (partially found 1-800 COLLECT The Simpsons Mystery Sweepstakes commercials; 1995)
• The Simpsons: Hit & Run 2 (lost builds of cancelled action-adventure game sequel; 2007)
• The Simpsons: Bart vs. the Space Mutants (lost prototype of Game Gear port of platformer; 1991-1992)

Fox Kids

• The All New Captain Kangaroo (partially found Fox Kids reboot of CBS children's series; 1997-1998)
• Cybersix (partially lost Fox Kids version of animated series based on comic; 2000)
• Detective Conan (lost unaired Fox Kids English dub pilot; existence unconfirmed; 2000)
• The Fox Cubhouse (partially found Fox Kids preschool anthology series; 1994-1996)
• Fox Kids (partially lost animated "Frankenfox" bumpers from children's channel block; 1991-1992)
• Little Shop (partially lost Fox Kids animated series based on horror comedy film; 1991)
• The Mr. Potato Head Show (found Fox Kids puppet series; 1998-1999)
• The Slayers (lost Fox Kids version of anime series; 2001)
• Toonsylvania (partially found Fox Kids animated series; 1998-1999)
• The Vision of Escaflowne (partially lost Fox Kids dub of anime; 2000-2001)
• Youngblood (partially found production material for cancelled Fox Kids animated series based on comic; 1995)
• Zazoo U (partially found Fox Kids animated series; 1990-1991)