6 Responses to Visualization of the most and least talkative Simpsons characters

1. CHC says:

   September 30, 2016 at 00:37

   VERY VERY surprised to see Moe as #6. It must be a case of many utterances x few words.

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   • CHC says:

     September 30, 2016 at 00:39

     Because Skinner was definitely the more verbose than Moe. So it must have to do with the number of appearances.

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     • CHC says:

       September 30, 2016 at 00:48

       I think this raises a more interesting topic — what measure is the “best” measure to decide who is the “top” or “most popular” Simpsons character? Why is “total words” better than “total appearances” or “seconds on screen” or perhaps “sharp utterances said at important moments” or “who carries the script along” or “how many characters responded to what this character said”. The point is, the “centraility” of a character can be measured in many ways, all of which are arbitrary and revolve around the critic’s view of centrality.
     • Enrique Guerra-Pujol says:

       September 30, 2016 at 19:01

       Excellent point. Figuring out which metric or dimension to measure is a “value laden” choice …
   • Enrique Guerra-Pujol says:

     September 30, 2016 at 19:03

     In addition, what about the many other characters that don’t appear on this list?

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2. jecgenovese says:

   October 2, 2016 at 14:33

   Grandpa Simpson is not getting enough air time!

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