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Otis P Jivefunk
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Originally posted by Nixorbo: I vote 11. Every other season has at least one redeeming episode, but I can't think of one for 11. The THoH ep was good.
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Nixorbo
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Originally posted by Kryten: What about "Behind the Laughter"? I thought it was really clever and innovative.
. . . Dammit!
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DrThunder88
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"Behind the Laughter" was clever, but that's no excuse for it's lack of humor. The best part of that episode was the narration.
I voted for Season Twelve. "New Kids on the Blecch" was by far the most wickedly stupid episodes I've ever seen. It also suffered from "Cryogenic Woman" Syndrome: weak plot with no real conclusion mixed with an annoying guest star(s). "I'm Goin' to Praiseland" was equally bad and, frankly, more disturbing. I don't even know who Shawn Colvin is. What happened to good guest stars like Sam Neil, James Woods, Johnny Cash, and Sam Enid? The last straw came with "Tennis the Menace." I'm a tennis nut, so when I saw that my athletic hero, Pete Sampras, was going to guest star along with three other big-name players I was excited. How is it that none of the stars appeared until the last three minutes of the show?
Season Twelve shows that Fox has been looking at their ratings and trying to figure out to which demographic they're not appealing. Why else would they have such narrowly-trendy guests like N'sync, the tennis stars, and Shawn Colvin? It makes me sick to see that they've sold out so much, and it makes me sicker to know this will go on for another few years. I used to pride myself for having collected every Simpsons episode ever made, but now I am only proud of those made before Season Nine.
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Otis P Jivefunk
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*bump*
I think it's about time this got resurrected, more votes are needed and now seems about the right time.
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TSN-Bot
Bending Unit
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« Reply #22 on: 05-13-2002 07:20 »
« Last Edit on: 05-13-2002 07:20 »
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Originally posted by Archie2K: Oh an episode that really springs to mind is the one where they go to Australia. I heard that the Australian government got really uptight and tried to get that episode banned or something, because the Australians dont believe in capital punishment and the 'boot' and havent done so for years. hahahahahahahahahahh but as Ben said, no. Other crappy episode: -Lisa's substitute whaa??? no.
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BrainSluggo
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Originally posted by Archie2K: The Japan one was me. I just found it a bit tasteless and racist. Maybe that's just me. Like the joke about epillepsy (sp?). In Japan, half the country went into eppileptic fits when a flashing lights sequence was shown on a cartoon and I just didnt think that was funny. Ehh, not that many people. The flashing lights (an episode of Pokemon, if anyone cares) caused a few genuine seizures, a lot of headaches, and a massively blown-out-of-proportion frenzy in the news media. (Oddly enough, the end sequence of that Simpsons ep--featuring "Battling Seizure Robots"--has caused 0 reported seizures to date.) I adore Japan, and found the ep fairly innocent. It is a broad parody, to be sure, but it is also true in many respects; the depicted astonishing cruelty of their game shows, for example, was dead-on. Marge: "You honor us." "Wink" (game show host): Don't patronize me!!" Producer Richard Sakai would probably agree that it was moderately tasteless--they usually are--but not racist. Frankly, the ep whaled on Ugly Americans (i.e., Homer) and the US Embassy more than Japan... "Wink": "He seems okay...but he is being burned, internally!"
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Just Chris
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Save for Behind the Laughter, Season 11 had the crappiest plots and events ever. When I first saw Saddlesore Galactica I was like "Wtf? Elven jockeys?" Elves wouldn't even exist in a 1991 Simpsons. I miss the bad boy bart that tormented Skinner's school. Originally posted by BrainSluggo: (Oddly enough, the end sequence of that Simpsons ep--featuring "Battling Seizure Robots"--has caused 0 reported seizures to date.)
I adore Japan, and found the ep fairly innocent. It is a broad parody, to be sure, but it is also true in many respects; the depicted astonishing cruelty of their game shows, for example, was dead-on.
I liked that episode too, probably the best of the season 10 lot. The jokes were fun in a way, like Homer buying that square watermelon. They do make gameshows like that in real life though. Clips from Japanese shows have their contestant run near naked in snowy hills, while being tempted by hot soup. They were also targets in a snowball dart-like game (risking getting hit in the bulls-eye nads!) Not many people know that the Japanese are the true founders of reality TV shows. The animation from the seizure robots was done differently from the one in Pokemon. In the latter, blue and red emitted alternately with flashes of yellow in the background. In the Simpsons, the robot actually disappears in every third frame (checked it with a VCR) with only the eyes showing. The flash only appears when the robot is present.
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User_names_suck
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Season 11 obviously, Intresting at beggining you said 6,7 and 8 are the best, while I agree I think a lot Of simpson fans preferred 2,3 and 4. and Many consider 8 to be the weakest of the Classic era. Why I dont know.
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Otis P Jivefunk
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Originally posted by User_names_suck: Season 11 obviously, Intresting at beggining you said 6,7 and 8 are the best, while I agree I think a lot Of simpson fans preferred 2,3 and 4. and Many consider 8 to be the weakest of the Classic era. Why I dont know. Ah well, I made the poll, and had dibs on what seasons not to include. If they all fitted, I'd have put them all in...
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Guy
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You've created a potential spam fest maonster you fool!
Leaps out a ground floor window...
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Otis P Jivefunk
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« Reply #34 on: 03-05-2004 14:41 »
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Originally posted by Guy: You've created a potential spam fest maonster you fool!
Leaps out a ground floor window... It was created before your Peel birth, idiot! I only bumped it, because I was asked to, and by someone (who is now a mod). Also, I felt like it anyway...
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User_names_suck
Professor
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« Reply #36 on: 03-05-2004 15:02 »
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The episode is 'Hello Gutter, Hello Fadder'. and I dont think this is going to cause a huge spam fest, why would it?
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Guy
Professor
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I went away for 2 days and the "revier thread" ate up 2 or 3 pages. Relax people, can't we just agree to disagree?
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Nurdbot
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11, Nurdy goes with the majority.
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Otis P Jivefunk
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« Reply #39 on: 03-05-2004 16:19 »
« Last Edit on: 03-05-2004 16:19 »
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Originally posted by Guy: I went away for 2 days and the "revier thread" ate up 2 or 3 pages. Relax people, can't we just agree to disagree? This is a poll, that isn't. This was made before that thread... Also, you're in the wrong thread...
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