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« Reply #320 on: 02-20-2020 10:33 »

What discrimination do Indians face? Nobody really cares enough about them to discriminate against them, their stereotype is the convenience store clerk, call centre worker or IT geek. The most discrimination they will face is from higher caste Indians (which Hari himself is and benefited from) which I've witnessed first hand.
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« Reply #321 on: 02-20-2020 23:10 »

Just gonna leave this here for no reason at all: "Colorblind Racism and the Model Minority."

To be fair--and as this op-ed notes--it's true that Indian-Americans can demonstrate racism toward their fellow Indian-Americans. But you're still oversimplifying the matter, like, a lot.

I've seen a bunch of Simpsons since Disney+ came out. I've seen most of the episodes in the first 10 seasons but I'm amazed at how little I remember of them. I'm also amazed at the quality dip. Obviously the Simpsons is infamous for becoming... well, shit, but I was dumbfounded at how fast it went downhill. Season 11 is where I'm up to and I'm not sure I can be bothered going any further.

I've always felt that the quality dip is very pronounced between season 8 (good) and season 9 (noticeably less good), with seasons 10 through 15 basically maintaining that less-good standard while still being enjoyable enough (and occasionally bordering on brilliant). I stopped watching regularly after season 15 and never regretted it, though I'm sure there are isolated moments of goodness in the subsequent 16 (Jesus Christ) seasons.

Do you have a favorite season of those first 10, UrL? I go back and forth between season 6 and season 7 (with season 4 being a close runner-up)--just curious what your take is, as someone who's done a recent rewatch.
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« Reply #322 on: 02-21-2020 08:52 »

Do you have a favorite season of those first 10, UrL? I go back and forth between season 6 and season 7 (with season 4 being a close runner-up)--just curious what your take is, as someone who's done a recent rewatch.

It's tough to nail it down to a particular season since I was basically binging it (and paying little attention to when the seasons started and ended), but I think around season 6 was my favourite.

Some of my favourite episodes were:

Bart vs. Thanksgiving
Lisa's First Word
Marge vs. the Monorail
I Love Lisa
Cape Feare
Sweet Seymour Skinner's Baadasssss Song
And Maggie Makes Three
Who Shot Mr. Burns? (both parts!)
Mother Simpson
22 Short Films About Springfield
You Only Move Twice

That was just from skimming Wikipedia and seeing the ones I remembered the names of. Funnily enough, I ended up finding a lot of the Homer episodes kind of grating since I can only really tolerate him in secondary roles (there's only so much idiocy I can take). And for similar reasons, the Lisa-based episodes ended up being the most compelling for me.
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« Reply #323 on: 02-22-2020 22:04 »
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That's a fair take on Homer, though I've always thought of him as one of my two favorite characters (with Lisa being the other). That may just be because I enjoy the Homer/Lisa dynamic so much; many of my favorite episodes ("Lisa's Substitute," "Lisa's Wedding," "Lost our Lisa," "HOMR") are based around that father-daughter relationship that I think the show does so well.

Some of my favourite episodes were:

Sweet Seymour Skinner's Baadasssss Song

I think season five may be my least favorite of the classic-era seasons (with the possible exception of season one), but "Sweet Seymour Skinner's Baadasssss Song" is one of my all-time favorites, too. I find that whole "Kick Me"/"Teach Me" ending far more touching than it's probably intended to be.

That's also a good example of Homer serving as tertiary comic relief, what with his insistence on helping when he finds out Bart and Skinner are planning Flanders's downfall.
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« Reply #324 on: 05-26-2020 01:26 »

So last night I sort of accidentally stumbled into watching a newer Simpsons episode--season 30's "Baby You Can't Drive My Car"--and goddamn was it atrocious. The plot itself was actually competent and cogent enough, but the jokes were nonexistent (I think exactly one line elicited a small laugh from me, and I couldn't even tell you what that line was less than 24 hours later) and the acting was phoned-in and almost deflated (from Julie Kavner in particular, which was particularly noticeable as this was a Marge-heavy episode). It just bummed me the fuck out, man--I'm sure there are decent enough episodes to be found in the last 20-odd years of the series, but this sure wasn't one of 'em.

I also caught "Treehouse of Horror XXIX," but I was only half-watching it and I'm never all that keen on THOHs anyway, so I'll reserve judgment on that one.
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« Reply #325 on: 05-27-2020 04:41 »

I don't remember exactly when I stopped watching new episodes of The Simpsons.  I do remember that I hadn't noticed a decline in the quality of the show before I started posting on PEEL and saw other people's posts about it.  Once it had been pointed out to me, I couldn't stop noticing it.

New episodes are unwatchable now, and have been for a very long time.  That doesn't keep me from still enjoying old episodes when I do see them, though.
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« Reply #326 on: 05-29-2020 01:14 »

Heh, I used to post pretty regularly on No Homers Club, and I think that's where I was indoctrinated into the whole "The First Eight Seasons are Gold, Everything Else is Garbage" mindset. Honestly, while I do think there's a very distinct drop in quality between season eight and season nine, overall the much-maligned Scully seasons (9-12) are nowhere near as atrocious as, say, the past fifteen years of the series. The characterizations get broader and the jokes get dumber in the Scully years, but there are still enough genuine classics among the bunch ("Lost Our Lisa" is my perennial example, but you also have "The Wizard of Evergreen Terrace," "Behind the Laughter," and "Trilogy of Error," to name a few) to make it worth one's while.

For my part, I stopped watching after season 15, and I have yet to see an episode from any subsequent season that has made me regret that decision.
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« Reply #327 on: 05-29-2020 03:48 »

I've never been involved in Simpsons fandom online.  I've really only ever been tangentially aware of it through PEEL.

Also, keep in mind that back when I started posting here, there were only about a dozen seasons.  There had already been a discernable drop in quality, but in a "This really isn't as good as it used to be," way, not in a "This is horrible and I can't watch any more of it," way.
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« Reply #328 on: 06-12-2020 05:06 »

I stuck around until about season 20 and maybe catch 2-3 episodes a year, almost all of them being completely forgettable
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« Reply #329 on: 06-22-2020 15:48 »

Heh, I used to post pretty regularly on No Homers Club, and I think that's where I was indoctrinated into the whole "The First Eight Seasons are Gold, Everything Else is Garbage" mindset. Honestly, while I do think there's a very distinct drop in quality between season eight and season nine, overall the much-maligned Scully seasons (9-12) are nowhere near as atrocious as, say, the past fifteen years of the series. The characterizations get broader and the jokes get dumber in the Scully years, but there are still enough genuine classics among the bunch ("Lost Our Lisa" is my perennial example, but you also have "The Wizard of Evergreen Terrace," "Behind the Laughter," and "Trilogy of Error," to name a few) to make it worth one's while.

For my part, I stopped watching after season 15, and I have yet to see an episode from any subsequent season that has made me regret that decision.

I gave up around the same place. It seemed like there was a spike in quality around season 13 or 14 when Al Gene took over as show runner. There were a few in there I'd consider classics like "Weekend at Burnsies" and "Mr. Spritz Goes to Washington". Even a couple I liked in season 15 like "I, (Annoyed Grunt)-bot" and "The President Wore Pearls". Then the show seemed to rapidly get so bland in 16 it became unwatchable. I remember somewhat liking season 15 at the time it aired, then tuning in for the premier of "All's Fair in Oven War" and thinking it was god awful.

It's funny if you look up the seasons on wikipedia, the articles includes little critical reception summaries from the DVD releases and you can see the drop off. It goes from positive in season 15 to mixed by season 18.

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« Reply #330 on: 08-06-2020 02:28 »

I haven't watched a new Simpsons since the Itchy and Scratchy reboot episode. If you'd told me as a kid that I'd one day be a full season behind on Simpsons, I wouldn't have believed you.
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« Reply #331 on: 08-06-2020 16:32 »

I remember somewhat liking season 15 at the time it aired, then tuning in for the premier of "All's Fair in Oven War" and thinking it was god awful.

That was absolutely my experience, as well (though I may have enjoyed season 15 with fewer reservations than you). I do think I stuck around for parts of season 16--at the very least, a quick look-see at Wikipedia reminded me that I definitely saw the season finale, "The Father, the Son, and the Holy Guest Star"--but it was no longer required weekly viewing for me.

I think I must have dropped off at some point in season 17. I did come back for parts of season 20 because it was in the news a lot (mid-season is when the switch to HD happened) and I'd heard tell it was relatively decent; I even own the bare-bones season 20 DVD that was released shortly after the season ended in commemoration of the show's two-decade milestone. Impressed enough by season 20, I tuned in for the season 21 premiere, "Homer the Whopper," AKA the episode Seth Rogen wrote and guest-starred in while working on The Green Hornet, and then promptly and permanently fell off the wagon.

The last post-21 episode I actually sought out was "Holidays of Future Passed" from season 23--again, because I heard it was good--and I recall being just sort of meh on it. (This was my same reaction to "Eternal Moonshine of the Simpson Mind" from season 19, which I also tracked down at a later date, and on good word-of-mouth; oddly enough, I also watched "That 90's Show" from the same season, which people had complained about because it so thoroughly fucked with the timeline of Homer and Marge's courtship, and I actually liked that one better.)

At this point I've just resigned myself to the fact that I'll probably never be a Simpsons completionist--or, at least, I won't bother attempting a full series rewatch until the show actually ends, and who knows when that'll finally be?
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« Reply #332 on: 05-02-2021 22:41 »

This is kind of neat: John Swartzwelder gave an interview to The New Yorker, where he talks quite a bit about his time on The Simpsons. Nothing earth-shattering here, but it’s cool to get some insight into such a reclusive guy, in his own (cagey, funny) words.
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« Reply #333 on: 05-03-2021 01:32 »

Thank you.
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« Reply #334 on: 01-16-2022 23:29 »

You know what’s a really subpar classic-era episode? “Homer vs. the Eighteenth Amendment.” I rewatched it recently while poking around Disney+, and was truly taken aback by how offensively mediocre it was. I often think of season eight as being the first hit-or-miss season—not that any of the episodes are outright bad, but a number of them are kind of low-effort and forgettable—and I’d definitely put “Homer vs. the Eighteenth Amendment” in the “miss” category. The only redeeming part of the episode is the famous closing line about alcohol being the cause of, and solution to, all of life’s problems; everything else is just sort of blah.

In my poking, I also rewatched “You Only Move Twice,” which thankfully that one was just as wonderful as I remembered. Hank Scorpio handing Homer loose sugar for his coffee and apologizing that it’s not in packets remains one of my favorite gags ever. God bless Albert Brooks.
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« Reply #335 on: 01-17-2022 14:48 »

You Only Move Twice used to be by far the most popular episode of the show in terms of people on the internet quoting it. I wonder if it's still the case.

So many great lines.

"But Homer, on your way out if you wanna kill somebody, it would help me a lot."
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« Reply #336 on: 03-27-2023 01:02 »

For context: I am a graduate student in English. Last week, I overheard a couple folks in the comparative literature department talking about The Simpsons, and when I asked them why they informed me, essentially, that "you can always tell something about a graduate student when they use The Simpsons as a cultural frame of reference." I felt, to put it lightly, directly attacked by that remark. :hmpf:

Although I do wonder if perhaps referencing The Simpsons means something different to a bunch of youngish (mid-20s) grad students—who probably have no real memory of the show's '90s heyday and know it now as a creatively dead, crassly commercial, sub-Family Guy enterprise—than it does to me. I'm not too far north of 30, and was in fact way too young to be watching Golden Age Simpsons in real time, but my preteen years coincided perfectly with a.) the proliferation of daily syndicated reruns on local affiliate stations and b.) the invention of the DVD boxset, which means I cut my teeth on seasons one through twelve (or so) and am therefore referring to that Simpsons, rather than the lesser, post-2000s Simpsons, when I discuss the show. Like, I wonder if me referencing The Simpsons to a 24-year old is like someone referencing Family Guy to me: maybe they're thinking to themselves, "Christ, what a philistine."

Or maybe they're just suggesting that The Simpsons, regardless of the era to which one refers, is just an old-person show. In which case, I suppose I can't argue with that...but that doesn't mean I like it. I'm still a young whippersnapper, goddamn it!
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« Reply #337 on: 05-02-2023 17:09 »

and when I asked them why they informed me, essentially, that "you can always tell something about a graduate student when they use The Simpsons as a cultural frame of reference."

I'm surprised you didn't dig in to find out what they meant and instead just were content to remain wondering. I now just imagine you slowly backing away right after they said that.
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« Reply #338 on: 05-02-2023 20:31 »




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« Reply #339 on: 07-21-2023 22:32 »

^This is an accurate portrayal of events.

Anyway, on the subject of different generations' familiarity with classic Simpsons, I had an interesting (and delightful) interaction today. For context, I acquired the following shirt a couple years ago:



I've worn it plenty in that time, and while a few curious people have asked me about it, no one has ever proactively recognized it as a Simpsons joke.

Until today, when I was headed out of my local grocery store and the kid monitoring the self-checkouts said to me as I passed by, "Great shirt." I said thanks, thinking he just appreciated the funky design, never imagining that a surly teen (or very early twenty-something) would be familiar with the Simpsons reference. But then he said, in perfect Nelson Muntz fashion, "Gotta nuke something."

I was so taken aback (and was already headed for the exit) that I just replied dumbly over my shoulder, "That's right." But what I should have done was double-back and high-five him, because there's a Gen Z-er with some excellent taste! That young man fills me with hope and some other emotions that are weird and deeply confusing.

Also, please note the Simpsons poster and trashcan in my home office, which you can peep in the background of that photo.
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« Reply #340 on: 07-21-2023 23:08 »

I'm pretty sure that if I encountered someone wearing that shirt, the first words out of my mouth would be "Gotta nuke something."

Good for that kid anyway.
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« Reply #341 on: 07-23-2023 23:15 »

Well done, Gorkster! My memory is far too poor to recall the circumstances when I first heard it, but long before The Simpsons show was a jaundiced gleam in Matt's eye, the phrase "Nuke the gay baby whales, for Jesus" was used to mock the "Nuke the Whales" bumper stickers of right-wing anti-progressives and their dismissive attitudes towards efforts to protect species from extinction and stop the wanton slaughter of whales and fur seal pups, with the added jab against their homophobia.

Looking around the net-of-a-million-lies just now, the earliest mention I can locate is from a Quora post referencing a letter published in the New York Times Book Review in 1979:



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« Reply #342 on: 07-24-2023 21:29 »

Oh wow, I guess I'm showing my age and/or ignorance here: I had no idea "Nuke the Whales" was an actual thing that pre-dates the Simpsons episode (which is "Lisa's Date with Density" from season 8, i.e., the mid-1990s). Interestingly enough, in the same scene where Lisa sees Nelson's "Nuke the Whales" poster, he pulls out a guitar and starts playing the gag version of "Joy to the World" ("the teacher's dead, we barbecued her head," etc.). Apparently there was a more thematically appropriate song he might have played instead!
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« Reply #343 on: 08-15-2023 02:06 »

Well, it took me 16 years, but I finally framed the mini Simpsons movie poster I received at the theater on opening day in 2007.



It sat rolled up with tape in the closet of my childhood bedroom for most of that time, but it's not too much worse for the wear. (Also note the reflection of my previously pictured Bart poster, which hangs on the opposite wall in my home office, on Homer's muzzle.)
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« Reply #344 on: 08-15-2023 04:22 »

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« Reply #345 on: 08-15-2023 04:44 »

Yeah, it’s bonkers how long it’s been since that movie came out, especially because at the time it seemed to me like a harbinger of the series’ still-long-overdue-but-at-least-semi-respectable end. Back in 2007 I was entering my sophomore year of high school and now I’m…still in school, somehow, and this stupid fucking show is still on the air. :hmpf:
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« Reply #346 on: 08-15-2023 10:50 »

Well, it took me 16 years, but I finally framed the mini Simpsons movie poster I received at the theater on opening day in 2007.



It sat rolled up with tape in the closet of my childhood bedroom for most of that time, but it's not too much worse for the wear. (Also note the reflection of my previously pictured Bart poster, which hangs on the opposite wall in my home office, on Homer's muzzle.)
Well, I feel ripped off having not come home with one of those.

Also holy heck. Did it really come out in 2007? I was a freshman in high school, and I remember when it was announced that I was super excited. Growing up, I'd long thought that The Simpsons could go to the silver screen and be a hit. My dream did come true, but it was such a monkey's paw. They should've really done a movie at the show's peak instead of waiting until the show was nearing it's sell-by date. Now, they've gone well beyond the sell-by and actual expiration, and keep serving up fetid, moldy remains. I'd be curious to know what all's keeping it chugging at this point. Is viewership still getting enough ad revenue? Is merch moving well?
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« Reply #347 on: 08-16-2023 20:24 »

It's funny. I'd definitely stopped watching the series by the time the movie came out. The earlier Al Jean seasons were at least decent (certainly better than the absolute unwatchable dogshit spewed by the show on a weekly basis during seasons 10-12). But a mixture of it seeming to stagnate again and then going to college and being too busy for it just kind of sapped my interest in watching it anymore. There were shows I really thought were great and wasn't even making the time for, so watching "sorta okay to bad" episodes of The Simpsons on a weekly basis just felt like a waste. There was a point where I realized I'd forgotten to record an episode to catch up with, then looked up the episode and realized it was an episode about Gil living with the family, and I realized I just...didn't care. It was an obligation at that point. I don't watch shows out of obligation. I never watched it regularly again.

But even with that, it was hard to not get SO hyped up for The Simpsons movie. Obviously I knew it wouldn't really be the end of the series, but I kind of treated it that way for my personal viewing. I knew in my heart it would be the last Simpsons thing I ever watched (though I did see a few scattered episodes after, not always willingly), and the last time I followed these characters I'd loved so much on their escapades. The 7/11 near my campus was one of the ones that got turned into a Kwik-E-Mart. It was so cool. I was so amped up to see which characters appeared, and I also knew that a lot of the great writers who had effectively retired from the series were never going to be involved in anything Simpsons again after, so this was my last hurrah with them too. And honestly, I had a great time. It wasn't everything I would have wanted out of a Simpsons feature - not possible considering it was made in 2007 and not, like, 1995 - and I'll forever go to bat for the South Park movie as being far superior. But on its own terms I thought it was great and really enjoyed it. I even got the DVD. But I never felt the urge to watch the show regularly again.

A few years ago I actually caught it again on a 35mm film print. It's still pretty good. Some parts were better than I remembered and some not as much. A lot of it is pretty funny, and it has gorgeous animation (even though I would have preferred the richer colors and shadow of the cel animated episodes). Parts of it were really moving - Marge's video to Homer is really a beautiful scene and by some accounts maybe the last time that Julie Kavner really nailed her role. But it's also got some real dud jokes ("rock and a hard place" has to be an all-time groaner from a once-great series, and I can't believe it made it not only to that stage, but every trailer even) and a lot of stuff that just isn't quite up to snuff. But hey. It was 2007, not 1995. It was just nice to see them all again, and on film even.

I think it wasn't long after that that I happened to attend the 30th anniversary panel with a bunch of the people involved, including several of the writers/producers, Harry Shearer, and Yeardley Smith. Before that they showed a couple episodes. "Marge vs. the Monorail" was amazing to see again, and on a huge screen! I think some people sang along to the monorail song. I realized I'd totally forgotten about the "separating siamese twins" joke and absolutely lost my shit. Reminded me why I loved this show so much. Then after that they showed.... another episode. Some 2012 episode with Patton Oswalt where Homer becomes a hipster for a while. It wasn't....terrible. But good god. You can really feel the energy in the room dissipating throughout that one. I doubt half the people in the room had even watched that far, so it was a bunch of people slowly realizing what this show had turned into during the years they'd moved on to other things. But they had Matt Selman there, and I guess that episode was his baby or something.

The panel was great though. Harry Shearer did most of his voices and it was just amazing being in the same room with some of those people. I remember specifically that Jim Brooks gave a really embarrassing, bootlicking comment about how moving to Disney was like graduating from high school and moving to an even better place, while Matt Groening was more interested in making jokes at the expense of Disney's apparently excessive lot security policies. Classic Matt.

I've kind of just accepted that it's never going to end and will probably keep embarrassing itself as it goes. Disney sees too much value in the IP. I sort of doubt it's even up to Matt or Jim anymore at this point, at least insofar as I think even when they die, and most of the actors have also shuffled off, they'll just revive it with new voices and everything. Maybe "reimagine" it with updated versions of all the characters. I fully expect to be in my elderly years hearing some new version of the show where Homer struggles with his imposter syndrome and everyone is really nice to each other. And I'm sure I won't watch a second of it.
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« Reply #348 on: 08-19-2023 01:53 »

It makes me feel old, too. The opening night of the Simpsons Movie was the first time I ever drove a car without my parents and also the first time I ever got tasered. I'll never forget the cheers when Homer and Bart jumped Springfield Gorge.
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« Reply #349 on: 08-19-2023 15:09 »

You kids talking about seeing the movie when you were in high school isn't making me feel any younger.  I was older than you are now when the movie premiered.  I felt old because I remembered it as something that happened recently, not because it was a treasured childhood memory.

and also the first time I ever got tasered.

From the way that this is phrased, I take it that it wasn't the last time.
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« Reply #350 on: 08-21-2023 23:30 »



Which is to say, David, that all us (relative) youngsters will get what's coming to us some day. ;)
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« Reply #351 on: 08-22-2023 06:26 »

I could think of a couple of adjectives other than "weird and scary" to describe what's "it" nowadays.  Suffice to say, I'm quite happy that I'm not with that.

Also, Abe is one of my favorite characters from The Simpsons, so I don't mind the implied comparison at all.  I've wanted to become a grumpy old man ever since I was young.
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« Reply #352 on: 08-22-2023 14:17 »

I hope the Simpsons will be on for an hundred more years or more years, depending on certain factors, perhaps even some years after that!
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« Reply #353 on: 08-29-2023 03:51 »

I'm of the opinion that The Simpsons is terrible and has been for decades and it's borderline unwatchable at times.

However, last year saw a huge uptick in quality. Apparently Matt Selman is now co-showrunner with Al Jean and it seriously shows.

Not only that, but "Pixelated and Afraid" was actually a legitimately good episode. It's not funny. It just chooses to not really bother with any jokes in lieu of stuffing itself with bad, cringey jokes like the show normally does. It does tell a decent story and that's a breath of fresh air for this show. Best episode in years.

And then, amazingly, "Treehouse of Horror XXXIII" was also a legitimately good episode. Interesting, funny... not just the final fan-service-y segment, but all of it.

We're only talking 7/10 episodes here, but that's astonishing for The Simpsons. I don't think they've given us a 7/10 episode since "Simpsorama" back in 2014.
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« Reply #354 on: 11-27-2023 23:45 »

So there are too many Simpsons quotes to count that have made their way into my daily usage, but getting a new puppy has reminded me of the one I say perhaps most often: whenever I am playing/roughhousing with a dog and someone expresses concern, I invariably reply with Nelson’s line from “Sweet Seymour Skinner’s Baadasssss Song”:



I realize now that I do sometimes omit the “hard” from that quote, but I think it still counts!
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« Reply #355 on: 11-28-2023 00:47 »



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« Reply #356 on: 11-28-2023 02:35 »

I could have used that quote with my sister's dog yesterday at my second Thanksgiving dinner.  He's part Australian Cattle Dog, or as my sister put it, "He's the kind of dog that's bred to get kicked in the head by cows all day."
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« Reply #357 on: 11-28-2023 06:49 »

However, last year saw a huge uptick in quality. Apparently Matt Selman is now co-showrunner with Al Jean and it seriously shows.
I've been seeing alot of youtubers covering this and tbh, I sort of agree on the basis it's definitely gotten better than it was doing before the Season 30s. Definitely not anywhere near Seasons 1-12 quality wise. But still better than what the show typically puts out.

I personally think some of these newer episodes from the last 3 or 4 years are closer to the quality Season 23 episodes exhibited, the only post-classic era season of The Simpsons that I generally like or find passable. I was watching some of these newer episodes with my father while he was recovering from an illness during the early Summer months (random episodes throughout S31-34) and was genuinely surprised how little 'jerk-ass homer' there is in these newer batch of episodes. Only came up once, if at all. Actually, I think it's gotten a teeny bit funnier too although it's rare for the current seasons to make me laugh.

Haven't bothered to watch the latest season since well, there's so many other modern episodes I have yet to watch. But yeah, while I agree the newer episode quality is improving, I don't think it means the show is 'good again' like some are claiming. It's just sort of watchable now.
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« Reply #358 on: 12-06-2023 03:05 »

The show is absolutely not good again, no. BUT there are legitimately one or two good episodes per season now. Which is amazing to say that we were lucky to get a 5/10 episode a few years ago.
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