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Beamer
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I never actually said it was lame, though.
You brought it up during a discussion about lame moments in The Simpsons. How was anyone to know that it was a completely unrelated segue as opposed to a continuation of the topic at hand? Anyway, Bart's Girlfriend is probably around the middle of the range for me... as far as the classic era is concerned, of course. It's definitely got its moments ("here comes the glue now!"), but there are so many better episodes surrounding it that I just kind of forget about it a lot of the time. I actually remembered hating is as a kid because I thought it was too unfair to Bart in the third act... I still kind of get a little uneasy during some of those scenes with the townsfolk. Though I did love the ending as a kid, and still love it now.
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SolidSnake
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What about "Marge not be Proud"? I barely ever hear people talk about that one. That episode hit me right in the feels the first time watching it.
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Lost My Phone
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I've been rewatching some of Season 9 lately. One of the episodes I watched today was "Lisa the Simpson," the last episode run by Bill Oakley and Josh Weinstein. This episode truly was amazing, and reminded me of the days when Lisa was a relatable character. Oakley and Weinstein did a great job exploring the show's characters, which is one of the many reasons why they are some of my favorite show runners. This episode had a great storyline and some pretty good jokes as well. 9/10
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Beamer
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Lisa the Simpson is definitely a stand-out for season 9, though I'm personally very partial to The City of New York vs. Homer Simpson. Sadly, it hasn't exactly aged well for obvious reasons, though I remember watching it when it aired in Australia for the first time back when I was about 10, and me and my dad just laughing our asses off at it. Girly Edition is also another great episode from that season.
"PRAY. FOR. MOJO..."
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Lost My Phone
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« Reply #774 on: 10-23-2013 04:02 »
« Last Edit on: 10-23-2013 04:05 »
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Yeah, my favorite Season 9 episodes were: The City of New York vs. Homer Simpson The Cartridge Family Dumbbell Indemnity Lisa the Simpson This Little Wiggy Girly Edition Natural Born Kissers I think "New York" has been removed from syndication over here, but I'm not sure. It's possible that the scene that might be considered offensive was removed. Not that I'd know, because my local Fox affiliate only syndicates Season 23 episodes. I remember the days when I could turn on my TV every evening and watch an hour and a half of Classic Simpsons. Ah, those were the days.
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Beamer
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I would argue that the tone changed around Realty Bites, but yes, I would agree. The second half still has plenty of good episodes, though (King of the Hill, Lost Our Lisa, Natural Born Kissers, and the aforementioned Lisa the Simpson and Girly Edition), and it's easily the best of the four Scully seasons.
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Lost My Phone
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Season 9 is a really weird season looking back. It has a few leftover episodes from various golden era runners, but then the tone of the episodes change completely at around Bart Carny. Anyone else noticed that? It's still very funny at this point, though.
The City of New York vs. Homer Simpson and Lisa the Simpson are my favorite Season 9 episodes, and they're both holdovers from Season 8. The Principal and the Pauper was another Season 8 holdover, but that obviously didn't get very good reception. Lisa's Sax, which was held over from Season 7, wasn't one of my favorites of the season, but I still enjoyed it. On the other hand, I didn't really like Simpson Tide, which was also held over from Season 7. And then there were All Singing, All Dancing and The Joy of Sect, which were produced by David Mirkin for Season 9. I really didn't enjoy these two, although I hate the former with a passion. I was disappointed to see that my favorite show runner had produced two of my least favorite Season 9 episodes. So yeah, you're right. Season 9 had four different show runners (or pairs of show runners): Mike Scully, who was hired as show runner for the season; Al Jean & Mike Reiss, whose contract with Disney had allowed them to produce four episodes for Season 7 (which ended up being held over to Seasons 8 and 9); Bill Oakley & Josh Weinstein, who had been the show runners for Season 8, from which three Season 9 episodes were held over; and David Mirkin, who had been hired to run two episodes for the Season 9 production line.
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"Lost our Lisa" This is honestly one of my favorite episodes of the series, period. It is not your typical cutesy Homer/Lisa episode, but rather this really silly, madcap story with two adventures (Lisa being lost, Homer trying to find her) running on parallel tracks for most of the episode. When the stories intersect in the final few minutes, we are treated to a genuinely sweet daddy-daughter (end-of-)day where the two of them break into a museum and listen to a really funky music box. So the episode provides the best of both worlds: it's a really fun, kooky episode that pulls off a seamlessly sweet ending. Oh, how I love it.
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Beamer
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Edit button, stum! Personally, I dug it, but not so much after Dead Homers criticized it.
Why would your opinion change after you learned of anyone else's? Also, I really, really like The Principal and the Pauper, though I've already given a long explanation as to why earlier in this thread. I saw it as a very meta satire on television, and I think it's one of the funniest of season 9.
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Beamer
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« Reply #786 on: 10-23-2013 13:05 »
« Last Edit on: 10-23-2013 13:08 »
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It didn't feel tacked on at all. They'd established Lisa's goal of wanting to go to the museum very, very early on in the episode, they spent the entire episode showcasing Homer's more reckless side (which, by the way, had been an aspect of his character long before this episode), and the ending brings those two elements together in a very sweet way. And the ending of Homer Goes to College was a perfect homage to the material it had been referencing the entire episode. As far as parodies go, the ending was arguably the most spot-on part of the episode. Very strange that you would cite these two episodes for having shitty, out-of-left-field endings when there are so, so, SO many worse offenders, too.
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