The family that doesn't know the meaning of the word "cancelled" - The Simpsons!

[Reply #160 on:]

They definitely cut back on the guest stars after the Scully era. I don't mind it when the guest stars are playing an actual character on the show, though it's quite irksome when they're just playing themselves and they're there for no good reason.

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Guest stars playing themselves are bad, yes. What makes it worse is hearing a Simpsons family member say "Look, it's _____! Star of/inventor of/director of ______!" Ugh...makes me want to strangle the whole writing team.

It really surprises me to see that anybody looks at seasons 11 onward with any sense of fondess. I think the show was uniformly terrible by that point.

Season 10 was funny to me at the time, but I think I may have been in denial. The show could still pull of reasonably funny gags, but they forgot how to tell a story. Virtually every ending was a "wacky" ending. One of those "hey, we writers couldn't think of an ending so we're going to make a joke about how we couldn't think up a proper ending! Here's Vincent Price picking up John Madden in a bus for some reason! We are so zany!" endings.

Even with funny gags, without a story tying it together the whole thing just feels hollow.

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Guest stars playing themselves are bad, yes. What makes it worse is hearing a Simpsons family member say "Look, it's _____! Star of/inventor of/director of ______!" Ugh...makes me want to strangle the whole writing team.

Agreed. The only time I can remember that style of introducing a guest star being funny is Milhouse's multiple exclamations of "It's N'Sync!!!" in New Kids On The Blecch.

Speaking of which, that's an episode I originally hated, but that grows on me the more I watch it due to actually having a lot of really funny jokes. Particularly "Wait, you're not L.T. Smash...you're Lt. Smash!" "Yes...Lt. L.T. Smash."

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I want to ask you guys (well, Gorky, JoshTheater and SolidSnake), how is Season 16 so different from 15?

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If anything, I think season 16 is better than 13-15.

For the show to end with a good legacy, it would have to end before season 13.

1-12, then the movie would have been great.

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OK, I've just finished my re-watching of the golden years followed by every episode that I gave a 6/10 or higher.

Almost all of the 6/10s have been knocked down, but "Holidays of Future Passed" really impressed me on second viewing. I liked it the first time, round, but now I'd say that it's the last truly great episode of the show - a title I previously gave to "Trilogy of Error" from about 10 years prior.

For the sake of comparison, I've put everything from what I consider to be the golden era (seasons 1-12) in bold.

533. E. Pluribus Wiggum - 2/10
532. The Italian Bob - 2/10
531. Dude, Where's My Ranch? - 2.5/10
530. The Ned-Liest Catch - 2.5/10
529. Lisa Goes Gaga - 2.5/10
528. You Kent Always Say What You Want - 2.5/10
527. Funeral for a Fiend - 2.5/10
526. Treehouse of Horror XIX - 2.5/10
525. The Fabulous Faker Boy - 3/10
524. Whiskey Business - 3/10
523. Black-Eyed, Please - 3/10
522. Homer Goes to Prep School - 3/10
521. Gone Maggie Gone - 3/10
520. Papa Don't Leech - 3/10
519. Fraudcast News - 3/10
518. Pranksta Rap - 3/10
517. Sleeping with the Enemy - 3/10
516. Homer and Ned's Hail Mary Pass - 3/10
515. Bart-Mangled Banner - 3/10
514. Homerland - 3/10
513. Marge Gamer - 3/10
512. Treehouse of Horror XVIII - 3/10
511. The Lastest Gun in the West - 3.5/10
510. The Regina Monologues - 3.5/10
509. 'Tis the Fifteenth Season - 3.5/10
508. There's Something About Marrying - 3.5/10
507. The Greatest Story Ever D'ohed - 3.5/10
506. Moe Goes from Rags to Riches - 3.5/10
505. The D'oh-cial Network - 3.5/10
504. My Fair Laddy - 3.5/10
503. The Ziff Who Came to Dinner - 3.5/10
502. The Haw-Hawed Couple - 3.5/10
501. The Great Simpsina - 4/10
500. No Load Again, Naturally - 4/10
499. Lisa the Drama Queen - 4/10
498. The Burns and the Bees - 4/10
497. Homer and Lisa Exchange Cross Words - 4/10
496. The Dangerous Curves - 4/10
495. Lost Verizon - 4/10
494. All About Lisa - 4/10
493. Pulpit Friction - 4/10
492. Love Is a Many Splintered Thing - 4/10
491. Moonshine River - 4/10
490. Ned 'N' Edna's Blend - 4/10
489. The Spy Who Learned Me - 4/10
488. The Daughter Also Rises - 4/10
487. Mona Leaves-a - 4/10
486. Politically Inept, with Homer Simpson - 4/10
485. Replaceable You - 4/10
484. 500 Keys - 4/10
483. Love, Springfieldian Style - 4/10
482. Husbands and Knives - 4/10
481. Little Orphan Millie - 4/10
480. Midnight Towboy - 4/10
479. Homer of Seville - 4/10
478. Crook and Ladder - 4/10
477. Little Big Girl - 4/10
476. Dangers on a Train - 4/10
475. The Saga of Carl - 4/10
474. The Wife Aquatic - 4/10
473. Ice Cream of Margie: With the Light Blue Hair - 4/10
472. Regarding Margie - 4/10
471. Bart Has Two Mommies - 4/10
470. We're on the Road to D'owhere - 4/10
469. Homer's Paternity Coot - 4/10
468. The Last of the Red Hat Mamas - 4/10
467. The Father, the Son and the Holy Guest Star - 4/10
466. Four Regrettings and a Funeral - 4/10
465. The Seven-Beer Snitch - 4/10
464. The Great Wife Hope - 4/10
463. The Devil Wears Nada - 4/10
462. Bart Gets a 'Z' - 4/10
461. Kill Gil, Volumes I & II - 4/10
460. Mobile Homer - 4/10
459. Goo Goo Gai Pan - 4/10
458. On a Clear Day I Can't See My Sister - 4/10
457. Midnight Rx - 4/10
456. She Used to Be My Girl - 4/10
455. My Big Fat Geek Wedding - 4/10
454. The Wandering Juvie - 4/10
453. Co-Dependent's Day - 4/10
452. Marge vs. Singles, Seniors, Childless Couples and Teens, and Gays - 4/10
451. My Mother the Carjacker - 4/10
450. Old Yeller-Belly - 4/10
449. The Bart of War - 4/10
448. Brake My Wife, Please - 4/10
447. Treehouse of Horror XVII - 4/10
446. The Squirt and the Whale - 4/10
445. The Wettest Stories Ever Told - 4/10
444. C.E.D'oh - 4/10
443. Mr. Spritz Goes to Washington - 4/10
442. A Star is Born Again - 4/10
441. Barting Over - 4/10
440. Pray Anything - 4/10
439. Special Edna - 4/10
438. Helter Shelter - 4/10
437. Sweets and Sour Marge - 4/10
436. Poppa's Got a Brand New Badge - 4/10
435. Catch 'Em If You Can - 4/10
434. Simpsons Christmas Stories - 4/10
433. The Way We Weren't - 4/10
432. All's Fair in Oven War - 4/10
431. What Animated Women Want - 4.5/10
430. Gorgeous Grampa - 4.5/10
429. Hardly Kirk-ing - 4.5/10
428. A Test Before Trying - 4.5/10
427. To Cur with Love - 4.5/10
426. The Day the Earth Stood Cool - 4.5/10
425. A Tree Grows in Springfield - 4.5/10
424. Penny-Wiseguys - 4.5/10
423. Gone Abie Gone - 4.5/10
422. A Totally Fun Thing Bart Will Never Do Again - 4.5/10
421. Beware My Cheating Bart - 4.5/10
420. Them, Robot - 4.5/10
419. At Long Last Leave - 4.5/10
418. The Man in the Blue Flannel Pants - 4.5/10
417. Flaming Moe - 4.5/10
416. Bart Stops to Smell the Roosevelts - 4.5/10
415. The Real Housewives of Fat Tony - 4.5/10
414. Love Is a Many Strangled Thing - 4.5/10
413. A Midsummer's Nice Dream - 4.5/10
412. The Scorpion's Tale - 4.5/10
411. The Blue and the Gray - 4.5/10
410. Homer the Father - 4.5/10
409. The Fight Before Christmas - 4.5/10
408. Wedding for Disaster - 4.5/10
407. How Munched Is That Birdie in the Window? - 4.5/10
406. Lisa Simpson, This Isn't Your Life - 4.5/10
405. Judge Me Tender - 4.5/10
404. Moe LetterBlues - 4.5/10
403. To Surveil, with Love - 4.5/10
402. American History X-cellent - 4.5/10
401. Stealing First Base - 4.5/10
400. Boy Meets Curl - 4.5/10
399. Exit Through the Kwik-E-Mart - 4.5/10
398. Once Upon a Time in Springfield - 4.5/10
397. Thursdays with Abie - 4.5/10
396. O Brother, Where Bart Thou? - 4.5/10
395. Rednecks and Broomsticks - 4.5/10
394. Homer Simpson, This Is Your Wife - 4.5/10
393. Pranks and Greens - 4.5/10
392. Four Great Women and a Manicure - 4.5/10
391. Father Knows Worst - 4.5/10
390. The Good, the Sad and the Drugly - 4.5/10
389. Rome-old and Juli-eh - 4.5/10
388. Yokel Chords - 4.5/10
387. Apocalypse Cow - 4.5/10
386. Smoke on the Daughter - 4.5/10
385. Dial 'N' for Nerder - 4.5/10
384. In the Name of the Grandfather - 4.5/10
383. How the Test Was Won - 4.5/10
382. Mypods and Broomsticks - 4.5/10
381. Double, Double, Boy in Trouble - 4.5/10
380. The DeBarted - 4.5/10
379. Moe'N'A Lisa - 4.5/10
378. Treehouse of Horror XXIV - 4.5/10
377. GI (Annoyed Grunt) - 4.5/10
376. Please Homer Don't Hammer 'em - 4.5/10
375. Jazzy & The Pussycats - 4.5/10
374. Kiss Kiss, Bang Bangalore - 4.5/10
373. See Homer Run - 4.5/10
372. Milhouse of Sand and Fog - 4.5/10
371. Half-Decent Proposal - 4.5/10
370. Treehouse of Horror XXIII - 4.5/10
369. Bonfire of the Manatees - 4.5/10
368. Brawl in the Family - 4.5/10
367. Jaws Wired Shut - 4.5/10
366. Treehouse of Horror XXII - 4.5/10
365. The Frying Game - 4.5/10
364. The Sweetest Apu - 4.5/10
363. The Strong Arms of the Ma - 4.5/10
362. The Dad Who Knew Too Little - 4.5/10
361. I Am Furious Yellow - 4.5/10
360. She of Little Faith - 4.5/10
359. The Mook, the Chef, the Wife and Her Homer - 4.5/10
358. Treehouse of Horror XXI - 4.5/10
357. A Hunka Hunka Burns in Love - 4.5/10
356. Treehouse of Horror XX - 4.5/10
355. Any Given Sundance - 4.5/10
354. Blame It on Lisa - 4.5/10
353. The Old Man and the Key - 4.5/10
352. I Don't Wanna Know Why the Caged Bird Sings - 4.5/10
351. Home Away from Homer - 4.5/10
350. A Star Is Torn - 4.5/10
349. The Heartbroke Kid - 4.5/10
348. Mommie Beerest - 4.5/10
347. Fat Man and Little Boy - 4.5/10
346. Marge's Son Poisoning - 4.5/10
345. Donnie Fatso - 4.5/10
344. Homer the Moe - 4.5/10
343. The Great Louse Detective - 4.5/10
342. Simple Simpson - 4.5/10
341. Smart & Smarter - 4.5/10
340. Saddlesore Galactica - 5/10
339. That 90's Show - 5/10
338. 24 Minutes - 5/10
337. Moms I'd Like to Forget - 5/10
336. Treehouse of Horror XVI - 5/10
335. He Loves to Fly and He D'ohs - 5/10
334. Homerazzi - 5/10
333. The President Wore Pearls - 5/10
332. Girls Just Want to Have Sums - 5/10
331. Margical History Tour - 5/10
330. Moe Baby Blues - 5/10
329. Milhouse Doesn't Live Here Anymore - 5/10
328. Today, I Am a Clown - 5/10
327. Large Marge - 5/10
326. The Parent Rap - 5/10
325. The Blunder Years - 5/10
324. The Girl Who Slept Too Little - 5/10
323. Bart vs. Lisa vs. the Third Grade - 5/10
322. Million Dollar Abie - 5/10
321. Marge and Homer Turn a Couple Play - 5/10
320. The Boys of Bummer - 5/10
319. Loan-a Lisa - 5/10
318. Stop or My Dog Will Shoot - 5/10
317. Diatribe of a Mad Housewife - 5/10
316. Sex, Pies and Idiot Scrapes - 5/10
315. MoneyBart - 5/10
314. Treehouse of Horror XV - 5/10
313. Gump Roast - 5/10
312. The Seemingly Never-Ending Story - 5/10
311. Another Simpsons Clip Show - 5/10
310. Tales from the Public Domain - 5/10
309. Little Girl in the Big Ten - 5.5/10
308. The Bart Wants What It Wants - 5.5/10
307. The Fool Monty - 5.5/10
306. Eeny Teeny Maya Moe - 5.5/10
305. Take My Life, Please - 5.5/10
304. Changing of the Guardian - 5.5/10
303. I, (Annoyed Grunt)-Bot - 5.5/10
302. Adventures in Baby-Getting - 5.5/10
301. The Ten-Per-Cent Solution - 5.5/10
300. Chief of Hearts - 5.5/10
299. Postcards from the Wedge - 5.5/10
298. The Fat and the Furriest - 5.5/10
297. Homer Scissorhands - 5.5/10
296. Eternal Moonshine of the Simpson Mind - 5.5/10
295. The Color Yellow - 5.5/10
294. Elementary School Musical - 5.5/10
293. Million Dollar Maybe - 5.5/10
292. Coming to Homerica - 5.5/10
291. Waverly Hills 9-0-2-1-D'oh - 5.5/10
290. How I Wet Your Mother - 5.5/10
289. Treehouse of Horror XIV - 5.5/10
288. Weekend at Burnsie's - 5.5/10
287. Dark Knight Court - 5.5/10
286. Revenge Is a Dish Best Served Three Times - 5.5/10
285. 'Scuse Me While I Miss the Sky - 5.5/10
284. Three Gays of the Condo - 5.5/10
283. Homer the Whopper - 5.5/10
282. The Monkey Suit - 5.5/10
281. The Falcon and the D'Ohman - 6/10
280. The Food Wife - 6/10
279. Dancin' Homer - 6/10
278. How I Spent My Strummer Vacation - 6/10
277. The Bob Next Door - 6/10
276. Angry Dad: The Movie - 6/10
275. The Book Job - 6/10
274. The Computer Wore Menace Shoes - 6/10
273. I'm Spelling as Fast as I Can - 6/10
272. The Great Money Caper - 6/10
271. Missionary: Impossible - 6/10
270. So It's Come to This: A Simpsons Clip Show - 6/10
269. All Singing, All Dancing - 6/10
268. Moaning Lisa - 6.5/10
267. Bye Bye Nerdie - 6.5/10
266. Tennis the Menace - 6.5/10
265. Little Big Mom - 6.5/10
264. Simpson Safari - 6.5/10
263. Treehouse of Horror XIII - 6.5/10
262. Treehouse of Horror XII - 6.5/10
261. New Kids on the Blecch - 6.5/10
260. Along Again, Natura-Diddly - 6.5/10
259. Homer's Night Out - 6.5/10
258. Eight Misbehavin' - 6.5/10
257. Simpson and Delilah - 6.5/10
256. Worst Episode Ever - 6.5/10
255. Faith Off - 6.5/10
254. Simpson Tide - 6.5/10
253. Itchy and Scratchy and Marge - 6.5/10
252. Brother's Little Helper - 6.5/10
251. Some Enchanted Evening - 6.5/10
250. I'm Goin' to Praiseland - 6.5/10
249. Simpson Tall Tales - 6.5/10
248. Springfield Up - 6.5/10
247. Guess Who's Coming to Criticize Dinner? - 6.5/10
246. Don't Fear the Roofer - 6.5/10
245. Grift of the Magi - 7/10
244. Last Tap Dance in Springfield - 7/10
243. Beyond Blunderdome - 7/10
242. Kill the Alligator and Run - 7/10
241. Thank God It's Doomsday - 7/10
240. Treehouse of Horror X - 7/10
239. Day of the Jackanapes - 7/10
238. Future-Drama - 7/10
237. E-I-E-I-(Annoyed Grunt) - 7/10
236. It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad Marge - 7/10
235. The Mansion Family - 7/10
234. Principal Charming - 7/10
233. Lisa's Substitute - 7/10
232. Old Money - 7/10
231. Two Cars in Every Garage and Three Eyes on Every Fish - 7/10
230. There's No Disgrace Like Home - 7/10
229. Life in the Fast Lane - 7/10
228. Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire - 7/10
227. Sunday, Cruddy Sunday - 7/10
226. The Trouble with Trillions - 7/10
225. Pokey Mom - 7/10
224. Homer vs. Dignity - 7/10
223. Bart vs. Thanksgiving - 7/10
222. Insane Clown Poppy - 7/10
221. Hello Gutter, Hello Fadder - 7/10
220. The Simpsons Spin-Off Showcase - 7/10
219. Simpsons Bible Stories - 7/10
218. Take My Wife, Sleaze - 7/10
217. Monty Can't Buy Me Love - 7/10
216. Days of Wine and D'oh'ses - 7/10
215. Behind the Laughter - 7/10
214. Children of a Lesser Clod - 7/10
213. Pygmoelian - 7/10
212. Bart to the Future - 7/10
211. Hungry Hungry Homer - 7/10
210. Lisa the Tree Hugger - 7/10
209. Skinner's Sense of Snow - 7/10
208. HOMR - 7/10
207. Lisa the Vegetarian - 7/10
206. The Simpsons 138th Episode Spectacular - 7/10
205. Brush with Greatness - 7.5/10
204. The Old Man and the 'C' Student - 7.5/10
203. Homer Simpson in: 'Kidney Trouble' - 7.5/10
202. Bart Gets Hit by a Car - 7.5/10
201. They Saved Lisa's Brain - 7.5/10
200. Bart's Dog Gets an F - 7.5/10
199. The Telltale Head - 7.5/10
198. Bart the Daredevil - 7.5/10
197. Bart Gets an F - 7.5/10
196. 'Round Springfield - 7.5/10
195. D'oh-in' in the Wind - 7.5/10
194. The Last Temptation of Krust - 7.5/10
193. Bart the Fink - 7.5/10
192. Dumbbell Indemnity - 7.5/10
191. Maximum Homerdrive - 7.5/10
190. Treehouse of Horror XI - 7.5/10
189. The Principal and the Pauper - 7.5/10
188. The Two Mrs. Nahasapeemapetilons - 7.5/10
187. Bart Star - 7.5/10
186. Make Room for Lisa - 7.5/10
185. The City of New York vs. Homer Simpson - 7.5/10
184. Lisa the Simpson - 7.5/10
183. A Tale of Two Springfields - 7.5/10
182. One Fish, Two Fish, Blowfish, Blue Fish - 7.5/10
181. Bart the Genius - 7.5/10
180. Homer's Odyssey - 7.5/10
179. Oh Brother, Where Art Thou? - 7.5/10
178. Hurricane Neddy - 7.5/10
177. The Way We Was - 7.5/10
176. Dead Putting Society - 7.5/10
175. Three Men and a Comic Book - 7.5/10
174. Homer Alone - 7.5/10
173. I'm with Cupid - 7.5/10
172. Wild Barts Can't Be Broken - 7.5/10
171. When You Dish Upon a Star - 7.5/10
170. The War of the Simpsons - 7.5/10
169. King of the Hill - 7.5/10
168. Girly Edition - 7.5/10
167. Mom and Pop Art - 7.5/10
166. Lost Our Lisa - 7.5/10
165. A Milhouse Divided - 7.5/10
164. Fear of Flying - 7.5/10
163. Colonel Homer - 7.5/10
162. Burns, Baby Burns - 7.5/10
161. Thirty Minutes Over Tokyo - 7.5/10
160. Realty Bites - 7.5/10
159. Miracle on Evergreen Terrace - 7.5/10
158. Das Bus - 7.5/10
157. Bart Carny - 7.5/10
156. The Old Man and the Lisa - 7.5/10
155. Marge Gets a Job - 7.5/10
154. Scenes from the Class Struggle in Springfield - 7.5/10
153. The Twisted World of Marge Simpson - 7.5/10
152. Bart's Inner Child - 7.5/10
151. The Canine Mutiny - 7.5/10
150. Lisa Gets an 'A' - 7.5/10
149. Marge Simpson in 'Screaming Yellow Honkers' - 7.5/10
148. Marge in Chains - 7.5/10
147. Grade School Confidential - 7.5/10
146. Whacking Day - 7.5/10
145. Blood Feud - 7.5/10
144. Homer the Vigilante - 8/10
143. Lard of the Dance - 8/10
142. Homer's Phobia - 8/10
141. The Joy of Sect - 8/10
140. The Springfield Files - 8/10
139. Mayored to the Mob - 8/10
138. Summer of 4 Ft. 2 - 8/10
137. Lady Bouvier's Lover - 8/10
136. Lisa's Sax - 8/10
135. Bart the Mother - 8/10
134. Homer's Enemy - 8/10
133. The Otto Show - 8/10
132. Simpsoncalifragilisticexpiala-Annoyed-Grunt-cious - 8/10
131. Saturdays of Thunder - 8/10
130. Like Father, Like Clown - 8/10
129. El Viaje Misterioso de Nuestro Homer - 8/10
128. Homerpalooza - 8/10
127. The PTA Disbands - 8/10
126. Bart After Dark - 8/10
125. The Day the Violence Died - 8/10
124. Dog of Death - 8/10
123. Homer Defined - 8/10
122. Homer Loves Flanders - 8/10
121. Lisa's Date with Density - 8/10
120. The Wizard of Evergreen Terrace - 8/10
119. Treehouse of Horror VIII - 8/10
118. My Sister, My Sitter - 8/10
117. Lisa vs. Malibu Stacy - 8/10
116. Krusty Gets Kancelled - 8/10
115. A Streetcar Named Marge - 8/10
114. Mr. Lisa Goes to Washington - 8/10
113. Trash of the Titans - 8/10
112. Lisa the Skeptic - 8/10
111. The Secret War of Lisa Simpson - 8/10
110. Lisa on Ice - 8/10
109. Bart the Lover - 8/10
108. Lisa the Beauty Queen - 8/10
107. This Little Wiggy - 8/10
106. Homer's Barbershop Quartet - 8/10
105. Duffless - 8/10
104. Grampa vs. Sexual Inadequacy - 8/10
103. Viva Ned Flanders - 8/10
102. The Last Temptation of Homer - 8/10
101. A Star is Burns - 8/10
100. Holidays of Future Passed - 8/10
99. Homer Goes to College - 8/10
98. A Fish Called Selma - 8/10
97. New Kid on the Block - 8/10
96. Lisa the Greek - 8/10
95. Stark Raving Dad - 8/10
94. Trilogy of Error - 8/10
93. Lisa's Rival - 8/10
92. Mother Simpson - 8/10
91. Homer to the Max - 8/10
90. Homer vs. the 18th Amendment - 8/10
89. The Itchy & Scratchy & Poochie Show - 8/10
88. Bart the Murderer - 8/10
87. When Flanders Failed - 8/10
86. Treehouse of Horror VII - 8/10
85. Treehouse of Horror - 8/10
84. Treehouse of Horror II - 8/10
83. Krusty Gets Busted - 8.5/10
82. Bart the General - 8.5/10
81. The Call of the Simpsons - 8.5/10
80. The Crepes of Wrath - 8.5/10
79. Radioactive Man - 8.5/10
78. Bart Gets Famous - 8.5/10
77. Bart's Friend Falls in Love - 8.5/10
76. Homer vs. Lisa and the Eighth Commandment - 8.5/10
75. I Married Marge - 8.5/10
74. Homer's Triple Bypass - 8.5/10
73. The Cartridge Family - 8.5/10
72. Secrets of a Successful Marriage - 8.5/10
71. Natural Born Kissers - 8.5/10
70. The Homer They Fall - 8.5/10
69. Homer vs. Patty and Selma - 8.5/10
68. The Springfield Connection - 8.5/10
67. Team Homer - 8.5/10
66. Much Apu About Nothing - 8.5/10
65. Bart's Girlfriend - 8.5/10
64. Itchy & Scratchy: The Movie - 8.5/10
63. Brother, Can You Spare Two Dimes? - 8.5/10
62. Burns' Heir - 8.5/10
61. Marge on the Lam - 8.5/10
60. I Love Lisa - 8.5/10
59. Radio Bart - 8.5/10
58. The Front - 8.5/10
57. Lisa's Pony - 8.5/10
56. Selma's Choice - 8.5/10
55. Two Bad Neighbors - 8.5/10
54. $pringfield (or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Legalized Gambling) - 8.5/10
53. Mr. Plow - 8.5/10
52. Treehouse of Horror III - 8.5/10
51. King Size Homer - 8.5/10
50. Brother from the Same Planet - 8.5/10
49. Treehouse of Horror IX - 8.5/10
48. Homer the Smithers - 8.5/10
47. Marge Be Not Proud - 8.5/10
46. Separate Vocations - 8.5/10
45. 22 Short Films About Springfield - 8.5/10
44. Burns Verkaufen der Kraftwerk - 8.5/10
43. Sideshow bob Roberts - 8.5/10
42. Rosebud - 8.5/10
41. Itchy & Scratchy Land - 8.5/10
40. Sideshow Bob's Last Gleaming - 8.5/10
39. Two Dozen and One Greyhounds - 8.5/10
38. Mountain of Madness - 8.5/10
37. Treehouse of Horror VI - 8.5/10
36. Raging Abe Simpson and His Grumbling Grandson in 'The Curse of the Flying Hellfish' - 8.5/10
35. Lisa's Wedding - 8.5/10
34. Lisa the Iconoclast - 8.5/10
33. Boy Scoutz 'n the Hood - 8.5/10
32. Black Widower - 8.5/10
31. And Maggie Makes Three - 9/10
30. The Boy Who Knew Too Much - 9/10
29. Sweet Seymour Skinner's Baadassssss Song - 9/10
28. Flaming Moe's - 9/10
27. Lisa's First Word - 9/10
26. Kamp Krusty - 9/10
25. Homer and Apu - 9/10
24. Bart Gets an Elephant - 9/10
23. Deep Space Homer - 9/10
22. Homer at the Bat - 9/10
21. Home Sweet Home-Diddily-Dum-Doodily - 9/10
20. Bart vs. Australia - 9.5/10
19. Homer the Heretic - 9.5/10
18. In Marge We Trust - 9.5/10
17. Bart Sells His Soul - 9.5/10
16. Homer Badman - 9.5/10
15. Bart's Comet - 9.5/10
14. Treehouse of Horror V - 9.5/10
13. Homie the Clown - 10/10
12. Bart of Darkness - 10/10
11. Last Exit to Springfield - 10/10
10. Brother from Another Series - 10/10
9. Homer the Great - 10/10
8. Bart on the Road - 10/10
7. Marge vs. the Monorail - 10/10
6. Cape Feare - 10/10
5. Treehouse of Horror IV - 10/10
4. Lemon of Troy - 10/10
3. Who Shot Mr. Burns?: Part 2 - 10/10
2. Who Shot Mr. Burns?: Part 1 - 10/10
1. You Only Move Twice - 10/10

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cyber_turnip, I can't help but appreciate how much time that must have taken you. And you put them all in order too!!! This is a phenomenal list. This is the most perfect list I've ever seen, and it even counts down. Everyone who makes lists should make 'em like this. THANK YOU!!! 

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103. Viva Ned Flanders - 8/10
100. Holidays of Future Passed - 8/10
94. Trilogy of Error - 8/10
91. Homer to the Max - 8/10
49. Treehouse of Horror IX - 8.5/10

Yay! Homer to the Max made your top 100! Yeah, Treehouse of Horror IX is shockingly good. I only realised after re-watch I totally underrated it myself when I originally saw it. Also, great to see Viva Ned Flanders rated high. It's always on the worst episodes lists so it's really underrated. I'd probably say Holidays of Future Passed is my favourite Future episode. Amazing how long it takes for another Simpsons episode to match Trilogy of Error, eh?

EDIT - I'm currently working on a Simpsons list from Season 1-12 myself. It's pretty tough.

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Wow. Just wow. I don't even remember most of 17-24, so such a list would be impossible for me without some serious rewatching that, frankly, I don't want to do. Very impressive, CT.

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Haha, I'm glad you all appreciated that instead of just finding me a borish nerd like people would in real life.

And AdrenalinDragon, I completely agree about "Treehouse of Horror IX". I loved it as a kid because I had it on that old "Too Hot for TV" video tape that they released and I was obsessed with the Halloween specials, but I expected to think it was fairly weak when I came back to it. But re-watching things, it's definitely one of the very best "Treehouse of Horror" episodes.

Also, looking at that list, I've just realised that I think there are 268 good episodes and 265 bad episodes. The good still outweighs the bad! It's a shame that that's almost certainly going to change once 4 more episodes air. But then, who knows, maybe the rest of season 25 will surprise me.

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So the only "good" Jean-era episodes are:

Treehouse of Horror XIII
Future-Drama
Don't Fear the Roofer
Thank God It's Doomsday
Springfield Up
Holidays of Future Passed

Random.

[Reply #171 on:]

 Okay, first of all you didn't even number it. Second of all, you didn't rate it, third of all, if your gonna make a list let cyber_turnip be your example because he made the best list I've ever seen.

[Reply #172 on:]

That's an excellent list, CT! It's one of the very best that I've ever seen! It's interesting to see how the ratings slowly went down as the seasons went up. Great work!

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Cyber-T, that's an awesome list! I agree almost 100% with that list. Alot of time must have been put into making the list. Great Job!

Unfortunately, the next episode YOLO looks like it'll be another episode to put in your #510.

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I hope they make a Tom Cruise jumping on couch joke in the upcoming episode "Steal This Episode".

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Thanks again, guys. It's always nice to be appreciated.

So the only "good" Jean-era episodes are:

Treehouse of Horror XIII
Future-Drama
Don't Fear the Roofer
Thank God It's Doomsday
Springfield Up
Holidays of Future Passed

Random.

Don't forget "Treehouse of Horror XII".

Almost all of those episodes are essentially non-canon, so I don't know if it's too random. Obviously both "Treehouse of Horror" episodes are non-canon. Both of the episodes set in the future have debatable canons, and a future-setting that lets them do whatever they want. "Thank God It's Doomsday" is largely a dream sequence, again, making it, more or less, non-canon. "Springfield Up" is canon but it's still making use of a framing device that lets them do things that they normally couldn't - not to mention, grounding the show and forcing it to be a bit less wacky than usual.

"Don't Fear the Roofer" is a bit of an anomaly, though. I've no idea what happened, there.

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Treehouse of Horror XII is a Scully holdover.

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I hope they make a Tom Cruise jumping on couch joke in the upcoming episode "Steal This Episode".

Yeah, but South Park already did the Tom Cruise thing. You should come out of your closet, and take a look around, Stum.

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If they were gonna make a tom cruise couch joke, they probably would've done it seven years ago

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Actually, considering their recent track record for timing and cultural relevance, I'd say they're just about due for one.

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First thought:

Haha, I'm glad you all appreciated that instead of just finding me a borish nerd like people would in real life.

I did at first, but then realized that although I don't fully agree with it, the list sums up The Simpsons' career very well. I just hope that you're not starting a trend of long lists here. There's no need for more.

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I think it's a good list, my only minor complaint is that it seems a little harsh on season 2

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I think it's a good list, my only minor complaint is that it seems a little harsh on season 2

It's probably because half of those episodes are boring. I have a few at the bottom, too.

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Well, YOLO wasn't that bad. Story was decent, but Eduardo seemed unnecessary. Honour code -plot was better, but it was too short and a B-plot.

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That title made me cringe when I saw it, hueee. yolo is just no.

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That title made me cringe when I saw it, hueee. yolo is just no.

Don't you mean yolo is just nono? 

[Reply #186 on:]

I was bagging on "YOLO" before it was cool.

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What the fuck is this yolo shit anyway?

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Well, regardless, this episode was pretty average. A couple of chuckles here and there, but while both plots seemed relatively original for The Simpsons, they still felt very much like familiar ground being re-treaded. Also, fuck this episode's title. Easily the weakest of the season so far, and I had actually enjoyed it up to this point.

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I don't know if it was the weakest of the season so far.

It also wasn't pretty average. It was pretty average for post-the movie Simpsons. That means that it sucked arse-hairs.

[Reply #191 on:]

I just bought season one of the show, and I think I'm gonna start working my way up. What would you guys say are some of the best of season one?

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Bart the general and krusty gets busted

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There's No Disgrace like Home, Homer's Night Out, The Telltale Head, Krusty Gets Busted, and Some Enchanted Evening were all standouts from Season 1.

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Agreed with The Telltale Head and Krusty Gets Busted. The former is a classic and the latter is necessary viewing to set up the Sideshow Bob saga (at least, back when the writers used to give a shit about giving it some semblance of continuity... I still think the Sideshow Bob plot should've finished with Brother From Another Series).

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Anybody see the recent Treehouse of Horror with the mini black hole story? I actually thought that was pretty good! I missed the other two stories though.

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I wish they had been able to keep the deleted scene from Brother From Another Series with Hans Moleman in the episode. Easily the best deleted scene ever.

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^ From what I remember, it was very funny.

Anybody see the recent Treehouse of Horror with the mini black hole story? I actually thought that was pretty good! I missed the other two stories though.

It was season 24 episode. I liked it, it's perhaps the best of the "new" THOHs.

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Haven't seen this posted elsewhere on Peel, so... FXX has become the exclusive cable home for The Simpsons

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And, every single episode will be available for (legal) online streaming next year.