DO NOT WATCH - Simpsons 2009 (S20E09)

User45701

Oh god. Worst episode i have seen in wow - 10-15 years? i have no idea. Actually was this the single worst episode ever made (for those that did watch it already)

I mean this was worse than blues brothers 2000 and universal soldier 2

Basq

Christ... people are still watching new episodes of The Simpsons?

Creamy Goodness

basquille wrote: »

Christ... people are still watching new episodes of The Simpsons?

+1

think the last truely good episode of the simpsons was homer vs new york.

Basq

Ahh.. that brings back memories!

Convenient voice: Thank you for calling the parking violations bureau. To plea `not guilty,' press `one' now. [Homer dials `one'] Thank you. Your plea has been...
Male rough voice: Rejected.
Convenient voice: You will be assessed the full fine plus a small...
Male rough voice: Large lateness fee.
Convenient voice: Please wait by your vehicle between 9 AM and 5 PM for
parking officer Steve...
Male rough voice: Grabowski.

johnny_ultimate

basquille wrote: »

Christ... people are still watching new episodes of The Simpsons?

Indeed. What was once the most important show on television - and it really was - is now a farce. Watching a new episode of the Simpsons is equivalent to watching a once great athlete trying to compete in a serious Olympic event on their 100th birthday. This show just needs to die already.

"Mountain Dew or Crab Juice?" "Eww... I'll take a crab juice". wtf happened to that?

Creamy Goodness

johnny_ultimate wrote: »

wtf happened to that?

all the good writers moved to futurama, and they stopped getting good guest writers *cough* Conan O'Brien *cough* to do shows.

seriously Conan wrote one of my all time favourite simpsons episodes - Homer goes to college. "hey waitaminute, that isn't the wallet inspector".

Basq

Creamy Goodness wrote: »

and they stopped getting good guest writers *cough* Conan O'Brien *cough* to do shows.

Not to be too pedantic.. but he was hardly a "guest writer" - he was a writer and producer with The Simpsons for 2 years before he went on to do 'Late Night'.

KTRIC

It was quiet crap all right. Still watched it though, its like watching someone drown you can't look away :rolleyes:

Creamy Goodness

basquille wrote: »

Not to be too pedantic.. but he was hardly a "guest writer" - he was a writer and producer with The Simpsons for 2 years before he went on to do 'Late Night'.

yeh sorry, i had something in my head to compare him to guest writer Ricky Gervais, but i decided against it as that would be an insult to Conan. :pac:

Basq

Creamy Goodness wrote: »

yeh sorry, i had something in my head to compare him to guest writer Ricky Gervais, but i decided against it as that would be an insult to Conan. :pac:

Oh God.. I'm a big fan of Gervais but I watched less than 5 minutes of the episode he wrote before switching off.

User45701

Creamy Goodness wrote: »

+1

think the last truely good episode of the simpsons was homer vs new york.

Really? Ah comeon if i was bothered... ok i googled it Epsiode 1 Season 9 (1997) are you saying there has been not a single great episode in over 11 years?

Ye its gone downhill no more hank scorpio or as pointed out the new york episode but there been some funny episodes over the last 10 years last 3 yuears have been quite bad but i watch because there some very funny bits

Creamy Goodness

there has been good episodes but nothing like the quality of said episode or episodes before it.

i think i've seen up to season 13 fully then it's just random episodes that could belong to any season as i stopped caring.

Frank Spencer

Ok I know ya warned me but I watched anyway.

Sooo bad!

Pigman II

On the upside at least the eps I watch are all illegal downloads so I can't imagine it's of any benefit for Fox and co.

Worst episode EVER you say? Might check it out. Then again I couldn't be bothered sometimes. It does say a lot when a show gets so bad you can't even be bothered to click a few buttons to get it.

overexcitedaj

watching this after watching the Hank Scorpio episode really shows how bad its become. Ive been watching seaon 20 and in all fairness its not as bad as it has been in previous years... but unfortunatly thats not saying much .

User45701

Scorpio - Beware of his generous pensions... and good intentions

cant beat it - one of the best episode - classic episodes

ShooterSF

It is sad to watch a show that was once the contributor of hundreds of fantastic quotes and laughs be allowed to sit there in a semi-comatose state. Like a great comedian who was hit by a truck, kept alive for those rare moments when he still pulls off a great joke. A true example of the positives of euthanasia.

Pigman II

I've still not seen it yet but I've read it's loosely on Peter Jacksons "Heavenly Creatures" (the story of the Parker-Hulme murder case from 1954)?

I still have my fingers crossed it ends with Lisa bludgeoning Homer to death with a brick wrapped inside a sock.

missingtime

This quote sums up the new simpsons for me:

Chris Suellentrop of Slate wrote "under Scully's tenure, The Simpsons became, well, a cartoon. [...] Episodes that once would have ended with Homer and Marge bicycling into the sunset now end with Homer blowing a tranquilizer dart into Marge's neck. The show's still funny, but it hasn't been touching in years."[125]

http://www.slate.com/id/2078501/
Dated Feb. 12, 2003