Lorelli! wrote: » I have a vague memory of watching the first episode aired on SKY One here. I also remember there was a big hype surrounding it. At the time you got SKY with cablelink, i think. A couple of years after it first aired, cablelink were getting rid of Sky and we were like "****, better start recording The Simpson's before it goes" I personally always felt that they should have aged them.
Wesser wrote: » Am I expected to watch the whole video? The man's voice is the most bored and boring voice I have ever heard.
duffman13 wrote: » My god, i got about 45 seconds in, that voice is so slow and dull
Grab All Association wrote: » Mike Scully then/and Al Jean is where it went wrong after season 9. Mike did produce and write some good episodes but he and Jean were full time execs after s9. Writers exodus too by about that time.
AMKC wrote: » I also agree with this even if they just got a little older every year or even every two. I think not aging them at all was a big mistake. How awesome would it have been to see Lisa and Bart as mad teens. You thought they were mad before now look at them.
Sofiztikated wrote: » If Bart aged normally, his teens would have been years ago. He'd be about 40. Man, that's depressing.
Lorelli! wrote: » Just something that popped into my head when he was talking about it at the beginning of the clip and saying it was the first and antithesis of what was done at the time, i did notice he failed to acknowledge Married with Children which was before The Simpson's. Different but similar in how he was comparing it to other shows.
ignorance is strength wrote: » When Bush said more like the Walton’s and less like the Simpsons, it was hardly an attack on the show itself, which the video strongly implies; it’s just a political remark that contrasts the two starkly different portrayals of family, which the video itself says was intended (and which supposedly makes the Simpsons brilliant). It’s quite easy to imagine the same being said today, when the Simpsons is considered tame. I’m happy to be convinced that the Simpsons is the greatest thing to happen to TV, but I always find the arguments wanting. Five jokes in quick succession, each confounding the expectations created by the previous one - so what? Clever, but is it funny? And even if it is, why does that make it great? The Bush mischaracterisation epitomises for me the way these videos work: they frame the TV landscape as being boring and staid, and then introduce the Simpsons (or whichever) complete with exalting praise, expecting the viewer to draw the conclusion of greatness for themselves without ever really showing it. (I’m sure you could make a similar video about the Big Bang Theory and its, say, momentous portrayal of nerdy characters.) Well made, though, and nice to hear an Irish voice.
the purple tin wrote: » The Bushes did hate the show though. Bar regularly attacked it calling it 'that stupid show' and demanding that it be taken off the air (and that was before the neighbour George Bush episode).
valoren wrote: » The Simpsons for me will always be Season 4. Every episode is a gem with 'Last Exit to Springfield' a standout. Clearly it became a cash cow for Fox which explains it's longevity. The writers have always been self knowing in that regard. The episode with Frank Grimes was a clear in-joke about how ridiculous the plotting had become. Homer: Yeah, that’s me all right. And the guy standing next to me is President Gerald Ford. And this is when I was on tour with the Smashing Pumpkins. Oh, and here’s a picture of me in outer space. Would you like to see my Grammy award?
briany wrote: » It's like Lisa said in The Itchy & Scratchy & Poochie Show - long running characters just can't have the same impact they once did. Where the Simpsons were once contemporary, satirical and subversive, they're now a well-ingrained part of Western culture. People say that 4-9 are the heyday of the show. In many ways, I agree. The characters were very well-drawn by that point (not necessarily speaking in terms of animation), and you could have some really entertaining plots going. On the other hand, when people complain about "Jerkass Homer", I believe his roots were in these seasons. In some ways, I blame Conan O' Brien, because the first episode where he starts acting really moronic is the Homer Goes to College episode where he's belligerent towards the world's nicest dean, just because he got the evil dean idea into his head through watching too many college comedies, as well as the immature pranks, and getting his nerdy, bookish room mates in trouble for no good reason. Throughout 5-9, Jerkass Homer slowly takes over, until it's only him.
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