Does anyone still watch The Simpsons?

eviltimeban · 06-12-2015 10:30AM

pickarooney wrote: »

What were the ten best episodes of The Simpsons?

Not sure of the "official list" but my ten favourites are:

1. Last Exit To Springfield (actually this one has been voted the best ever episode)
2. Deep Space Homer
3. Bart Of Darkness
4. Homie The Clown
5. Homer's Barbershop Quartet
6. Bart Gets An Elephant
7. Homer The Heretic
8. Mr Plow
9. Whacking Day
10. Marge Vs The Monorail

Heck, I could go on:

11. Homerpalooza
12. Radioactive Man
13. Cape Feare
14. El Viaje Misterioso de Nuestro Jomer (The Mysterious Voyage of Homer)
15. The Springfield Files
16. The City of New York vs. Homer Simpson
17. Rosebud
18. Bart's Comet
19. Itchy & Scratchy Land
20. And Maggie Makes Three

pickarooney · 06-12-2015 10:37AM

I feel a bit of a binge watch coming on.

jooksavage · 06-12-2015 10:56AM

Billy86 wrote: »

What's a real shame is that the celebrity appearances have turned into celebrity cameos over the last 15 years or so. They make such a big deal over having mostly flash-in-the-pan celebrities on and center everything around them. Whatever happened to Dustin Hoffman playing Lisa's substitute teacher (I only found out it was him a few years ago, hadn't seen that one since I was a kid), or even Michael Jackson at the peak of his powers... playing a mental patient who thinks he is Michael Jackson! :pac:

The last episode I watched was the one all about Elon Musk. Terrible. They managed to condense everything that has been going wrong with the show into a single episode: ridiculous (in a bad way) story, lame, rehashed jokes, and completely pointless, ass-kiss celebrity cameos.

eviltimeban · 06-12-2015 11:25AM

It was better when the "celebrities" just provided the voices, rather than played themselves.

The worst recent one I saw was the Ricky Gervais one. It was absolutely awful in every way.

The Lena Dunham one is getting a lot of stick too. It was on the other day but I couldn't bring myself to watch it.

AppleBottle · 06-12-2015 02:11PM

If I saw an episode on the TV and there was nothing else on, I would probably watch it.

I do enjoy the Christmas themed episodes though and watch those each year.

worded · 06-12-2015 02:14PM

Threw out the missus and the TV two years ago. I was tired looking at both if them.

Projector is great

Dirty Dingus McGee · 06-12-2015 02:22PM

pickarooney wrote: »

What were the ten best episodes of The Simpsons?

For me it's

Homers Phobia
Marge V The Monorail
You Only Move Twice
The Lemon of Troy
Cape Feare
Grade School Confidential
Homer vs The 18th Amendment
Radioactive Man
A Fish Called Selma
Barts Comet

Of course that list can change all the time.

MilesMorales1 · 06-12-2015 04:36PM

Last exit to springfield is one of the best episodes of TV ever. Its practically perfect, least at what it tries to be.

DoozerT6 · 06-12-2015 05:27PM

No love for Homer's Triple Bypass episode?

06-12-2015 06:40PM

Dirty Dingus McGee wrote: »

For me it's

Homers Phobia
Marge V The Monorail
You Only Move Twice
The Lemon of Troy
Cape Feare
Grade School Confidential
Homer vs The 18th Amendment
Radioactive Man
A Fish Called Selma
Barts Comet

Of course that list can change all the time.

Bart vs Australia is my all time favorite episode. I could add 9 more for a top 10 but like your list, mine changes every so often.

TOBIAS!

briany · 06-12-2015 06:51PM

Thing that puzzles me about modern day Simpsons is that you'd think all the current writers would have grown up as big fans of the show. It would follow that they'd go for the job thinking, or hoping, to make a difference in quality and restore it to its former glory. Obviously that hasn't happened, so I think there's more at play than lazy writing or over reliance on pop-culture references. I do still watch the odd new episode and agree that it's still occasionally quite funny, but not funnier than other contemporary animated sitcoms.

When the Simpsons came out, it was pretty much the only animated prime time program on American airwaves. Maybe if a similar level of competition existed as it does today, it wouldn't have stood out then either.

Lithium93_ · 06-12-2015 06:58PM

Homer vs. The 18th Amendment is a personal favourite of mine

Arne_Saknussem · 06-12-2015 07:00PM

briany wrote: »

Thing that puzzles me about modern day Simpsons is that you'd think all the current writers would have grown up as big fans of the show. It would follow that they'd go for the job thinking, or hoping, to make a difference in quality and restore it to its former glory. Obviously that hasn't happened, so I think there's more at play than lazy writing or over reliance on pop-culture references. I do still watch the odd new episode and agree that it's still occasionally quite funny, but not funnier than other contemporary animated sitcoms.

When the Simpsons came out, it was pretty much the only animated prime time program on American airwaves. Maybe if a similar level of competition existed as it does today, it wouldn't have stood out then either.

It didn't stand out because it was a good animated show, it stood out because it was the funniest, cleverest program on tv full stop.

The reason that there is 'competition' now is down to how good it used to be.

Hank Scorpio · 06-12-2015 07:05PM

The older episodes had a really human quality to them. Things that happened were possibilities in terms of reality. The charm has been completely sucked dry by annoying regular characters like this, it's been turned in a commercial sack of poop.

http://vignette1.wikia.nocookie.net/simpsons/images/7/7a/200px-Lindsey_Naegle.png/revision/latest?cb=20140818030238

Ughhhhh.

At least there was the good times, ahhhh that's better.

goose2005 · 06-12-2015 07:16PM

jooksavage wrote: »

The last episode I watched was the one all about Elon Musk. Terrible. They managed to condense everything that has been going wrong with the show into a single episode: ridiculous (in a bad way) story, lame, rehashed jokes, and completely pointless, ass-kiss celebrity cameos.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sc0gvwSaueY

Gaygooner · 06-12-2015 07:21PM

Makes me vomit!!!

Dirty Dingus McGee · 06-12-2015 08:10PM

Snotaul Goodman wrote: »

Bart vs Australia is my all time favorite episode. I could add 9 more for a top 10 but like your list, mine changes every so often.

TOBIAS!

It's one of my favourites aswell and features my alll time favourite sign gag.

"Australian Cultural Centre. Cart Your Arse In"

Billy86 · 06-12-2015 08:32PM

Arne_Saknussem wrote: »

It didn't stand out because it was a good animated show, it stood out because it was the funniest, cleverest program on tv full stop.

The reason that there is 'competition' now is down to how good it used to be.

And it's far and above nearly all the ones that have come since, the closest I reckon is probably Futurama funny enough, another Matt Groening one and it's no coincidence the Simpsons took a sharp dive when he changed his focus to that.

Though Rick and Morty is also seriously top class stuff. Again, massively obvious how much of an influence the Simpsons was on it though.

Billy86 · 06-12-2015 08:34PM

Dirty Dingus McGee wrote: »

It's one of my favourites aswell and features my alll time favourite sign gag.

"Australian Cultural Centre. Cart Your Arse In"

Mista Prime Ministah!

Mista Prime Miniiiisssttaaahhhh!!

AAAANNDDYYY!!

Apparently that episode is in their national archive of somesuch, ha!

CINCLANTFLT · 06-12-2015 09:04PM

I think when they killed off Marge it was making some attempt to shake things up... However as the season had gone on, I think it was a mistake. Moe as a transexual Simpson was funny for about 5 minutes I guess...

Azalea · 06-12-2015 09:07PM

Billy86 wrote: »

I was quite appalled when I saw that. Pretty disgraceful really - what an insult.

Martypants1 · 06-12-2015 09:08PM

every episode is just a musical now...

Billy86 · 06-12-2015 09:37PM

I could probably count the new episodes I have seen over the last decade with my fingers, but according to this thread both Marge and Bart have been killed off?

I read that Fat Tony was killed off a little bit back, but are the two above true? Just a weird and desperate turn if so!

CINCLANTFLT · 07-12-2015 06:15AM

Billy86 wrote: »

I could probably count the new episodes I have seen over the last decade with my fingers, but according to this thread both Marge and Bart have been killed off?

I read that Fat Tony was killed off a little bit back, but are the two above true? Just a weird and desperate turn if so!

Yeah... Bart was replaced by Ralph Wiggum when his dad (Chief Wiggum) was killed off in a police shootout. Marge's death was more a political statement, esp in the inclusion of the French national anthem at the funeral.

Trying to have Homer date Principle Skinner was interesting I guess...

YFlyer · 07-12-2015 06:30AM

I moved on to South Park.

duckduck1991 · 07-12-2015 07:20AM

I love it but find the new episodes full of ramdom sh1t abit like family guy ..I don't think it's going anywhere soon lol when you see sh1tty programs like friends still being played day in day out even tho they havnt made new episodes since 2004 it goes to show you how something so rubbish clings on for yrs

eviltimeban · 07-12-2015 10:24AM

I have to say, I've become a fan of Family Guy. I happen to love all the cutaways, they're my favourite part! You can't beat a good Stewie / Brian time travel adventure!

Penn · 07-12-2015 11:22AM

The last few seasons of South Park have been incredible, far surpassing anything The Simpsons or Family Guy have done in the past 10 years.

rubadub · 07-12-2015 12:14PM

brummytom wrote: »

I still watch the new episodes every now and then on Sky. They're not up there with the episodes from around 93-99ish, but they're a million times more watchable than the shíte on E4.

+1, its nowhere near as good as it was, but it was amazing, only program I remember really looking forward to and making sure not to miss.

If it only started now, at the same standard it is now, I would probably give it more time.

But if flicking around its going on before the likes of that "2 broke girls"

07-12-2015 12:39PM

Hank Scorpio wrote: »

The older episodes had a really human quality to them. Things that happened were possibilities in terms of reality. The charm has been completely sucked dry by annoying regular characters like this, it's been turned in a commercial sack of poop.

http://vignette1.wikia.nocookie.net/simpsons/images/7/7a/200px-Lindsey_Naegle.png/revision/latest?cb=20140818030238

Ughhhhh.

At least there was the good times, ahhhh that's better.

Now do classical gas

Does anyone still watch The Simpsons?

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