The Simpsons favourite bits thread
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Tallow said:
Marf said:
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moanthebairns said:
it really makes me wonder how the hell have the simpsons became so bad when they were crammed full of funny bits.
this thread features very little new simpsons its sad
There is the occasional good one, but I think we've all also become a bit desensitised by it over the years. Maybe.this thread features very little new simpsons its sad
Tallow said:
moanthebairns said:
it really makes me wonder how the hell have the simpsons became so bad when they were crammed full of funny bits.
this thread features very little new simpsons its sad
There is the occasional good one, but I think we've all also become a bit desensitised by it over the years. Maybe.this thread features very little new simpsons its sad
the plots are useless now and so far fetched just so they can get a certain guest in or topic.
it really is piss poor now I wish they would just stop making them as i dont even watch them anymore
moanthebairns said:
it really makes me wonder how the hell have the simpsons became so bad when they were crammed full of funny bits.
this thread features very little new simpsons its sad
Conan o Brien wrote loads of the really funny ones. You can see the drop off in laughs after he left.this thread features very little new simpsons its sad
Phil Hartman's death had an impact too.
Marf said:
moanthebairns said:
it really makes me wonder how the hell have the simpsons became so bad when they were crammed full of funny bits.
this thread features very little new simpsons its sad
Conan o Brien wrote loads of the really funny ones. You can see the drop off in laughs after he left.this thread features very little new simpsons its sad
Phil Hartman's death had an impact too.
Having grown up with the original episodes, the reason they worked so well was that they nailed how both kids and adults think. As a child you'd love Bart's pranks, and could relate to how he hated school or struggled with his homework. The as you grow up you'd begin to see how Homer and the other adults struggle with work, marriage, money etc.
I have series 1-9 on DVD, but am in no rush to buy any of the later ones. The first season they were still finding their feet, but there is still a lot of great stuff there and the building blocks are clear. Series 2-4 are where it absolutely took off, and whilst 5-8 maybe lacked the heart, they didn't lack the humour. When future generations look back on early 90's culture, I honestly think this would be the perfect example and will be regarded in the same was a Buster Keaton or Laurel & Hardy.
Season 9 is where the decline inexorably began. There's still some great episodes, but average ones are starting to creep in. In retrospect they jumped the shark with the first episode The Principal and the Pauper, where Skinner is found to be an imposter, but at the end they agree to pretend he's telling the truth and the real Skinner never happened. They'd always had what they called a "rubber band reality", but in a way that moment confirmed it, and gave the writers carte blanche to do what they wanted
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