Is the Simpsons TV show dead?

[FourWheelDrift]

Anyway Homer copied the D'oh from actor Jimmy Finlayson who did it in Laurel & Hardy films

D'oh!

[zac510]

Mostly the thing that pissed me off from season 10+ was not Homer saying d'oh but Homer saying 'waaa, waaa, waaaa' for 10 minutes each episode after dropping something on his foot or doing something really stupid.

He was always stupid before that, but not in such a patronising and unfunny manner!

[squirrel2007]

FourWheelDrift said:

I don't like the early Simpsons either, the focus on Bart, noticeably poor animation and bad lip syncing with the voices.

It became great when they changed that and found that the real hero of the show was Homer. Then it was brilliant but it went downhill after Maude died

It had more character then. Now it's too polished visually and it's definately lost it's charm. The later series are now just a vehicle for whichever celebrity happens to be making a cameo.

The earlier storylines were simple and effective. I loved Bart the General because it was well written and something you could relate to. Now they try to be "wacky" for the sake of it and it falls embarrasingly flat

[vodkakid]

MartG said:

Futurama is back next year though

Started two sundays ago on sky 1

[MartG]

vodkakid said:

MartG said:

Futurama is back next year though

Started two sundays ago on sky 1

Nope - that's one of the 'direct to DVD' movies thay made last year. Next year is a brand new series.

BTW for any Simpsons fans who want to see the original 48 1 min shorts originally shown during the Tracey Ullman show, you can download them here http://www.simpsoncrazy.com/ullman-shorts

[vodkakid]

MartG said:

vodkakid said:

MartG said:

Futurama is back next year though

Started two sundays ago on sky 1

Nope - that's one of the 'direct to DVD' movies thay made last year. Next year is a brand new series.

BTW for any Simpsons fans who want to see the original 48 1 min shorts originally shown during the Tracey Ullman show, you can download them here http://www.simpsoncrazy.com/ullman-shorts

Ah I stand corrected.

[Hairspray]

I don't even find the old episodes funny when I watch them now, it just feels like the game has moved on with the likes of the utter brilliance that is Family Guy.

[DSLiverpool]

Season 29 EP 4 had me laughing, a spike in the mediocrity but a welcome one.

[Sammo123]

DSLiverpool said:

Season 29 EP 4 had me laughing, a spike in the mediocrity but a welcome one.

It's taken 9 years but it's finally made someone laugh again!

[Fugazi]

A bit of a long watch, but this video completely echoes the thoughts I've been telling people whenever this subject comes up. Explains quite nicely why the reasons the jokes started to fall flat and just became another franchise, endlessly generating content for cash rather than the biting satire it was known for in the early days.

[Halb]

Morningside said:

Has the magic gone?

long ago

[ESOG]

Speaking of dead shows, and excuse me if thisis hijacking, but what is with American Dad?

The episodes are scattered and air weeks in between each other. A new season started in December, ONE episode aired and then...nothing!!!

Doesnt matter anyway, it hasn't been funny at all for atleast 2 seasons. Apparantly Foxs idea of a "funnier and edgier" AD is to simply insert curse words into Rogers dialogue, thats about it.

As for The Simpsons, i have never been a fan. Never amused me in the least.