The Simpsons Thread

[Paranoid Android]

this is the thread to talk about the simpsons, the greatest show of all time. To start us off, i hate the old episodes.

[PaperBoy]

When you say "the old episodes," how old are we talking?

[Paranoid Android]

1-3 season. mostly. it's the cheesy humor of the early nineties. like "don't have a cow man", used to sound rebellious, hahahahahah

[Not Now John]

It was parody of itself.

[beth]

i like the old episodes


what do you say Bart?

[LauNChPaD]

No way man the old episodes are the best. If anything I hate the new ones. Back in the old shows the humour was real and was able to really make fun of the way families operate. Homer was still loveable despite being thick. The way I see it, seasons 1-4 are the absolute best, 5-8 are funny thought sometimes tedious, and almost everything after that is downright horrible. I don't even watch the new shows anymore, it's just so sad to see a once great show destroyed.

[nutopia]

'The Simpsons' is definitely past it's creative peak

judging it by the last few new episodes I have seen

[Not Now John]

It has definitely jumped the proverbial shark.

[franksantlers]

In the episode where the kids and Principal Skinner get snowed in Springfiled Elementary, Skinner has a hamster with a note attached to it dig it's way out to civilization. After the hamster returns mission accomplised, Skinner says:

"Good job, now chew through my ball sack"

*Skinner was tied up in a basketball burlap sack*

[franksantlers]

Originally posted by Not Now John
It has definitely jumped the proverbial shark.

No it hasn't. Check it out yourself: http://www.jumptheshark.com/never.htm

As long as they keep their freshness, they will never jump the shark!

Homer: Alcohol, the cause and solution to all of life's problems.

[Not Now John]

What freshness?


And isn't it all opinion?

And really, aren't the present writers just sadly trying to imitate the genius of the earlier writers?

[thorin13]

season 4 and 5 were the best. and i would have to say that the simpsons jumped the shark long ago. did you ever see the spring break episode?

[franksantlers]

Originally posted by Not Now John
What freshness?


And isn't it all opinion?

And really, aren't the present writers just sadly trying to imitate the genius of the earlier writers?

No.

[franksantlers]

Originally posted by thorin13
season 4 and 5 were the best. and i would have to say that the simpsons jumped the shark long ago. did you ever see the spring break episode?

Sprng break episode? Is that the one where Peter Frampton has a deflated pig in his concert? Or was that Homerpalooza? Sorry, I haven't watched the new episodes since 1998.

[Call]

The Simpsons still make me laugh, but it is true that the old episodes had a special 'we're new and different' charm, but what do you expect? You can't be new and different all the way, coz then new becomes old, and different becomes something stablished, so then it's not different anymore, it's a part of culture waiting for something else to come and say 'we're different, compared to this'. When something gets old, there's not much to do to keep it fresh.
It's like having a piece of old bread; you can try to disguise it to make it look fresh or yummy, but it's still old...
Does that make any sense?


(I watch Family Guy now).