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Iron Crowned: May 6, 2003; by Hand Knit

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I had to google what year the movie Coraline came out even though someone probably said it earlier. It was 2009. There is no universal best-before date for comedy but timing is everything yknow???

Don't get me wrong, I like Coraline, but it's not a cultural touchstone like some of the movies they've parodied in the past years after they were released. Then again Golden Era Simpsons didn't rely on parodies to carry the humor and they were always jokes that could stand alone in context.

# ? Oct 3, 2017 14:50

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# ? May 11, 2024 16:02

Milo and POTUS: Sep 3, 2017; I will not shut up about the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers. I talk about them all the time and work them into every conversation I have. I built a shrine in my room for the yellow one who died because sadly no one noticed because she died around 9/11. Wanna see it?

RobotDogPolice posted:

The new animation looks so clean and sterile, amazing that it looked so much better 2 decades ago.

Yeah. I mean it's so loving lifeless. And the single best bit is still Moe in the lie detector and any who says otherwise can go right to heck

# ? Oct 3, 2017 14:56

Milo and POTUS: Sep 3, 2017; I will not shut up about the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers. I talk about them all the time and work them into every conversation I have. I built a shrine in my room for the yellow one who died because sadly no one noticed because she died around 9/11. Wanna see it?

Scientastic posted:

It's us, we're the lowest point of the Simpsons, when "it's awful, but not literally the holocaust" is the highest praise we can muster for new episodes

# ? Oct 3, 2017 14:58

Jose: Jul 24, 2007; Adrian Chiles is a broadcaster and writer

has anyone suggested it was when homer went from being really fat for an american to barely overweight?

# ? Oct 3, 2017 15:03

JazzFlight: Apr 29, 2006; Oooooooooooh!

Milo and POTUS posted:

Yeah. I mean it's so loving lifeless. And the single best bit is still Moe in the lie detector and any who says otherwise can go right to heck

Yeah, I'd say Moe lie detector might be the best, although Skinner's "steamed hams" meal with Superintendent Chalmers is way up there too.

# ? Oct 3, 2017 21:12

54 40 or fuck: Jan 4, 2012; No Yanda's allowed

"Where we'll get a free room, free food, free swimming pool, free HBO� ooh! Free Willy!"

"Justice is not a frivolous thing, Simpson. It has little, if anything, to do with a disobedient whale"
You just won't find writing that clever and fun in new episodes

# ? Oct 4, 2017 00:40

Arc Hammer: Mar 4, 2013; Got any deathsticks?

Oh no you don't, that trampoline is mine!

# ? Oct 4, 2017 00:40

Irradiation: Sep 14, 2005; I understand your frustration.

Arcsquad12 posted:

Oh no you don't, that trampoline is mine!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=il8Q5ZoJELQ

# ? Oct 4, 2017 00:42

Drink-Mix Man: Mar 4, 2003; You are an odd fellow, but I must say... you throw a swell shindig.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3BQlL4FH_ko&t=6s

# ? Oct 4, 2017 00:46

Harold Stassen: Jan 24, 2016

S1 also had the one with Marge almost having an affair

If you can forgive the unrefined animation the writing and humour are subtle but brilliant. This was the peak of James L. Brooks/Sam Simon's personal involvement so there's less zaniness but the overall quality is solid

# ? Oct 4, 2017 00:53

PostNouveau: Sep 3, 2011; VY till I die; Grimey Drawer

See they're the Serfsons because they're serfs in the medieval society.

OK, so it's 3:30, that's probably enough to call it day.

# ? Oct 4, 2017 00:59

Jose: Jul 24, 2007; Adrian Chiles is a broadcaster and writer

Arcsquad12 posted:

Oh no you don't, that trampoline is mine!

Bake him away toys

# ? Oct 4, 2017 08:30

Whorelord: May 1, 2013; Jump into the well...

Arcsquad12 posted:

Bart the Fink is a great loving episode. I like all the little jokes when the IRS takes over the Krusty Burger, and they've got separate waste bins for Gross Refuse and Net Refuse.

Or the phone bidder from Japan buying all Krusty's porn for twelve cents, or Comic Book Guy gearing up for a Doctor Who marathon eight years before it became relevant in the USA. "Call me back, Ishmael!"

"I jumped out of the plane, into a carefully placed net"

# ? Oct 4, 2017 08:36

Benny Harvey: Nov 24, 2012

I only brought a dime. I didn't know there was going to be pornography.

Not my beloved pornography!

On a side note, this really shows how the world has changed since the Simpsons were good. Imagine having to own hard (heh) copies of porn *shudders*

# ? Oct 4, 2017 10:58

Orkin Mang: Nov 1, 2007; by FactsAreUseless

Benny Harvey posted:

I only brought a dime. I didn't know there was going to be pornography.

Not my beloved pornography!

On a side note, this really shows how the world has changed since the Simpsons were good. Imagine having to own hard (heh) copies of porn *shudders*

i love porn

# ? Oct 4, 2017 10:58

Iron Crowned: May 6, 2003; by Hand Knit

Benny Harvey posted:

I only brought a dime. I didn't know there was going to be pornography.

Not my beloved pornography!

On a side note, this really shows how the world has changed since the Simpsons were good. Imagine having to own hard (heh) copies of porn *shudders*

Porn was a lot different then. The internet was fairly niche, so most people had to either buy it in magazine form, or on video cassette. The video cassettes came in giant boxes so you wouldn't steal them.

# ? Oct 4, 2017 12:35

bitterandtwisted: Sep 4, 2006

There's a porn shop near my old flat. I've no idea how it survives when the internet exists.

# ? Oct 4, 2017 12:37

Phlegmish: Jul 2, 2011

Orkin Mang posted:

i love porn

Hell, same.

# ? Oct 4, 2017 13:17

Jose: Jul 24, 2007; Adrian Chiles is a broadcaster and writer

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kthOJJT93IY

# ? Oct 4, 2017 13:47

Furia: Jul 26, 2015; Grimey Drawer

bitterandtwisted posted:

There's a porn shop near my old flat. I've no idea how it survives when the internet exists.

Sex toys and impulse purchases, I believe

# ? Oct 5, 2017 00:09

Ashmole: Oct 5, 2008; _{This wish was granted by Former DILF}

I tried to watch a new episode of the Simpsons and all I can hear is death. You can hear the dentures smacking and Marge sounds like she's about to drop dead any second it's bad

# ? Oct 7, 2017 16:36

Hedenius: Aug 23, 2007

Iron Crowned posted:

Don't get me wrong, I like Coraline, but it's not a cultural touchstone like some of the movies they've parodied in the past years after they were released. Then again Golden Era Simpsons didn't rely on parodies to carry the humor and they were always jokes that could stand alone in context.

The big difference is that the reference wasn't the joke back in the day. I'm Swedish and when I watched older Simpsons episodes as an adult I realized that I missed a ton of references to American celebrities and cultural phenomena that aren't internationally famous. But it was still funny. The joke was rarely: look it's Charlie Sheen!!!

# ? Oct 7, 2017 17:40

get that OUT of my face: Feb 10, 2007

Dapper_Swindler posted:

this. honestly the thing that pisses me off more then smoothbrain jerkass homer, is rear end in a top hat fundi conservative ned flanders. in the golden years, ned was the steriotype of the "Reagan" christian ideal american but he was also genuinely a nice person to a extreme fault. now they have just made him the mouth peace for lovely evangelical poo poo and he is a passive aggressive dick.

to me, the draw of golden era ned flanders was that he was so nice and caring that homer looked like a real piece of poo poo by hating him for seemingly no reason. they played off each other well

Hedenius posted:

The big difference is that the reference wasn't the joke back in the day. I'm Swedish and when I watched older Simpsons episodes as an adult I realized that I missed a ton of references to American celebrities and cultural phenomena that aren't internationally famous. But it was still funny. The joke was rarely: look it's Charlie Sheen!!!

the jokes about macgyver and matlock didn't age as poorly as they could have because the joke wasn't the reference, it was the people who liked those shows (weird, perpetually single women and old people, respectively)

# ? Oct 7, 2017 18:08

54 40 or fuck: Jan 4, 2012; No Yanda's allowed

Hedenius posted:

The big difference is that the reference wasn't the joke back in the day. I'm Swedish and when I watched older Simpsons episodes as an adult I realized that I missed a ton of references to American celebrities and cultural phenomena that aren't internationally famous. But it was still funny. The joke was rarely: look it's Charlie Sheen!!!

I was actually talking to my husband about this. The Halloween episode with the gremlin, Bart tells Otto there's a gremlin on the side of the bus. Otto sees Hans Moleman driving an AMC Gremlin. As a kid it was hilarious because I thought Bart was referring to Moleman, I didn't know a Gremlin was a type of car. It didn't matter that I didn't know the car reference.

# ? Oct 7, 2017 19:53

Irradiation: Sep 14, 2005; I understand your frustration.

Hedenius posted:

The big difference is that the reference wasn't the joke back in the day. I'm Swedish and when I watched older Simpsons episodes as an adult I realized that I missed a ton of references to American celebrities and cultural phenomena that aren't internationally famous. But it was still funny. The joke was rarely: look it's Charlie Sheen!!!

And when it was it was done well.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uin81AngADk&t=13s

# ? Oct 7, 2017 20:05

Cyril Sneer: Aug 8, 2004; Life would be simple in the forest except for Cyril Sneer. And his life would be simple except for The Raccoons.

So, there's plenty of best-of collections out there on YouTube, but I'm a glutton for punishment so are there any worst-of clips out there?

# ? Oct 7, 2017 21:25

Montague Tigg: Mar 23, 2008; Previously, on "Ronnie Likes Data":

Cyril Sneer posted:

So, there's plenty of best-of collections out there on YouTube, but I'm a glutton for punishment so are there any worst-of clips out there?

yeah it's the peekimon get song in its entirety

# ? Oct 8, 2017 01:25

Hrist: Feb 21, 2011; Lipstick Apathy

Cyril Sneer posted:

So, there's plenty of best-of collections out there on YouTube, but I'm a glutton for punishment so are there any worst-of clips out there?

Just turn on FXX (almost) any night. There you go.

# ? Oct 8, 2017 18:35

Wicker Man: Sep 5, 2007; Just like Columbus...; Clapping Larry

A good older gag I thought back to was the one where Patty (Selma?) was doing the self advertisement for dating. She says "You're looking at a free-lunch, boys. Come and get it..." Then the weird nnnnnGHHHAAAAaaann growl and then turning her cigarette into a pretzel with her tongue. Then capping it all off with Willie saying "Back to the loch with you, Nessie..."

As a kid, I vaguely understand it had to do with dating, but seeing that as an adult made everything so much better.

# ? Oct 8, 2017 19:02

Dapper_Swindler: Feb 14, 2012; Im glad my instant dislike in you has been validated again and again.

get that OUT of my face posted:

to me, the draw of golden era ned flanders was that he was so nice and caring that homer looked like a real piece of poo poo by hating him for seemingly no reason. they played off each other well

the jokes about macgyver and matlock didn't age as poorly as they could have because the joke wasn't the reference, it was the people who liked those shows (weird, perpetually single women and old people, respectively)

yeah. old flanders was just a nice guy who happend to fundie beliefs. now he is just a fundi.

also the old show/movie jokes have aged pretty well.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pjqc1hqbRmA

# ? Oct 8, 2017 19:34

Zeniel: Oct 18, 2013

Wicker Man posted:

A good older gag I thought back to was the one where Patty (Selma?) was doing the self advertisement for dating. She says "You're looking at a free-lunch, boys. Come and get it..." Then the weird nnnnnGHHHAAAAaaann growl and then turning her cigarette into a pretzel with her tongue. Then capping it all off with Willie saying "Back to the loch with you, Nessie..."

As a kid, I vaguely understand it had to do with dating, but seeing that as an adult made everything so much better.

I also love that one because Willie's dressed like some kind of playboy bachelor. Jesus the Simpsons was amazing, what the everloving hell happened?

# ? Oct 8, 2017 19:40

Milo and POTUS: Sep 3, 2017; I will not shut up about the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers. I talk about them all the time and work them into every conversation I have. I built a shrine in my room for the yellow one who died because sadly no one noticed because she died around 9/11. Wanna see it?

bitterandtwisted posted:

There's a porn shop near my old flat. I've no idea how it survives when the internet exists.

they sell sex toys

# ? Oct 8, 2017 20:19

Milo and POTUS: Sep 3, 2017; I will not shut up about the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers. I talk about them all the time and work them into every conversation I have. I built a shrine in my room for the yellow one who died because sadly no one noticed because she died around 9/11. Wanna see it?

i just realized... thats not an argument against it existing.

# ? Oct 8, 2017 20:20

Milo and POTUS: Sep 3, 2017; I will not shut up about the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers. I talk about them all the time and work them into every conversation I have. I built a shrine in my room for the yellow one who died because sadly no one noticed because she died around 9/11. Wanna see it?

wait.... do they allow test drives

# ? Oct 8, 2017 20:20

Furia: Jul 26, 2015; Grimey Drawer

loving hope not

# ? Oct 8, 2017 20:26

Drink-Mix Man: Mar 4, 2003; You are an odd fellow, but I must say... you throw a swell shindig.

Maybe the community rallied around a beloved mom and pop institution

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VM1GIZSGH4g

# ? Oct 8, 2017 20:30

Benny Harvey: Nov 24, 2012

Drink-Mix Man posted:

Maybe the community rallied around a beloved mom and pop institution

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VM1GIZSGH4g

I like how shaven is a niche.

# ? Oct 8, 2017 20:39

Furia: Jul 26, 2015; Grimey Drawer

Remember when Flanders goes postal in his dreams?

I love that scene

# ? Oct 8, 2017 20:48

PostNouveau: Sep 3, 2011; VY till I die; Grimey Drawer

The episode last night was alright. Lisa tries to draw a comic for therapy but can't draw, so Marge does the illustrations for her. Other people see it, and it becomes a hit. Then there's a sharp left turn 2/3rds of the way through the episode where some Broadway weirdo turns it into a play.

Stupid cameos: Allison Bechdel and Marjane Satrapi.

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# ? May 11, 2024 16:02

Framptonlive: Nov 22, 2009; by Nyc_Tattoo

I have seen every episode and I have enjoyed watching all of them.

# ? Oct 9, 2017 15:23

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