What was the lowest point of the Simpsons

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SeANMcBAY: Jun 28, 2006; Look on the bright side.

SEX BURRITO posted:

I never knew that. Looked it up on the Wikipedia page and apparently they planned a storyline where Krusty was Homer�s secret identity. That would have been pretty complicated.

Yeah they pretty much dropped the idea even way back in season 1. It was another wacky idea like Marge having bunny ears under her hair.

# ? Feb 20, 2018 01:23

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# ? May 15, 2024 19:54

Benny Harvey: Nov 24, 2012

SeANMcBAY posted:

Yeah they pretty much dropped the idea even way back in season 1. It was another wacky idea like Marge having bunny ears under her hair.

I'm surprised they haven't just rolled with those ideas for the new episodes.

# ? Feb 20, 2018 01:51

Riptor: Apr 13, 2003; here's to feelin' good all the time

Both of bart's heroes (krusty and radioactive man) look like versions of homer

# ? Feb 20, 2018 03:39

Improbable Lobster: Jan 6, 2012; "From each according to his ability" said Ares. It sounded like a quotation.; Buglord

Iron Crowned posted:

Krusty was designed to look like Homer

Yeah but I don't think that your father secretly being a television clown was common in the 90s

# ? Feb 20, 2018 05:46

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

Homer being Krusty and Marge having bunny ears were their plans for if they got canceled in the first season.

# ? Feb 20, 2018 05:52

Punk da Bundo: Dec 29, 2006; by FactsAreUseless

PostNouveau posted:

Homer being Krusty and Marge having bunny ears were their plans for if they got canceled in the first season.

*time travelling old man appears*

would you like to see the alternative future where the Simpsons was cancelled in season 1?

# ? Feb 20, 2018 05:55

Junk: Dec 20, 2003; Listen to reason, man. Why make your job difficult?

So, are we pretty much in agreement that at this point Family Guy is better than The Simpsons?

# ? Feb 20, 2018 06:01

Punk da Bundo: Dec 29, 2006; by FactsAreUseless

Junk posted:

So, are we pretty much in agreement that at this point Family Guy is better than The Simpsons?

new simpsons is so bad, so very bad that modern family is funnier than the simpsons

# ? Feb 20, 2018 06:03

Punk da Bundo: Dec 29, 2006; by FactsAreUseless

the new simpsons is so bad, i would rather read the jokes people submit to Readers Digest

# ? Feb 20, 2018 06:04

SeANMcBAY: Jun 28, 2006; Look on the bright side.

Junk posted:

So, are we pretty much in agreement that at this point Family Guy is better than The Simpsons?

Modern Simpsons, yes, but nothing touches the good seasons of the Simpsons.

# ? Feb 20, 2018 06:04

Punk da Bundo: Dec 29, 2006; by FactsAreUseless

*infinite arguing over whether season 9 or 10 was the last Good Season*

# ? Feb 20, 2018 06:07

Junk: Dec 20, 2003; Listen to reason, man. Why make your job difficult?

SeANMcBAY posted:

Modern Simpsons, yes, but nothing touches the good seasons of the Simpsons.

yeah this is what I meant

# ? Feb 20, 2018 06:10

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?

SeANMcBAY posted:

Those were pretty much all things in the early 90s still. A lot of TVs, including mine, had dials and while my family had cable, a huge amount of my friend�s households didn�t. I think the 555 area code thing is still used in movies and tv now.

retards cant stop from calling numbers they see/hear/read

# ? Feb 20, 2018 06:29

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?

THE BAR posted:

She lusts for Homer, as all female celebrity voices do.

ugh, yeah this happens all the loving time

# ? Feb 20, 2018 06:47

Zulily Zoetrope: Jun 1, 2011; Muldoon

Junk posted:

So, are we pretty much in agreement that at this point Family Guy is better than The Simpsons?

On principle I'm gonna have to say no, but there's no way I'm actually gonna watch both enough to have an informed opinion.

# ? Feb 20, 2018 07:19

QuarkJets: Sep 8, 2008

hello everyone, we all know that my opinion is the only one that matters and I'm happy to finally post in the thread so that it can be closed for good, I'm sorry that I was not able to do so sooner but frankly I had better things to do

anyway, I am here to confirm that the Keisha Tik Tok intro was the lowest point of the Simpsons, that is an indisputable true fact, I've been told that the Wikipedia entry is being edited now to reflect this

# ? Feb 20, 2018 08:14

ExplodingSims: Aug 17, 2010; RAGDOLL
FLIPPIN IN A MOVIE
HOT DAMN
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Junk posted:

So, are we pretty much in agreement that at this point Family Guy is better than The Simpsons?

Nah, Family Guy is it's own special kind of bad.

Like their whole shtick now is to:
1. Tell the joke
2. explain the joke
3. Have another character ask about the joke
4. explain the joke again.

That or have everything either be a movie reference, but not even a joke, just a movie scene but with Family Guy, or some monkeycheese cutaway gag.

# ? Feb 20, 2018 08:33

504: Feb 2, 2016; by R. Guyovich

The lowest point of the Simpsons was a forum of losers that definitely hate the show and never watch it, while also knowing the plot, guests and cast members while simultaneously knowing exactly how Family Guy works while never seeing it.

(USER WAS PUT ON PROBATION FOR THIS POST)

# ? Feb 20, 2018 09:15

SIDS Vicious: Jan 1, 1970

504 posted:

The lowest point of the Simpsons was a forum of losers that definitely hate the show and never watch it, while also knowing the plot, guests and cast members while simultaneously knowing exactly how Family Guy works while never seeing it.

Whoa you really got their number dude

# ? Feb 20, 2018 09:27

Sentient Data: Aug 31, 2011; My molecule scrambler ray will disintegrate your armor with one blow!

ExplodingSims posted:

, or some purple monkey dishwasher cutaway gag.

Ftfy

# ? Feb 20, 2018 09:40

Razorwired: Dec 7, 2008; It's about to start!

Krusty is based on an old TV clown. A specific clown called Rusty Nails who was/is working in Portland. Krusty is basically a callous, sellout parody of Rusty, who is genuinely a good dude that hosts a show on local TV for cheap.

# ? Feb 20, 2018 10:41

SEX BURRITO: Jun 30, 2007; Not much fun

ExplodingSims posted:

Nah, Family Guy is it's own special kind of bad.

Like their whole shtick now is to:
1. Tell the joke
2. explain the joke
3. Have another character ask about the joke
4. explain the joke again.

That or have everything either be a movie reference, but not even a joke, just a movie scene but with Family Guy, or some monkeycheese cutaway gag.

You need to stick some �ironic� racism or anti-semitism in there. It�s ok guys, we make fun of everyone!

# ? Feb 20, 2018 11:03

Quote-Unquote: Oct 22, 2002

Zeniel posted:

The episode that really had me giving up on the Simpsons came much later, I think, it was the one guest starred Stan Lee. Like seriously the dialogue in that episode is atrocious. And it's literally about Bart writing a webcomic that becomes popular. A horribly, unfunny webcomic.

I mean it does have the one gag in it where Stan Lee tries to cram a Thing action figure into the bat mobile, that was funny.

But then it's got poo poo like the line "My spidee senses tingling... Wait I did I say spidee? I meant stinky"

Ugh like seriously, someone rewatch that episode and tell me it's not some of the worst written dialogue.

"THAT'S OPINION, NOT NEWS!" was a good bit in Bart's animated web comic though

# ? Feb 20, 2018 11:11

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?

so im watching the langoliers and they had a mini exchange about the northern lights being sighted in such and such place at such and such time of year and it came out just shy of a year before 22SFAS. not saying its the inspiration but thats some good synchronicity

# ? Feb 20, 2018 11:22

Data Graham: Dec 28, 2009; 📈📊🍪😋

Pelosi de Bundi posted:

*time travelling old man appears*

would you like to see the alternative future where the Simpsons was cancelled in season 1?

*Everyone grows up quoting Family Dog or Fish Police or something*

# ? Feb 20, 2018 12:21

Riptor: Apr 13, 2003; here's to feelin' good all the time

Milo and POTUS posted:

so im watching the langoliers and they had a mini exchange about the northern lights being sighted in such and such place at such and such time of year and it came out just shy of a year before 22SFAS. not saying its the inspiration but thats some good synchronicity

that movie is awesome

# ? Feb 20, 2018 12:50

Iron Crowned: May 6, 2003; by Hand Knit

Razorwired posted:

Krusty is based on an old TV clown. A specific clown called Rusty Nails who was/is working in Portland. Krusty is basically a callous, sellout parody of Rusty, who is genuinely a good dude that hosts a show on local TV for cheap.

I knew that, but for some reason until you dropped "Nails" I never noticed that you can just add K to Rusty and get Krusty :psyduck:

# ? Feb 20, 2018 13:29

Bust Rodd: Oct 21, 2008; by VideoGames

The best part of this thread was that it got me to click on the Simpsons memes thread which is borderline pyschadelic

# ? Feb 20, 2018 14:35

pablo gbscobar: Nov 24, 2007; oh shit i got the snype; Lipstick Apathy

Family Guy has gotten better in its later seasons since it pretty much dropped any pretense of being a proper sitcom and just became a full-on sketch show/joke factory for the writers to dump all their excess material. Yeah the plots are garbage and there's probably more misses than hits but at least the show still knows how to tell a good joke from time to time and isn't viscerally uncomfortable to sit through like modern simpsons is. American Dad is better than both by some margin though

# ? Feb 20, 2018 15:02

Warbird: May 23, 2012; America's Favorite Dumbass

Bust Rodd posted:

The best part of this thread was that it got me to click on the Simpsons memes thread which is borderline pyschadelic

To be clear, do you mean the Meme thread or is there one even more dedicated to Simpsons shitposting?

# ? Feb 20, 2018 19:42

Code Jockey: Jan 24, 2006; 69420 basic bytes free

Iron Crowned posted:

I knew that, but for some reason until you dropped "Nails" I never noticed that you can just add K to Rusty and get Krusty

holy poo poo

# ? Feb 20, 2018 20:09

muscles like this!: Jan 17, 2005

Warbird posted:

To be clear, do you mean the Meme thread or is there one even more dedicated to Simpsons shitposting?

https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3846107

Simpsons Meme thread.

# ? Feb 20, 2018 20:15

KiteAuraan: Aug 5, 2014; JER GEDDA FERDA RADDA ARA!

Code Jockey posted:

holy poo poo

Krusty Venture.

# ? Feb 20, 2018 20:30

Justin Godscock: Oct 12, 2004; Listen here, funnyman!

I�m going to say what I think everyone is hesitant to say and that current Family Guy is better than current Simpsons. I mean, at the very least they toned down the annoying monkeycheese cutaways the 13 year olds in 2007 liked

# ? Feb 21, 2018 05:46

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

I think they did all the clipshow episode ideas too

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N-z-puGaImE

# ? Feb 21, 2018 06:19

Teriyaki Hairpiece: Dec 29, 2006; I'm nae the voice o' the darkened thistle, but th' darkened thistle cannae bear the sight o' our Bonnie Prince Bernie nae mair.

If you stopped watching before Spring '04, you've missed half of all Simpsons episodes.

# ? Feb 21, 2018 06:57

Teriyaki Hairpiece: Dec 29, 2006; I'm nae the voice o' the darkened thistle, but th' darkened thistle cannae bear the sight o' our Bonnie Prince Bernie nae mair.

The current midpoint of Simpsons episodes is January or February of '04.

# ? Feb 21, 2018 06:58