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It's easy for Randy to be more funny than Homer because the show doesn't have to revolve around him at all times.
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Randy at the Best Buy fake dying with his WoW avatar is top-tier South Park, but it also went up it’s own rear end after Go God Go XII or so and instead of the creators being lazy and cashing in like The Simpsons they became CHUDs who think that trolling people is comedy and being aggressively annoying or rude to people who are different is good and right.
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Nov 2, 2018 10:18
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south park hasn't had a really great episode since 2014, although it's definitely been on a downward slide in recent seasons. simpsons hasn't had a great episode since 1997.
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Nov 2, 2018 11:24
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Bruegels Fuckbooks posted:south park hasn't had a really great episode since 2014, although it's definitely been on a downward slide in recent seasons. simpsons hasn't had a great episode since 1997. That's not true, the Tweek x Craig episode was more recent than that surely
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Nov 2, 2018 11:32
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fatal oopsie-daisy posted:Randy at the Best Buy fake dying with his WoW avatar is top-tier South Park, but it also went up it’s own rear end after Go God Go XII or so and instead of the creators being lazy and cashing in like The Simpsons they became CHUDs who think that trolling people is comedy and being aggressively annoying or rude to people who are different is good and right. They've always been like that, remember the smoking episode
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Nov 2, 2018 13:28
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did they ever have vending machines with apples in them like this popular Simpsons scene https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aEimfudOW6U I've never seen a vending machine like this. It seems like you wouldn't want to put food that could spoil so quickly in a vending machine.
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Nov 2, 2018 15:06
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Hey if they can put crabs in vending machines they can put apples https://youtu.be/IamaUF7cM08
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Nov 2, 2018 15:16
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Don't worry guys, nobody is taking away your precious apples 
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Nov 2, 2018 15:17
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yeah but Japan's technology far surpasses ours
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Nov 2, 2018 15:17
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snack eater posted:did they ever have vending machines with apples in them like this popular Simpsons scene yeah they're the kind with the rotary carousel thing. there's an apple in this picture in the bottom right 
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Nov 2, 2018 15:20
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I guess I missed out on so many worldly experiences living in a small town. I've never seen a vending machine like that
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Nov 2, 2018 15:31
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JediTalentAgent posted:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2002%E2%80%9303_United_States_network_television_schedule Looks like it was the X-Files ending. They had an absolute unit of a lineup compressed into the lead up to the X-Files, which even in the last few bad years was still a powerhouse. snack eater posted:did they ever have vending machines with apples in them like this popular Simpsons scene Oh, I've seen them, they're refrigerated and hold items too big for a "snack" type machine. You can get your apples, prepackaged sandwiches, Cup O Noodles, etc out of them. What isn't really well depicted in that is that they're cylindrical, and you spin them. You rotate it around, put your money in push a button and slide the window open, and don't let go before you grab your poo poo or else you're out of your money.
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Nov 2, 2018 15:31
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JediTalentAgent posted:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2002%E2%80%9303_United_States_network_television_schedule 
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Nov 2, 2018 15:49
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What's nuts to me is that It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia shows up in the 2005-2006 Sunday lineup  That's followed up by the 2006-2007 season having 9 different Sunday night lineups
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Nov 2, 2018 15:54
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Iron Crowned posted:Looks like it was the X-Files ending. They had an absolute unit of a lineup compressed into the lead up to the X-Files, which even in the last few bad years was still a powerhouse. Anecdotal, but I've usually seen vending machines like that in industrial/blue-collar settings, like factory floors and warehouses. I guess the idea is they're supposed to be "lunch". Also means it's pretty realistic in the show
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Nov 2, 2018 16:10
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Anyone know where I can find episode reviews from when they first aired? Das Bus came on and I remembered how some people despise that episode and it made me curious about its contemporaneous reception
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Nov 2, 2018 17:26
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when Das Bus aired the internet said it was the worst episode ever
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Nov 2, 2018 17:28
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It's really bad They didn't even come up with a real bullshit ending, they just have Darth Vader come in and be like "oh btw they were saved by Moe"
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Nov 2, 2018 17:39
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Not a Children posted:It's really bad That was really funny though
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Nov 2, 2018 17:51
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Whorelord posted:That was really funny though I feel like it was okay/funny because that kind of arbitrary non-sequitur was fresh at the time--but it's also really easy and they ran it into the ground almost immediately.
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Nov 2, 2018 18:04
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it's the same thing about The Principal and the Pauper it's funny once when you say gently caress you to storytelling rules "and so they were rescued by, idk Moe" it's funny once but not when you revert to using cheap tricks every time
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Nov 2, 2018 18:09
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Man some people are hard to please. Das Bus is funny: -"Young man you need to do some serious boning." -Bart's report in Lybia and being Lybia in the model UN -Otto dying while yelling "Zeppelin rules" -Milhouse tossing off that bamboo cage after the trial ends -Nelson discovering he can use Milhouse's glasses to start a fire.... by striking them with a rock to get a spark -the kids all being idiot kids together a la "Lemon of Troy"
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Nov 2, 2018 18:16
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If you go back even further though, internet weirdos were saying episodes in like season 5 and 6 were terrible. Back when you really had to go out of your way to express your opinion online, of course.
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Nov 2, 2018 18:18
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Drink-Mix Man posted:Man some people are hard to please. Das Bus is funny: In conclusion, Das Bus is a land of contrasts
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Nov 2, 2018 18:21
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Yeah Das Bus is good. Not the most memorable episode ever but there’s plenty of funny stuff in there. Frog Act posted:Anyone know where I can find episode reviews from when they first aired? Das Bus came on and I remembered how some people despise that episode and it made me curious about its contemporaneous reception Here you go, thanks to the wayback machine. Click on the season you want, then an episode, and it’ll show various info about that episode and various user-written reviews. There's some gold buried in there of nerds being mad online: a Cape Feare review posted:Scott A. Mankey: I also thought the rake sequence went on waaaay too some PTA Disbands reviews posted:Scott Fujimoto: Good premise here with great potential. Unfortunately,
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Das Bus is firmly in bad Simpsons territory. That people think it’s ok is just a damning indictment of how much further the show fell afterwards.
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marktheando posted:Das Bus is firmly in bad Simpsons territory. That people think it’s ok is just a damning indictment of how much further the show fell afterwards. I mean it's Season 9 which is widely considered the first bad season so I don't know about firmly. I am of the opinion that the drop off in season 9 was pretty steep (although 8 is a little a shaky honestly). To me Das Bus has solid joke writing but the premise is ludicrous and the characters are getting tired.
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season 9 was weird. it felt like a season split in 2 between the beginning of the end...but it did have... `-the city of new york vs homer simpson -the cartridge family -Bart Cardny
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Nov 2, 2018 19:54
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It's weird to think about something that was treasured when I was young is still around but also really lovely. Like the majority of the show has been bad when you think about how small the golden age was compared to the last few decades of crap.
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Nov 2, 2018 19:58
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The rake joke in Cape Feare is like 10x too long, anal 90s internet man is correct.
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Nov 2, 2018 20:48
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The Simpsons low point discussion thread should not include The PTA Disbands.
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SirPablo posted:The Simpsons low point discussion thread should not include The PTA Disbands. the PTA disbands was season 6 season 9 was the beginning of the end with very few great episodes in it. i mean, they all look great to ANY modern simpsons, but it had some really dumb episodes.
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SirPablo posted:The Simpsons low point discussion thread should not include The PTA Disbands. Peter Daou Bundy posted:the PTA disbands was season 6 I included The PTA Disbands in my examples of usenet posters reviewing it the day after it aired, complaining about how “bad” the episode was. There was no intention to imply it was bad, actually I was implying it's Very Good.
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skasion posted:The rake joke in Cape Feare is like 10x too long, anal 90s internet man is correct. Okay, I can't take this thread seriously anymore
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skasion posted:The rake joke in Cape Feare is like 10x too long, anal 90s internet man is correct.
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fatal oopsie-daisy posted:Randy at the Best Buy fake dying with his WoW avatar is top-tier South Park, but it also went up it’s own rear end after Go God Go XII or so and instead of the creators being lazy and cashing in like The Simpsons they became CHUDs who think that trolling people is comedy and being aggressively annoying or rude to people who are different is good and right. I haven't seen anything more than clips or a few half-episodes since like 2006 or 2007, and what I've seen doesn't want to make me come back. I will also never understand how people think the whole Hardy Boys "I have a raging clue" gag is the most hilarious thing in the world. I swear if someone feels they can reference a penis or boner in some way on the internet they'll just immediately quote that and it will be the most upvoted comment every time.
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CodfishCartographer posted:Yeah Das Bus is good. Not the most memorable episode ever but there’s plenty of funny stuff in there. The site still exists at a different URL: https://www.simpsonsarchive.com/episodeguide.html The old reviews are funny in hindsight but you have to realize at the time the only reference they had were earlier episodes which were consistently good so you couldn't just give every episode an A, if anything it shows just how great the show was back then that a classic episode would be considered a weaker one at that period of time. Also many people grew up watching the more realistic stories and disliked the trend of more wacky stories and characters.
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Nov 3, 2018 07:55
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All of the rap/hip hop episodes are the lowest points.
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Plan Z posted:I haven't seen anything more than clips or a few half-episodes since like 2006 or 2007, and what I've seen doesn't want to make me come back. that episode was terrible . there are good south parks here and there , some really forgetful , some god awful (the 3 part Cthulhu one , the loving “sushi vs Chinese restaurant) but some really funny ones (Cream Fraiche , Tegridy farms) South Park is either hit or miss .
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Drink-Mix Man posted:Man some people are hard to please. Das Bus is funny: The thing is, all of those jokes barely have any connection to the actual plot/A story and could have been done at any point in any episode. Homer's B story is also pretty weak and has nothing to do with the A story at all. It's still good compared to other episodes, but I'd say it's probably bottom 3 of the golden era. Plan Z posted:I haven't seen anything more than clips or a few half-episodes since like 2006 or 2007, and what I've seen doesn't want to make me come back. Crippled Summer was the absolute bottom for a long time for South Park, it was such a shift in comedy and tone that I couldn't even finish it despite earlier episodes in season 14 being decent enough. Since then there's been barely any good episodes at all. fatal oopsie-daisy fucked around with this message at 12:38 on Nov 3, 2018 |
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