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I watched a season 30 episode yesterday where Homer goes to work for a self driving car company that everyone loves because it has lots of fun things to do for the employees, but the employees are too nerdy to use their hockey rink, pool table, free cafeteria, etc so Homer and Marge teach the dorks to have fun or something. I turned it off halfway through, Marge sounds like Krusty doing his impression of her before the Mad Marge Dancers come on stage in the episode where Otto almost gets married Also I know Nancy Cartwright is a lunatic after listening to her Scientology recruitment video done in Bart’s voice but are the other cast members also evangelical cultists?
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I wonder what sort of horrible jokes and plots the Simpsons would have in the 90's if it was the same tone & quality it is now what garbage one-note celebrities would have entire episodes built around them? what poorly executed 5-years-too-late movie parodies would we see? what sort of extremely bad "mapple" type brands would we get?
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Jan 29, 2019 17:25
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brugroffil posted:I wonder what sort of horrible jokes and plots the Simpsons would have in the 90's if it was the same tone & quality it is now Brittney Spears would have been one of them for sure Joe Pesci too And they’d end 1999 with a Jurassic Park episode
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Jan 29, 2019 17:35
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Bicrosoft and Bindows 95
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Jan 29, 2019 17:36
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porfiria posted:I'm half convinced the whole Nielsen system doesn't really work and no one is watching. Rush Limbaugh lost a ton of money like 5-10 years ago because someone developed a technology that would actually listen to what the ratings families were listening to on the radio instead of relying on listener diaries. Turned out most of the people filling out diaries were full of poo poo. I don't know if this technology has been developed for TV, but I'm sure it would be the same story.
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Jan 29, 2019 17:54
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I'd be shocked if IPTV / Cable boxes didnt collect this somehow. 90s Simpsons with today's quality eh? SIMPSOMS Season 5 Episode 3: The Simpsoms decide to get on the Information Superhighway! While at Stereo Shack, Homer buys a subscription to Springfield On-Hold, the hot new internet service. Their state of the art computer is delivered by Joey Buttafuoco for some reason. Bart becomes a hot shot internet gambler, Lisa and Homer sink into conspiracy theories, and marge finds her nights taken over by online chats with her hobby group, Knitters With Attitude. Bart mortgages the computer to pay for his losses. The end.
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Jan 29, 2019 18:06
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PostNouveau posted:Rush Limbaugh lost a ton of money like 5-10 years ago because someone developed a technology that would actually listen to what the ratings families were listening to on the radio instead of relying on listener diaries. Yeah it was, at least in Canada. My family actually did the whole rating thing for a while, they gave us a little pager looking thing that would listen for high frequency program identifiers from tv and radio
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Jan 29, 2019 18:22
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Yeah I think it's almost a guarantee that modern cable boxes send data about what you watch. I know a couple that claim they still watch and like The Simpsons, but what that really means is they put it on and stare at their phones the entire time. The same way they watch everything else. So that's who "watches" it - people with severe ADHD that just need something happening on the screen.
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Jan 29, 2019 18:45
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My Linux Rig posted:
They kinda did that though
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Jan 29, 2019 18:56
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Jurassic Park was 1993, and Itchy and Scratchy Land was 1994, the reference was definitely timely in this example
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Jan 29, 2019 19:01
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I pay for cable and I watch new Simpsons, AMA.
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Jan 29, 2019 19:12
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Cyril Sneer posted:I pay for cable and I watch new Simpsons, AMA. Why?
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Jan 29, 2019 19:14
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Cyril Sneer posted:I pay for cable and I watch new Simpsons, AMA. 
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Jan 29, 2019 19:20
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My household just kicked cable out the window less than a week ago, meaning I no longer have access to the FXNOW rand(every_simpsons_ever) feed I don't know how I will survive
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Jan 29, 2019 19:39
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Data Graham posted:My household just kicked cable out the window less than a week ago, meaning I no longer have access to the FXNOW rand(every_simpsons_ever) feed https://www.amazon.com/Simpsons-Complete-First-Season/dp/B00005ML6Y
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Jan 29, 2019 19:45
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marktheando posted:Why? None of the streaming services' own shows interest me / I'm not into the binge watching thing Choice paralysis: the effort of finding something and picking it makes it feel like I'm obligated to watch it. I like TV I don't have to invest anything into. I like reality shows. I like documentaries, true crime, news investigation type shows. cable is still better for this. Re: new Simpsons....yes, it sucks. But there's nothing much else on at 8:00 so I just flip it on as background noise.
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Jan 29, 2019 20:21
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Cyril Sneer posted:None of the streaming services' own shows interest me / I'm not into the binge watching thing If you have an antenna you likely get a MeTV subchannel, Columbo is on at 8:00 on Sundays
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Jan 29, 2019 20:30
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Data Graham posted:My household just kicked cable out the window less than a week ago, meaning I no longer have access to the FXNOW rand(every_simpsons_ever) feed There’s a website run by a guy named arconai that just streams the Simpsons all day, one channel for 1-13 one for 13+, I dunno if I can link it directly but I bet you can find it by googling it
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Jan 29, 2019 20:37
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FilthyImp posted:I'd be shocked if IPTV / Cable boxes didnt collect this somehow. This... Doesn't sound terrible? Congrats? It actually has an ending that ties the A,B, and C stories together and has the family acting in character/realistic ways, so there's no way this would be considered season 30 quality.
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Jan 29, 2019 21:13
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Cowcaster posted:well the one guy who clearly and obviously meant scheduled television with ad breaks by saying "broadcast television" and the one guy revealing he's still using a radio antenna in the year of our lord 2019 while claiming cable's a scam like a loving octogenarian despite apparently not even being 40 years old yet is definitely going to the top of the list of the strangest things i've read today Antennas are pretty popular again once people realized you can get free HD quality feeds from them. I have one too.
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Jan 29, 2019 21:15
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so does my dad
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Jan 29, 2019 21:37
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SeANMcBAY posted:Antennas are pretty popular again once people realized you can get free HD quality feeds from them. I have one too. Antennae rule! I live in an area that is technically in two markets (Cincinnati and Dayton), and I get all the channels from both markets. With some tweaking and tropospheric propagation I managed to get Columbus stations one day. If I had cable, I'd be restricted to Cincinnati stations only.
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Jan 29, 2019 21:44
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pooch516 posted:This... Doesn't sound terrible? Congrats? Are they at loving season 30 now Please just stop
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fatal oopsie-daisy posted:HOLY roffels posted:It's not even the first time they spoofed that song. I haven't seen any new Simpsons, and loving YIKES. Listening to those back to back loving jeezum, retire already.
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Jan 29, 2019 23:29
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FilthyImp posted:Knitters With Attitude loving lmao
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Iron Crowned posted:Antennae rule! I live in an area that is technically in two markets (Cincinnati and Dayton), and I get all the channels from both markets. With some tweaking and tropospheric propagation I managed to get Columbus stations one day. what do you do for internet
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Jan 29, 2019 23:38
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Cowcaster posted:what do you do for internet Very carefully
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The weird thing is the second AitF spoof is completely unnecessary -- the modern audience wouldn't be as acquainted with she show as the early 90s audience. What a weird choice.pooch516 posted:This... Doesn't sound terrible? Congrats? SIMSONS S5e13 Bart becomes the posterboy of a generation when he perfects GRANGE, a gen x music style based on farming and apathy. Jealous Lisa leads a counterrevolution when she and Milhouse popularize their nerd-based rock outfit, Nerdwanna. Act 2 opener features a medley of faux grunge songs with guest stars Flea, RHCP, Soundgarden and Elton John. Meanwhile, Homer and Smithers are trapped in the nuclear power plant after the SouthBridge Earthshake leaves Springfield in ruins. At the school fair, Nelson hits Lisa in the kneecap, ensuring that Bart wins the talent competition. Bart and Nelson flee in a White Ford Taurus. With additional guest appearances by Nelson Mandela and Pope John Paul II. FilthyImp fucked around with this message at 00:14 on Jan 30, 2019 |
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Jan 30, 2019 00:03
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Cyril Sneer posted:None of the streaming services' own shows interest me / I'm not into the binge watching thing You could just not watch TV. Have you considered that?
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FilthyImp posted:I'd be shocked if IPTV / Cable boxes didnt collect this somehow. Knitters with Attitude doesn't belong in the "bad retro simpsons" category.
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SweetMercifulCrap! posted:Yeah I think it's almost a guarantee that modern cable boxes send data about what you watch. Yo
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Atlas Hugged posted:You could just not watch TV. Have you considered that? Never. I pregame to LivePD.
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Jan 30, 2019 04:09
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Slightly Absurd posted:That "Those were the Days" clip is also sad, 'cause you know if it were old Simpsons, the animators would've had a blast doing Homer making the modem sound, but instead we got that sad lazy garbage Yeah but then the old writers wouldn't have put something as stupid as HOMER MAKE FUNNY NOISE!!!! in the script.
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I’m watching one where they bring back Maude by going back in time two years to when Bart and Lisa were 8 and 6 and its kind of loving me up thinking about how like 20’years ago they killed Maude but brought her back to be alive 2 years ago or something
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Jan 30, 2019 05:37
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Bust Rodd posted:The most hosed up thing about the Simpsons is that you can only watch the MOST RECENT season on basic Hulu. Hulu would be worth it for S1-11 alone. I can watch any Simpsons episode back to S01E01. Not sure if that is because I'm Uncle Moneybags here and I spring for Hulu+ w/Live or what.
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Jan 30, 2019 06:45
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jesus please kill the simpsons amen
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Frog Act posted:I’m watching one where they bring back Maude by going back in time two years to when Bart and Lisa were 8 and 6 and its kind of loving me up thinking about how like 20’years ago they killed Maude but brought her back to be alive 2 years ago or something Who voiced her?
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Jan 30, 2019 09:02
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Atlas Hugged posted:Who voiced her? Maggie Roswell voices her again. She was only off the show for like a year or two, making it even more pointless that they killed Maude off.
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Jan 30, 2019 09:22
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Atlas Hugged posted:Who voiced her? Maggie Roswell, she came back in 2002 after they reached a pay deal. Edit: Beaten.
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FilthyImp posted:The weird thing is the second AitF spoof is completely unnecessary -- the modern audience wouldn't be as acquainted with she show as the early 90s audience. What a weird choice. I'm convinced they did it not to actually reference AitF, but instead to reference the Simpsons referencing AitF back in the 90s. New Simpsons seems to reference golden era seasons fairly often, and I suspect this is just more of that. They aren't even trying to target nostalgia for AitF, they're just targeting Simpsons nostalgia.
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