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General Dog posted:I don't know, it's not like SNL where people just always remember the years when they first started watching the most fondly. The consensus seems almost universal for where the peak was for the Simpsons, the only debate is how soon and how steep the decline was the simpsons sucked once all the good writers ditched it for futurama.
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Other Barry posted:ever since armin tamzarian, every single episode of the simpsons has been worst than the one before it. so that means that every single time you watch a new simpsons, that's the worst episode of the series
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Rutibex posted:the simpsons sucked once all the good writers ditched it for futurama. Speaking of which it's a loving shame Futurama got cancelled again. I get it that it just wasn't getting the ratings especially after being cancelled, rebooting, moving networks, cancelled, brought back for 1-2 seasons, and then cancelled again. Even the last season which aired 2-3 years ago was pretty loving funny. Katey Sagal was apparently getting a ton of money to voice Leela, but it was drat well worth it Avalanche fucked around with this message at 09:19 on Feb 6, 2017 |
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I can't decide if it's better or worse that I understand Spanish 100%. The_Franz posted:Season 8 is where you can really see the decline in quality speeding up though. I stopped buying DVDs once I got to 7 because 5/6/7 were best (though there are some good ones from 8/9 like Grimey and NYC). Wizard Master posted:Actual screenshot from the Family Guy crossover episode Ninja edit: what in the gently caress  Real edit, Wasn't there some fake news ticker on Family Guy where Quagmire rapes Marge? Thin Privilege fucked around with this message at 09:31 on Feb 6, 2017 |
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Wizard Master posted:Was it: Why isn't Putin riding in on a bear? This is like, excessively lazy. Russia=bear, not horse.
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Thin Privilege posted:
Rapes her (but she enjoys it!), then shoots the whole Simpsons family. Macfarlane justified it by saying there was a "WANTED: Plagiarist" poster of Peter Griffin in a Simpsons episode. So, you know. Rape Marge and shotgun the fam, that seems an equal return.
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Thin Privilege posted:Why isn't Putin riding in on a bear? This is like, excessively lazy. Russia=bear, not horse. Ah, but this way it is also a reference to the infamous photo of Putin riding shirtless on a horse - many Humor Points! Your way involves creatively combining references so it loses points.
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Das Boo posted:Rapes her (but she enjoys it!), then shoots the whole Simpsons family. Macfarlane justified it by saying there was a "WANTED: Plagiarist" poster of Peter Griffin in a Simpsons episode. So, you know. Rape Marge and shotgun the fam, that seems an equal return. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TJHCV40fuCQ 
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People who say they are Simpsons fans but actually hate 40-80% of their "favorite show" and are constantly spouting off about the fact are garbage, and it shouldn't be socially acceptable. If I was constantly talking about how I loved burgers but really what I love is just eating a single bite of the bun and then throwing the rest out somebody would call me out on it eventually but nope none of that for "Simpsons fans".
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There was so very very very much wacky stuff, weird writing, lazyness, cutaways, pointless celebrity appearances, and "Family Guy bullshit" in the early seasons. You have nostalgia for it because you were younger back then.
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Teriyaki Hairpiece posted:There was so very very very much wacky stuff, weird writing, lazyness, cutaways, pointless celebrity appearances, and "Family Guy bullshit" in the early seasons. You have nostalgia for it because you were younger back then. Mid-way through season 9 my friends and I had a long discussion about how the show's writing had suddenly changed and become noticeably lovely compared to the previous season and those before it. We were 17. "Nostalgia" was not a concept yet, in fact that's an age when you actively shun crap from your childhood. Even children watching the show at the time knew it had changed when the better staff left to start Futurama.
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It had definitely become more mean-spirited and a lot of the heart had left.
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Teriyaki Hairpiece posted:People who say they are Simpsons fans but actually hate 40-80% of their "favorite show" and are constantly spouting off about the fact are garbage, and it shouldn't be socially acceptable. have you not clicked on any of the links in this thread? also talking about the simpsons isn't socially acceptable thats why were doing it here
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Teriyaki Hairpiece posted:People who say they are Simpsons fans but actually hate 40-80% of their "favorite show" and are constantly spouting off about the fact are garbage, and it shouldn't be socially acceptable. It's more like you start out eating 5 Guys burgers, but gradually over time they turn into Wendy's burgers, then McDonald's burgers, then one day you look down and you're eating some plastic wrapped microwave burger from a gas station
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Dogmeat posted:have you not clicked on any of the links in this thread? also talking about the simpsons isn't socially acceptable thats why were doing it here I voted for the Gaga episode, which I've seen. The only clip I haven't seen is the tik tok riff because I can't bring myself to.
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Shasta Orange Soda posted:It's more like you start out eating 5 Guys burgers, but gradually over time they turn into Wendy's burgers, then McDonald's burgers, then one day you look down and you're eating some plastic wrapped microwave burger from a gas station The Simpsons is on season 28. If you stopped watching at season 13, you've missed over half of the show.
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Better way to underscore the enormity of the show: there have been 356 Simpsons episodes since Homer got raped by a panda.
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Teriyaki Hairpiece posted:I voted for the Gaga episode, which I've seen. The only clip I haven't seen is the tik tok riff because I can't bring myself to. In all fairness, it was just the intro and one which fox made them do at that.
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Teriyaki Hairpiece posted:
This is more like saying you're a huge fan of a band that's existed long past their heyday, and it's perfectly acceptable. It's universally understood that if someone says they're a huge Misfits fan, they're talking about things prior to 1984. Same thing with something like Guns n Roses or Black Sabbath. If they like modern versions of these things they'll even clarify that they like it, because certain things being good have a known time period. If someone is a huge Simpsons fan most people understand they mean the seasons prior to 10-ish.
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Season 8 is when you can see them start to get more experimental with the episodes, they just all happen to still be good (You Only Move Twice, Viaje Misterioso, and my all time favorite episode Homer's Enemy). Season 9 they finally have a couple of whiffs (most notably Principal and the Pauper), but it's still mostly good. Season 10 is when the hit/miss ratio starts to get really out of control. To answer the thread question, I'd have to go with the "feuds" with Family Guy/South Park. That should be so beneath an iconic series, even as a marketing ploy. The Futurama one I can excuse even if it was bad, because at least it was the spiritual successor to The Simpsons with the same creator and several writers. Groening's at least allowed that as an artist. Also, can someone who stuck around past Season 11 confirm or deny that Lenny and Carl became gay lovers? I feel like that was the plot of an episode I happened to drop in on, but maybe I imagined it?
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wow some Big Mac fan you are, refusing to eat it since they started putting diarrhea on it
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'El Viaje Misterioso de Nuestro Jomer' and 'Bart Gets An Elephant' are the two peaks of the series IMO. I could watch either episode once a week for the rest of my life and still enjoy them.
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while heavy sack beatings are up a shocking nine hundred percent?
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well I'm gonna be honest with you mister I need a full grown african elephant and I need it today. Buuut I'm afraid this just isn't what I'm looking for
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The Rick and Morty opening is the best thing the show has done in like 10 years. And I'm guessing they weren't involved in that at all.
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Alan_Shore posted:The Rick and Morty opening is the best thing the show has done in like 10 years. And I'm guessing they weren't involved in that at all. I have a feeling the Simpsons family were meant to be properly rendered as crushed to death, but Fox wouldn't allow it, hence why they just turned into yellow goop instead.
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Blind Pineapple posted:Also, can someone who stuck around past Season 11 confirm or deny that Lenny and Carl became gay lovers? I feel like that was the plot of an episode I happened to drop in on, but maybe I imagined it? No, that never happened, just some throwaway gay jokes about them being so close.
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The Simpsons must be stopped. It isn't right that this is allowed to continue.
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death by computer posted:It was the time Homer tripped on MDMA with Lena Dunham to a Spacemen 3 song. holy crap that's bad
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abigserve posted:well I'm gonna be honest with you mister I need a full grown african elephant and I need it today. Buuut I'm afraid this just isn't what I'm looking for elephants don't have keys
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Das Boo posted:
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death by computer posted:It was the time Homer tripped on MDMA with Lena Dunham to a Spacemen 3 song. I'm not sure if this fetid pile of garbage or Homer Votes is worse, but they're both really loving bad and I wish The Simpsons was given a fitting, dignified sendoff like 15 years ago because it hasn't been culturally relevant since like 1999 or so.
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Grown men and women debating the merits of the show on the internet is the lowest point of the series.
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moonshine_River Guest star: Ken Burns, Zooey Deschanel, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Anne Hathaway, Maurice LaMarche, Don Pardo, Natalie Portman, Kevin Michael Richardson, Al Roker and Sarah Silverman Is that the most guest stars in one episode?
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SeXReX posted:Grown men and women debating the merits of the show on the internet is the lowest point of the series. the internet was invented for this purpose
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egon_beeblebrox posted:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moonshine_River just for "fun" I looked into what episode had natalie portman.. quote:At Springfield Elementary, Principal Skinner asks Groundskeeper Willie to get the fire extinguisher, but all of them have been stolen by Bart to propel his wagon. As Bart rockets around town, the foam released from the extinguishers puts out the wildfire. Bart is cheered as a hero by everyone and rewarded with a driver's license by Mayor Quimby.
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I like the Principal and the Pauper it's a funny parody of television continuity by itself it's funny, but it represents a turning point where the series starting getting bad and the writers started doing stuff like this unironically instead of ironically same with the Frank Grimes episode
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death by computer posted:It was the time Homer tripped on MDMA with Lena Dunham to a Spacemen 3 song. gently caress that was terrible. i voted for gaga one but id vote for this being the worst in a heart beat. Libelous Slander posted:just for "fun" I looked into what episode had natalie portman..
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