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.

Lepecard posted:

Didn't see this posted anywhere in the thread yet but this is the low point for me.




I still can't wrap my head around it.

SeXReX posted:

When they kept updating their pop culture references but I stayed in my comfort zone autism bubble and kept pretending no new music or movies have come out since I graduated high school

PallasAthene posted:

I can't figure out if I would found it more or less disturbing if I went to a dude's house and saw that on the coffee table versus a regular Playboy.

Lumpy the Cook posted:

seasons 9-11

Ein cooler Typ posted:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kHdJZu49aTc

Drunken Baker posted:

Homer thinking about a sandwich in a car when you think he's thinking about fukkin and sukkin is funnier that Peter randomly talking about Paul Weller going paintballing because one is a joke with a setup and punchline and one is a gag that you'd get on a sketch show.

Backweb posted:

This.

My biggest problem with the Simpsons movie was that it didn't feel like the Simpsons. Who the hell thought it would be a good idea to change Wolfcastle into Arnold? It had to get "big" and it felt anemic because of it. Bringing back Scorpio would have been bad for many reasons, but the biggest is that he's a likeable character and seemingly down to earth people's person from our perspective.

Granted I haven't seen an episode since 2006 or something...

Das Boo posted:

When I think of a pointless celebrity cameo episode, I think of that one where Homer literally drops through a celebrity couple's skylight and spends the rest of the episode giving them relationship advice. I tried to refresh my memory on the details, but then I instead found an episode about Mandy Moore stripteasing at a baseball game and then later pole-dancing in front of Bart and moaning while Homer gives her a massage. Homer then crashes a blimp, but is fine.

Like, alright.

Wizard Master posted:

Nostalgia4Dogges posted:

tbh, and just imo, I feel like the ongoing popularity of the Simpsons is largely because of Europe.

They loving eat that poo poo up. I swear it has to be one of the most watched shows in most European countries. I don't know if it's a cultural thing or "lol those dumb Americans," or what.

But oh god the dubbing, especially German

Hardcordion posted:

Nelson using Milhouse's glasses as flint instead of focusing sunlight to start a fire was a pretty good Lord of the Flies gag.

54 40 or gently caress posted:

There's some great episodes in season 9 and some major stinkers. It really is the indicator of how the direction. On one hand you have he episodes where Lisa thinks she's getting dumber, the movementarians, where homer climbs the mountains but then there's the ones with the trillion dollar bill, Moes girlfriend, the funzo Christmas one with sucked, Halloween one sucked etc

Strudel Man posted:

Why is Ned Flanders punching people.

Drink-Mix Man posted:

Maybe the community rallied around a beloved mom and pop institution

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

Drunken Baker posted:

Is that where he proudly exclaims he'll be in the back seat of his car and won't be back for five minutes? That cracked me up when I watched it and then me Ma and Da started ribbing me for "getting" a sex joke.

Then there was the episode where Home was maybe going to have an affair and he started making jokes about calling a "Hotline" and it made us all uncomfortable because it was the worlds worst kept secret that every teenage lad would furiously jack it to that show on Channel 5 which, in its infancy, was basically just a channel for softcore skinflicks.

GIRL BRAINS posted:

Boy I hope somebody got fired for those blunders

Data Graham posted:

You know what has to be in the top three worst things about modern Simpsons? Whenever Homer breaks randomly into song.

It’s always these drawn-out, overly “clever” riffs on existing songs played like homer is just ad-libbing new lyrics off the top of his head, like two and three verses of super punny meaningless crap out of nowhere.

I mean an occasional snatch of misheard lyrics in the old days was funny and in character, but this is just like ... wtf



E: oh god and they’re straight up doing amnesia episodes now, kill me

Iron Crowned posted:

Two different contests. The Mr. Burns contest involved someone being drawn into the episode. It was apparently won by someone who didn't like the Simpsons and declined.

SEX BURRITO posted:

It’s pretty bad. But nowhere near the worst. I liked ‘smell you later’, the TV guns, and the first ever joke about Trump being a bad president.

Today I had a newish episode on in the background. Lisa was falling in love with a fat dumb kid who was a competitive eater, and Marge was worried she’d end up with a version of Homer. So she was encouraging Homer to take Lisa out on a ‘date’ so she’d get a better impression of men or something. And then Marge wore a dress designed by a project runway winner and I think I dropped a load of IQ points typing that out.

Justin Godscock posted:

S12 is where I stopped watching because there were some truly horrible episodes in that stretch. This is the season that had the infamous panda rape episode.

happyhippy posted:

Saw about 5 minutes of a future one where Bart has two kids.
It had 20000000 'current tech but will be outdated then' jokes, not one plot point.

This show needs to die.

Plan Z posted:

One of the things about modern Simpsons is that it sounds so stilted, like the actors are in different rooms. There are often some pretty noticeable pauses between lines of dialogue and a lot of it is read very slowly and deliberately. That, and there just seems to be the "Whoops, I forgot to tell a joke!" thing where there'll be dialogue, and someone's just realized there hasn't been a joke in a while and will just do some monkeycheese joke or physical gag.

Phlegmish posted:

At least everyone in the background is a no-name character and not Bumblebee Man and the Sea Captain.

504 posted:

Homer Gay. Simpson

Thuneral posted:

Season 2 on was the lowest this show ever dropped.

really queer Christmas posted:

I have no qualms admitting I’ve teared up at several episodes. Homer and the kids having true genuine moments is some great poo poo.

Also, as someone who only remembers new Lisa, holy poo poo was her character just completely destroyed.

Houle posted:

I completely forgot about the Berlin Wall-esk area code episode. I think that or the season after was the last one I bothered to watch live, to actually go out of my way to see.

For a series that, when they cared said that the increased commercial time really hurt the story telling they really do like the over the top A plot and boring meandering B plot with a lot of throw away non sequitur sight gags.

I miss when a lot of the "random" quality came out more of ignorance than throw words at the wall and add a few more syllables or add an m. Like Homer trying to sound smarter than he is and using competely different word.

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.