Television Retro Simpsons was so good

[Krimzon]

here's a little nugget that i think most simpsons fans might not know about

 

[Adamant]

What caused the Simpsons to go bad? Or at least be not that good anymore?

 

[AristotleAmadopolis]

The episode itself was actually funny. It's the implications of the episode. They had spent 8 seasons building a back story to this very well-written and nuanced character, only to piss it down the drain for the sake of a cheap gag episode. It set a precedent that essentially meant that nothing that had happened up to that point, meant anything at all.

flexible reality bro!

 

[ufcfan4]

I guess I’d have to read that book to really
get the nuance of their argument but I think it would be pretty tough to attribute the decline to anything less than a multitude of reasons. But maybe, for me, it’s just the show being a victim of longevity. It’s tremendously hard to keep any series at such a high standard for decades.

There were times during season 9-12 where the plots were getting a little more outlandish but they were still hilarious and well executed. At some point they continued to be outlandish but just got far less funny.

and I really don’t know if the transformation of Homer’s character is that massive a factor in the decline. I think it’s one of many elements that changed the trajectory of the show. You’ll still see a halfway good one here or there but a good one now wouldn’t have been able to hold a candle to a mid-tier one in season 10.

More than anything, I think watching it now is a case of a show just FEELING tremendously different than what it was. The gags just land different. There’s not nearly as much clever humor. The characters have been around so long that the writers seem to coast on recognition/familiarity.

 

[ufcfan4]

watched a couple last night, the one where him homer buys a gun, the one he coaches football and the one with apu's arranged marriage. Pretty solid 3 episodes in a row.

Love the Simpsons, haven't seen a new one in years though.

Love the football one.

Remember what I told you!

(Bart visualizing in his mind):
I’m Joe Namath.
It was just vapor lock. Vapor lock.

 

[ufcfan4]

Me too those episodes were awesome. Simpsons never became boring because they had so many good characters.





Also my favorite Christmas episode is the one Bart steals something



endless really lol.

The one with the video game is underrated funny. So many great Christmas episodes, I think that one gets a bit lost in the shuffle.

Bart replaces the tape on the answering machine with Laurence Tierney informing them of his attempt to steal the game with a tape of the song Hello Muddah, Hello Fadduh.

(song starts playing)

Homer (yelling from the other room): Marge, is Lisa at Camp Grenada??!

 

[gondo]

Petty vandalism is down 80% while heavy sack beatings are up a shocking 900%.

 

[zapataxiv]

Steamed hams, oh yeah boy

I had actually forgotten how much i loved the simpsons, I should go and dig my old DVDs out... what can even play a DVD these days?

you need a jail broke Amiga

 

[Monkadelic]

here's a little nugget that i think most simpsons fans might not know about

This is amazing.

 

[KnightTemplar]

Again though I don't think the decline of the show was really about inconsistency in its canon, even during the peak years all sorts of wild and wonderful things(like Hank Scorpio "taking the east coast") happen which are mostly forgotten afterwards.

The decline really was just a dropoff in quality and especially in being able to make strong character based humour, that episode isnt really an example of that, its actually one of the stronger character based ones in the season.

I would say personally I always felt the most notable drop in quality on the show though was between seasons 10 and 11, even the random less character focused episodes in season 10 like the finale in Japan were still pretty well written but stuff like Blunderdrome or the Food Critic one in season 11 seemed like a big downgrade.

I want to work for Hank Scorpio. Best. Boss. Ever!

 

[HHJ]

 

[Jesus X]

What caused the Simpsons to go bad? Or at least be not that good anymore?

The simpsons had an all star team of comedy writers and they all eventually left by like season 10 so the writing became dumber. The original team had a few ivy league guys conan o brien being one of them so you would get like smart jokes about math,physics and other smart subjects contrasted by the slapstick/zany jokes

 

[HHJ]

 

[HHJ]

 

[HHJ]

 

[TKing]

 

[Big Al's Texas BBQ]

"So that's it after 20 years? 'So long, good luck'?"
"I don't recall saying 'good luck'."

<{dayum}>

 

[Brother Numsi]

Ain’t nothing better than old school Simpsons episodes

 

[Brother Numsi]

This joke is more relevant now with all the false accusations. It was also meta because it made fun of "a current affair" which aired before the simpsons

“Homer, this is God….frey Jones…”

Still kills me to this day

 

[Big Al's Texas BBQ]