Television Retro Simpsons was so good

[My Spot]

That's a good point, I'd never considered before how it changed from being all about Bart. He was marketed as being a cool rebel when it started, almost like all the cliched mascots that dominated videogames in the wake of Sonic.

I remember starting school in the early 90s and Bart Simpson shirts were banned.

 

[Deleted member 110072]

I remember starting school in the early 90s and Bart Simpson shirts were banned.

 

[Big Al's Texas BBQ]

 

[BigDeadFreak]

I remember starting school in the early 90s and Bart Simpson shirts were banned.

Lol, that's so funny. It's amazing what tame stuff gets banned at school. I can see the Simpsons parodying stuff like that.

 

[Ballsaque]

Seasons 2 to 9 are my favorite seasons of television.

This is my favorite bit:

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?

 

[Rygu]

If you can find the scene where Apu had octuplets and they all start humping each other, not sure I've laughed so hard in my life.

 

[skysolo]

Truer words, brother. Truer words.

I randomly quote lines from the Simpsons to the amusement of myself and no one else.

And yes my cat's breath does smell like cat food.

 

[Big Al's Texas BBQ]

 

[AristotleAmadopolis]

"A lot of blue hair? What a freak!"

this one is classic




also. simpsons has great commentary also. u can get so much more enjoyment of rewatching all the seasons with commentary on.

 

[mb23100]

Seasons 2 to 9 are my favorite seasons of television.

This is my favorite bit:

This might be the best 3 minutes in television history

 

[TheNinja]

I never got into The Simpsons. Maybe I should give it a try. I think it's on Disney+

 

[Jesus X]

This episode predicted the ridiculous ford excursion suv which I still laugh at.

 

[My Spot]

Lol, that's so funny. It's amazing what tame stuff gets banned at school. I can see the Simpsons parodying stuff like that.

Yep. Early 90s? Bart Simpsons shirts. A few years later, Beavis and Butthead shirts. A few years after that, South Park shirts (and Wu Tang shirts too at my middle school because teachers thought it was a gang symbol).

 

[My Spot]

I never got into The Simpsons. Maybe I should give it a try. I think it's on Disney+

Make sure you switch from 16:9 to 4:3 for those earlier seasons. They also don't show the Michael Jackson one.

 

[m25105]

"Homer's Enemy" was great(highest rated episode of all time IIRC). But it was also a turning point; it was the birth of "Jerk Ass Homer", which would become a Hallmark of the show's decline, along with guest appearances where stars play themselves, and storylines that were increasingly non-sensical, even within the Simpsons universe.

"The Principal and the Pauper" is where they jumped the shark, though.

We got a simpsons connoisseur here.

 

[GordoBarraBJJ]

LOL,

Just finished season 5 started season 6 over the weekend.

This scene:



<Lmaoo><Lmaoo><Lmaoo><Lmaoo>

 

[Fluffernutter]

Next time I go to a karaoke bar, I'm singing the Monorail song

 

[My Spot]

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

<{dayum}>

 

[AristotleAmadopolis]

"Homer's Enemy" was great(highest rated episode of all time IIRC). But it was also a turning point; it was the birth of "Jerk Ass Homer", which would become a Hallmark of the show's decline, along with guest appearances where stars play themselves, and storylines that were increasingly non-sensical, even within the Simpsons universe.

"The Principal and the Pauper" is where they jumped the shark, though.

i thought that was a good episode. never bothered me the first time as a kid. i guess if u get into the show and characters and they do something like that fans will be pissed.

 

[gspieler]

i thought that was a good episode. never bothered me the first time as a kid. i guess if u get into the show and characters and they do something like that fans will be pissed.

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.