Like many kids of my generation, I'd tune in religiously throughout primary and early high school to Channel Ten every night to watch The Simpsons. At some point I stopped, due to growing up of course, but also due to what I felt was the declining quality of the show. It's been years since I've seen a Simpsons episode but tonight I watched Bart After Dark after seeing that .gif of Abe Simpson walking into the burlesque house and walking right out again after seeing Bart working the door.
Friends, I had forgotten the amazingness that is classic Simpsons. In today's environment filled with overt aggression, silly gimmicks and political agendas in our cartoons, this episode reminded me of how wonderful The Simpsons really was; I found it refreshing in its simple celebration of life, and the way it injected ribald humour that was just shy of inappropriate (a lost art, I am sorry to say).
On June 21 2010 18:43 davis.of.km wrote: I personally feel the show where you got your name is a far better show in every sense, though I see your Simpsons point as valid
On June 21 2010 19:07 stanley_ wrote: Was it just me or did anyone else watch so much simpsons that they reconigzed the plot from the intro alone?
haha no you're not alone. Not always from the intro alone, but generally within the first 5 seconds or their first line it instantly comes to you what episode it will be.
Fox 8 plays Simpsons at the same time as Channel 10 so if Channel 10's episode sucks I just switch over to Fox 8 and they usually play old episodes (plus Futurama is on straight after)
It's what I tell everyone. Series 3-8 > every other comedy show ever made.
Best, most intelligent, most creative comedy ever = these three episodes:
deep space homer bart gets an elephant last exit to springfield
And laugh at how comically deep they are, with a constant barrage of jokes. Guaranteed you missed 99% of the jokes the first time through. It's outrageous how many amazing jokes are crammed into these episodes, enough for another show's entire series.
Like said above the classic simpsons was some of the best stuff on tv, even If I were to watch a super old episode again now I'd still laugh at jokes I never noticed before.
My friends and I decided that the show should have ended after Season 11 because that season ends with "Behind the Laughter" which would have been a fitting end to the show. There are a few gems from Season 12, but that's still overall a sub-par season and they are all bad after that. One friend who bought DVDs of the show stopped after 11.
When I first saw the joke in this pic I laughed so hard oh I was obsessed with the simpsons years and years ago, 6pm channel ten every night and to hell with anyone who would say otherwise
On June 21 2010 20:47 sc4k wrote: It's what I tell everyone. Series 3-8 > every other comedy show ever made.
Best, most intelligent, most creative comedy ever = these three episodes:
deep space homer bart gets an elephant last exit to springfield
And laugh at how comically deep they are, with a constant barrage of jokes. Guaranteed you missed 99% of the jokes the first time through. It's outrageous how many amazing jokes are crammed into these episodes, enough for another show's entire series.
You're exactly right. Unfortunately I think people like us are in the minority. Virtually every episode from each of those seasons is an absolute gem, then they lost their best writers like Conan, Cohen, and Schwarzwelder. Even the characters themselves sound different, for worse in my opinion. If you listen to the DVD commentary where they have some of the voice actors helping out, they'll say themselves "wow I used to do Homer in a much lower voice".
The episodes you listed of course are classics, I'd also add Homer the Great to that list, and Lemon of Troy, King Size Homer, and The PTA Disbands.
EPT
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