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BKPR posted:most of the simpsons writers went to harvard. let that sink in. Some of the best British comedian actors went to Oxford or Cambridge. Let that sink in. This isn't really an issue...unless you're talking about newer episodes?
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Facepalm Ranger posted:Some of the best British comedian actors went to Oxford or Cambridge. Let that sink in. I mean currently, yeah. Write some good jokes eggheads.
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Liquid Dinosaur posted:ded bort 
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BKPR posted:I mean currently, yeah. Write some good jokes eggheads. How depressing...
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LifeSizePotato posted:let's be honest, the characters have all become unfunny and unrealistic caricatures of themselves, but the base of the problem with the show is the lazy (though often try-hard) writing One thing though is that a large part of the Simpsons still sort of remains completely static to the 90s. Occasionally they'll dress up a bit, get some new tech and pop culture stuff, but all of them feel like Springfield never moved beyond the 90s. It's something that really jumped out at me in an episode a few years ago where Bart I think had a crush on a girl in another 4th grade class and every single kid in her class, all of them new characters, came off as a lot more modern in their look and feel.
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Simpsons started to turn downhill when Hartman died (during season 10). edit: Actually upon second thought maybe not started, but it certainly seemed to take a dive after that. shyduck fucked around with this message at 06:08 on Jul 2, 2014 |
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now how abowt a hyug
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Fojar38 posted:now how abowt a hyug https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=008BDs0WxTQ i remember watching that episode when i was like 6 or 7 and being seriously freaked out at that part. i changed the channel and ended up on mtv and they were showing the music video for black hole sun. it was a bad day
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tranime scholar posted:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=008BDs0WxTQ my simpsons trauma moment was skeletal willie in the nightmare on elm street halloween episode
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My friends showed me some early simpsons eps before because I never really watched the show and they weren't funny and neither were the new ones
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Funnypost Collabo posted:My friends showed me some early simpsons eps before because I never really watched the show and they weren't funny and neither were the new ones Harsh! ...But Fair
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Fojar38 posted:my simpsons trauma moment was skeletal willie in the nightmare on elm street halloween episode lousy smarch weather
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do not touch willie. good advice!
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Humboldt Squid posted:"The Simpsons go downhill" S420 E69 existance can suck a boner everytjhing new is a cheap knockoff GIMMEL fucked around with this message at 07:47 on Jul 2, 2014 |
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The Simpsons is just sad, they needed to kill it 15 seasons ago.
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Funnypost Collabo posted:My friends showed me some early simpsons eps before because I never really watched the show and they weren't funny and neither were the new ones nearly every "classic" TV show sucked for at least a season or two before it got good, in today's market nearly every stone-cold comedy classic would have been cancelled after like 4 episodes
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American Dad was pretty bad to start, then it got weird and good
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I have a rule for comedy shows. I always start at the third season first because I believe that's when they feel safe to start taking risks.
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Lisa is actually the most popular Simpsons character in japan. Maybe because she's a little girl.
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skaboomizzy posted:American Dad was pretty bad to start, then it got weird and good everything seth macfarlane is involved in is bad
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TheIllestVillain posted:everything seth macfarlane is involved in is bad Don't say that, the Cleveland Show was pretty decent.
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BKPR posted:I mean currently, yeah. Write some good jokes eggheads. So did the Winklevoss twins and they spent money on bitcoins Simpsons SABF22 Homer invents a new cryptocurrency called Bartcoin and unleashes it on the populace of Springfield. But will his newfound fame be the death of him when Vladimir Putin's Russian hackers decide to hold Springfield's nuclear power plant hostage? Guest starring 2 Chainz
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TheIllestVillain posted:everything seth macfarlane is involved in is bad nah that ain't true. He gets a lot of free passes for bringing back Cosmos out of his own pocket. He's also a really good VA and singer and the album he put out actually owns. Family Guy is basically the only thing he puts out that's bad, and even that's not as awful as the internet fatwa would have you believe, although it is pretty bad. in any case the only involvement he has in American Dad is voice acting, he doesn't write for it, which is why it's way better than Family Guy and actually worth watching half the time
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Check's out. Okay sir, you're free to go. Good, because Simpsons is on tonight, and it's as good as ever. *beep* Still good. *beep* At least better than most stuff on TV. *beep* Not the worst thing on TV. *beep* Better than nothing. *beep* Better than having to sit in silence and contemplate the horror of my existence. *ding*
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family guy was funny as gently caress for seasons 1-2 back when it was on but now it has the same problem as The Simpsons where it's the same joke over and over so even the old ones aren't good anymore because it's so overplayed
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What does Matt Groening have to do with the Simpsons now? From what it sounds like he's been pretty much hands off since like season 4 or so.
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Sam Simon abandoned ship in 1993 and he still gets more than ten million dollars a year from it, it's probably even better for Groening who is still "creative consultant" (whatever that means)
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facebook jihad posted:What does Matt Groening have to do with the Simpsons now? From what it sounds like he's been pretty much hands off since like season 4 or so. i've always figured that since the first 2 seasons were pretty unfunny, when matt groening presumably had total control, that maybe matt isn't actually all that funny and the golden seasons came more from good writers on staff although, futurama's first few seasons were pretty good...not sure how hands-on he was with that show
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LifeSizePotato posted:i've always figured that since the first 2 seasons were pretty unfunny, when matt groening presumably had total control, that maybe matt isn't actually all that funny and the golden seasons came more from good writers on staff Eh, season 1 and 2 have their moments, and season 2 has more golden year iconic episodes than I remembered. LifeSizePotato posted:although, futurama's first few seasons were pretty good...not sure how hands-on he was with that show Futurama had the advantage of coming in on the heels of the Simpson's golden years, and as a fresh concept/show, everything it pulled was new.
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Groening probably has an ancient contractual kill switch, so they have to keep him well lubed.
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LifeSizePotato posted:i've always figured that since the first 2 seasons were pretty unfunny, when matt groening presumably had total control, that maybe matt isn't actually all that funny and the golden seasons came more from good writers on staff If you've ever read any of groening's comics you would know that he is a terribly unfunny rear end in a top hat; Life In Hell is basically the precursor to every lovely webcomic today where the author just rants and raves about things that piss him off with no actual jokes or humor A good front-page article
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that was an interesting read and confirmed all of my suspicions i remember reading one of his comic books once when i was like 12 and thinking it was lame and stupid, but i always just figured i was too young to "get it"
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you know what, you're right. first thing tomorrow I'm gonna punch Lennie in the back of the head
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...of SCIENCE! posted:If you've ever read any of groening's comics you would know that he is a terribly unfunny rear end in a top hat; Life In Hell is basically the precursor to every lovely webcomic today where the author just rants and raves about things that piss him off with no actual jokes or humor I bought the Huge Book of Hell back when I was young and stupider. The main things I gathered from it is that Groening thinks public schools force kids to sit in padded cells and that he probably has fantasies about wearing a Zorro mask while sucking off gay midgets.
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Just googled Life is hell or whatever its called. Why bother with the loving cartoon part if you just fill everything with text that is boring anyway?
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Mulefisk posted:Don't say that, the Cleveland Show was pretty decent. Why are black people living in Virginia only telling Jewish style jokes Also people keep saying American Dad is good now but I don't think I've laughed at it ever
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EmperorFritoBandito posted:I bought the Huge Book of Hell back when I was young and stupider. Groening definitely strikes me as the type of person to carry a lifelong grudge over that one time in 3rd grade a teacher told him to stop drawing rabbits and do his work
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Uncle Wemus posted:Why are black people living in Virginia only telling Jewish style jokes I like that line from Family Guy about the Cleveland Show, "Who was your audience, a black guy who had never met another black guy before?
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