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I honestly haven't watched a new episode of the Simpsons on purpose in 15 years. When I have seen an episode it feels as though they take the plot misdirection tactic too seriously and extend it through the whole episode. By the end of the show, I can't even recall what it was about or what the plot was because it jumped from idea to idea to idea. Completely unmemorable and unfunny. On a side note, anyone else here forbidden from watching the Simpsons when they were kids because Bart was a bad influence?
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I used to have a job that involved sitting around watching local channels on tv via antenna a lot (downtime). Sometimes the Simpsons would come on and I'd be remotely excited because hey, better than another fake courtroom show or whatever, and what seemed like almost every loving week it'd be that stupid episode about the giant tree or whatever and it's like oh boy time for another rerun of another Lisa is a Hippie episode and I'd get mad and go sweep the floor or something instead. I haven't bothered watching it since. I'm sure there's a lot of good ones I am forgetting / have never seen but seeing that episode so many times just ruined it forever for me.
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Nov 8, 2014 11:02
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modern simpsons is as bad as modern family guy
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Nov 8, 2014 11:20
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I saw a newish tree house of horror episode with a Strangers on a Train parody. It wasn't bad.
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Nov 8, 2014 11:37
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You forgot the blink+nod
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Nov 8, 2014 12:32
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Kikka posted:You forgot the blink+nod gif form 
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Nov 8, 2014 12:41
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Seasons 2-10 are the only good ones
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Nov 8, 2014 12:43
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Nov 8, 2014 12:51
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Tarkus posted:
I was forbidden because of that episode in the first or second season where homer's picture was taken with the exotic dancer. Was pretty edgy content for its time...
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Nov 8, 2014 13:30
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Ren & Stimpy seems to have gone downhill after season two.
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Nov 8, 2014 14:39
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The last really good Simpsons episode was The Debarted, and I think that was what, season 18 or 19?
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Nov 8, 2014 17:28
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i can't stop thinking about the jury of the damned in Treehouse of Horror IV, specifically the 1975-76 Philadelphia Flyers brilliant stuff
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Nov 8, 2014 17:34
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I love the treehouse of horror that parodied child's play with an evil crusty doll. "Marge, the doll's trying to kill me and the toaster's been laughing at me!" "Ah, here's your problem. Someone set this doll to 'evil.'"
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Nov 8, 2014 17:44
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No one ever says Italy...
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Nov 8, 2014 17:47
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Cause the greatest nation on earth is either Mexico or Portugal!
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Nov 8, 2014 18:03
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LORD PALMERSTON!!!
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Nov 8, 2014 20:49
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The Simpsons isn't as bad as you people say it is. It's just a TV show, Jesus Christ get over it. It's moderately entertaining, which is the best any show can hope for.
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Nov 9, 2014 00:50
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I agree OP, season 8 is the best. It's got Grimes, Scorpio, chilli cook off, Mr sparkle, pretzels, john, poochie, and dignity. Troy's my fav character though, futurama had zapp as a cheap imitation and it was still great.
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Nov 9, 2014 01:04
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CAPT. Rainbowbeard posted:The Simpsons isn't as bad as you people say it is. It's just a TV show, Jesus Christ get over it. It's moderately entertaining, which is the best any show can hope for. That was the point of of this thread; to talk about the good stuff that still exists. What are some good examples of such? You didn't just post to be contradictory did you?
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Nov 9, 2014 01:13
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adamarama posted:I agree OP, season 8 is the best. It's got Grimes, Scorpio, chilli cook off, Mr sparkle, pretzels, john, poochie, and dignity. Troy's my fav character though, futurama had zapp as a cheap imitation and it was still great. I forgot Grimes I'd that season too. I think Zapp was written specifically for hartman, and they almost took the character out after he died. I'm glad they didn't though. It's not Phil, but the guy did pretty darn well.
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Nov 9, 2014 01:16
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CAPT. Rainbowbeard posted:The Simpsons isn't as bad as you people say it is. It's just a TV show, Jesus Christ get over it. It's moderately entertaining, which is the best any show can hope for. Maybe it's moderately entertaining compared to generic murder investigation cop show #4465, but compared to how it used to be, calling it "moderately entertaining" is being far too generous.
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Nov 9, 2014 01:23
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CAPT. Rainbowbeard posted:The Simpsons isn't as bad as you people say it is. It's just a TV show, Jesus Christ get over it. It's moderately entertaining, which is the best any show can hope for. When a show has a (deserved and earned) reputation as one of the funniest and most formative Television shows of all time a drop down to "moderately entertaining" is almost more devastating than if it went to utter poo poo and died an inglorious death since at least then the nightmare would be over. As it stands it's like watching a zombified corpse and that's hard when you loved the person that corpse used to be.
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Nov 9, 2014 01:27
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the simpsons has never been funny its safe crap for boring people
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Nov 9, 2014 02:13
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david... posted:the simpsons has never been funny its safe crap for boring people now adventure time, on the other hand,
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Nov 9, 2014 02:30
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This was recent and pretty good: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m78gYyTrG7Y The Simpsons isn't nearly as good as it used to be but its def gotten better recently
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Nov 9, 2014 02:31
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Jimong5 posted:This was recent and pretty good: that was cool but it was done by an artiste, not the simpsons staff or writers
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Nov 9, 2014 02:39
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Kittle posted:gif form The animation became as static and lifeless as the writing long ago, which isn't really shocking for a show that's been going for over two and a half decades. I still watch it just to kill twenty minutes here and there, but I honestly can't remember any episodes from the past dozen seasons or so; they're all just so bland and boring. Jimong5 posted:This was recent and pretty good: Ironically, that couch gag is literally Don Hertzfeldt pointing out exactly what the show has become (a lifeless Flanderized shadow of its former self that only exists because Fox isn't done squeezing the last dregs of money out of it yet).
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Nov 9, 2014 02:47
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Bob Saget IRL posted:That was the point of of this thread; to talk about the good stuff that still exists. What are some good examples of such? You didn't just post to be contradictory did you? Heavens forfend. The last Simpsons episode I say was the Family Guy Crossover, and I enjoyed the many callbacks.
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Nov 9, 2014 05:09
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i just watched season 9 episode "trash of the titans" today. it has the trappings of a terrible season 23 episode - ham-fisted guest stars (u2) and homer inexplicably ending up as sanitation commissioner (how unrealistically wacky) and an equally implausible deus ex machina ending in the last 30 seconds, but yet, it was at least 100x better than any recent episode i've seen.
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Nov 9, 2014 05:12
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Jimong5 posted:This was recent and pretty good: The couch gags of the last few years really don't count because they farm them out to "famous" third party names like Bansky or Bill Plympton. The fact that the best idea they've had in the last decade was to let other people run hog wild with the Simpsons concept in non-continuity short films should be a giant neon flag how creatively bankrupt this series is.
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Nov 9, 2014 05:13
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The one w Rodney dangerfield is drat hilarious Just throwin that out there
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LifeSizePotato posted:i just watched season 9 episode "trash of the titans" today. it has the trappings of a terrible season 23 episode - ham-fisted guest stars (u2) and homer inexplicably ending up as sanitation commissioner (how unrealistically wacky) that wasn't inexplicable. he ran for the position based on crazy promises and won the election. inexplicable is when homer becomes a world cup referee because fifa officials saw a youtube video of an 8 year old talking about how much she loves her dad
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Nov 9, 2014 05:25
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Shasta Orange Soda posted:that wasn't inexplicable. he ran for the position based on crazy promises and won the election. okay, good point. "unrealistic" i guess is what i was going for.
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Nov 9, 2014 05:26
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download the mr plow on media pee to pee transfer kazaa
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Nov 9, 2014 05:26
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Absalom Baird posted:The one w Rodney dangerfield is drat hilarious That one really should be poo poo but Dangerfield Dangerfielding the gently caress out of his lines saves it. Plus the Yale officials scene.
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Nov 9, 2014 05:27
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I thought a thread about sardines was loving crazy, but actually this is the stupidest loving thread on GBS.
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Nov 9, 2014 05:48
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i have never watched a single episode of the simpson OP
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Nov 9, 2014 05:50
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a starwar betamax posted:i have never watched a single episode of the simpson OP If you live in an English speaking nation you've absorbed enough simpson by osmosis that you've seen a dozen episodes or so at the very least.
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Nov 9, 2014 05:52
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Modern Day Hercules posted:If you live in an English speaking nation you've absorbed enough simpson by osmosis that you've seen a dozen episodes or so at the very least. this is why ive never bothered to watch it
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Bob Saget IRL posted:That image is from an episode where Homer says something is his life long dream, but Marge protests that his dream was to run on the field during a baseball game and they cut to that photo. Funny episode. I think season 5. it was the monorail episode
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