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Aesop Poprock posted:I just don't get how they can't find like a single funny writer. Is this a WWE situation where they keep the writing staff purposely lovely and insular because they know they can just coast on the core fans? I really think it's a combination of running out of fresh ideas for the same group of characters after decades, and trying to follow family guy wacky humor trends. If my quick googling is correct the simpsons is literally the longest lasting show on TV other than news programs. The well is freakin' dried up, I think.
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Hillary Clintons Thong posted:I am praying for you in these trying times
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Hillary Clintons Thong posted:I really think it's a combination of running out of fresh ideas for the same group of characters after decades, and trying to follow family guy wacky humor trends. If my quick googling is correct the simpsons is literally the longest lasting show on TV other than news programs. The well is freakin' dried up, I think. Longer running shows (not counting news/reality/performance/talk shows/soap operas) currently are Sesame Street and SNL, not really comparable anyway.
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Lowtax posted:There are horrible parallels between The Simpsons and shmorky. They both, at one point in time, had a TON of talent and potential, but then one day they suddenly lost it all and became some vile, revolting affront to all mankind. Then they pooped and peed in their diapers. Well not that part, but you know. also the voice acting on both became really forced and grating
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Ein cooler Typ posted:maybe they should show a Conway Twitty video to spend 5 minutes seriously has anyone ever called seth macfarlane to task on this, like in an interview or something? i really want to know if he at least recognises how loving poo poo it was - not in a "funny because its not funny" way, just literally a complete waste of time.
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Some more goofs and gags from recent years https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1lyjuC2xXa8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_wZP8_uB2Qg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p2a9MJKgGOI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B-V8OIFVx9k
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Wizard Master posted:Some more goofs and gags from recent years
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The Wizard of Poz posted:seriously has anyone ever called seth macfarlane to task on this, like in an interview or something? i really want to know if he at least recognises how loving poo poo it was - not in a "funny because its not funny" way, just literally a complete waste of time. Yes, and he gave a detailed reply, but the video of the interview is gone now. Basically there are two elements to the gag. One is that this primetime expensive airtime that advertisers are paying for is being used in this ridiculous way especially with (in Seth MacFarlane's opinion) such an uncharismatic performer as Conway Twitty. The other element is that a joke like this (also the hurt knee, chicken fight, Bird is the Word) is that it follows a formula of really funny-horrible-hilarious. First the audience laughs,then they don't, then they hate it, then they once again think it's fun and even funnier than at first. It has to be followed through with completely. http://movies.stackexchange.com/questions/2403/why-has-conway-twitty-appeared-as-a-distraction-in-family-guy (second answer)
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Lowtax posted:There are horrible parallels between The Simpsons and shmorky. They both, at one point in time, had a TON of talent and potential, but then one day they suddenly lost it all and became some vile, revolting affront to all mankind. Then they pooped and peed in their diapers. Well not that part, but you know. Shmorkys origin story https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r4-0HttqG3I https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BQ4LzkFsjq8 Aesop Poprock fucked around with this message at 05:32 on Feb 13, 2017 |
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Current chapter https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YyUzaoRFxFs
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need some classics in here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qEGFaOeUm2A https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mdjfNHxPVF4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AeUVPAyntCY
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Wizard Master posted:Some more goofs and gags from recent years I'd site the episode with "Helicopter Homer" as one of the decent ones from recent years, kind of a riff on the subject of "helicopter parenting." That fart one, though... that should have gone on the "lowest moment" top five. I felt something ugly in the pit of my stomach when I saw that for the first time and realized they were literally doing ten straight minutes of fart jokes in a Simpsons episode.
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Homer is fat. Homer stepped on the scale and the scale said 239 and he lamented how much of a whale he is. 239 Two Thirty Nine
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Every now and then I've caught a more recent episode and while some jokes still land, a lot of them just seem to go on too long and feature too heavily on guest stars. Also, do they no longer make reference to any specifics regarding Grandpa or Skinner's war service because it would 'age' them too much? I used to love bits about Skinner's Vietnam stories/flashbacks, but in an episode I caught (focusing on Chalmers of all characters) he only made a brief mention of having lopsided shoulders from being a POW. E: anyone have a YouTube compilation of his old Nam flashbacks?
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LadyPictureShow posted:
This was posted a few pages back
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New episode update: It stinks!
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Watched Bart Gets an F last night for the first time since it aired and even if it's not a prime Simpsons episode it was great to see a kid acting like a kid whilst there were also still jokes and funny cutaways in the form of his imaginings. Then there's funny character moments like Homer sobbing at the end of a giant monkey film and Otto bragging that he failed school and now drives the bus.
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Drunken Baker posted:Watched Bart Gets an F last night for the first time since it aired and even if it's not a prime Simpsons episode it was great to see a kid acting like a kid whilst there were also still jokes and funny cutaways in the form of his imaginings. Then there's funny character moments like Homer sobbing at the end of a giant monkey film and Otto bragging that he failed school and now drives the bus. https://twitter.com/SimpsonsQOTD/status/476358189924220928
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Other Barry posted:ever since armin tamzarian, every single episode of the simpsons has been worst than the one before it. so that means that every single time you watch a new simpsons, that's the worst episode of the series i liked that episode when it was new but ever since someone pointed this out to me i can't unsee it good thing idgaf about the simpsons and havent since i was like 17
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54 40 or gently caress posted:I'm going to go out on a limb here and say the last two seasons of futurama were so very bad that they ruined earlier funnier seasons. Horrible pacing. Horrible jokes. Total garbage Everyone should watch this.
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The one where homer sucked grandpas dick when drunk was a real low point
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I don't get it how is "Chuck's Feed and Seed" supposed to be funny
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Ein cooler Typ posted:I don't get it Chucks gently caress and suck
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that's not funny though it's just vulgar
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Ein cooler Typ posted:that's not funny though Ura Joyless Jerk & Howe
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Ein cooler Typ posted:that's not funny though If dgsw posted a thread called chucks gently caress and suck people would have loved it
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Lowtax posted:There are horrible parallels between The Simpsons and shmorky. They both, at one point in time, had a TON of talent and potential, but then one day they suddenly lost it all and became some vile, revolting affront to all mankind. Then they pooped and peed in their diapers. Well not that part, but you know. Looking forward to the 2017 Simpsons/Klurfs crossover episode!!
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Every new episode is the lowest point, op
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Aesop Poprock posted:If dgsw posted a thread called chucks gently caress and suck people would have loved it I don't allow my children to read dgsw threads I expect broadcast television to be family friendly
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Ein cooler Typ posted:I don't allow my children to read dgsw threads If your kids can figure out a brief sign and dirty wordplay puzzle that quick they're probably already reading them
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Lowtax posted:I hate you. Something Awful website owner Lowtax!? What are YOU doing in Springfield!?
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At this point talking about Chuck's gently caress & Suck is a GBS meme given how often there's a thread about the simpsons sucking.
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CharlestonJew posted:Something Awful website owner Lowtax!? What are YOU doing in Springfield!? Episode centers around Lowtax and Homer trying to understand how they can take The Red Pill which lowtax heard was buried under the nuclear plant. Mr Burns reveals he was the original man to Go His Own Way. Side plot Maude Flanders comes back to life and had a brief zombie romance with Bart that ends when Reverend Lovejoy shoots her to death with an AK Guest starring Milo Yianoplous and George Takei Aesop Poprock fucked around with this message at 16:12 on Feb 13, 2017 |
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TheIllestVillain posted:i rewatch it every few years and notice new things all the time, jokes especially The new ones from this are awful. Before it was kind of but not 100% sure that he was gay, it was more of a *wink*wink* thing, if that makes any sense. The new ones were literally "I'm flaming! *burns stares into the camera* and Bart saying "I thought you were..." "not if I use this 10 times a day! *Smithers injects himself with something* "I love boobies!" They're also missing the scene where Smithers turns on his computer and the startup window is naked burns saying "hello.smithers. You.are.quite.good.at.turning.me.on" "uh...you probably should ignore that" E: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8YzSHIYxdRs Thin Privilege fucked around with this message at 18:34 on Feb 13, 2017 |
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HAHAHa I only recently learned who Ayn Rand was (from these forums, no less), that's hilarious that that's in the episode. Now I must rewatch it. Ooh and it has Jon Lovitz in it! (Season 4, episode 2 if you're curious) Thin Privilege fucked around with this message at 18:38 on Feb 13, 2017 |
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Thin Privilege posted:The new ones from this are awful. Before it was kind of but not 100% sure that he was gay, it was more of a *wink*wink* thing, if that makes any sense. The new ones were literally "I'm flaming! *burns stares into the camera* and Bart saying "I thought you were..." "not if I use this 10 times a day! *Smithers injects himself with something* "I love boobies!" Ambassador Henry Mwabwetumba of the Ivory Coast writes, "What is the real deal with Mr. Burns' assistant Smithers? You know what I'm talking about." Ha ha ha, of course we do. *shows ambiguously gay things* As you can see, the real deal with Waylon Smithers is that he's Mr. Burns' assistant. He's in his early 40s, is unmarried, and currently resides in Springfield. Thanks for writing! We'll be right back.
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