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What was the lowest point of the Simpson
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emgeejay
Dec 8, 2007

Communist Walrus posted:

Hank Azaria: "Wait, am I doing Wiggum or Moe for this scene? Ah, gently caress it."

I’ve even got a catch phrase: “Nyah!” “Nyah!” “Wah, wah wah...” No... I lost it.

emgeejay fucked around with this message at 17:22 on Jul 1, 2018

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emgeejay
Dec 8, 2007

Milo and POTUS posted:

when did they change up the animation for the simpsons anyway? Sometime in the mid-teens right? Those are bad seasons but at least they were kinda fun to look at. Now here's a dancing gay horse.

It really went to poo poo in season 20, when the show moved to HD (a couple years after the movie)

emgeejay
Dec 8, 2007

Araenna posted:

Man, watching that it's so outdated feeling
Not least because it's a lip-dub

emgeejay
Dec 8, 2007

SelenicMartian posted:

Wait, is that the way the thing is really cut? Not some fan edit?

No, it seems to be the whole Halloween episode condensed to 13 minutes of “highlights”

emgeejay
Dec 8, 2007

I found the new low. It's this Al Jean interview: https://ew.com/tv/2018/09/28/simpsons-showrunner-season-30-preview/

emgeejay
Dec 8, 2007

quote:

Playing herself, Gal Gadot auditions as Lisa, and in the film, “she’s eating hamburgers and saying she can’t sing and it makes the real Lisa very aggravated.”
I'm pretty sure he meant "play the saxophone"

emgeejay
Dec 8, 2007

SeANMcBAY posted:

Marge’s voice actress sounds like she won’t be able to do it for much longer.:(

That will be dealt with at a later date.

If at all :smith:

emgeejay
Dec 8, 2007

Entertainment Weekly is the only outlet that will write about this show anymore

emgeejay
Dec 8, 2007

Apu living with the Simpsons?? It happened!

emgeejay
Dec 8, 2007

SweetMercifulCrap! posted:

Marge and Homer competing on an Amazing Race type show (called The Amazing Place ugh)
what the gently caress

emgeejay
Dec 8, 2007

this drat show’s been on so long there have basically been four or five incarnations of Apu’s character.

first he was a surly convenience store clerk, no real defining characteristics besides being Indian (which at least wasn’t in the script)

then in the golden age, the new writers took that bare character framework and actually used it for satire!! they made their token background character Springfield’s most enthusiastic capitalist — a price-hiking poonhound who fully embraces American opportunity, even when it means getting shot so many times you nearly miss work.

then the late ‘90s came around, and another batch of new writers seemed to realize this was a bad look. so now Apu is a downtrodden computer scientist, the immigrant Springfield tries to deport. the details of this third incarnation are what chuds point to as the things that make Apu A-OK, despite the fact they sure felt like the writers compensating to make Apu more PC-acceptable??

then The Simpsons, the TV show, died, and Apu became a vehicle for octuplet jokes

and now he’s disappeared, except as something we can all yell about on the internet, and for Al Jean and old man Groening to get pissy about in interviews

it’s too late. Apu can’t be fixed. The Simpsons can’t be fixed. the show should be cancelled while 25% of its run can still be considered good

emgeejay fucked around with this message at 00:48 on Oct 28, 2018

emgeejay
Dec 8, 2007

this loving sucks and it's from 13 seasons ago

emgeejay
Dec 8, 2007

Milo and POTUS posted:

i love youtube comments

on the show it’s probably called “YouCube” and Bart uses it to watch PineCraft videos

emgeejay
Dec 8, 2007

I watched the Lady Gaga episode shortly after air because I’d heard it was a new low, but I actually thought it was pretty okay :shrug:

I even laughed at a few bits — all of them very random physical gags, but those moments were at least animated with some energy and a sense of timing, which they’ve completely abandoned in the last few years (see MargeNod.gif)

emgeejay
Dec 8, 2007

fatal oopsie-daisy posted:

For me this was one of the peak Simpsons animation segments. The weird angles when Homer is sucked into the portal, when Devil Ned points his finger and says “Hey Bart”. The movement of the donut pushing arm and how they alternate the movement speed of the chewing and shoving to make it more believable. Insanely good shadow work and color palette for the kitchen at night. So good.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ydqkBG22Tk8

Brad Bird contributed to this segment — I believe he suggested the quick “flash” of Ned’s face when he disappears, which owns:

emgeejay
Dec 8, 2007

QwertySanchez posted:

A recent episode showed how all the different members of the simpson family finally die, and, well, see for yourself..

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oSE1itqRoEg
good thing 80-year old Bart was still in his Chief Justice robes, otherwise I’d say they don’t give a poo poo about continuity anymore!!!

emgeejay
Dec 8, 2007

skasion posted:

The rake joke in Cape Feare is like 10x too long, anal 90s internet man is correct.
there’s only one anal ‘90s internet man in my book. you all know who I’m talking about

emgeejay
Dec 8, 2007

more like Pokémon Annoyed Grunt

emgeejay
Dec 8, 2007

*Ted Cruz voice* I do not miss Bart at all

emgeejay
Dec 8, 2007

I'm so tired.

emgeejay
Dec 8, 2007

Frog Act posted:

Why is everyone reacting to that clip so strongly? It's probably the first one posted in ages that is actually a decentish joke, if overdeveloped
ah, I see: this is how I sounded when I defended the Lady Gaga episode. sorry. sorry, everyone

emgeejay
Dec 8, 2007

Another Bill posted:



Season 4 - Homer's Team

emgeejay
Dec 8, 2007

fatal oopsie-daisy posted:

the latest episode is now on one of those weird edited channels but you still get the gist of how bad it is

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ML-2EulI6g

Holy poo poo, is Julie Kavner okay? Should she be doing this?

emgeejay
Dec 8, 2007

Bust Rodd posted:

Futurama 1-4 is pretty much a perfect balance of strong writing, great sight gags, and the cast just genuinely killing it every time. The movies and the reboot are DOGSHIT, with maybe 3-4 ever cresting to “probably the worst good episodes”

American Dad 2-10 is rock loving solid comedy and I forgive Seth MacFarlane for being an insipid hoser with a fetish for 50’s big band music.
I remember hearing American Dad's quality is partly due to getting a lot of the Futurama staff when that show's original run was cancelled.

emgeejay
Dec 8, 2007

https://twitter.com/aljean/status/1068743717941501954?s=21

emgeejay
Dec 8, 2007

al jean parody good
https://twitter.com/aljean/status/1080512692773965825?s=21

emgeejay
Dec 8, 2007

Iron Crowned posted:

The N man is real, and homer will react like that ancient M&M commercial with santa clause
Simpsons did it

emgeejay
Dec 8, 2007

Mr Interweb posted:

Btw, anyone else think the amount of likes on Jean's tweets is super depressing? I mean, sure he deserves it, but they're in the single digits! I figured he was a big enough celebrity (at least in nerd circles) that he would have at least a floor of pity likes at worst.

He used to put @TheSimpsons in the text of every tweet he posted, and when people called him out he said it “drives engagement” or something

Flannelette posted:

Has there been a fortnite episode or has any of the simpsons done the floss dance yet? Because that would be the real lowest point.

https://twitter.com/aljean/status/1080623958590963714?s=21

emgeejay fucked around with this message at 22:11 on Jan 5, 2019

emgeejay
Dec 8, 2007

This YouTube playlist is really the best illustration of the show’s overall trajectory.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qh9u5VZBKXo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T6TysxdM25Y
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XRPv-AAam_I
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X6QefAm9jUU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BWe4pCX8nEw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=45dZ3lz3pnw

emgeejay fucked around with this message at 07:17 on Jan 10, 2019

emgeejay
Dec 8, 2007

dracky posted:

It's sandwiched between jokes but it's a sincere moment of self-awareness and emotion that's subtle and understated.
They'd sell genuine emotional beats, and then instantly shift to glorious silliness:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oI49aTGvXUQ

The Simpsons was a good show!!

emgeejay
Dec 8, 2007

Mr Interweb posted:

I'm like 99% sure that FG episode came out waaaay after.

Yeah, 1996 vs 2000, which is why he said the Simpsons bit influenced the creation of the Family Guy bit and not vice versa :confused:

emgeejay fucked around with this message at 07:29 on Jan 27, 2019

emgeejay
Dec 8, 2007

Milo and POTUS posted:

There's no way that came out in 2004 cuz it was in the original run.
sorry, typo: 2000. I mentally added the four-year gap to the actual year and hope I got fired for that blunder

emgeejay
Dec 8, 2007

Nonviolent J posted:

That's amazing
eh, Last Man On Earth did it

emgeejay
Dec 8, 2007

https://twitter.com/yeardleysmith/status/1091743219442946049

emgeejay
Dec 8, 2007

SweetMercifulCrap! posted:

There’s a few more of these in the classic era but I can’t think of them at the moment.

painful flashbacks to long arguments about Ralph’s “oh boy, sleep! that’s where I’m a Viking!” and whether he meant a literal Viking or just that he’s very good at sleeping

emgeejay
Dec 8, 2007

https://twitter.com/thesimpsons/status/1096159647856242689

emgeejay
Dec 8, 2007

Hrist posted:

The one where they bring back the ghost of Frank Grimes himself?
surely this one can’t be real. will report back.
edit: gently caress

emgeejay
Dec 8, 2007

Rascar Capac posted:

No lath parger, you.
paaaaaarge
you're lathing my heeeeaarrrrttt

emgeejay
Dec 8, 2007

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ld-C53EISx4

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n4Zp7jKNugA

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emgeejay
Dec 8, 2007

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X7SQKGHUR5c

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