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Iwin2013
07/08/19 11:47:20 PM
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I'm watching the old episodes, and they are better written than current. Has the writers ever come out on why that is? Most of the older episodes are much more funnier and entertaining.
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HylianFox
07/08/19 11:47:57 PM
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when it turned out Skinner was a fraud
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Lost_All_Senses
07/08/19 11:49:52 PM
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Iwin2013 posted...
I'm watching the old episodes, and they are better written than current. Has the writers ever come out on why that is? Most of the older episodes are much more funnier and entertaining.


That admission would just give people who hate it now fuel in arguments with people who somehow still enjoy it. You never do that.
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nexigrams
07/08/19 11:50:11 PM
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I mean the show is like 40 years old. At a certain point you've just done all there is to do, or your format is incompatible with the change necessary to sustain such a long period of time on television.

It was great when I was a kid. Now it's not, the world changed. Same with a lot of things.
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J03can
07/08/19 11:50:57 PM
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Midway through season 7 it gets hit and miss then in season 9 its unwatchable
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Iwin2013
07/08/19 11:52:07 PM
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nexigrams posted...
I mean the show is like 40 years old. At a certain point you've just done all there is to do, or your format is incompatible with the change necessary to sustain such a long period of time on television.

It was great when I was a kid. Now it's not, the world changed. Same with a lot of things.


Well, they were more "open" in the beginning. Like South Park, they made fun of everyone and everything... Today, it seems you hardly hear a good gag or joke, it's become from my recollection, an animated drama pretty much.
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Zack_Attackv1
07/08/19 11:53:02 PM
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Once Conan left as a writer, there was nowhere to go but down.
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Iwin2013
07/08/19 11:54:21 PM
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I will admit, one of the current episodes made fun of Toys R Us closing by having the mascot almost kill himself. I laughed at that, cause that was old school Simpsons at it's best.
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sktgamer_13dude
07/08/19 11:56:13 PM
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nexigrams posted...
I mean the show is like 40 years old. At a certain point you've just done all there is to do, or your format is incompatible with the change necessary to sustain such a long period of time on television.

It was great when I was a kid. Now it's not, the world changed. Same with a lot of things.

Didnt know 1989 was 40 years ago.
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Lost_All_Senses
07/08/19 11:58:51 PM
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sktgamer_13dude posted...
nexigrams posted...
I mean the show is like 40 years old. At a certain point you've just done all there is to do, or your format is incompatible with the change necessary to sustain such a long period of time on television.

It was great when I was a kid. Now it's not, the world changed. Same with a lot of things.

Didnt know 1989 was 40 years ago.


Holy shit, I just lost 10 years in a blink of an eye....Im turning 40 this year?!?
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LordFarquad1312
07/08/19 11:59:04 PM
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KqFNbCcyFkk" data-time="


If you have half an hour free in your life, give that a watch.

td;dw, most of the writers that made the show good left and it started becoming a parody of itself instead of sitcoms.
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Skye Reynolds
07/09/19 12:18:50 AM
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sktgamer_13dude posted...
nexigrams posted...
I mean the show is like 40 years old. At a certain point you've just done all there is to do, or your format is incompatible with the change necessary to sustain such a long period of time on television.

It was great when I was a kid. Now it's not, the world changed. Same with a lot of things.

Didnt know 1989 was 40 years ago.


a wizard did it
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billcom6
07/09/19 12:20:00 AM
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It's still funny.
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tripleh213
07/09/19 12:23:06 AM
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Season 13
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ThePieReborn
07/09/19 12:23:19 AM
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The writing staff during the older seasons was thoroughly stacked.
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Iwin2013
07/09/19 12:23:49 AM
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billcom6 posted...
It's still funny.


Examples? I'm about to watch the last season again, I barely laughed the last time...
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TendoDRM
07/09/19 12:53:39 AM
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Iwin2013 posted...
billcom6 posted...
It's still funny.


Examples? I'm about to watch the last season again, I barely laughed the last time...

I enjoyed the self-driving car ep, 'Tis the 30th Season, the Abe Simpson army men one, and the Canada one.
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joe40001
07/09/19 1:24:03 AM
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LordFarquad1312 posted...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KqFNbCcyFkk" data-time="


If you have half an hour free in your life, give that a watch.

td;dw, most of the writers that made the show good left and it started becoming a parody of itself instead of sitcoms.


This video does a good job

Yeah, good writers left, nobody good came to replace them
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Iwin2013
07/09/19 1:55:48 AM
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joe40001 posted...
LordFarquad1312 posted...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KqFNbCcyFkk" data-time="


If you have half an hour free in your life, give that a watch.

td;dw, most of the writers that made the show good left and it started becoming a parody of itself instead of sitcoms.


This video does a good job

Yeah, good writers left, nobody good came to replace them


Just watched. I got my answers, made some valid points. Makes you wanna cry, it's like as soon as Wrestling got lame so did The Simpsons.
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