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Smallville 09/22/23 11:14:30 AM #1:	yeah that means when it really went downhill. I really like season 7. Might have been their best season. But that was like over 15 yrs ago, maybe 20 --- "That won't work Boss, hide the target in a place they're unlikely to be found"---GZ <cite>Smallville posted [p:976236612] in When did T... [t:80574011]...</cite> <quote>yeah that means when it really went downhill. I really like season 7. Might have been their best season. But that was like over 15 yrs ago, maybe 20 </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
El_Marsh 09/22/23 11:16:35 AM #2:	Something something...Arming Tanzarian....something something --- http://i.imgur.com/0APl48O.gifv Chiefs win! Chiefs win! EAT IT, HATERS! <cite>El_Marsh posted [p:976236646] in When did T... [t:80574011]...</cite> <quote>Something something...Arming Tanzarian....something something </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
s0nicfan 09/22/23 11:17:10 AM #3:	When they put out the movie. Groening originally said he wouldn't do a movie until the show was done airing. --- "History Is Much Like An Endless Waltz. The Three Beats Of War, Peace And Revolution Continue On Forever." - Gundam Wing: Endless Waltz <cite>s0nicfan posted [p:976236658] in When did T... [t:80574011]...</cite> <quote>When they put out the movie. Groening originally said he wouldn't do a movie until the show was done airing. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
TyVulpine 09/22/23 11:19:18 AM #4:	Right after the 2007-08 screen writers strike. --- Insert some witty line here <cite>TyVulpine posted [p:976236690] in When did T... [t:80574011]...</cite> <quote>Right after the 2007-08 screen writers strike. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
voldothegr8 09/22/23 11:19:43 AM #5:	There's multiple videos that pinpoint it, iirc it's midway season 8. --- THE Ohio State: 3-0 \| Las Vegas Raiders: 1-1 <cite>voldothegr8 posted [p:976236700] in When did T... [t:80574011]...</cite> <quote>There's multiple videos that pinpoint it, iirc it's midway season 8. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
CRON 09/22/23 11:20:38 AM #6:	The writing stopped being witty/smart around seasons 9-11 and everything became noticeably crap from season 13 onwards. Al Jean's second stint as showrunner made things a lot worse. --- Thanks for reading! <cite>CRON posted [p:976236712] in When did T... [t:80574011]...</cite> <quote>The writing stopped being witty/smart around seasons 9-11 and everything became noticeably crap from season 13 onwards.Al Jean's second stint as showrunner made things a lot worse. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
TyVulpine 09/22/23 11:20:56 AM #7:	voldothegr8 posted... There's multiple videos that pinpoint it, iirc it's midway season 8. Not really, since ratings went up after season 8 until around season 15. --- Insert some witty line here <cite>TyVulpine posted [p:976236719] in When did T... [t:80574011]...</cite> <quote>voldothegr8 posted... </cite><quote>There's multiple videos that pinpoint it, iirc it's midway season 8.</quote>Not really, since ratings went up after season 8 until around season 15. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Smallville 09/22/23 11:21:10 AM #8:	voldothegr8 posted... There's multiple videos that pinpoint it, iirc it's midway season 8. season 11 have some great ones. The tomaco episode? Hilarious --- "That won't work Boss, hide the target in a place they're unlikely to be found"---GZ <cite>Smallville posted [p:976236724] in When did T... [t:80574011]...</cite> <quote>voldothegr8 posted... </cite><quote>There's multiple videos that pinpoint it, iirc it's midway season 8.</quote>season 11 have some great ones. The tomaco episode? Hilarious </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Smallville 09/22/23 11:22:23 AM #9:	CRON posted... The writing stopped being witty/smart around seasons 9-11 and everything became noticeably crap from season 13 onwards. Al Jean's second stint as showrunner made things a lot worse. does matt groening still do most of the work? You consider him the mastermind behind peak simpsons? --- "That won't work Boss, hide the target in a place they're unlikely to be found"---GZ <cite>Smallville posted [p:976236742] in When did T... [t:80574011]...</cite> <quote>CRON posted... </cite><quote>The writing stopped being witty/smart around seasons 9-11 and everything became noticeably crap from season 13 onwards.Al Jean's second stint as showrunner made things a lot worse.</quote>does matt groening still do most of the work? You consider him the mastermind behind peak simpsons? </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
SMAP- 09/22/23 11:23:25 AM #10:	I gave The Simpsons show 10/10 This show is perfect. All seasons and episodes are the best.https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/0/0/2/AAZ9x3AAE3R6.jpg --- sigless user <cite>SMAP- posted [p:976236755] in When did T... [t:80574011]...</cite> <quote>I gave The Simpsons show 10/10This show is perfect.All seasons and episodes are the best.https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/0/0/2/AAZ9x3AAE3R6.jpg </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
voldothegr8 09/22/23 11:23:30 AM #11:	TyVulpine posted... Not really, since ratings went up after season 8 until around season 15. I don't think ratings calculate into when the writing went to shit. Smallville posted... season 11 have some great ones. The tomaco episode? Hilarious Yeah seasons 8-11 maybe 12 still has some bangers, but fewer and farer in between. The weed episode is classic. --- THE Ohio State: 3-0 \| Las Vegas Raiders: 1-1 <cite>voldothegr8 posted [p:976236757] in When did T... [t:80574011]...</cite> <quote>TyVulpine posted... </cite><quote>Not really, since ratings went up after season 8 until around season 15.</quote>I don't think ratings calculate into when the writing went to shit.Smallville posted... </cite><quote>season 11 have some great ones. The tomaco episode? Hilarious</quote>Yeah seasons 8-11 maybe 12 still has some bangers, but fewer and farer in between. The weed episode is classic. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Westernwolf4 09/22/23 11:33:33 AM #12:	Never fear we have stories for years! Like Marge becomes a Robot --- An opinion does not turn into a fact simply because the person holding it feels strongly about it. <cite>Westernwolf4 posted [p:976236933] in When did T... [t:80574011]...</cite> <quote>Never fear we have stories for years! Like Marge becomes a Robot </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
CARRRNE_ASADA 09/22/23 11:37:18 AM #13:	s0nicfan posted... When they put out the movie. Groening originally said he wouldn't do a movie until the show was done airing. Movie wasnt bad, but remember thinking that it didnt feel like the simpsons. Too watered down from the subjects that made them great. Anyway for me this was it. Though it wasnt much better prior https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LeMlMCOam9w --- SEXY SEXY! <cite>CARRRNE_ASADA posted [p:976237007] in When did T... [t:80574011]...</cite> <quote>s0nicfan posted... </cite><quote>When they put out the movie. Groening originally said he wouldn't do a movie until the show was done airing.</quote>Movie wasnt bad, but remember thinking that it didnt feel like the simpsons. Too watered down from the subjects that made them great.Anyway for me this was it. Though it wasnt much better prior https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LeMlMCOam9w </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
s0nicfan 09/22/23 11:40:22 AM #14:	CARRRNE_ASADA posted... Movie wasnt bad, but remember thinking that it didnt feel like the simpsons. Too watered down from the subjects that made them great. Anyway for me this was it. Though it wasnt much better prior https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LeMlMCOam9w Like others have said, I'm not even passing judgement on the movie. But if we're looking for the moment that Simpsons went from passion project to soulless moneymaker, it would be the movie, because that's the most clear cut moment where Groening flat out says the decision to not wait until the show was over was driven by ratings: https://web.archive.org/web/20061029045609/http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117940840.html?categoryid=14&cs=1 The original intention, said Groening, was to delay the film until the show was done. "We tried to save this until the end of the series, but that intention was undone by good ratings," said Groening. Last month, Fox committed to two more seasons of the show. --- "History Is Much Like An Endless Waltz. The Three Beats Of War, Peace And Revolution Continue On Forever." - Gundam Wing: Endless Waltz <cite>s0nicfan posted [p:976237061] in When did T... [t:80574011]...</cite> <quote>CARRRNE_ASADA posted... </cite><quote>Movie wasnt bad, but remember thinking that it didnt feel like the simpsons. Too watered down from the subjects that made them great.Anyway for me this was it. Though it wasnt much better prior https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LeMlMCOam9w</quote>Like others have said, I'm not even passing judgement on the movie. But if we're looking for the moment that Simpsons went from passion project to soulless moneymaker, it would be the movie, because that's the most clear cut moment where Groening flat out says the decision to not wait until the show was over was driven by ratings:https://web.archive.org/web/20061029045609/http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117940840.html?categoryid=14&cs=1<quote>The original intention, said Groening, was to delay the film until the show was done."We tried to save this until the end of the series, but that intention was undone by good ratings," said Groening. Last month, Fox committed to two more seasons of the show.</quote> </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Avirosb 09/22/23 11:40:29 AM #15:	Dunno, but I remember the Simpson movie not being all that funny. Like, Spider Pig is such a Family Guy gag. Why were they trying to make it a thing? --- Really attractive in 144p <cite>Avirosb posted [p:976237064] in When did T... [t:80574011]...</cite> <quote>Dunno, but I remember the Simpson movie not being all that funny.Like, Spider Pig is such a Family Guy gag. Why were they trying to make it a thing? </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Hayame_Zero 09/22/23 11:40:39 AM #16:	I watched all the episodes when D+ dropped. There are notable episodes from season 8-12 that are appropriate for jumping the shark. But there is a season 17 episode where Abe becomes a matador. This was quite possibly the worst and cringiest episode I watched at that point, and is when the show went from being just mediocre to mostly just bad for a number of seasons (Boys of Bummer would be the next season, which is an objectively awful piece of television). --- ...I think I'm done here... <cite>Hayame_Zero posted [p:976237069] in When did T... [t:80574011]...</cite> <quote>I watched all the episodes when D+ dropped. There are notable episodes from season 8-12 that are appropriate for jumping the shark.But there is a season 17 episode where Abe becomes a matador. This was quite possibly the worst and cringiest episode I watched at that point, and is when the show went from being just mediocre to mostly just bad for a number of seasons (Boys of Bummer would be the next season, which is an objectively awful piece of television). </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Smallville 09/22/23 11:42:33 AM #17:	s0nicfan posted... Like others have said, I'm not even passing judgement on the movie. But if we're looking for the moment that Simpsons went from passion project to soulless moneymaker, it would be the movie, because that's the most clear cut moment where Groening flat out says the decision to not wait until the show was over was driven by ratings: https://web.archive.org/web/20061029045609/http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117940840.html?categoryid=14&cs=1 Around what season of the simpsons was when the movie came out? Yeah the movie was above avg. Still better than most hollywood trash and comdies. But current simpsons is pretty bad. Their ratings are abysmal aren't they? --- "That won't work Boss, hide the target in a place they're unlikely to be found"---GZ <cite>Smallville posted [p:976237095] in When did T... [t:80574011]...</cite> <quote>s0nicfan posted... </cite><quote>Like others have said, I'm not even passing judgement on the movie. But if we're looking for the moment that Simpsons went from passion project to soulless moneymaker, it would be the movie, because that's the most clear cut moment where Groening flat out says the decision to not wait until the show was over was driven by ratings:https://web.archive.org/web/20061029045609/http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117940840.html?categoryid=14&cs=1</quote>Around what season of the simpsons was when the movie came out? Yeah the movie was above avg. Still better than most hollywood trash and comdies. But current simpsons is pretty bad. Their ratings are abysmal aren't they? </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
MrMallard 09/22/23 11:43:02 AM #18:	The Armin Tamzarian episode was just another episode when I was a kid. Like it's not particularly good, I wasn't interested in the maudlin drama of it even as a kid, but to see grown fucking adults pull it out as "THIS IS WHERE MY CHILDHOOD SIMPSONS DIED" is absolutely ridiculous and it always has been. It's up there with grown-ass people complaining about Lisa being an SJW creator's pet who's always right. And shit like this is almost always from the American side of things too. Here in Australia, the Simpsons is basically a way of life; try and find someone born between 1990 and 2003 who doesn't know at least one Simpsons quote. It was a 6pm staple on Channel Ten for decades. The later seasons were definitely different, and the Treehouse of Horror segments becoming bland pop culture retreads became more and more apparent. But I watched up until season 21, and I only stopped because my mum got a new partner who hated the show and wouldn't let me watch it after I'd spent the past 14 years of my life watching it almost nightly. That being said, there was a nadir of the show that just made me feel weird and angry. It's a season 18 episode called Boys of Bummer - Bart's little league team is in the finals, and the game-winning catch is on Bart's shoulders in the last seconds of the game. Bart fumbles it, and his team loses. The entire town of Springfield proceeds to harass Bart verbally, emotionally and physically. After being put in the hospital after one of these occurences, Bart becomes so mentally fucked up by the unending abuse that to escape the harassment, he climbs out onto the ledge of the hospital to commit suicide. The mob outside tells him to jump. It takes an incensed speech from Marge for anyone to even consider making amends, but by the end of the episode where they restage the little league game so Bart can make the catch and restore his confidence, the entire thing is so misanthropic and bleak. Everyone in Springfield bullied Bart to toe point of suicidality. What the actual fuck is that? <cite>MrMallard posted [p:976237106] in When did T... [t:80574011]...</cite> <quote>The Armin Tamzarian episode was just another episode when I was a kid. Like it's not particularly good, I wasn't interested in the maudlin drama of it even as a kid, but to see grown fucking adults pull it out as "THIS IS WHERE MY CHILDHOOD SIMPSONS DIED" is absolutely ridiculous and it always has been. It's up there with grown-ass people complaining about Lisa being an SJW creator's pet who's always right. And shit like this is almost always from the American side of things too.Here in Australia, the Simpsons is basically a way of life; try and find someone born between 1990 and 2003 who doesn't know at least one Simpsons quote. It was a 6pm staple on Channel Ten for decades.The later seasons were definitely different, and the Treehouse of Horror segments becoming bland pop culture retreads became more and more apparent. But I watched up until season 21, and I only stopped because my mum got a new partner who hated the show and wouldn't let me watch it after I'd spent the past 14 years of my life watching it almost nightly.That being said, there was a nadir of the show that just made me feel weird and angry. It's a season 18 episode called Boys of Bummer - Bart's little league team is in the finals, and the game-winning catch is on Bart's shoulders in the last seconds of the game. Bart fumbles it, and his team loses.The entire town of Springfield proceeds to harass Bart verbally, emotionally and physically. After being put in the hospital after one of these occurences, Bart becomes so mentally fucked up by the unending abuse that to escape the harassment, he climbs out onto the ledge of the hospital to commit suicide. The mob outside tells him to jump.It takes an incensed speech from Marge for anyone to even consider making amends, but by the end of the episode where they restage the little league game so Bart can make the catch and restore his confidence, the entire thing is so misanthropic and bleak. Everyone in Springfield bullied Bart to toe point of suicidality. What the actual fuck is that?</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
PeteyParker 09/22/23 11:43:04 AM #19:	I remember a time when I thought "Bart to the Future" was the absolute worst Simpsons episode ever. Oh to be young and naive. --- "How can.. the Prime minister.. support a law.. that makes it illegal for people.. who....What I'm trying to say is.. Oasis rules!" <cite>PeteyParker posted [p:976237107] in When did T... [t:80574011]...</cite> <quote>I remember a time when I thought "Bart to the Future" was the absolute worst Simpsons episode ever. Oh to be young and naive. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
s0nicfan 09/22/23 11:45:53 AM #20:	Smallville posted... Around what season of the simpsons was when the movie came out? Yeah the movie was above avg. Still better than most hollywood trash and comdies. But current simpsons is pretty bad. Their ratings are abysmal aren't they? It hit theaters after season 18 in 2007 but the decision to actually start making it started in 2001 which would have been during or right after Season 13. Season 13 is also when Mike Scully stepped aside as executive producer and Al Jean came back to run things (having originally left around season 4) --- "History Is Much Like An Endless Waltz. The Three Beats Of War, Peace And Revolution Continue On Forever." - Gundam Wing: Endless Waltz <cite>s0nicfan posted [p:976237155] in When did T... [t:80574011]...</cite> <quote>Smallville posted... </cite><quote>Around what season of the simpsons was when the movie came out? Yeah the movie was above avg. Still better than most hollywood trash and comdies. But current simpsons is pretty bad. Their ratings are abysmal aren't they?</quote>It hit theaters after season 18 in 2007 but the decision to actually start making it started in 2001 which would have been during or right after Season 13. Season 13 is also when Mike Scully stepped aside as executive producer and Al Jean came back to run things (having originally left around season 4) </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Smallville 09/22/23 11:47:22 AM #21:	s0nicfan posted... It hit theaters after season 18 in 2007 but the decision to actually start making it started in 2001 which would have been during or right after Season 13. Season 13 is also when Mike Scully stepped aside as executive producer and Al Jean came back to run things (having originally left around season 4) Isn't matt groening mostly the great mind behind the great simpsons episodes? --- "That won't work Boss, hide the target in a place they're unlikely to be found"---GZ <cite>Smallville posted [p:976237179] in When did T... [t:80574011]...</cite> <quote>s0nicfan posted... </cite><quote>It hit theaters after season 18 in 2007 but the decision to actually start making it started in 2001 which would have been during or right after Season 13. Season 13 is also when Mike Scully stepped aside as executive producer and Al Jean came back to run things (having originally left around season 4)</quote>Isn't matt groening mostly the great mind behind the great simpsons episodes? </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Red_XIV 09/22/23 11:48:38 AM #22:	The Elon Musk wankfest episode. --- "We will end our resilience for bad things." "We have pioneered the fatality rate." More brilliant insights from Donald Chump <cite>Red_XIV posted [p:976237197] in When did T... [t:80574011]...</cite> <quote>The Elon Musk wankfest episode. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
s0nicfan 09/22/23 11:48:48 AM #23:	Smallville posted... Isn't matt groening mostly the great mind behind the great simpsons episodes? I don't know enough about that writer's room to say for sure, since it's a bit like trying to pin a good season of SNL on a single writer. I have no doubt he's behind many of the best episodes but too many people have contributed for me to know if he even wrote most of the top 10. --- "History Is Much Like An Endless Waltz. The Three Beats Of War, Peace And Revolution Continue On Forever." - Gundam Wing: Endless Waltz <cite>s0nicfan posted [p:976237205] in When did T... [t:80574011]...</cite> <quote>Smallville posted... </cite><quote>Isn't matt groening mostly the great mind behind the great simpsons episodes?</quote>I don't know enough about that writer's room to say for sure, since it's a bit like trying to pin a good season of SNL on a single writer. I have no doubt he's behind many of the best episodes but too many people have contributed for me to know if he even wrote most of the top 10. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
MrMallard 09/22/23 11:50:25 AM #24:	Hayame_Zero posted... I watched all the episodes when D+ dropped. There are notable episodes from season 8-12 that are appropriate for jumping the shark. But there is a season 17 episode where Abe becomes a matador. This was quite possibly the worst and cringiest episode I watched, and is when the show went from being just mediocre to mostly just bad for a number of seasons. Oh yeah, that's a bad one. The opening where he goes to get assistive suicide - in a prolonged homage to Soylent Green - was genuinely really fucking disturbing. Like you were watching a blissed out Grandpa Simpson end his life. I remember later in the episode where he's at odds with Lisa, because being a bullfighter he kills the bulls at the end of the fights, he pulls out a cow tail to dry his tears or something. Definitely a bad one. <cite>MrMallard posted [p:976237236] in When did T... [t:80574011]...</cite> <quote>Hayame_Zero posted... </cite><quote>I watched all the episodes when D+ dropped. There are notable episodes from season 8-12 that are appropriate for jumping the shark.But there is a season 17 episode where Abe becomes a matador. This was quite possibly the worst and cringiest episode I watched, and is when the show went from being just mediocre to mostly just bad for a number of seasons.</quote>Oh yeah, that's a bad one. The opening where he goes to get assistive suicide - in a prolonged homage to Soylent Green - was genuinely really fucking disturbing. Like you were watching a blissed out Grandpa Simpson end his life.I remember later in the episode where he's at odds with Lisa, because being a bullfighter he kills the bulls at the end of the fights, he pulls out a cow tail to dry his tears or something. Definitely a bad one.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
AloneIBreak 09/22/23 11:51:40 AM #25:	I liked the movie. It was jarring as fuck to hear Marge say god damn though. --- "I do not imply... that we should always suppress the utterance of intolerant philosophies" - Karl Popper <cite>AloneIBreak posted [p:976237258] in When did T... [t:80574011]...</cite> <quote>I liked the movie. It was jarring as fuck to hear Marge say god damn though. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
radical_rhino 09/22/23 11:53:25 AM #26:	The writing starts slipping a little in season 9, but the real drop-off isnt until like season 12. --- .____ [____]===0 . . . . Ye olde beating stick. <cite>radical_rhino posted [p:976237289] in When did T... [t:80574011]...</cite> <quote>The writing starts slipping a little in season 9, but the real drop-off isnt until like season 12. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Hayame_Zero 09/22/23 11:54:13 AM #27:	Red_XIV posted... The Elon Musk wankfest episode. By far the worst guest star ever on the show. It wasn't just because it was Musk - even when at the time he was more highly regarded - it was an awful performance. It sounded like he was hungover and just wanted to leave. And being a parody of The Man Who Fell to Earth was such a bizarre reference. --- ...I think I'm done here... <cite>Hayame_Zero posted [p:976237312] in When did T... [t:80574011]...</cite> <quote>Red_XIV posted... </cite><quote>The Elon Musk wankfest episode.</quote>By far the worst guest star ever on the show. It wasn't just because it was Musk - even when at the time he was more highly regarded - it was an awful performance. It sounded like he was hungover and just wanted to leave.And being a parody of The Man Who Fell to Earth was such a bizarre reference. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
El_Marsh 09/22/23 11:55:28 AM #28:	MrMallard posted... The Armin Tamzarian episode was just another episode when I was a kid. Like it's not particularly good, I wasn't interested in the maudlin drama of it even as a kid, but to see grown fucking adults pull it out as "THIS IS WHERE MY CHILDHOOD SIMPSONS DIED" is absolutely ridiculous and it always has been. It's up there with grown-ass people complaining about Lisa being an SJW creator's pet who's always right. And shit like this is almost always from the American side of things too. That's more or less why I mentioned it --- http://i.imgur.com/0APl48O.gifv Chiefs win! Chiefs win! EAT IT, HATERS! <cite>El_Marsh posted [p:976237332] in When did T... [t:80574011]...</cite> <quote>MrMallard posted... </cite><quote>The Armin Tamzarian episode was just another episode when I was a kid. Like it's not particularly good, I wasn't interested in the maudlin drama of it even as a kid, but to see grown fucking adults pull it out as "THIS IS WHERE MY CHILDHOOD SIMPSONS DIED" is absolutely ridiculous and it always has been. It's up there with grown-ass people complaining about Lisa being an SJW creator's pet who's always right. And shit like this is almost always from the American side of things too.</quote>That's more or less why I mentioned it </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
MC_BatCommander 09/22/23 11:57:53 AM #29:	I don't think it's any single jumping point, the show just kinda declines over a couple seasons and just isn't as good anymore. --- The Legend is True! <cite>MC_BatCommander posted [p:976237357] in When did T... [t:80574011]...</cite> <quote>I don't think it's any single jumping point, the show just kinda declines over a couple seasons and just isn't as good anymore. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Blue_Target 09/22/23 11:58:41 AM #30:	https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/0/1/5/AALMC4AAE3SH.jpg --- https://imgur.com/JXxiPHm https://imgur.com/JXxiPHm <cite>Blue_Target posted [p:976237370] in When did T... [t:80574011]...</cite> <quote>https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/0/1/5/AALMC4AAE3SH.jpg </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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Kamil 09/22/23 12:00:34 PM #32:	Season 9 that's the last season I still cared about and have on dvd heh. The episode where a crayon was stuck in Homer's brain was hilarious. That one was later. But around season 10 I stopped wanting to watch new episodes generally. --- "A lesser talent couldn't have pulled it off. But I'm willing to bet on BoJack Horseman. Are you?" ~~Cuddlywhiskers on the new show <cite>Kamil posted [p:976237400] in When did T... [t:80574011]...</cite> <quote>Season 9 that's the last season I still cared about and have on dvd heh. The episode where a crayon was stuck in Homer's brain was hilarious. That one was later. But around season 10 I stopped wanting to watch new episodes generally. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Hayame_Zero 09/22/23 12:01:54 PM #33:	The controversy to the Principal and the Pauper reminds me of the blowback from the Terrence and Phillip April Fool's joke early on in South Park. The episode was basically a parody of beginning of season twists while itself also being one, then reversing things at the end like it never happened. South Park similarly had a two-parter about Cartman's real father, and the night of the second part ended up being a Terrence and Phillip episode instead, and people were pissed. It's basically like "we're fine with you doing parodies of everything else, but don't you DARE play these jokes on us, the fans!" It's kind of overblown. --- ...I think I'm done here... <cite>Hayame_Zero posted [p:976237421] in When did T... [t:80574011]...</cite> <quote>The controversy to the Principal and the Pauper reminds me of the blowback from the Terrence and Phillip April Fool's joke early on in South Park. The episode was basically a parody of beginning of season twists while itself also being one, then reversing things at the end like it never happened. South Park similarly had a two-parter about Cartman's real father, and the night of the second part ended up being a Terrence and Phillip episode instead, and people were pissed.It's basically like "we're fine with you doing parodies of everything else, but don't you DARE play these jokes on us, the fans!" It's kind of overblown. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
DarthDemented 09/22/23 12:04:54 PM #34:	Blue_Target posted... https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/0/1/5/AALMC4AAE3SH.jpg That episode. Literally. --- Paula Wood. My love, my life. 1980-2021 https://store.steampowered.com/wishlist/profiles/76561198210788964/#sort=order <cite>DarthDemented posted [p:976237478] in When did T... [t:80574011]...</cite> <quote>Blue_Target posted... </cite><quote>https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/0/1/5/AALMC4AAE3SH.jpg</quote>That episode. Literally. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
refmon 09/22/23 12:04:59 PM #35:	El_Marsh posted... Arming Tanzarian --- If you read this signature, then that meant that I had control of what you read for 5 SECONDS!! <cite>refmon posted [p:976237479] in When did T... [t:80574011]...</cite> <quote>El_Marsh posted... </cite><quote>Arming Tanzarian</quote> </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Kamil 09/22/23 12:09:49 PM #36:	I guess in my mind (to add onto what I said before) when Homer stopped going to work and came up with all these "side hustles" to make money was when things were starting to get dumb. I don't really think it was such a bad thing to try and get Homer to do crazier things, instead of just relying on the humor of his normal job but wow the Simpsons really ran for the longest time ever. Shoulda ended a decade ago or more lol --- "A lesser talent couldn't have pulled it off. But I'm willing to bet on BoJack Horseman. Are you?" ~~Cuddlywhiskers on the new show <cite>Kamil posted [p:976237574] in When did T... [t:80574011]...</cite> <quote>I guess in my mind (to add onto what I said before) when Homer stopped going to work and came up with all these "side hustles" to make money was when things were starting to get dumb. I don't really think it was such a bad thing to try and get Homer to do crazier things, instead of just relying on the humor of his normal job but wow the Simpsons really ran for the longest time ever. Shoulda ended a decade ago or more lol </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Foppe 09/22/23 12:11:20 PM #37:	Hayame_Zero posted... The controversy to the Principal and the Pauper reminds me of the blowback from the Terrence and Phillip April Fool's joke early on in South Park. The episode was basically a parody of beginning of season twists while itself also being one, then reversing things at the end like it never happened. South Park similarly had a two-parter about Cartman's real father, and the night of the second part ended up being a Terrence and Phillip episode instead, and people were pissed. It's basically like "we're fine with you doing parodies of everything else, but don't you DARE play these jokes on us, the fans!" It's kind of overblown. I have never seen a rerun of that episode. --- GameFAQs isn't going to be merged in with GameSpot or any other site. We're not going to strip out the soul of the site. -CJayC <cite>Foppe posted [p:976237607] in When did T... [t:80574011]...</cite> <quote>Hayame_Zero posted... </cite><quote>The controversy to the Principal and the Pauper reminds me of the blowback from the Terrence and Phillip April Fool's joke early on in South Park. The episode was basically a parody of beginning of season twists while itself also being one, then reversing things at the end like it never happened. South Park similarly had a two-parter about Cartman's real father, and the night of the second part ended up being a Terrence and Phillip episode instead, and people were pissed.It's basically like "we're fine with you doing parodies of everything else, but don't you DARE play these jokes on us, the fans!" It's kind of overblown.</quote>I have never seen a rerun of that episode. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
SwayM 09/22/23 12:11:26 PM #38:	MrMallard posted... The Armin Tamzarian episode was just another episode when I was a kid. Like it's not particularly good, I wasn't interested in the maudlin drama of it even as a kid, but to see grown fucking adults pull it out as "THIS IS WHERE MY CHILDHOOD SIMPSONS DIED" is absolutely ridiculous and it always has been. It's up there with grown-ass people complaining about Lisa being an SJW creator's pet who's always right. And shit like this is almost always from the American side of things too. I came here to say basically this but IMHO it's actually a great episode with fantastic gags. I see where people are pointing to this episode as the start of losing the "soul" of the characters, but I think it still handles the characters well. The Alec Baldwin / Kim Basinger episode. For me, idk if it's the "Jumping the shark" episode, but it's one that I can point to that will highlight everything wrong what the Simpsons became. The quality of the jokes starts to tank. The characters lose so much charm, "Jerkass" Homer especially. But the major thing for me is the celebrity worship is so fucking cringe. --- Like 90% of CE topics are the same way lol. CE is edgy/contrarian as f*** and will do anything to troll the TC/OP. -Touch <cite>SwayM posted [p:976237609] in When did T... [t:80574011]...</cite> <quote>MrMallard posted... </cite><quote>The Armin Tamzarian episode was just another episode when I was a kid. Like it's not particularly good, I wasn't interested in the maudlin drama of it even as a kid, but to see grown fucking adults pull it out as "THIS IS WHERE MY CHILDHOOD SIMPSONS DIED" is absolutely ridiculous and it always has been. It's up there with grown-ass people complaining about Lisa being an SJW creator's pet who's always right. And shit like this is almost always from the American side of things too.</quote>I came here to say basically this but IMHO it's actually a great episode with fantastic gags. I see where people are pointing to this episode as the start of losing the "soul" of the characters, but I think it still handles the characters well.The Alec Baldwin / Kim Basinger episode. For me, idk if it's the "Jumping the shark" episode, but it's one that I can point to that will highlight everything wrong what the Simpsons became. The quality of the jokes starts to tank. The characters lose so much charm, "Jerkass" Homer especially. But the major thing for me is the celebrity worship is so fucking cringe. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
masterpug53 09/22/23 12:11:40 PM #39:	The only things I remember about the movie were Marge shouting 'throw the goddamn bomb!' and that the villain was pretty funny. Which made sense when I later learned that Albert Brooks voiced both him and Hank Scorpio. --- Simple questions deserve long-winded answers that no one will bother to read. <cite>masterpug53 posted [p:976237615] in When did T... [t:80574011]...</cite> <quote>The only things I remember about the movie were Marge shouting 'throw the goddamn bomb!' and that the villain was pretty funny. Which made sense when I later learned that Albert Brooks voiced both him and Hank Scorpio. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
SwayM 09/22/23 12:18:58 PM #40:	masterpug53 posted... The only things I remember about the movie were Marge shouting 'throw the goddamn bomb!' and that the villain was pretty funny. Which made sense when I later learned that Albert Brooks voiced both him and Hank Scorpio. Everybody brings it up because it may be one of the best pieces of writing you can point to for the show is the scene when the barflys and the churchgoers switch places. That is a perfect Simpsons gag. --- Like 90% of CE topics are the same way lol. CE is edgy/contrarian as f*** and will do anything to troll the TC/OP. -Touch <cite>SwayM posted [p:976237751] in When did T... [t:80574011]...</cite> <quote>masterpug53 posted... </cite><quote>The only things I remember about the movie were Marge shouting 'throw the goddamn bomb!' and that the villain was pretty funny. Which made sense when I later learned that Albert Brooks voiced both him and Hank Scorpio.</quote>Everybody brings it up because it may be one of the best pieces of writing you can point to for the show is the scene when the barflys and the churchgoers switch places. That is a perfect Simpsons gag. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
K181 09/22/23 12:26:21 PM #41:	El_Marsh posted... Something something...Arming Tanzarian....something something https://youtu.be/I-TS-92KVDA?si=b1D5dK27HikMa4Zu --- Irregardless, for all intensive purposes, I could care less. <cite>K181 posted [p:976237878] in When did T... [t:80574011]...</cite> <quote>El_Marsh posted... </cite><quote>Something something...Arming Tanzarian....something something</quote>https://youtu.be/I-TS-92KVDA?si=b1D5dK27HikMa4Zu </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
mustachedmystic 09/22/23 12:30:31 PM #42:	voldothegr8 posted... The weed episode is classic. https://youtu.be/bPs4cjNu9TY?si=dT3tCswURiZqj-I3 --- Unless you're Miles Davis, there is some other brotha' smoother than you. <cite>mustachedmystic posted [p:976237955] in When did T... [t:80574011]...</cite> <quote>voldothegr8 posted... </cite><quote>The weed episode is classic.</quote>https://youtu.be/bPs4cjNu9TY?si=dT3tCswURiZqj-I3 </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
invertedlegdrop 09/22/23 12:52:23 PM #43:	Seasons 2-7 was peak Simpsons, season 8-9 was where the show started to dip as the show became dumber rather than clever, but by season season 10 the show had become old... There were still funny bits but the show was no longer cool as Family Guy, Futurama, and South Park all eclipsed it... Yes the consensus is that the principal pauper episode was jump the shark episode especially when Matt Groening and Harry Shearer both said the episode was bad. Going through that reveal only to at the end to say eh he's still Skinner to us was just bad storytelling and was a big insult to longtime fans. That was when many people including TV blogs, news articles, etc declared that the golden age of Simpsons was over. Some say Homer's Enemy was the first one but that was a good episode and the highest rated off all time viewer wise. Homer basically took over he show as he dumber and dumber and by the 2000s it was like a Family Guy wannabe... Really if the movie ended the show there would still be a big love for the entire show but it kept going and going until it became what it was created to mock a stale sitcom... After the movie it became the celebrity show, the Lady Gaga and Elon Musk episodes in particular were some of the worst of all time and it contradicted everything old Simpsons was about not glorifying celebrities but humanizing them... The only funny thing about Simpsons today is that its still on the air... Heck now only South Park is still considered must watch these days and even then the last decade has hurt it too... --- Political correctness is the fascism of the 90s-Roger Ebert I don't have pet peeves, I have major psychotic ******* hatreds-George Carlin <cite>invertedlegdrop posted [p:976238307] in When did T... [t:80574011]...</cite> <quote>Seasons 2-7 was peak Simpsons, season 8-9 was where the show started to dip as the show became dumber rather than clever, but by season season 10 the show had become old...There were still funny bits but the show was no longer cool as Family Guy, Futurama, and South Park all eclipsed it...Yes the consensus is that the principal pauper episode was jump the shark episode especially when Matt Groening and Harry Shearer both said the episode was bad. Going through that reveal only to at the end to say eh he's still Skinner to us was just bad storytelling and was a big insult to longtime fans. That was when many people including TV blogs, news articles, etc declared that the golden age of Simpsons was over. Some say Homer's Enemy was the first one but that was a good episode and the highest rated off all time viewer wise. Homer basically took over he show as he dumber and dumber and by the 2000s it was like a Family Guy wannabe...Really if the movie ended the show there would still be a big love for the entire show but it kept going and going until it became what it was created to mock a stale sitcom...After the movie it became the celebrity show, the Lady Gaga and Elon Musk episodes in particular were some of the worst of all time and it contradicted everything old Simpsons was about not glorifying celebrities but humanizing them...The only funny thing about Simpsons today is that its still on the air...Heck now only South Park is still considered must watch these days and even then the last decade has hurt it too... </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Linze 09/22/23 1:25:54 PM #44:	Smallville posted... yeah that means when it really went downhill. I really like season 7. Might have been their best season. But that was like over 15 yrs ago, maybe 20 S13E17 When Homer literally "jumped the shark". --- Once you're aware of your own art, you can train yourself to identify and replicate the "good" ones... And hands off the bad ones. <cite>Linze posted [p:976238854] in When did T... [t:80574011]...</cite> <quote>Smallville posted... </cite><quote>yeah that means when it really went downhill. I really like season 7. Might have been their best season. But that was like over 15 yrs ago, maybe 20</quote>S13E17 When Homer literally "jumped the shark". </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
UndefeatedGOAT 09/22/23 1:26:47 PM #45:	I think season 13, stuff like jaws wired shut, and homer befriends a bear seemed very bad to me, even as a kid <cite>UndefeatedGOAT posted [p:976238875] in When did T... [t:80574011]...</cite> <quote>I think season 13, stuff like jaws wired shut, and homer befriends a bear seemed very bad to me, even as a kid</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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