The book has all of Homer's D'oh's in chronological order. I was laughing pretty good reading through and getting flashbacks and seeing the scene play out in my mind.
I also read a fair number of summaries from newer seasons. On the surface quite a few seemed like they could be solid episodes, one in particular where the Simpsons mortgage their home with a home equity LOC and end up broke and Flanders buys the house etc. Just looked it was called No Loan Again, Naturally.
The episode summary made it sound like a good heartwarming yet funny episode. Then I started reading the quotes.
There was one in particular with Grampa and it made me realize that every character has been so dumbed down and is basically a parody of their earlier selves from the series. It was Homer, Flanders and Grandpa and for whatever reason Grandpa was living with the Flandereses. They ask him about living with Ned and Abe replies "They feed me people food!!". Ugh. He's always been a bit senile but he's never been a full on ######. That is a Ralph line, not one for Abe.
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