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Old 11-14-2010, 12:57 PM   #41
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Bart: [whining] Mom, my slingshot doesn't fit in these pockets. And these shorts leave nothing to the imagination. These uniforms suck!

Marge: Bart! Where do you pick up words like that?

Homer: [on phone] Yeah, Moe, that team sure did suck last night. They just plain sucked! I've seen teams suck before, but they were the suckiest bunch of sucks that ever sucked.
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Old 11-14-2010, 01:00 PM   #42
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Just as funny as season 4? That's a ludicrous statement, no offence.
Tell us about the good old days Gramps.

It's funny to hear words like palatable used to describe the Simpsons. It's a carton. It's a good cartoon, but still a cartoon. I prefer the more recent episodes so I don't have to hear "Don't have a cow man" every third line.
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Tell us about the good old days Gramps.

It's funny to hear words like palatable used to describe the Simpsons. It's a carton. It's a good cartoon, but still a cartoon. I prefer the more recent episodes so I don't have to hear "Don't have a cow man" every third line.
Simpsons seasons 3-6 were some of the best TV ever made, cartoon or live action.

I haven't even watched 80% of the Simpsons from the last decade because it's not even as good as what's on TV nowadays. It has nothing to be do with being a crotchety old man(which I'm not) it's how far the show has fallen in quality.
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Family Guy > Simpsons.

IMO they stopped being funny just after that episode where they went to Brazil.
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Old 11-14-2010, 01:25 PM   #45
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You guys seriously need to give the Simpsons another chance this season. I've watched almost every season except for the last two or three because I agree they have been horrible, but it is very good right now and they've made a huge comeback.
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Old 11-14-2010, 01:32 PM   #46
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Tell us about the good old days Gramps.

It's funny to hear words like palatable used to describe the Simpsons. It's a carton. It's a good cartoon, but still a cartoon. I prefer the more recent episodes so I don't have to hear "Don't have a cow man" every third line.
(Is born in 1991, for reference)

I personally miss those old episodes. It was more wit than rapid fire jokes/whatever you want to call the Al Jean comedy.

Not to say that it can't be done properly (as I mentioned before, the show is coming back to life the last couple years), but it certainly has been a lot more hit and miss for a while, and the better part of the last decade has been miss.
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Old 11-14-2010, 01:41 PM   #47
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Bart: [whining] Mom, my slingshot doesn't fit in these pockets. And these shorts leave nothing to the imagination. These uniforms suck!

Marge: Bart! Where do you pick up words like that?

Homer: [on phone] Yeah, Moe, that team sure did suck last night. They just plain sucked! I've seen teams suck before, but they were the suckiest bunch of sucks that ever sucked.
Homer's a Flames fan!!!!!!!!
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Old 11-14-2010, 02:31 PM   #48
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Homer, do you even know what rhetorical means?

Do I know what rhetorical means??
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Old 11-14-2010, 02:37 PM   #49
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Family Guy > Simpsons.

IMO they stopped being funny just after that episode where they went to Brazil.
yikes man, Family guy just isn't funny...Brazil episode is clutch though, you're right there.
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Old 11-14-2010, 02:39 PM   #50
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Oh yes, and who could forget the Casino episode...

Robert Goulet: Are you from the Casino?

Bart: I'm from A Casino...

Robert Goulet: Good enough, let's go.
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Looking through the episode lists, I think season seven contains most of my favorite episodes: Bart's Soul, Lisa the Vegetarian (the only Lisa episode that doesn't suck), Bart on the Road, Mother Simpson, You Only Move Twice, 22 and Short Films about Springfield. Sure, it has some complete misses (Lisa's Sax) but even the annual clip show was better than most thanks to a heavy dose of Troy McClure.
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Old 11-14-2010, 03:42 PM   #52
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Sure, it has some complete misses (Lisa's Sax).
Give it a chance. Marge Gets a Job is on right now. Another classic episode.

TV Voice: That's damn fine coffee you got here in Twin Peaks! And damn
good cherry pie!
[On the screen, a man dances with a horse under a tree, from
which a stop light hangs. They dance to the saxophone music being
played.]
Homer: Brilliant! [laughs] I have absolutely no idea what's going on.

http://sverrirp.posterous.com/simpsons-twin-peaks

I love how Homer is sitting in the dark, I love the shadow scheme. It was just so out there (didn't even know what Twin Peaks was at the time).

Ah memories if this out house could talk.

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Old 11-14-2010, 03:49 PM   #53
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Some of my favourite episodes are Homer goes to college, the trip to Australia, and the Prohibition one..

"to alcohol, the cause of - and solution to - all of life's problems"

I totally agree that the last several seasons are nowhere the seasons 2-8, those are some of the best things that have ever been on TV.
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Old 11-14-2010, 03:54 PM   #54
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I'll Just have a cup of coffee
Beer it is
No, I sad coffee
Beer
C--O
B--E

Great episode, one of the only classic travel episodes.

Oh, and don't underestimate the greatness of season one. I still consider it to be better than today's episodes.

Also, the movie was pretty good. Maybe not South Park Movie good, but much better than I expected.
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This thread itself is a telling example of the downfall of the show. Has there been a single quote from the last 12 seasons posted?

Used to love the Simpsons, but I've found I just don't like any sitcoms on TV anymore. It's all just the same old jokes in new settings.
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Great episode, one of the only classic travel episodes.

Oh, and don't underestimate the greatness of season one. I still consider it to be better than today's episodes.

Also, the movie was pretty good. Maybe not South Park Movie good, but much better than I expected.
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This thread itself is a telling example of the downfall of the show. Has there been a single quote from the last 12 seasons posted?
There have been good lines, but it takes time for them to get repeated enough that people remember them off-hand.

Anyways... “Anything that’s the something of the something, isn’t really the anything of anything.”

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I've been a Simpsons fan since the beginning, and I think its still good. I think age of the viewer has a lot to do with it, and just running out of situations.

That said, Homer at the Bat is probably my favorite, and of course, its Season 3...

Edit: In this season's episode MoneyBART, Mike Scioscia makes an appearance, and Marge says "I thought you got radiation poisoning when you were working at the Nuclear power plant."

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There have been good lines, but it takes time for them to get repeated enough that people remember them off-hand.

Anyways... “Anything that’s the something of the something, isn’t really the anything of anything.”
12 years isnt long enough?
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