But, I agree with MMF that American Dad is currently the best animated sitcom on television. Stan Smith at least comes close to being as hilarious as some the characters on the Simpsons. It's a shame that AD will probably get canned well before the tripe out there on Sunday nights. AD is pretty much the only sitcom I try and watch every week; and that's saying a lot since it has to compete with Breaking Bad, Boardwalk Empire, The Walking Dead and Dexter on many nights.
American Dad has been really good for a couple years now, but IMO the best animated comedy on TV right now is Futurama: the new season added several instant-classic episodes to an already great series, and it has an emotional level to the relationships and characters that goes beyond what any other animated comedy is doing. But American Dad is very good. Hope they both outlive Simpsons, Family Guy, and the rest of the them.
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While its not true animation, Robot Chicken is one of the flat out funniest shows and concepts on T.V., the dating guy has some outright brilliant moments and enough adult content to make the older crowd happy.
I'm still a big fan of South Park because there's some incredible social commentary buried behind the crudeness.
Futurama is still really good, but I just outright hate Zoidberg.
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Creatively, it may not shine as brightly as it did but how many shows can boast as many weill developed minor characters that are quoted so often or even be as memorable?
McBain
Comic Book Guy
Professor Frink
Principal Skinner
Groundskeeper Willy
Krusty
Sideshow Mel
Ned Flanders
Moe Syzlak
Barney Gumbal
Lenny & Karl
and so on...
Creatively, it may not shine as brightly as it did but how many shows can boast as many weill developed minor characters that are quoted so often or even be as memorable?
McBain
Comic Book Guy
Professor Frink
Principal Skinner
Groundskeeper Willy
Krusty
Sideshow Mel
Ned Flanders
Moe Syzlak
Barney Gumbal
Lenny & Karl
and so on...
That Neighbour that invited Bart and his best friend Dudley into his basement to help them fix their bikes up, then asked them to pose for pictures with their shirts off.
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For any huge simpson fan, I would recommend picking up the The Simpsons ultimate epsiode giude. I thas every episode from season 1 through 20.
Just from looking at mine, this is what you seem to get on each epsiode.... (haven't really gone through it myself yet)
A full description of the episode
5 or 6 color pictures from the episode
A box labelled "stuff you may have missed"
15 or 16 good quotes from the episode
You also get the original airdate, and any guest voices
Also on the side of each page they describe a different simpsons character
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Yeah that is basically an amalgamation of previously released episode guides. I already have the one for seasons 1-8 and frankly I think that is all I need because I hardly watch anything past those anyways.
They took Homer from being a slightly stupid good hearted man who would find a way to win in the end or do the right thing in the end to a lout.
Marge has pretty much become the stereotype of the 50's house wife, its almost like she's a battered house wife because she just gives in now, she really used to be the strength behind that family.
Lisa is just annoying now, she's become the Brian Griffin of the Simpson's, where when they do a Lisa episode I pretty much turn the channel because she's annoying.
Bart may be consistant, but his jokes and resolutions are exactly the same in every episode, you used to have flashes of out right brilliance with him, for example the dream episode where he grew up to be the Presidents brother.
But you rarely see anything that makes him the least bit redeemable.
The other characters used to be fairly fleshed out, but they are now merely carboard cut outs that utter lines that allow the Simpsons to hit home runs at their expense.
I miss the snarly comic book gut with the "Hey I'm watching you" when an expisoded became repetitive.
I miss the real fat tony from the episode where Bart becomes a made man, instead we got that crappy Jersey Shore episode, and then the lame Fat Tony is not fat tony he's his brother fit tony.
After nearly 2 decades on the air, its pretty clear that the Simpsons has run out of ideas and edge. Its time to do the dignafied thing, take it out back and put a bullet in its head and roll out the inevitable Millhouse spin off.
I can only assume you know all of this somehow without actually watching the show. And if you do watch the show, why would you when clearly you have little regard for it?
