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I just think they're neat!
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If the latest, most consistent form of a Simpsons meme came from the movie then it's likely most people are fans of the roughly first ten seasons. That said some of the episodes in the last six seasons have been getting much better even if they stray from comedy to some dramatic or darker tones.
Yeah, it's 11 or 12 usually the cut off for a lot of people?
That’s generous. Me, I’m ruthless. I’ll give you 1-8, with selected episodes of 9 or 10. After that, if you like one there will be an inquiry. Failure to prove hilarious genius will result in swift and permanent disbarment.
I remember at our weekly watch party when Lisa started singing “Jazz Man” and there was mass panic and a stampede of screaming confusion leaving only overturned chips and guac and spilled beverages as we ran out into the humid dark of night . . .
Really? I'm the opposite. I straight up can't watch the first season. The second isn't as bad but I'd prefer to skip to 3 when it was more polished.
I agree on season 1 but have you looked at season 2 recently? I thought I was the same (start at 3) but for Halloween we watched through episodes of Tree House of Horror and Season 2 has some classic bits. The Raven was done quite well, Season 2 also has Marge vs Itchy and Scratchy, and Homer's half brother Herb.
Oh totally, there are some good ones in season 2. You could tell they were starting to hit their stride and the voices were getting to where they should be and the animation was massively better, but it still irks me hearing the "old voices". By season 3 that was all gone.
Ach. Well I understand. It’s because the rebellious, insolent, outrageous magic of those shows were largely outshone by the subsequent worldwide fame, fortune, and permanent installation.
Not that they haven’t held up, because they have - just that they became so standardized if you weren’t there during the days when if you didn’t see it live it was gone - it’s harder to appreciate. As those years rolled up everyone either knew what they were seeing or were just hearing about it (or, hilariously, were pointing it out to be anti-American flag-wavery, a lá Babs Bush). At a certain point they were undeniable. Season 3 sounds right.
I think we've all been there