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[Corwood Rep]

Are there any? I completely stopped watching the show after Phil Hartman died and I never looked back.

But there have to be some. Are there any worth recommending? I saw the one where Flanders' wife died recently, and found it pretty unwatchable, so my suspicion is that there aren't any, just because to make an episode that awful requires a bad showrunner and, if not bad writers, writers who just don't give a shit anymore.

(And before anybody gets all bitchy, the reason I didn't put this in the visual charisma megathread is because it's too huge and this would be kinda off-topic.)

 

[brianjones]

these were my fav episodes from season 9

"The City of New York vs. Homer Simpson"
"The Principal and the Pauper"
"Lisa's Sax"
"Treehouse of Horror VIII" (the witches part sucked)
"The Cartridge Family"
"Bart Star"
"The Two Mrs. Nahasapeemapetilons"
"Lisa The Skeptic"
"Realty Bites"
"Miracle on Evergreen Terrace"
"All Singing, All Dancing"
"Bart Carny"
"The Joy of Sect"
"Das Bus"
"The Last Temptation of Krusty"
"Dumbbell Indemnity"
"Lisa The Simpson"
"This Little Wiggy"
"Simpson Tide"
"The Trouble With Trillions"
"Girly Edition"
"Trash of the Titans"
"King of the Hill"
"Lost Our Lisa"
"Natural Born Kissers"

the last season i bought

 

[Foxy Fox 39]

there are tons of good episodes in 9,10,11,12 and a few in 13.

 

[Hot Coldman]

It's called season 9

 

[DeSo]

Yeah season 9 is still pretty damn good. "Bart the Mother" is probably my standout of season 10.

 

[minor effort]

I'd say most of Season 9 is still pretty watchable. I still think there are some great episodes in that season. brianjones mentioned many of the good ones, but I still have an affinity for The Joy Of Sect and The City of New York vs Homer Simpson as well.

However the fun's over by Season 10.

 

[sfedai0]

Im prob in the minority that feel the good stuff kinda peters out in 9. I have 3-9. I could really tell the writing and directing took a different direction. With that said, there are still a few gems in season 9.

-Lisa's Sax
-Treehouse of HorrorVIII
-Bart Carny
-The Joy of Sect
-Miracle on Evergreen Terrace

To name a few.

 

[Dresden]

Season 9 is still damn good.

 

[Corwood Rep]

I've season season 9. It's a coin toss whether an episode was watchable or not. There's a few truly great ones, Cartridge Family in particular, but it was going down fast. But you'd think after that there'd at least be three or four great episodes a season.

 

[minor effort]

Season 9 passes the "worth owning on DVD" test for me. That's how I know it's of some value.

I've seen the DVD sets of Season 10-12 and above being sold for $19.95 and I still didn't have any interest in them. For what? The 1-2 barely passable episodes in some of those seasons? And 13 and above? Obviously not.

 

[markot]

9 is mostly good, or at least watchable. 10+ is where the decline gets too steep for me.

 

[Clydefrog]

I've seen OPs get banned for worse.

 

[Corwood Rep]

It's not a troll thread. I just finished watching all the first 8 seasons and the ones from 9 I liked, and I wanted to know if there's anything left worth watching. No bias whatsoever.

 

[NotWii]

homer and ned go to vegas?
probably the only one

season 8 is the last real season

 

[dyls]

I own seasons 1-10, just for the neatness of it. Don't think I've even unwrapped 10 though.

I'm glad to see a consensus has developed concerning the quality fall off around seasons 8 and 9. I feel like I was saying that 10 years ago and people were arguing that the show was still strong.

 

[brianjones]

I've seen OPs get banned for worse.

wat

i think most simpsons fans on here wouldnt take offense

 

[Foxy Fox 39]

Many people have different tastes and the other guy already gave you good episodes from season 9 but here's some more:

Season 10 notable episodes:
"The Wizard of Evergreen Terrace"
"Bart the Mother"
"D'oh-in in the Wind"
"Mayored to the Mob"
"Maximum Homerdrive"
"Monty Can't Buy Me Love"
"Thirty Minutes Over Tokyo"
"When You Dish Upon a Star"
"Homer to the Max"

Season 11 notable episodes:
"Beyond Blunderdome"
"Brother's Little Helper"
"Guess Who's Coming to Criticize Dinner"
"E-I-E-I-(Annoyed Grunt)"
"Take My Wife, Sleaze"
"Saddlesore Galactica"
"Grift of the Magi"
"Missionary: Impossible" (where the Jeebus lines comes from)
"Behind the Laughter"

Season 12:
"The Computer Wore Menace Shoes"
"The Great Money Caper"
"Skinner's Sense of Snow"
"HOMR"
"New Kids on the Blecch"
"Simpsons Tall Tales"

Season 13:
"The Lastest Gun in the West"
"Weekend at Burnsie's"
"Poppa's Got a Brand New Badge"

This list isn't definitive though. Generally the ones I highlighted are the best, though all the ones listed are funny...

 

[Clydefrog]

wat

i think most simpsons fans on here wouldnt take offense

yeah, i'm just kidding, buddy. i have the season 9 DVD sitting happily beside its friends :hug:






















that oughta take care of those little SOBs.

 

[minor effort]

It's kind of amusing reading the wikipedia entries on Simpsons seasons like 12 and 13. As I'm reading the synopsis lists there are episodes in here that I'd completely forgotten about.

"Insane Clown Poppy"
During an outdoor book fair, Krusty finds out he has a daughter (from a one-night stand with a female soldier who fought in the Gulf War), but loses her trust after gambling away her violin to Fat Tony, prompting Homer and Krusty to retrieve it.

"Lisa the Tree Hugger"
Lisa falls in love with the leader of a militant environmentalist group and tries to impress him by living in Springfield's oldest tree in order to keep it from being cut down.

"Skinner's Sense of Snow"
A snowstorm traps the students of Springfield Elementary inside, with them overthrowing Principal Skinner when he uses his Army skills to control them. Meanwhile, Homer tries to rescue the children--using Flanders' car.

"Tennis the Menace"
The Simpsons build a tennis court in their backyard, but Homer's inferior tennis ability makes them the laughingstock of the town, while Bart shines as a natural.

"Day of the Jackanapes"
Krusty announces his retirement due to interference from network executives and the growing popularity of the big-money game show "Me Wantee", but when Krusty reveals to Sideshow Bob that all of the episodes featuring him have been erased, Sideshow Bob uses Krusty's biggest fan (Bart) to murder him during Krusty's farewell show.

Weird. It's like coming across long-neglected memories.

 

[brianjones]

that oughta take care of those little SOBs.

 

[Entropia]

Some of my favorites:

Spoiler

to hate

Kill the Alligator and Run
Skinner's Sense of Snow
The Computer Wore Menace Shoes
New Kids on the Bleech
Large Marge
Missionary: Impossible

The humor and guest stars are timeless classics that will never be outdated, unlike episodes
such as Last Exit to Springfield, Deep Space Homer, and so on.

Edit: Forgot Saddlesore Galactica, which is probably the best episode of the Simpsons.

 

[minor effort]

Some of my favorites:

Kill the Alligator and Run
Skinner's Sense of Snow
The Computer Wore Menace Shoes
New Kids on the Bleech
Large Marge
Missionary: Impossible

The humor and guest stars are timeless classics that will never be outdated, unlike episodes such as Last Exit to Springfield, Deep Space Homer, and so on.

Well, I never!

 

[Corwood Rep]

Some of my favorites:

Kill the Alligator and Run
Skinner's Sense of Snow
The Computer Wore Menace Shoes
New Kids on the Bleech
Large Marge
Missionary: Impossible

The humor and guest stars are timeless classics that will never be outdated, unlike episodes such as Last Exit to Springfield, Deep Space Homer, and so on.

Is this, like, your first troll post or something? I'm not an idiot, sir.

 

[IsayFever]

Some of my favorites:

Kill the Alligator and Run
Skinner's Sense of Snow
The Computer Wore Menace Shoes
New Kids on the Bleech
Large Marge
Missionary: Impossible

The humor and guest stars are timeless classics that will never be outdated, unlike episodes such as Last Exit to Springfield, Deep Space Homer, and so on.

I'm 12 and what is this....

You forgot that shitty episode with Bart and Marge in the mmo

 

[Entropia]

I'm 12 and what is this....

You forgot that shitty episode with Bart and Marge in the mmo

As an MMO addict, it made me chuckle...

 

[Clydefrog]

 

[GhaleonQ]

I disagree, but http://www.avclub.com/articles/in-a-way-theyre-all-winners-10-simpsons-episodes-f,25487/

 

[brianjones]

youre 12? wat

 

[markot]

Some of my favorites:

Spoiler

to hate

Kill the Alligator and Run
Skinner's Sense of Snow
The Computer Wore Menace Shoes
New Kids on the Bleech
Large Marge
Missionary: Impossible

The humor and guest stars are timeless classics that will never be outdated, unlike episodes
such as Last Exit to Springfield, Deep Space Homer, and so on.

Edit: Forgot Saddlesore Galactica, which is probably the best episode of the Simpsons.

Jk post right?...... RIGHT?!

 

[minor effort]

for fuck's sake, that image response killed me for some reason.

 

[Entropia]

youre 12? wat

Jk post right?...... RIGHT?!

Was the Australia episode your favorite? One could say it was markoted to you.

 

[Entropia]

FUCK. Double post.

 

[IsayFever]

youre 12? wat

I guess that meme died a long time ago :<

 

[Clydefrog]

Ponies in my Simpsons threads?

I WILL QUIT GAF

edit: avatar-quote and I really will quit GAF.

 

[Kritz]

Man, Season 13 is almost 10 years old, and Simpsons itself around 12. We're almost at the point where the Simpsons has been bad for longer than it was good.

That's kind of sad.

 

[Foxy Fox 39]

Man, Season 13 is almost 10 years old, and Simpsons itself around 12. We're almost at the point where the Simpsons has been bad for longer than it was good.

That's kind of sad.

Yup. Im the same age as the show so it's pretty cool to know how old I was based upon the seasons.

But man....10 years ago is a LONG time.

 

[markot]

Was the Australia episode your favorite? One could say it was markoted to you.

No >.< but it was a pretty brilliant episode!

 

[Foxy Fox 39]

No >.< but it was a pretty brilliant episode!
http://spacecollective.org/userdata/bD7n8SiD/1201569637/1128184582f2aa.jpg[/IMG]

I love that episode...lol his face is priceless.

 

[AniHawk]

Are there any? I completely stopped watching the show after Phil Hartman died and I never looked back.

well the last episode with any hartman character was season 10's bart the mother.

actually if you stopped watching after hartman was killed, you should have seen season 9.

 

[CiSTM]

No >.< but it was a pretty brilliant episode!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LST_x29L6zA

Gus: Hey! Mr. Prime Minister! Andy!
Prime Minister Andy: Eh, mates! What's the good word?

 

[Medalion]

There are all sorts... Haters be damned, I enjoyed quite a few more eps into the early 00's but by mid... Forget about it

 

[rem]

I recently finished rewatching season 9 and I was actually suprised at how many classic episodes there was.

Homer firing the captain out of the torpedo bay got me good

 

[i_am_ben]

Many people have different tastes and the other guy already gave you good episodes from season 9 but here's some more:
"Missionary: Impossible" (where the Jeebus lines comes from)

for me that episode was the final nail in the coffin.

 

[spliced]

This is a good topic. I'd like to catch some of the better episodes from the last 10 or so years that I've missed.

The one that comes to mind for me is Trilogy of Error from season 12.

 

[FleckSplat]

Is there a clear switch when the show "goes digital" so to speak, and they start doing that perspective stuff with computers instead of manually?

 

[Corwood Rep]

Is there a clear switch when the show "goes digital" so to speak, and they start doing that perspective stuff with computers instead of manually?

King of the Hill had this problem too, around season 7. The writing didn't turn shit like the Simpsons did, but the aesthetic of the animation was totally gone. Lifeless.

 

[AniHawk]

Is there a clear switch when the show "goes digital" so to speak, and they start doing that perspective stuff with computers instead of manually?

they started experimenting with it in season 7 (radioactive man was the first episode, they did it for bart's suit when he was trying to look taller). it was pretty gradual.

 

[maruchan]

you know people always say this.. back in 99 or so when google archived old al.simpsons i use to read old post by people in 93-94 , and they complained that the simpsons jumped the shark and where no where as good as the early seasons,,,

 

[Entropia]

I think King of the Hill improved as its animation improved because the characters were supposed to be real people and not caricatures like Homer, Peter Griffin, etc.

The Simpsons definitely does look soulless with the new digital animation.

As AniHawk said, the Radioactive Man episode was the first foray into it.

EDIT: The next episode was the Tennis episode. And then the full change was made from Season 14 onward.

 

[Medalion]

Soulless animation to match soulessness of the show for the past 10 or so years