The Krusty centered episodes. I'm not sure how many there were, but I didn't like any of them. The one involving his Jewish dad was the worst, but I don't know what season it was.
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The Krusty centered episodes. I'm not sure how many there were, but I didn't like any of them. The one involving his Jewish dad was the worst, but I don't know what season it was.
UberTag
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They both made the classic era Bottom 30 but Bart the Fink gets my vote as worst Krusty episode.
The only redeeming quality about the episode was Chief Wiggum.
PeakPointMatrix
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I never cared for The Springfield Connection. I watched it recently and just never cracked a smile. None of the jokes were particularly strong either.
Here's an image and here's the music that goes with it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=phE8HifoQ-8
This ending shows the heart that Simpsons had back in the day.
I read a good article on the change in the Simpsons. Someone at GAF posted it. Maybe it was Undead Simpsons how it's now a shell of its former self etc. Was a great read.
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I would choose something funny. But that's me.
way more
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How can you pick just one image though? That was the great thing about early Simpsons. It was multi faceted in its approach. It wasn't just comedy all the time, comedy was a part of the story but wasn't what it was about.
Yeah, the one image idea is stupid. The jokes that blew my mind as a kid required some perversion of thought or a layered concept. It's not a show about images being funny but bizarre ideas and thoughts.
And the animation is purposefully restrained even when showing a impossible event.
I love Krusty so much. The way Burns is their medium for jokes about old age, evilness, and wealth, Krusty is their method for jokes about old timey, awful celebrity behavior and undeserved wealth. He's a character I still look forward to seeing, especially when it involves his food or merchandise.
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Professor Beef
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Not unless it was just added within the past 3 weeks.
Mike Works
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Bart vs. Australia is my favorite episode of all time. Makes me laugh at least once every ten to fifteen seconds. So, so funny.
Trent Strong
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The episode where Bleeding Gums Murphy dies is pretty bad. And not just bad by Simpsons standards, but bad by TV standards period.
peanutbutterlatte
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Any episode that focuses on Lisa really I might give a skip when doing a rewatch. Too preachy.
i think all through season 5, she's kind of a shitty character. 6-9 though? much better. she can be genuinely funny, and they expose some of her flaws, like not always being right, being unpopular, and her inability to accept that other people might be better.
lisa's rival - her status as the smartest and most musically talented kid in school is usurped by allison. she tries to befriend allison despite her own hatred of her, like she's fishing for some sort of flaw to make herself feel like the better person again.
lisa on ice - gets into a bitter war with bart over hockey. becomes super mean while competing (it's also hilarious)
lisa's wedding - badmouths her family in front of hugh the entire episode, but still loves them and wants them to be around. the ending to this episode might be secretly one of the best in the series.
lisa the vegetarian - the lesson here is not to not eat meat. any episode from 2-5 would have been about how she was right, but we're not meant to side with her. if there's any lesson here, it's not to force your beliefs down other people's throats.
lisa the iconoclast - the second time in the season, lisa finds out the right thing to do isn't always what she sets out to do. i think this is the weakest episode in this run, but going along with the coverup was a nice way to cap the episode. again, i think they would have tried to reveal the truth in the earlier seasons (like how she was in lisa the beauty queen).
summer of 4'2" - just a fucking great episode all around. lisa acknowledges she has no friends and changes herself (slightly) to fit in. bart is way in the wrong here as jealousy gets the better of him, and she kinda snaps.
my sister, my sitter - okay, this episode is one of my least favorites from 1-9. i don't think the problems stem from lisa as much as the premise of an 8 year old babysitting other kids was too much for my suspension of disbelief. not much preachiness here though.
the old man and the lisa - again, lisa's good intentions turn out to be on the wrong side of things. ultimately she turns down the ten thousand dollars, but that's on her terms and to me, more believable because it came from her as a character and not because it was treated as the right thing to do.
the secret war of lisa simpson - i actually keep forgetting this episode exists. somehow i skipped it during my childhood, and i think i only caught it for the first time as a teenager or on dvd. it's probably the preachiest of this run of episodes. yeah, not really a fan.
lisa the skeptic - i think this is the last great lisa episode. it treads familiar ground with lisa believing too much and being wrong about convincing others that they're wrong, but it goes into unfamiliar territory when it becomes marge vs. lisa. that's a relationship that is rarely touched upon throughout the show (even in later seasons), and the way it's handled here is short, but brutal. lisa saying, 'i feel sorry for you' because marge believes in angels is pretty harsh. i think it was more shocking to me because marge doesn't even come across belligerent like homer can when it comes to expressing her beliefs. the way they resolve this at the end of the episode is another ending that's secretly one of the best (or at least one of the better ones)
lisa the simpson - lisa just kinda goes psycho when she thinks she's getting dumber. it's sort of the same behavior we saw in lisa's rival, except here she resigns herself to this fate. she gets preachy in front of a camera, but it's treated as a joke, and meant to serve her depression than to actually tell the audience something.
girly edition - once again, lisa can't stand playing second-fiddle, and tries to sabotage her rival, this time bart. the lesson here is to team up, but that immediately goes nowhere because no one cares about the lisa + bart anchor team.
lost our lisa - i kinda dislike this one. it has good jokes, but the plot jumps around from place to place. there's no lesson here. it's just a bunch of stuff that happened.
and like i said, 2-5 is a different bag. she's usually complaining about the wrongs of the world, and unlike britta from community, it's not treated as annoying or a joke (aside from the malibu stacy episode). lisa's subsitute is probably the best of this era, and i think still stands as one of the best episodes today.
season 1 is pretty awful. i hate the episode where she's sad, even though it leads to a funny scene in front of the school. honestly though, that subplot was really poor.
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Anihawk if we ever meet in person I owe you a beer.
i hadn't realized what i'd done until i hit 'submit reply'
peanutbutterlatte
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Oh yeah, I love the hockey one. There are good Lisa episodes, just lots of... not good ones too. Lisa the Vegetarian is a great non-preachy one too.
Um, Anihawk, ten percent of a hundred and twenty million dollars isn't twelve thousand dollars........
CODE BLUE, CODE BLUE.
Poindexter
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thank you thank you thank you!
My least favorite episodes are the bleeding gums murphy episodes. I cannot stand them.
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trab pu kcip
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these posts...wow...that's just blasphemous
they couldnt even leave the dead characters rest in peace.
When the Jazzman's testifyin',
a faithless man believes.
He can sing you into paradise,
or bring you to your knees.
Jazzman, take my blues away,
Make my pain the same as yours with every change you play.
Jazzman, oh, Jazzman.
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Oh man, nostalgia overload.
It definitely is the best Milhouse episode in my opinion. I love how they're picking on him throughout the episode.
The cracks in the show's foundation started in season 5. It was still fantastic, don't get me wrong, and totally unrivaled in quality compared to everything else. But from that point on, once in a while you would see hints at the horrible, horrible future. I'm one of the few fans who think the show was only GOLDEN from 2-4, while still great from 5-7. 8 Was VERY hit or miss, and by 9 it was done.
UberTag
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I'm not a big fan of 'Round Springfield, but I do admire Yeardley's vocal chops here.
There were some nice sax solos in this ep, too.
trab pu kcip
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Probably their best movie reference ever.
risking to appear super dumb right now (even dumber than usual) but what is this a reference to?
You are the fucking man. Thank you! Such a great great scene.
Such an awesome alternative "Nope" gif
FloppyDelux
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I concur. Especially the latest one. So very awful.
hologram bleeding gums murphy =/ might need to see this episode....
Not until I get you your beer.
I remember watching this one when it aired and my dad grooving to it while I went "
".edit: He said something like "Yeah! Al-right! *head bob"
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PeakPointMatrix
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Wall-eyed Simpsons are best Simpsons. Can someone do a gif loop of Homer "feeding" the dolphin in Brother from the same Planet? His stupid as hell laugh has to be one of my favorite Homer expressions ever."Wellllll if it isn't the leader of The Weiner Patrol, boning up on his nerd lessons."
(Probably one of the best Homer lines of all time)
CAMPERS PAMPERS
Also, wall-eyed Marge
trab pu kcip
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oh man I would've never thought of that. thanks for clearing that up
also
ahahahaha
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
Well, despite Bart's objections the people of South Africa can now vote in free democratic elections.
Hoya Destroyer
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Even the one with Mr Bergstem? It has one of my favorite Homer moments
Homer: "Whats the matter with you?"
Lisa: "You wouldn't understand""
Homer: "Oh honey. Just because I dont care, doesnt mean I dont understand"
peanutbutterlatte
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Well there are of course exceptions. And I haven't watched the Mr. Bergstem episode in so many years!
UberTag
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It's not the funniest episode (although the subplot doesn't get the recognition it deserves - if only for Krabappel) but Hoffman's performance is easily one of the best in the show's 24-year history.
Plus, I got a kick out of The Graduate reference once I got older.
Henchmen21
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Typo. The show only ran for 8 years.
Fixed.
vicissitudes
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Yeah but the last two seasons were pretty bad so we ignore them.
For me there's still a lot more good than bad in 9 and 10. They're certainly a long way from 4-7, but much closer to those than to 11 and beyond.