It's on right now, and Bart is dead. Feel bad, subby? Insulting a little dead cartoon kid.

While not in its's glory days, the last few years have been rather good. IMHO it still has a lot more laughs than most "sit-coms"

I loved last Sunday's episode about Bart wanting a baby brother.

One of the best episodes for the Simpson's in a while imo.

The worst part about my generation is we are only in our mid 20's and are already nostalgic. If when I turn 40 I become nostalgic over the times I was nostalgic when I was in my 20's you all have permission to shoot me in the face.

Klippoklondike: The worst part about my generation is we are only in our mid 20's and are already nostalgic. If when I turn 40 I become nostalgic over the times I was nostalgic when I was in my 20's you all have permission to shoot me in the face.

Just wait till the "Rock" you listen to end up on the classic stations....

tetzy: Although some might argue that the moment they started doing the "start with one plot then do a quick 180 into another, unrelated story" was the beginning of the end, I say the Bart versus the white dog episode was the tipping point.

I say kill The Simpsons and bring Futurama back.

Leprechaun Jockeys.

That episode, along with the then-freshness of Family Guy season 1, began an 8 year "The Simpsons sucks" period for me.

Now, watching season 20 after the show went to hi-def, The Simpsons doesn't suck anymore.

Hell, I'd like to see 'em hurry up with the season 13-19 DVDs so I can see if I missed anything good.

Like I said in another thread, as long as SNL is still on, they can't justifiably cancel the Simpsons.

mattso: THE WORST SIMPSONS EPISODE IS STILL BETTER THAN THE BEST EPISODE OF 99 PERCENT OF WHATEVER PASSES FOR "COMEDY" ON TELEVISION THESE DAYS

please stop this lazy argument. There's also plenty of Meh shows that are better than Simpsons now.



Rubber Biscuit: Last week's episode had a story that was small, simple and original. Bart "adopted" a younger brother. One of the best stories in the last decade.



I wouldn't go that far. It was pretty good, but I felt like a lot of the plot was cut out of it. I couldn't have been the only one who was under the impression that the brother only came to Bart out of some kind of huckster ploy that never really materialised for some reason. Then the kid was back in the orphanage for some unexplained reason. The End.

The Simpsons do still have funny moments occasionally, but they're very sporadic (even compared to the wildly inconsistent Mike Scully years) and the plots feel like they're more of an idea rather than a 3 act story.

Fano: As much as I beat on the second decade of the Simpsons, it was really seasons 11-12 and a smattering of 13 that made me quit watching.

you're not missing much. Honestly, as bad as the Mike Scully years were, they at least had the occasional whole episode that was great (All of his Season 9 work, Mr. X, Worst Episode Ever) or at least partial episode (i.e. great first two acts, bad third or vice versa. See: Tomacco episode).

The show now is definitely more consistent.... but boring. A lot of episodes feel like retreads of past episodes (it doesn't help that there are some way too late in the game sequels to past episodes), that some characters are included only because salary dictates the necessity, and, again, that a lot of the show's plots feel more like ideas than actual stories. It feels like the writing process is a bunch of jokes made up and then fixed around an idea that came as an after thought.


frankly, I would take the Mike Scully years in that at least the few sprinklings of comedy would at least make it somewhat worth it to sift through the panda rapings. Now it just feels like the show's still around because of some "lol we've been around a long time!" running gag that's not really all that funny.


but I also though the Simpsons Movie was the best the show's been in years.

ModernLuddite: Remember: You are Lisa Simpson.

That is still one of my favorite episodes