As it seems to be a very controversial episode, I�m interested in what you think about "Lisa�s Substitute."
An outstandingly good episode [ ] An overrated episode [ ] A very weak episode [ ] Total crap [ ]
What would you say? (I�d say "outstandingly good")
Chris
Outstandingly good. The note that she received at the end of the episode still touches me.
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Agreed. It was, and still is, the best Simpsons episode of all time, IMO.
Jake
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Can you please explain what the note meant ? I just dont get it. Sorry.
Charlie.
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"You are Lisa Simpson". Meaning she has value in and of herself.
Awwww... your explanation is both accurate AND sweet.
...will YOU go to the prom with me?
Outstandingly good!
It's very good, though I can't quite give it "outstandingly," cause of my own episodal biases. =]
It was certainly a breakthrough episode for the show, both in layoung out all sorts of framework for Lisa's character and also in setting multiple precedents for the show to follow. I remember reading that Matt Groening himself realized just how much potential The Simpsons had when "Lisa's Substitute" was produced.
I'm touched by the older (but not oldest) episodes. The jokes, while fewer in number, are better in content and execution, and the emotional value strikes chords in the mind and heart both.
~Josh
An outstandingly good episode
Outstandingly good. "You are Lisa Simpson." Scully translation: "Mmm... hug."
~Paul Melnyk, too Laozi to come up with a witty nickname. "An autocrat is a facist that's loved, a dictator is a fascist that's hated."
There�s one standard Scully translation for every emotional dialogue between Lisa and Homer "Not now, honey. Daddy is busy."
Chris
Chris Pfeiler wrote:
I'd put it between outstandingly good and overrated.
*********************** theabman HOM++ LIS+++ BAR++++ BOB++++ 7G12, 7F10, 8F15, 9F22, 1F04, 2F10, 3F13, 4F14, 5F02, AABF03, BABF05, CABF14 "Is there a word in Klingon for loneliness??........ah yes ...Kaar Daccchhhhhhh." ***********************
I don't remember that episode much, it was a while ago when I saw it. It was kind of boring though I think..
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Surely not - this is one of the very best Simpsons episodes. It just goes to show what the writers can do with a reasonably simple idea. In particular, it proved you don't need the crass "Here's the verbal wise-crack, and now here's the visual to it" style "humour" we are getting too much of these days.
Overrated.
Actually, the last time I saw that episode was elementary school. Plus I prefer more humor than touchy-feeliness.
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On 10 Jul 2001 07:43:02 GMT, [email] (Chris Pfeiler) wrote:
Outstandingly good, but in a way depressing, cuz I know they will NEVER make an episode even close to that anymore. That's pretty much true for all the season 2-4 episodes. Oh wait, that's a whole other thread right there.
Perfect balance of heartwarming sentimentality with comedy . Homer's reconciliation speech was particulary good I forget the exact line but something like "I know one day you'll be hanging out with smart people like you and guys like me will be serving drinks" (I know I horribly mangled that line) Then his consoling speech to Bart "Let the baby have his bottle " (about Martin winning the election) That Homer is dead and buried I think, the new Homer is a pale shadow of that one.
Oh well...
Sad but true. But this thread made me a little happy because there seem to be many other people who consider 7F19 as classic masterpiece, so I�m not the only one :-)
Chris
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So this is what it feels like when doves cry.
It was snacktacular!
John
Those who think, find the world comic. Those who feel, find it tragic.
Chris Pfeiler wrote in :
Loved it, despite the absence of flubber, glayvin.
Seriously, though. It was good, but certainly not the best of the Simpsons. It did the sentimental part great, but wasn't the best in the departments of humor, satire, incisive commentary and such. And what makes Simpsons great for me is the whole package.
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Exactly. *That's* why I say "overrated". Why can't it be all things to all people? ;)
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(staring straight ahead) And maybe to one lucky girl. Will you go to the prom with me?
== Mike Reed
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[Sprays Mike Reed with pepper]
Mmmm... incapacitating.
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One squirt and you're south of the border!
Dr Music P.S. Parking was ample.
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Must've been a long night....oh, wait, wrong NG.
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I don't think it's overrated. For what it is, it's great. But this "it" is more like a deviation from "The Simpsons"' it than its highest point.
I hope you watch it uncut. According to the snpp guide the syndication version is heavily cut: 93 seconds including some of the best lines and important scenes (e.g. the sax scene when Lisa plays in front of school.)
That fits into my theory that syndication cuts can ruin an episode and also the public opinion about an episode. Thank God for the upcoming season 2 DVD.
Chris
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I have all eps uncut on tape. But yes; I will see it uncut. Perhaps tonight :)
I LOVED "Lisa's Substitute"- it's one of my all-time favourites, but I
personally feel that it was beaten by "Lisa's Pony"; I just can't get enough
of Homer working at the Kwik-E-Mart!
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Didn't anyone else love the quote in "Round Springfield"? :
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Homer: "Well, it's like the time that your cat Snowball got run over."
Lisa: "Uh huh."
Homer: "Remember, honey?"
Lisa: "Yeah."
Homer: "What I'm saying is, all we have to do is go down to the pound and get a new jazzman!"
Lisa: [wailing] "Oh, Dad!" [weeps]