YABEEP (Yet Another Best Episode Ever Post)

... but not really your typical one. Okay, forgive me if this has been asked before or pointed out before (as I'm sure it has), I've only recently started browsing newsgroups again.

From reading episode reviews on snpp.com (only a few, I admit) it seems to me that even by late season 3, the general reviewing community was starting to feel dismayed at lack of quality in episodes. Is there a point at which the simpsons populous can cite a peak in the series? Is there a defining moment when the series starts to fade, or is that far too subjective a question to be asking?

I will concede that I still get as many laughs from episodes that did poorly on review in more recent years as I did from episodes in years past, although the types of laughs have changed dramatically. In the earlier years I would be rolling on the floor from the look Marge and Lisa give homer after he confesses, "Lamentably no, my gastronomic rapacity knows no satiety." (Act II, #8F22, Bart's Friend Falls in Love) Whereas in the last couple of years, my laughs have taken a more superficial appeal (i.e. the entire Gump Roast episode).

I still think that the Simpsons are goign strong... Season 3 I would say is where it started getting real good... The 1st 2 seasons placed most emphisis on Bart where the later seasons focus on Homer... Homer is a much funnier character and even though some of the material in the Simpsons is getting old it is still very funny... I didn't see many episodes from this past season but from the ones that I did see I laughed my ass off... its still one of the best and to me, it is still as strong as ever.

Yeah I agree there. Season 13 was awesome, IMHO. I loved the screamapillar, and especially the rapid-fire runs of homer moments from Gump Roast (although it was a clip show). :) For me, the most memorable season has to be season #5, probably because that's when my viewing had really started to hit me. I had a tape with a lot of the episodes on it that I watched over and over again, including Homer's Barbershop Quartet, Cape Feare, Homer Goes to College, Marge on the Lam, Treehouse of Horror IV, Boy Scoutz 'N the Hood, $pringfield, Homer and Apu, and Deep Space Homer. I was in grade 9 during that season, and to me the episodes are absolutely classic. I remember a day in my Grade 9 Math class that myself and a couple buddies got no work done, simply because we could not stop laughing, recalling the previous night's episode.. we'd look at eachother expectantly, and someone would utter "hey bart, do you want some brownies before you go to bed?!?!?" or "bart, do you wanna see my new chain saw and hockey mask?" :)

Mike

Mike Eheler wrote in message news:uBkc9.243398$[email]...

I, too, love the screamapillar. And the new chain saw and hockey mask bit is a hoot. Cape Feare and the barber shop quartet stuff annoyed me. But that's just me and goes to show that not everything appeals to everyone. Doesn't make it good or bad, though.

I'm a lot older than you and have loved the Simpsons even through it's "bad" seasons. I can laugh for different reasons, and get different references.

FYI, 9th grade is a watershed mark in character development. The fact that the Simpsons was such a great influence on you at that time will annoy your future wife to no end.

-Bob

Unless she's a Simpsons fan.

Katijaikat wrote in message news:[email]...

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A woman's appreciation for the Simpsons doesn't mean she will appreciate perennial adolescence in her husband which was due to his earlier Simpsons watching.

Mike Eheler wrote:

Hard to say, but I've been wearing out my season 2 DVDs, and I forgot just how good the show was early on. Season 2 is definitely one of many peaks.

On Sat, 31 Aug 2002, Mike Eheler wrote:

You could always see what people have written at -> http://www.jumptheshark.com

i have to add my 2 cents...i think they peaked at the end of season 2, beginning of season 3...my all time favorite episode is and always will be 7F22 Blood Feud 7/11/91

-lisa

Homer: [trying to disguise his voice]
          Hello, my name is Mr. Burns.  I believe you have a letter for me.
   Postal Clerk: Okay, Mr. Burns, uh, what's your first name?
   Homer: [brief pause] I don't know.

I concur. I think the first 3 seasons are the best, with season 2 being the highlight of the show.

The stories of the early seasons were simple and straightforward, with the family being the main focus. Usually there were no subplots. On the rare occasion when there was a subplot, it usually related to the main plot.

During season 4 a formula set in. It typically involved an event or new person coming to Springfield and the whole town's reaction to it. There were lots of crowd shots in this season. Also, Homer seemed to find various other occupations during season 4.

With season 5, The Simpsons made the same mistakes that all sitcoms make. The creators or writers lose sight of what the show was originally about and have the characters behave in ways that contradicts their behavior from the earlier seasons. Once the characters travel to outerspace or meet glamourous celebrities, then they are no longer the ordinary folks we once loved.

My laughter's greatly decreased since "Maximum Homerdrive" and "Wizard of Evergreen Terrace."

doesn't it defeat the purpose to make a nifty abbreviation and then spell out the phrase anyway?