Just a note for those who live in Canada and get the Comedy Network: a week ago they started showing "The Simpsons" (7 nights a week at 9 pm ET). I taped tonight's showing of "Life In the Fast Lane," and it was uncut, complete with all the scenes you don't see in syndication and even including the older Fox logo at the end.
This is good news because Teletoon, which used to have the Canadian cable rights for "The Simpsons," showed the first three seasons in cut-down syndication versions (then switched to uncut versions for season 4 on, maybe because those episodes were shorter? I don't know). So if you get the Comedy Network, it's a good idea to tape "The Simpsons" from them (though I suppose the DVD collections will make this kind of redundant for some viewers).