Simpsons S18-14 : Worst episode ever?

OK, I know it's a clich� now, but IMO yesterday's (UK) episode 'Yokel Chords' has to be a strong contender for that dubious title.

On Mon, 16 Apr 2007 07:10:07 +0000, Paul Hyett wrote:

It wasnt a musical, therefore it isnt a contender IMO :)

I thought it was great to see Cletus all pimped out like that.

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Didn't he remind you of "Kid Rock?"

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On Mon, 16 Apr 2007 07:25:53 -0500, R Flowers wrote:

Now that you mention it, yes :)

Given that C4 re show the first few series several times before moving on it'll be 2027 before this is aired!!

For me it's the Gervais episode. I enjoyed the Office, Extras and his live shows but his take on the Simpsons was truly dire.

The main problem with that one is the massive sell-out that Sky obviously did - to promote HD. What, a Simpsons episode about HD just before they launch Sky HD? What a coincidence!

D.

There's been plenty of contenders for that since around about Season 12 IMO.

As a Virgin customer I don't see any more new Simpsons and I'm not missing it one bit. If I'm in the mood for Homer and co. I'll dig out one of my DVDs - when it was still actually funny.

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I realised after it had been on that I'd forgotten to cancel my weekly recording at 6.30pm (I sometimes leave it in for old eps, but started the recording when I still used to watch it, and once in a while there'll be the occasional one to watch), so just deleted it when I realised.

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Was that on all the way through the show? If so, Jeez!

It's following the practice of a number of US TV stations then, who don't do it for so long but still it's a royal pain.

When I watched a few US eps of last year's Nip Tuck (I stopped a few eps into the current season because it went shit), despite it being taken from the premiere ep and it always being on at 10pm Tuesday, they still began each part with a logo to shout that fact by having a scalpel flail across the screen and make a loud slashing/scraping sound as it did so, thus blocking out some of the dialogue from each scene after the ad break(!)

I noticed they were doing it on the Sky One premiere broadcasts of Dom Joly's Happy Hour before Xmas, and so tried to get as many eps as possible during the late-night repeats when those occurred.

I wasn't happy when I came to make the DVD of the first 3 eps though, as I'd watched the late-night repeat (and on the TiVo you don't know without double-checking which version you've got as I hadn't thought about it) of the first ep, but realised too late that I'd got the premiere of it when recording, so just when I thought the end credits were left alone... they were scrunched up and talked over. :(

I saw it was going to be repeated later on Sky 3 (around Jan this year), but again in prime time so it would still have been ruined.

Virtually every episode made in the last 4-5 years can lay claim to this dubious title, easily making former WEE's like "Saddlesore Galactica" and "Kill The Alligator And Run" look like Emmy contendors. Even "The Worst Episode Ever" is better than anything produced past 2001.

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Untrue.

On Tue, 17 Apr 2007 15:48:36 -0400, Chris � wrote:

Hmm... I was (sort of) that opinion for a few years...

However this year I have actually sat down and watched every episode from the very first to the latest... and I have to say that upon reflection, I think the show is by and large as good as ever. In some ways it has, if anything, gotten even better.

It still makes me laugh out loud - if it can manage to do that then it's a great show :)

Meh, but each of us is entitled to his opinion.

I still think they've been hoarding the good stuff for the movie.

Quite probably. But I think the lack of funniness is relative. If I saw one of the better recent eps without any prior simpsons experience, I'd still think it was one of the funniest shows in the world

In alt.tv.simpsons on Wed, 18 Apr 2007, Chris � wrote :

For the last 7 years?

"Paul Hyett" wrote

No, silly. For the last 19.