The fact that a once great show has declined as much as the Simpsons has, or the willful stubborn blindness of the producers who refuse to see what is right in front of their noses, insisting the show is still funny, it's just the fans who don't "get it".
News flash for Al Jean, Ian Maxtone-Witherball or whatever, and the rest: You're not funny anymore. "Only the wearer knows where the shoe pinches."
I'm embarrassed for you.
On Jan 25, 11:20 pm, [email] wrote:
Or even worse-- viewers like me who keep watching futilely hoping that it will magically get better.
About once or twice a season, they come up with something that is good enough to make me reminisce about the good 'ol days. It's a tease I tell ya.
On Jan 26, 1:15 pm, [email] wrote:
You're right. I've found that they come up with one or two good episodes a year now...and that's pretty damn poor.
As for the show dealing with issues, the show is SO liberal and when a make a classic show that used to be funny without resorting to politics all about political views...nobody wants to see it.
On Mon, 26 Jan 2009 11:15:10 -0800, sparkoheaps wrote:
The show sure aint what it used to be... but it's still a lot better than most anything else being produced to day. I've been watching series around series 10, 11 lately. Much, much better than the recent stuff.
South Park I find is generally repetitive, and I guess not as good as it used to be, but they are still very capable of producing brilliant episodes, like the recent ep 'Major Boobage'. That was first rate animation.
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As Channel Ten (Australia) keeps learning. Every time they boot TS out of the 6 pm slot, a few weeks later it's back. They obviously aren't getting the ratings from "Friends" or "The Bold and the Bonkable" that they do with almost worn-through tapes of The Simpsons.
I think most people keep watching just to see how they can possibly be more outrageous and non-PC than they already have been!
Paul
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The Simpsons was 3 in 4 good right up to series 16 its got steadily worse since then I blame their obsession with doing "issues" the atrocious decision to make Patti lesbian (despite her previous flings with Skinner amongst others) right through to the ATROCIOUSLY handled muslim one recently, which annoyed both the muslims and their politically-correct, scabby lapdogs and those of us not exactly fans of the most intolerant of all religions (like me) which must be some achievement to irritate both sides. Right now its 1 REASONABLE one to 7 or 8 BAD ones. There is the odd decent one - and its ALWAYS avoiding "issues" The stench of politically correct interference is overpowering with the Simpsons for the last 3 series or so
Thankfully, Seth McFarlane treats them with the contempt they deserve in Family Guy and American Dad Going out of his way to annoy all and sundry (paticularly we Brits for reasons best known to himself !) Thing with the P.C. turds - they believe in freedom of speech and "rights" - but only for themselves and extremists they agree with - not for the rest of us. They are more censor obsessed than the extreme right wing of the 60s
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"Political Correctness is a doctrine fostered by a delusional, illogical liberal minority, and rabidly promoted by an unscrupulous mainstream media, which holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a turd by the clean end." - P. J. O'Rourke
On Wed, 28 Jan 2009 12:03:32 +0000, phil_kennedy wrote:
Glad your life is so bitter... sucks to be YOU. :)
Homer J wrote:
Wow. I didn't think the writers or producers read this group.
On Wed, 28 Jan 2009 15:29:11 -0600, Homer wrote:
That was me... Damned newsreader ignores my default posting profiles. I ressurected my old I.D of 'Homer J' to reply to an old, old, o l d poster who reappeared in another group entirely.
Homer J wrote:
Do you mean it sucks to be a fan of the withered, unfunny remains of what was at one time the funniest thing on television?
Yes, it does.
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