For the record, I thought he was in Ten Forward too. 
I know why I stopped Watching The Simpsons
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The SIMPSONS are still great. The later season have been an improvement over Season 13 to 18.
I just hope this fun will never stop!
I just hope this fun will never stop!
The show's better lately than it was, but it still has some duds, and this was one heck of a dud. I'm hoping it's an aberration, that it was so weak because it was so heavily guest-star-driven rather than idea- or character-driven, and that subsequent episodes will be better. This was a lousy way to start the season, but I'm not going to write the season off because of one weak episode.
That was an awesome episode, umm, 18 years ago when it aired. Then again, the whole use of MLB ringers could be read as a satirizing guest stars.
It's funny (not ha-ha, more "interesting") that the new episodes go far more overboard with guests than the one episode that had far more stars than any other episode, ever.
Plus they turned the guy into a chicken.
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Agreed. In this case, it was to showcase Mr. Burns going to great lengths to win a baseball game, even bringing in ringers. It was when guest stars were still something to talk about, not an every episode occurrence like it is now. This also happens to be one of my favorite episodes.
Now THAT was hilarious!
This week's episode was better than last week's, but still pretty mediocre. The extended couch gag was the best part. Two episodes aren't enough to say for sure, but so far this season isn't looking promising.
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I don't even watch it live anymore, I wait until it's on Hulu the next day.
I'll be watching it tomorrow, though.
I'll be watching it tomorrow, though.
Just curious, do you watch something else on Sunday at 8? Because that would seem like a waste of time to not watch something if had nothing else to watch, just to put it off.
^I don't think I've ever heard not watching TV described as a waste of time. Maybe he spends the time reading or exercising or talking to a loved one or something worthwhile like that.
My least favorite part was the Itchy & Scratchy cartoon at the start. It fell into the Seltzer-Friedberg school of thought that merely referencing something from recent pop culture somehow constitutes a joke even if you don't do anything beyond referencing it. It was simply an extended pastiche of the opening from UP that then segued into a random "mouse killing cats" sequence that had nothing remotely to do with UP. How does that even qualify as a parody? It's just a non sequitur.
My least favorite part was the Itchy & Scratchy cartoon at the start. It fell into the Seltzer-Friedberg school of thought that merely referencing something from recent pop culture somehow constitutes a joke even if you don't do anything beyond referencing it. It was simply an extended pastiche of the opening from UP that then segued into a random "mouse killing cats" sequence that had nothing remotely to do with UP. How does that even qualify as a parody? It's just a non sequitur.
Same here. I did that all last season and plan on the same thing this year.
I hope Hulu viewings don't count towards ratings. The only way to get this junk off the air is if people stop watching and giving it high ratings despite it consistently sucking. I know it's hard to break out of a habit when you've been doing it for a long time, and I'm sure there are people who have been watching this every Sunday for like 15 years (or however long it's been since the show moved from Thursdays to Sundays), but it's not impossible. After all, I was able to do it.
I've been playing "The Simpsons: Hit & Run" lately. It came out in 2003, when the show had only been sucking for 6 years, so it's chock full of gags and references to the classic seasons. It helps me forget that this show is tainting its legacy every week, and has been for the last 14 years. I like to pretend it's not still on the air, so I don't become depressed at how bad it's become (as I inevitably do when I'm stupid enough to curiously check out a few minutes of a newer episode).
It amuses me when I say the show has been bad since 9 and people say stuff like "seasons 12 and 13 were bad, but 15 and 19 were a bit better". Nah, it's been bad since season 9. It may be less bad in periods or episodes of certain seasons, but the best episode of any season between 9 and the present is still inferior to the worst episode of season 8 or earlier.
I've been playing "The Simpsons: Hit & Run" lately. It came out in 2003, when the show had only been sucking for 6 years, so it's chock full of gags and references to the classic seasons. It helps me forget that this show is tainting its legacy every week, and has been for the last 14 years. I like to pretend it's not still on the air, so I don't become depressed at how bad it's become (as I inevitably do when I'm stupid enough to curiously check out a few minutes of a newer episode).
It amuses me when I say the show has been bad since 9 and people say stuff like "seasons 12 and 13 were bad, but 15 and 19 were a bit better".
Nah, it's been bad since season 9. It may be less bad in periods or episodes of certain seasons, but the best episode of any season between 9 and the present is still inferior to the worst episode of season 8 or earlier.
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I'm usually preparing resumes, job searching and browsing TBBS. I usually miss Family Guy, too, although tonight I got a chance to see it. Loved it.
Yeah, I don't watch much live television. Maybe an hour a week of live TV.
It works out pretty well, actually. It lets me juggle normal routine and still choose whether I want to watch an entire episode or not.
Slightly off-topic (but related to J. Allen's post), doesn't anyone else find it harder to watch things on TV (even shows you like) in this day and age with DVR and so much available online? For example, why watch commercials and force yourself to have to watch a show at an exact time and day when you have the option of watching any time you want without commercials and the ability to pause it? The biggest motivation for me to watch a TV show live would be it being a show that I know needs ratings help to survive. That's why the last show I tried to go out of my way to see live on TV was "Dollhouse".
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I got around to watching the episode this morning. It gets a big "meh" from me. I didn't even finish it, I was so bored about halfway through. I agree with your assessment of the Itchy & Scratchy cartoon. I consider it parody on the same level as the "Not Another Teen Movie" people. You know, the ones who say what they're parodying so that you don't have to think and they don't have to write? That.
^Well, yes, that was the gist of my reference to Seltzer & Friedberg, the makers of such films as Date Movie, Meet the Spartans, Disaster Movie, and the like. They're actually separate from, and even worse than, the Not Another Teen Movie people.
I could just as easily have referenced Seth Macfarlane, who seems to think that constantly reminding people that he's obsessively familiar with 1980s television minutiae somehow constitutes being funny.
I could just as easily have referenced Seth Macfarlane, who seems to think that constantly reminding people that he's obsessively familiar with 1980s television minutiae somehow constitutes being funny.
Because my wife and I are 53 years old and that's the way we've always watched TV. *shrug*
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Ah, see I'm not familiar with Seltzer & Friedberg. I'm a Zucker Abrahams Zucker fan, myself.
Oh god, he is just awful in all of his incarnations. Even Patrick Stewart himself can't salvage Seth's crappiness, and Stewart single handedly carried TNG through its awful first season.
For anyone confused as to why anyone would think Family Guy is awful, please check out the corresponding episode of South Park. They do a better job than I could in mere words.
This is all sorts of awesome:
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