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The Simpsons Turn 10 395

Posted by CmdrTaco from the best-show-on-television dept.
SkulkCU writes "The Simpsons turn 10 today. I still laugh throughout every show. " I still say that the Simpsons is the best show on television last decade. This season has been stronger than the last couple too.
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  • degrading quality (Score:1)

    by Anonymous Coward
    I believe the Simpsons have been losing quality for the last few years, and so do many others. Whilst the show used to be a look at the average american family, nowadays it is a show with jokes as plots and weird events that happen to a family. Writers emphasize on jokes, not story. Although I believe the simpsons are a great show, i really think that this is happenning. Does anyone agree? sig wanted

  • Minor Corrections (Score:1)

    by Anonymous Coward
    Wahooo!, in this context appears to be an attempt to write the "Woohoo!" Homer makes when excited. It rhymes with YooHoo, not Yahoo.

    Homer does not say "Doh." He says "D'oh." While they sound exactly the same, its apparantly a big enough difference that the engraving on Lisa's sax is spelled this way.

    South Park is not a Simpson's immitation. Can't speak for the others, but I kinda get the impression Southpark was inspired by the work of Terry Gilliam.

    Thank you. If there are anymore corrections, I will let you know.

  • Wouldn't it be great if... (Score:1)

    by Anonymous Coward
    Someone could hack the kernal so Windows NT went "D'oh!" whenever a blue screen appeared?

    God knows I say it enough...

  • Re:Made the real news, too... (Score:1)

    by Anonymous Coward
    It do know its not NRA4EVER. Bastards tricked me. I really can't remember, so I'll venture a guess: 864.67?
  • At least IMO. The plots have been getting more and more ridiculous; I stopped watching it in favor of either Futurama or nothing at all. The Simpsons now seems more about how many lame jokes they can pack into 24 minutes than anything else.

    But that's just me...

    - A.P.
    --


    "One World, one Web, one Program" - Microsoft promotional ad

  • Well, you've obviously never heard of the Beastie Boys... that's pretty sad :(
  • Wasn't it Don Incognito?
  • And there's only one thing [min.net] I have to say about that!

    Here's hoping for ten more years.

  • My computers (at work and at home) start up with Homer's "No time for that now, the computer's starting!" and shut down with "Whew, all that computer hacking is making me thirsty!"

    In my Visual C++, when a build is successful Homer says, "To start, press any key" while build failures have Mr. Burns yelling "You call this a supercomputer?!"

    For a while when I was running a WinNT 4.0 beta, the startup was Snake's "Oh, no, BETA!"

    My other favorite computer-related sound clips:

    Homer:"Welcome to the Internet my friend, how can I help you?"
    Comic Book Guy:"I'm interested in upgrading my 28.8 kilobaud Internet connection to a 1.5 megabit fiber optic T1 line. Will you be able to provide an IP router that's compatible with my Token-Ring Ethernet LAN configuration?"
    Homer:[3 seconds of dead silence, then]Can I have some money now?

    Homer: "The Internet? Is that thing still around?"

    Lisa (referring to robot toy): "They must have programmed it to eliminate the competition!"
    Bart: "You mean like Microsoft?"
  • You mean that stupid saxoMOphone!
  • I believe he received one of his degrees from Caltech - the Calcutta Institute of Technology.
  • ...has been the best in a while. Case in point - "The Poke of Zorro":

    "I, King Arthur, crown Zorro the new King of England!"
    Freeze frame, rap song begins: "From the Z to the O to the Double R O..."

    That was hilarious, plain and simple... I gotta find a clip of that :)
  • It'd better not be me. But then, I'm not that regular.

    Have you tried prunes?
  • Don't get me started. I almost wet myself the first time I saw that and I'm not normally incontinent.

    I also love when Homer's mom is on the lam.
    Wiggum: Are you senile or are you stalling us while she gets away?

    Granpa: A little from column A and a little from column B
  • I bent my wookie.


  • It could beat all but the best tic-tac-toe players of the day!


  • I feel compelled to point out, grisly unwarranted death aside, that Phil Hartman's voice and acting talents were so pathetic that they can be duplicated by drawing back the corners of your mouth and talking like a closeted Top 40 disk jockey.
  • Though it is true that The Simpsons became a series on January 14, 1990, The first episode of The Simpsons was aired 4 weeks before that, on December 17, 1989. That was the first time we were introduced to the simpsons as a full 30-minute episode series.
  • Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmm ....... ROOM SERVICE.
  • Maybe they'll do a quality episode to commemorate the occasion.

    The last couple of years have really sucked. Thank God for syndication.

  • There is a great Simpsons site that has tons of sounds, pictures, and movies, all searchable. Check it out at http://www.icbiass.com/main.shtml [icbiass.com]

    When Homer imagines his evil self "I am evil homer. I am evil homer. I am evil Homer."

    See: http://www.icbiass.com/sounds/9f1 8/evil_homer.wav [icbiass.com]

  • Are they drinking enough milk?

    I dunno. But they're getting plenty of Malk.

  • Per your request for a sound clip: http://www.icbiass.com/sounds/9f10/homer_flintston e.ra Or, if you'd like to hear an even funnier one: :)
    http://www.icbiass.com/soun ds/2f31/how_do_you_sleep.mp3 [icbiass.com]
  • Some good Cosby things to see:

    http://members.xoom.com/icbias s/movies/cosby_show.rm [xoom.com] (A tribute to the Cosby show, when the went off the air)

    http://www.icbiass.com/sounds/2f32/cos by.mp3 [icbiass.com] (Hey kids! Meet Grandpa Murphy!!)

    :)

  • Rocket USA [rocketusa.com] is coming out with some Futurama merchandise, such as this spiffy-keen, ultra-cool, Retro-Futuristic Bender [rocketusa.com].
  • The new schedule will be
    • Futurama
    • King Of The Hill
    • Simpsons
    • Malcom
    • X-Files
  • Family Guy was really very good, although a lot of the humor relied on the show going off onto fairly long tangents and references to media and culture.

    My favorite though was at the Octoberfest there are several stalls in a row. 'German Sausage' is manned by a Hitler-looking fellow. Next to him is the 'Polish Sausage' booth. The German guy looks around, runs up and knocks out the Polish guy and replaces the 'Polish Sausage' sign with another 'German Sausage' sign. Then he starts eyeing the 'Czechloslovakian Sausage' stall....

    Having lived in New England I also liked some of the local mannerisms and places - the Natick Twinkie factory was a lot of fun ;)
  • As you'll recall, Homer works in sector 7G of the Springfield Nuclear Power Plant. The season labels (iirc) start there, and eventually had to cycle into 'f'.

    Milhouse: We can tell everyone on the Internet!
    Bart: Yeah, but we really need to reach people who's opinions matter.

  • Homer driving around in Snake's convertible, singing "My name is Luka. I live on the second floor."

    The whole Jerry Springer segment, especially Marge in the alien mating experiment.

    "The winner will be covered in praise, the loser booed until my throat is sore."

    From last night, the weatherman appearing at the local comedy club: "There's a 70% chance of hilarity!" "I like those odds!"
  • One of the things I like of the show is that the fun is often in the details.

    For instance, when the Simpsons are suddenly very poor and Homer has to feed the cat. He opens the can, the contents label reads "ashes", he turns the can upside down, and SPLASH! A bunch of ashes falls on kitty's dish!

    If you have ever bought cat food, you'll notice that the label actually reads "ashes". That's what I mean with the devil is in the details... ;-)
  • Mmmmmm.....

    Sixty-four slices of American Cheese....

    Your Working Boy,
  • does anyone know what happened to Futurama?

    Yep. Renewed for a minimum of 13 episodes, maybe as many as 21. It was in the Entertainment section of Yahoo!'s daily news..


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  • Yes, but could theybe used for dating? =:)
  • The only cartoon that I would put on par with, and to be honest if it had stayed on it might have (I say *might* have surpassed it, was "Family Guy". Anybody catch that one?
  • In the episode "The Wizard of Evergreen Terrace" (#5F21 / SI-921), a single highway is supposed to lead to New Jersey, Texas, Michigan, and Oregon.

    Therefore, Springfield must be in a location where a single highway can lead to all those locations. It must be west of the Mississippi because of KBBL. It must be able to get a lot of snow (feet, several times). It must be near the ocean. It must have a desert with cacti nearby.

    QED, Springfield does not and cannot have a state.
  • What Matt Groening thinks about coverage of the Simpsons does not matter. Fox owns the Simpsons. It's that simple.
  • That time slot is a black hole. Right next to 60 minutes. I happen to be a crossover viewer and I like to watch 60minutes and Simpsons/Futurama. I am very unhappy with the Futurama move and from an article I read MattG ain't too pleased either. Given Futurama is 1.5 years old and has plenty of virtual life in it, I am sure that MattG worked an escape clause into the contract to eject Futurama from Fox if it gets ugly. Could be a shot in the arm for a major network or... the WB :) This web site is a *must* for futurama fans. http://www.futuramaoutlet.com/
  • I've watched quite a few of the more recent Simpsons episodes on Sky One at my university hall of residence (no satellite TV back at home) and I must admit I don't like them nearly as much as the earlier ones (as shown on the BBC). Occasionally they're very funny, but not as often as they used to be. I discovered RealVideo (and even VCD-style MPEG) Futurama episodes on the internet, however, and I'm hooked. I've got every single one except the Christmas episode on my PC now (should have it when I get back to university and my ethernet connection, instead of this 14.4kb/s modem...) and I love it. 'Brilliant' episodes are far more common than with the Simpsons, and often I'm laughing like an idiot. My neighbours must think I'm pretty strange. Futurama still doesn't reach 'brilliant' every time, but the episodes that aren't so good are still pretty funny (compared with some downright depressing Simpsons episodes, eg the one with Homer and the poisonous sushi). Futurama episodes like the Robot planet one, Nixon running for president etc are superb... I like the dark undertones in Futurama - at first glance it looks happy and cheerful, but then you see the crack dispensers, the suicide booths and the 25 cent hookerbots. And a main character actively being encouraged to steal, drink and dispense with religion? On prime-time television? Wonderful. :) Hmmm... ~/media/futurama/futurama.sh /me sits back and giggles for the next five and a half hours... BTW, useless factoid - the first season of the Simpsons is starting tomorrow morning on BBC1 at some time. As part of some children's thing. Gah.
  • I've watched quite a few of the more recent Simpsons episodes on Sky One at my university hall of residence (no satellite TV back at home) and I must admit I don't like them nearly as much as the earlier ones (as shown on the BBC). Occasionally they're very funny, but not as often as they used to be.

    I discovered RealVideo (and even VCD-style MPEG) Futurama episodes on the internet, however, and I'm hooked. I've got every single one except the Christmas episode on my PC now (should have it when I get back to university and my ethernet connection, instead of this 14.4kb/s modem...) and I love it. 'Brilliant' episodes are far more common than with the Simpsons, and often I'm laughing like an idiot. My neighbours must think I'm pretty strange.

    Futurama still doesn't reach 'brilliant' every time, but the episodes that aren't so good are still pretty funny (compared with some downright depressing Simpsons episodes, eg the one with Homer and the poisonous sushi). Futurama episodes like the Robot planet one, Nixon running for president etc are superb...

    I like the dark undertones in Futurama - at first glance it looks happy and cheerful, but then you see the crack dispensers, the suicide booths and the 25 cent hookerbots. And a main character actively being encouraged to steal, drink and dispense with religion? On prime-time television? Wonderful. :)

    Hmmm...

    ~/media/futurama/futurama.sh

    /me sits back and giggles for the next five and a half hours...

    BTW, useless factoid - the first season of the Simpsons is starting tomorrow morning on BBC1 at some time. As part of some children's thing. Gah.
  • SNPP.Com [snpp.com] is a Simpsons catalogueing and news site. They have episode guides and "capsules" for every episode they have been able to get their hands on.

    The capsules are entire scripts along with viewer comments and "Did you Notice?" sections and more.

    However, with the deluge of information required to create a capsule, the project is sorely "behind schedule". If you've got any Simpsons episodes from the past few seasons on tape, please read the site's capsule submission guideline and help out!
  • No no no.... Bill Gates shows up and says he has an interest in buying the company (although he has no idea what it does).

    Homer becomes elated at the chance of big money.

    Bill Gates: "All right fellas, buy 'em out!".
    Homer: "What are you doing!?"
    Bill Gates: "I didn't become rich by writing a lot of checks, Mr. Simpson."
  • I believe the perfect candidate for an upcoming IPO would be Homer's former company: CompuGlobalHyperMegaNet
  • Awww, 20 dollars.. I wanted a peanut!
    (Twenty dollars can buy many peanuts.)
    Explain how!
    (Money can be exchanged for goods and services.)
    Woo hoo!
  • And Lake Springfield. And Shelbyville (IL) isn't far away either.

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  • It would be hillarious if he did an episode and eliminated all 10-12 of them at once. :)
  • Think: A key chain sound effect thingy with this sound.

  • Best Simpsons-Cape Fear parody

    I love so many that it's hard to choose. I like when Bart gets a fake driver's license and goes on a road trip, and the whole Krusty Gets Kancelled episode is great, but the best is Homer The Heritic, where Homer stays home while the rest go to church. He makes himself his patented, space age, out-of-this-world Moon Waffles, dances in his underwear, wins a radio contest, and watches football.

    Bart: Hey where's Homer? Marge: Your father is...resting. Bart: "Resting" hung over? "Resting" got fired? Help me out here.

    Homer: No offense Apu, but when they were handing out religions, you musta been out taking a whizz.

    Homer: Hey Ganesha, want a peanut? Apu: Please do not offer my god a peanut.

  • I believe that phrases like 'Eat my shorts' and 'Don't have a cow' are slang from many years ago, the 1950s perhaps, which were deliberately revived by some old person who was writing for the Simpsons. Sorry I can't find a reference...
  • And the episode where Bart had an evil power that made everything he thought of real. Sitting at the breakfast table he observes "Same old boring cat..." and turns it into an umbrella-tailed-fire breathing hybrid cat-thing.
    That episode (well, part of it) was actually a Simpsonization of an old episode of The Twilight Zone where there was this 6-year old kid that had pretty much the same powers Bart did. However, the freak-o-cat was pure simpson. I loved it. :)
  • Nope. Maggie Roswell, the voice of Maude Flanders, Helen Lovejoy and Miss Hoover left the show sometime in the fall. It is rumored that the characters voiced by her will die sometime this season.
  • Funny:
    "Dad, you killed the zombie Flanders!"

    "He was a zombie?"
    Just plain cool: Edgar Allen Poe's "The Raven"
    "Quoth the Raven; Eat my shorts!"
  • 8)Antifreeze
    9)"Fishbulb"? at least that's what Bart called him...
  • "Dad was cautiously optomistic"

    "CCCCRRRRAAAAAAAAPPPPPPPP......."

  • Thats; "Hey sexy mama, wanna kill ahll the humans"
  • The wierd thing about this, is that deaths seem to be the only form of continuity in The Simpsons.

    For example, when Bleeding Gums Murphy Died, he stayed dead. Also, when the Marvin Monroe Memorial wing appeared at the hospital, we saw no more Marvin Monroe.

    Other than that, The Simpsons seems to have no sense of continuity (other than the characters changing somewhat). The Simpsons even make fun of this aspect, like at the end of The Principal and The Pauper (where Skinner turns out to be an imposter) and they say "No one shall ever speak of this again," or something to that effect.
  • Also, keep in mind that the numbers are used for the season in which the episode is produced, rather than when it is aired. The first few episodes every fall were actually produced in the previous season, so they will have the lower numbers.
  • ...is that they regularly rank on Fox (Fox turned into a soft core porn channel so slowly..., killing the Fox censor for Treehouse X, the scene with Rupert Murdoch at the superbowl special, etc. etc.) regularly and are still touted by the network as a premiere show, and used to bouy up new shows like (yecch) Malcom in the Middle.
  • She's the opposite of Homer. You can't deny he's probably a right-winger, and he goes all the way along the political spectrum to the realm of hard-core, crazy gun toters!

    Yeah, but Homer is an idiot, and while some right-wingers are probably idiots, most are reasonably intelligent. I think Homer is just a crowd-follower

  • Some others that you missed:

    Yoink!: When you take/steal something from someone. I taught my 2-year old cousin this one.

    Meh..: When you don't care about something you say "meh".
  • They're interviewing one of the major voice guys later tonight. From the AIH www page:

    As the Simpsons hit a milestone anniversary we talk to one of the voices behind the cast of characters; Harry Shearer, the voice of Mr. Burns, Smithers, Flanders and more than a dozen more

    The interview is on the show As it Happens which happens at 6:30 EST here [radio.cbc.ca]. Supposedly, archived shows go here [radio.cbc.ca], but obviously this link will not exist until after the live version.

  • ... I can't help but think that this ranting about The Simpsons degrading in quality is because our standards have been pushed so high. I'm mean who can top:

    -car crash-
    Homer: D'oh!
    Marge: A dear!
    Lisa: A female dear!

  • From what I've seen of this current series
    It's been a bit sucky
    Although in the UK we might be a season behind
    but I don't think so cos Treehouse of Horrors X is on on Saturday (Nothing like putting a halloween ep on Mid-January)

  • Dr. Hibbard "It seems bart is the evil twin"

    Bart: "Oh come on, like you didn't know"

    (Or something like that)
  • I'm hardly an "old veteran" cos I've only been watching for about a year.
  • Don't forget the numerous simpson cameo appearances in Futurama, as well as other works by Matt Groening (that little comic he draws weekly pops up now and again) that do show up.

  • Was when Homer opens the fridge and pulls out a can of Duff (great name, BTW) which was pre-shaken in a paint-shaker by Bart. A thermonuclear explosion, complete with mushroom-shaped cloud, results. Homer had asked for it, Gary Hart style, and had done something beforehand to Bart (which escapes me at the moment, too much Duff while watching, I guess).
    JMR

  • Final Answer: $847.63 - go check it out..

    2) What did homer give up his soul for?
    3) Who shot Mr. Burns (come on now, everybody knows that!)
    4) What household appliance turned out to be a time machine, transporting Homer back millions of years?
    5) Why did the babysitter accuse Homer of sexual harrasment?
    6) Bart decimated the ecosystem of Australia. How?
    7) Who appeared as the guest voice of Rupert Murdoch (Fox "network" owner)?
    8) Bart discovered his French host family adding a foreign substance to wine they were making. What was it?
    9) What's the name of the character resembling Homer that was used to plug soap on Japanese television?
    10)What induced Homer's Castaneda-esque hallucination at the annual Springfield Chili Cook-Off?

    here's a personal bonus question: What state is Springfield in? ;-)
  • stereotypes!?
    Oh yeah, that - there was that one episode...
    Lisa (rant about how everyone is just a stereotype with one-line, and how it sucks)

    Homer: Doh!
    Marge: Mmmmmm. (grumbled)
    Maggie: (suck, suck)
    Bart: Eat My Shorts!
    Barney: (belch)
    Sea Captain: Arrrrr!
    Doctor: He he he!
    Ned: Doodley-doo!

    at which point they all look at Lisa...

    Lisa: I'm going to my room!

    they always make fun of themselves (and Fox, of course), and that makes for some pretty healthly humor. I think that the type of show they have needs to change a little now and then, but I end up laughing so hard each time, it doesn't matter much what they do...
  • The local common filth reporter in Rochester, MN even had an article, "Test Your Simpsons IQ"

    ex: According to the scanner, how much is Maggie worth?

    etc... helped me recall some excellent moments...
  • I *love* the halloween episodes - especially when they run a couple of hours worth of them, all back to back to back...

    Notable Moments:
    "We can vote for a third party candidate!"
    "Go ahead, throw away your vote (maniacal laughter)"

    "I'll save ya, laddy!" (hit with axe) (repeat)

  • well, it was...
    "mmmmmm..... chocolate" (open) "DOH!"
    (repeat)

    (sorry, I'm in the mood to nit)
  • used to bouy up new shows like (yecch) Malcom in the Middle...
    Hey, don't knock MitM. Any show with an all They Might Be Giants soundtrack is cool enough, but it's also the first series that I've ever seen to realistically depict the life of a "gifted" kid. In the premiere, there were a whole lot of lines that were word-for-word identical to my own experiences. I don't know how well that'll play in the mainstream, but it's something that a lot of /.ers can appreciate.

    Speaking of smart kids, here's my favorite "Simpsons" moment:

    (Homer fiddles with Lisa's perpetual motion machine, growing increasingly frustrated)
    Homer: Young lady, in this house we obey the laws of thermodynamics!
  • I really laughed at the Simpsons when it first started, and man do those early episodes seems slow and kinda dumb now. I watched it consistently for years. Good stuff. I have to admit, though, that I started getting tired of the humor being based almost entirely on pop-culture references. One wonders if the Simpsons will make any sense at all a hundred years from now.

  • The time Bart put the cat and dog through the transporter and it came out with a head on each end. "Hey! Twice the pet, none of the mess!"
    And the episode where Bart had an evil power that made everything he thought of real. Sitting at the breakfast table he observes "Same old boring cat..." and turns it into an umbrella-tailed-fire breathing hybrid cat-thing. Later the dog and cat-thing are sleeping on the floor and the dogs fur catches fire when the cat-thing snores.
    And the signs! If you don't read EVERYTHING you are missing a lot! And the puns! "You can't believe everything you see on TV, boy" as Homie simultaneously sits on the couch and walks by on the sidewalk outside.

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    "Rex unto my cleeb, and thou shalt have everlasting blort." - Zorp 3:16

  • I'm somewhat surprised that you couldn't tell just by listening to him that the original poster had his tongue planted firmly in his cheek. I mean, come on. Simpsons and Christian values? You only ever hear those words together in sentences containing the words "destroying" or with references to Ned Flanders (who I'm sure we can all agree would make most real-life annoyingly pleasant Christians suddenly remember urgent dental appointments).
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  • This [liglobal.com] was one of the funniest things I have ever seen on the Simpsons... :)


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  • It's really interesting, because this has been said for the last 7 years. Every new season, the old hardcore veterans talk about old shows, and how the new ones just don't compare. Then after these veterans see the episode 2 or 3 times and catch all the little witty pieces, it grows on them, and they move on to the next newest episode to grip about.

    Don't get me wrong, there definitely are really boring and unfunny Simpsons episodes, but throughout each season there are certain episodes and moments of pure hysteria.

    On an unrelated note, has anyone seen 'The Critic'? Now that's a show that has been unjustly cancelled twice, but when it's on a roll, it's really on a roll! Cartoon Network has reruns of it sometimes, but there's only like 15 or so episodes. If given a longer chance, I think it could have become totally awesome. [Note, some episodes of it are painfully cheesy, but the parts that are funny are enough to give your diaphragm a year's worth of exercise). IMHO, of course.

  • another:

    Homer (singing to the tune of Flintstone's, while acting it out i.e., getting off work, driving car home, etc.)

    Simpson, Homer Simpson,
    He's the greatest guy in history.
    From the town of Springfield,
    He's about to hit a chestnut tree.

    Ahhh.... crash.

    That's priceless. Anyone point me to a sound clip?
  • I can die a happy man. I used to have this and lost it.
  • Since lots will weigh in, here's some of mine:

    When Burns runs for Governor and comes to dinner
    Bart: "Cool, a media circus!"
    Bart saying grace: "Dear God, we bought all this stuff ourselves, so thanks for nothing!"

    Bart and Milhouse finding $20, getting Slurpees from Apu that are pure syrup and doing a sugar-crazed rendition of "Springfield, Springfield" (the musical) around town.

    From the classic "Flaming Moe's" episode:
    Marge: Well, Homer, maybe you can take some consolation in the fact that something you created is making so many people happy.
    Homer: [sarcastic] Ooh, look at me! I'm making people happy! I'm the magical man from Happyland, in a gumdrop house on Lollipop Lane!
    [walks out, slams door]
    [sticks head back in] Oh, by the way: I was being sarcastic[slams door]
    Marge: Well, _duh_.
  • .... also "Born to first post" and "Slashdot's Greatest Flamewars II"
  • ... as was the style in those days. :)
  • Let me think about this. The Simpsons has/have survived:
    • Scond-season marketing and hype backlash
    • Schedule changes, including its spot against The Cosby Show, which at one time was the highest rated television show
    • Story/concept changes resulting in bad seasons
    • The death of Phil Hartman - you may remember him from such roles at Troy McClure!

    Fox stuck with the show, because it was good, even in its lesser seasons. The most important change was changing the focus from Bart "Underachiever and proud of it" to Homer "doh!" -- we all know Homer is much funnier...

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  • You are bootlegged. Check out any of the ASF/VIV channels on IRC and you will know doubt find a few bootlegged Simpsons episodes...right next to SouthPark and the ever-present "Jerry Springer: Too Hot for TV".

    Speaking of which...what exactly is the pattern to the show labels they use (e.g. - 4f15). Is the first number the season? How come the recent episodes I have seen are only 6 or something? Is it a hexadecimal number? What? Maybe I'm just not paying close enough attention...

    - JoeShmoe

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  • That webcast actually starts at 6:00 PM EST, not 5.
  • Lisa, once the voice of reason and common sense, inexplicably plays the saxophone like a hep cat. It has never made any sense to me as a joke and it seemed totally out of character, a bit like Frasier Crane singing the blues for the opening of his show.

    I've always liked Seinfeld better than the Simpson's. The Simpson's is very clever and very funny but I think it moves too slowly, not enough jokes per minute and a little too predictable. I find myself channel surfing even when I want to watch it.

    But, I do like Marge's sisters a lot, and that hottie who appeared once, Lurleen: "Noone understands you but I do!"

  • Apu: "Could it be used for dating?"

    Frink: "Well, technically, yes, but the computer matches would be so perfect as to eliminate the thrill of romantic conquest. Ha-ho-ha-hey-hoo."

  • she dies in an episode names "Faith Off". my friend told me this but i dont know where he got his info. I think its true though, because I've noticed her voice has changed this season.

    ::shrug::

    its still the best show on the telly.
    -nick
  • Homer opens the freezer, and pulls out a neapolitan ice cream container, opens it, and it has everything but the chocolate

    *doh*

    Homer discards the carton, and opens another, same thing...

    *doh*

    "Marge, we need more vanilla, chocolate, and strawberry ice cream!"

    "OK, dear"

    hehehe...
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  • I have previously put some thought into which state the Simpsons live in, and my best guess is Southern California. 1.This is because their radio station's callsign starts with a "K", so the state must be west of the Mississippi. 2.They have a seashore and a lighthouse, so they are near the ocean. 3.Just out of town there is a desert. The only problem with my theory (so far as I can tell) is the "Mr. Plow" episode. Because in that episode it snows (not very southern California weather.) But, the lack of snow plow equiptment they had showed that they were unprepared, and it could have been a freak accident. The only other time I can recall it snowing is when Bart prays for a blizzard, so he can study for his test. If there are any flaws to my logic, please reply. -----"Professor, would you say it's time to start cracking eachothers heads open and eating the goo inside?" -----"Yes I would, Kent"

  • No Surprise (Score:3)

    by AT ( 21754 ) on Friday January 14, 2000 @12:23PM (#1371692)
    No surprise here. The Simpsons doesn't suffer from some of the usual TV show killers:
    • Actors outgrowing their roles
    • Actor's egos and ambitions outgrowing their roles

    Smithers, massage my brain...

  • the relevant Bart quote... (Score:3)

    by Laural ( 35688 ) on Friday January 14, 2000 @12:44PM (#1371693) Homepage
    "If I ever have a hit show, I'm gonna run that sucker into the ground..."

  • Re:A measure of success (Score:3)

    by Tower ( 37395 ) on Friday January 14, 2000 @12:30PM (#1371694)
    Excellent (with appropriate finger tapping): Used as a response to anything impressive or well-planned (such as a Ferrari or plot to take over the world).

  • Apu's card program . . . (Score:3)

    by osterby ( 104420 ) on Friday January 14, 2000 @11:43AM (#1371695) Homepage
    I love that Apu scene where we learn he has a Computer Science Ph.D. He pulls out his stack of punch cards for a Solitaire program or something. Dr. Finkelman: "Computers will get bigger and bigger until only the richest kings of Europe will be able to afford them."

  • Re:Somebody dies next month (Score:4)

    by Stavr0 ( 35032 ) on Friday January 14, 2000 @12:54PM (#1371696) Homepage Journal
    Yep. This is due to Maggie Roswell leaving the show.
    "According to a reliable source, Mrs. Roswell's characters are actually set to disappear from the show; Mrs. Mitzman Gaven would provide Maude Flanders' voice for Faith Off [BABF06], in which the character would die."

    Found it at:
    http://www.snpp.com/episodes/season11.html
    ---

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  • We Get No Respect (Score:5)

    by Shaheen ( 313 ) on Friday January 14, 2000 @01:46PM (#1371698) Homepage
    We as the viewing public of The Simpsons have not gotten much respect from the lawyers of the FOX network.

    During the past 6 months, many Simpsons sites have received cease and desist letters from their attorneys because the sites contain archived multimedia of The Simpsons.

    I don't understand why FOX doesn't see the coverage of The Simpsons on the web as a GOOD thing - it's almost free advertising. Also, I believe I read an interview with Matt Groening in which he stated that he himself loves the coverage of his show on the web.

  • Somebody dies next month (Score:5)

    by SpiceWare ( 3438 ) on Friday January 14, 2000 @12:34PM (#1371699) Homepage

    A regular character will die during the February sweeps. They don't say who. My guess would be Grandpa as they don't do much with him anymore.

    Upcoming guests include Betty White, Stephen King, Britney Spears, and Kid Rock & Joe C.

    I read it this morning in the dead-tree version of the Houston Chronicle [chron.com]. I found the online article [chron.com] so you can read it if you like.

  • New Simpsons Website (Score:5)

    by Cplus ( 79286 ) on Friday January 14, 2000 @12:18PM (#1371700) Homepage Journal
    They completely revampaed the official site [thesimpsons.com] today. It has a new splash page, a new free ISP (paid by adverts), and a webcast of the Simpsons receiving their star on the Hollywood walk of fame. The webcast is today at 5:00pm EST, half an hour from now, D'oh. [thesimpsons.com]


  • A measure of success (Score:5)

    by Snackwell ( 126534 ) <[moc.liamg] [ta] [occasj]> on Friday January 14, 2000 @11:53AM (#1371701) Homepage
    I'd say one of the best barometers of how well a show has succeeded over the long term is how many of its catch phrases have migrated into the common vocabulary... and the Simpsons are a goldmine of 'em.

    The most elegant and widespread, of course is simply,
    D'oh!
    I mean... sure it was said B.H. (Before Homer), but almost anyone who says it now, including in other TV shows or movies, is referring to the king himself.

    Then there's some others

    • "Haw-haw," with that only-could-be-Nelson inflection
    • Eat my shorts
    • Mmmmm, [fill in currently-being-eaten food item]
    • I didn't do it, nobody saw me do it, no one can prove a thing

    All of this of course is separate from the revolution in prime-time animated television that the Simpsons spawned.
    Point? Merely this: a hearty huzzah for the Simpsons, and ten more years of success.

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