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Post by Free Hat on Dec 29, 2010 19:56:15 GMT -5
There aren't many episodes from the last ten years that I actually like, but the one that always stands out to me whenever this subject comes up is "The Parent Rap." By no means is it the worst episode of the series, but it is the one that made me finally realize that my all time favourite sitcom had gone passed its expiration date.
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Post by kleinnd on Dec 29, 2010 20:15:50 GMT -5
"Another Simpsons Clip Show" (where marge sits everyone down in the kitchen and they all share their love/romance experiences)
I'm just not into lovey-dovey/romance episodes (that's with any tv show really)
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Post by unc40 on Dec 29, 2010 20:52:18 GMT -5
I am with you 100% on the clip shows that talk about past romances. They are horrible.
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Post by mattperiolat on Dec 29, 2010 21:17:54 GMT -5
Lisa the Drama Queen. Unquestionably the worst Simpsons episode I have ever seen. Not one laugh, and Lisa's friend was creepy and weird. The lesbian undertones also freaked me out. Not one redeeming quality. Ok...... It was (BADLY/Loosely) based around the Movie Heavenly Creatures which in turn was based on an ACTUAL Murder. The movie itself is head-y, surreal, and the "undertones" of the Simpson's episode are blatant OVERtones in the film. The movie didn't NEED the parody/homage/Abomination that Lisa the Drama Queen was. Anyone that had seen the movie was more than likely offended by the flippant nature given the source material, and anyone that hadn't was probably more than a little off-put by the sheer randomness of doing an homage to such an odd (and frankly rather obscure) film with two 8 year olds and at the time 15(!?) years after the fact. You are KIDDING me, Private Pyle! Seriously, I love the movie (fantastic if creepy story) and I've never seen this particular episode of Simpsons. I honestly cannot fathom how you can make a parody of the thing, especially given the dark turn at the end.
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Post by Evilution E5150 on Dec 29, 2010 21:48:52 GMT -5
while there has been some terrible episodes that have annoyed me, the only one that nearly drove me into a murderous rage was That 90's show. Even a Weird Al cameo and a back to the future reference couldnt save that
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Post by BR329 on Dec 29, 2010 23:13:45 GMT -5
Principal and the Pauper
That 90's show
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Cranjis McBasketball
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Post by Cranjis McBasketball on Dec 30, 2010 5:25:09 GMT -5
Principal and the Pauper That 90's show These are the worst in terms of destroying the continuity of the series. However, "The Greatest Story Ever D'ohed" was so bad, I almost shut it off. I stuck it out, because, I can't say I've seen every last episode if I did that. It was terrible beyond belief.
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Post by nate5054 on Dec 30, 2010 5:53:22 GMT -5
Did anyone say the Ricky Gervais episode yet? That was truly awful, a painful vanity project for Gervais's ego. Agreed. I won't even watch that one when it comes up on my DVR, and I usually watch them all, even what people consider the "bad" episodes because there tends to be a few jokes I enjoy in each of them. I still maintain Marge's Fear of Flying is the worst episode I've seen in the Golden era of the show (which I consider seasons 3-9 or so). It's like a different staff of writers wrote that monstrosity. Other than Homer's doppelganger named "Guy Incognito," the carachitctures on the bar, and "that dog has a fluffy tail" the jokes were just horrid. The Cheers spoof sucked, the end where Marge realizes she hates flying because her dad is a stewardess and then flashes back to instances where planes attack her was horrid, the lesbian bar scene was brutally unfunny, etc. The joke that summed up the episode and its awfulness for me was the very beginning: www.snpp.com/episodes/2F08.htmlLenny: Hey, Moe...you got change for a five? Moe: Yeah, sure thing Lenny. [opens cash register] A snake in the cash register! [everyone laughs] Great prank, fellas, great prank. Oh, I'm gonna be sick tonight. Barney: Hey Moe, you want to smell my flower? Moe: _Do_ I?! [walks over] [Barney holds a lighter under Moe's chest] Ooh! I'm burning up here. Ooh! [everyone laughs] Aw, taking advantage of my alcohol-soaked clothes. Ho, ho, it's funny _and_ it makes you think. Oh, I need some coffee before I pass out. Homer, pass me the sugar. Homer: [unscrewing lid] This is going to be great! [Moe pours sugar in his cup; a whole lot comes out] Barney: Oh, jeez. Moe: Aw, there's sugar all over the bar now. Lenny: That's not funny, Homer. Barney: Yeah! We were just messing around, and you had to go too far. -- The subtleties of pranks, "Fear of Flying"[/i] The guy from snpp nailed it. It was the opposite of subtely. The equivalent of screaming at someone "THIS IS THE JOKE."
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Post by agent817 on Dec 30, 2010 11:13:42 GMT -5
Principal and the Pauper That 90's show These are the worst in terms of destroying the continuity of the series. However, "The Greatest Story Ever D'ohed" was so bad, I almost shut it off. I stuck it out, because, I can't say I've seen every last episode if I did that. It was terrible beyond belief. This, and I wasn't really too keen on "The Way We Weren't", either. I like how it made it seem that Marge and Homer met each other a lot earlier than high school but didn't know it. There's also the fact that Moe is made to be older than Homer, when he was the same age in "The Blunder Years". I thought "The Way We Was" was a classic hands down, but the other one just seemed kind of odd to me. As for the other two that were mentioned, I wonder if those didn't exist in the continuity. I know the creators don't care about continuity, but when you look at "That 90s Show", it almost seems like "The Way We Was" and other episodes after that like when Bart was born and Lisa was born didn't happen. As for "The Principal and The Pauper" that storyline didn't happen in my opinion. It was interesting to see that our Principal Skinner was a fraud, but when you look at the continuity surrounding WWII in the Hellfish episode (I'd rather not saying the entire episode title), it would seem that Skinner's ancestor didn't exist, as he looked just like Seymour Skinner.
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Post by hawkfan44 on Dec 30, 2010 13:06:00 GMT -5
for someone who hasn't seen a new episode in years, I'd say the episode where Bart gets caught shoplifting.
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Post by JRX on Dec 30, 2010 16:28:10 GMT -5
Pretty much any Lisa soapbox episode. Especially the Buddhist episode. It just seemed so tacked on.
I think the only one that gets away with being funny is Lisa the Vegetarian.
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Post by YAKMAN is ICHIBAN on Dec 30, 2010 16:47:50 GMT -5
The one where Grandpa ends up drag racing against "Los Collectibles Jackitos"
The last time I watched the show consistently, The Simpsons went to London. It petered off after that and I gave up completely.
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Post by Renslayer on Dec 30, 2010 16:56:22 GMT -5
The episode with Frank Grimes was just awfulawesome. Fixed that for you.
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Post by agent817 on Dec 30, 2010 17:09:29 GMT -5
Pretty much any Lisa soapbox episode. Especially the Buddhist episode. It just seemed so tacked on. I think the only one that gets away with being funny is Lisa the Vegetarian. I was never really that fond of some of the Lisa episodes. Though "Lisa's Substitute" was one of the better ones and "Lisa The Vegetarian", well what saves the episode from being disliked by me was the Flanders family BBQ sequence, as well as the Flying Pig part.
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Post by Citizen Snips Has Left on Dec 30, 2010 17:38:05 GMT -5
On Frank Grimes...
The first Frank Grimes episode was awesome.
Then, his son came looking for revenge or something. THAT was awful.
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Post by Fiddleford H. McGucket on Dec 30, 2010 17:42:27 GMT -5
Ok...... It was (BADLY/Loosely) based around the Movie Heavenly Creatures which in turn was based on an ACTUAL Murder. The movie itself is head-y, surreal, and the "undertones" of the Simpson's episode are blatant OVERtones in the film. The movie didn't NEED the parody/homage/Abomination that Lisa the Drama Queen was. Anyone that had seen the movie was more than likely offended by the flippant nature given the source material, and anyone that hadn't was probably more than a little off-put by the sheer randomness of doing an homage to such an odd (and frankly rather obscure) film with two 8 year olds and at the time 15(!?) years after the fact. You are KIDDING me, Private Pyle! Seriously, I love the movie (fantastic if creepy story) and I've never seen this particular episode of Simpsons. I honestly cannot fathom how you can make a parody of the thing, especially given the dark turn at the end. It's simple really.....Remember the good parts? (The Descent into Madness, Inability to distinguish fantasy from reality?) You remove those, focus on the "Fantasy-Land" aspect and creepy co-dependent friendship and tack on an ending that allows Lisa to have a Moral Victory. Lisa ALWAYS has to have the Moral victory......she could rape a nun with a broken wine Bottle and it would somehow show how "The Church" is ruining "Modern Society" God I hate Lisa Simpson......preachy little bitch......
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Post by forgottensinpwf on Dec 30, 2010 17:43:37 GMT -5
I am with you 100% on the clip shows that talk about past romances. They are horrible. My biggest gripe with that episode is practically all of the non "clip show footage" is reused animation from various seasons (A joke they used earlier in the episode) Marge: How many times can you laugh at that cat getting hit by the moon? Bart: It's a "new" episode. Lisa: Not exactly...they pieced it together from old shows, but it seems new to the trusting eyes of impressionable youth. Bart: Really? Lisa: Ren and Stimpy do it all the time. Marge: Yes they do, and when was the last time you heard anyone talk about Ren and Stimpy? Goes from early design one minute To more current another I get that's the joke. Doesn't make the episode any less lazy
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Post by RI Richmark on Dec 30, 2010 20:01:02 GMT -5
"Husbands and Knives"
Comic Book Guy's loses all of his customers to a rival store and goes out of business. In later episodes he has his store back with no explanation of how he did it.
Meanwhile Marge opens a gym for women and becomes very successful. The gym and the money she earned from it are never seen again after the episode.
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Post by Drink Up Me Cider on Dec 30, 2010 20:15:01 GMT -5
"Husbands and Knives" Comic Book Guy's loses all of his customers to a rival store and goes out of business. In later episodes he has his store back with no explanation of how he did it. Meanwhile Marge opens a gym for women and becomes very successful. The gym and the money she earned from it are never seen again after the episode. Ugh, Maus is in the house...ugh.
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Post by forgottensinpwf on Dec 30, 2010 20:43:23 GMT -5
"Husbands and Knives" Comic Book Guy's loses all of his customers to a rival store and goes out of business. In later episodes he has his store back with no explanation of how he did it. Meanwhile Marge opens a gym for women and becomes very successful. The gym and the money she earned from it are never seen again after the episode. Ugh, Maus is in the house...ugh. I will admit Alan Moore singing Little Lulu makes me chuckle every time.
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