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Post by Feyrhausen on Jan 2, 2023 14:47:59 GMT -5
Simpson Tide was the 19th episode of the Ninth season, generally considered the last classic season. I remember loving it when I was younger. But now watching it it seems more like an episode of Family Guy. Homer gets a new job for one episode, his friends join him for some reason. Lots of overly wacky gags like penguins manning the SS Antarctica and "Must crush capitalism".
So as the thread title asks is this episode a classic or the beginning of the end of the classic Simpsons run?
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Post by thechase on Jan 2, 2023 14:49:48 GMT -5
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Post by The Summer of Muskrat XVII on Jan 2, 2023 15:02:24 GMT -5
That episode is classic. Simpson had long since changed from being a grounded sitcom that happened to be animated to being a show that tried to embrace the wackiness of being animated while still keeping one foot (or at least a toe or two) on the ground.
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Post by BlackoutCreature on Jan 2, 2023 15:03:01 GMT -5
I have absolutely no memory of this episode whatsoever.
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Post by Natural Born Farmer on Jan 2, 2023 15:07:14 GMT -5
Is the poop deck what I think it is?
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Post by The Blue Nova on Jan 2, 2023 15:31:53 GMT -5
My Homer is not a communist he may be a liar, a pig a idiot a communist but he is not a pornstar.
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Post by Mr PONYMANIA Mr Jenzie on Jan 2, 2023 15:32:12 GMT -5
SPARKLE SPARKLE!!!
and no, they still have three whole series of pure gold to go ...
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Post by Baldobomb-22-OH-MAN!!! on Jan 2, 2023 15:45:01 GMT -5
It definitely had hints of what was to come but the humor felt the same as the rest of the classic era. I say it's a classic
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Post by Stu on Jan 2, 2023 16:04:24 GMT -5
But now watching it it seems more like an episode of Family Guy. Homer gets a new job for one episode, his friends join him for some reason. Lots of overly wacky gags like penguins manning the SS Antarctica and "Must crush capitalism". Wouldn't the blame fall on Family Guy for taking something fun and running it into the ground after the fact? Like, you might still enjoy "Simpson Tide" if Family Guy didn't show up and do what it did? |
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Post by Futureraven: Beelzebruv on Jan 2, 2023 16:07:42 GMT -5
I want peeeeeeeeeeeeeas
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Post by Feyrhausen on Jan 2, 2023 16:25:36 GMT -5
But now watching it it seems more like an episode of Family Guy. Homer gets a new job for one episode, his friends join him for some reason. Lots of overly wacky gags like penguins manning the SS Antarctica and "Must crush capitalism". Wouldn't the blame fall on Family Guy for taking something fun and running it into the ground after the fact? Like, you might still enjoy "Simpson Tide" if Family Guy didn't show up and do what it did? Quite possibly. But continuing to watch after season 9 every other episode seems to have Homer with a new job and becoming more brain damaged or jerkass. So even without Family Guy the Simpsons was going this way and I dont care for it. Family Guy just did the same thing but more obnoxiously, IMO. |
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Post by chrom on Jan 2, 2023 16:44:33 GMT -5
Homer was changing jobs all the way back in Season 2.
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Post by Cyno on Jan 2, 2023 16:47:27 GMT -5
I loved Simpson Tide. If anything, I think it was one of the best episodes of Season 9.
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Post by Bang Bang Bart on Jan 2, 2023 17:24:37 GMT -5
Sparkle sparkle
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Post by Zaq "That Guy" Buzzkill on Jan 2, 2023 17:29:47 GMT -5
Return of the Soviet Union is still one of my favorite jokes in the show.
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Post by Kalmia on Jan 2, 2023 17:33:45 GMT -5
I think it's half and half. The story and scenario is pretty terrible, IMO, but the humor carries the episode. Later episodes had the bad scenario but didn't have the humor to carry them.
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Post by Bang Bang Bart on Jan 2, 2023 23:20:41 GMT -5
Return of the Soviet Union is still one of my favorite jokes in the show. "The Soviet Union? I thought you guys broke up?" "Yes... that's what we wanted you to think! AHAHAHAHAHAHAH!" |
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Post by Vice honcho room temperature on Jan 3, 2023 10:42:23 GMT -5
I mean it shows what the Al Jean era was gonna be season 13 and on. Little f***s given about the story and hopefully the jokes are good but the jokes slowly stopped being good and you wondered how much money Al Jean actually needed and how dead inside he was.
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Post by Malcolm on Jan 3, 2023 11:16:40 GMT -5
This episode seemed to be the earliest to start a trend I really began hating during this era of the Simpsons: plots switching on a dime midway and really weird abrupt endings.
Like said earlier the jokes save this episode, but it's not one of my favorites if we're being honest.
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