Current Events > what was the moment you started disliking The Simpsons?

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It was bad long before, but I finally just gave up watching it even every once in a while during that stupid Sideshow Bob and his family in Europe episode. I can't remember why it was bad, but I remember it being the worst episode of the Simpson's I'd ever seen and it was bad enough to get me to permanently stop watching. I skipped the movie and the closest thing to a Simpson's episode I've caught since was the Family Guy crossover episode. (Also bad.)

rexcrk posted...

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Still love the show. Of course there are going to be not great episodes when there are so many. But I hate how it became a thing to whine about the quality of the show.

Of course, my favorite part about that is how the last good season keeps getting pushed up. Used to be 8 was the last good one. Then it was 1-10. Then up to 12. Now I see people saying they only like the first sixteen seasons

I was talking to a friend about this recently. I think it all comes down to age and culture.

The whole "Simpsons got bad from season 9 onwards" thing feels like an American opinion, spread by people who were avid fans during Simpsonsmania. And sure, the show did change, and you're right to be concerned about the quality of the show and to assert what seasons were "your" seasons - I do the same thing for Doctor Who - but for example, I was born in 1995 and thus wasn't really conscious for the heyday of the show. But I grew up watching it regardless, old and new episodes, and I genuinely enjoyed the show going forward through each new season.

It helps that The Simpsons was like a religion here in Australia - tons of kids watched it for years past the popular "quality cut-off point" that the internet likes to put on it. Even if it's not the peak of wit, it was an entertaining TV show and it was something to watch.

When I was talking to that friend of mine, we got to talking about the season where we stopped enjoying the show. He said season 15, I said season 18. And something I noticed is that I'm 25 and he's 28 - so we basically grew out of The Simpsons at the same age.

And I think that has something to do with it as well. The quality of the show is one thing, there comes a time when your favourite era of the Simpsons ends and you lose interest, but the Simpsons is also something you grow out of and end up looking back on fondly. The people who normalised the standard "season 8 was the last decent season" opinion were probably around my age when season 18 soured me towards the show.

I've always thought that season 8/9 bullshit was forced and lame, the same way people tear Lisa to shreds as if she euthanized their childhood pets - which again, was a later opinion I only ever learned on the internet. The reality of the situation is that whatever point you decide that the show isn't "The Simpsons" any more is tied to your age and when you started watching the show, even if you had access to the older "classic" episodes through reruns.

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Star_FAQs posted...

One of my favorites is when Homer drives to the SNPP and his parking space is right next to their backyard

classic

ah here it is, from "Homer the Great"

https://frinkiac.com/video/S06E12/i2XzPKoyR0728OMJB7M75GQxw9M=.gif

Star_FAQs posted...

ah here it is, from "Homer the Great"

https://frinkiac.com/video/S06E12/i2XzPKoyR0728OMJB7M75GQxw9M=.gif

And then he starts getting benefits from work, but instead of giving him a better parking space, they give him rollerblades to get to work faster.

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