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  • Sep. 13th, 2008 at 4:15 PM

I love reading how ridiculously overwrought the plots of the newer Simpsons episodes are. Where can I buy the idea dartboard that comes up with these?

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421 - 1 "Sex, Pies and Idiot Scrapes"     September 28, 2008 KABF17
Homer is sent to jail and after getting bailed out he meets Lucky Jim and Wolf the Bounty Hunter. He decides to try his own hand at bounty hunting and teams up with Ned Flanders. Homer's new attitude gets the best of him, and Flanders is not impressed. Meanwhile, Marge begins working at an erotic bakery.[5]
Guest stars: Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Robert Forster and Joe Mantegna[6] 
422 - 2 "Lost Verizon"   John Frink[8] October 5, 2008 KABF15
Bart manages to get Denis Leary's cell phone and uses it to make prank calls while posing as Leary. He accepts an offer for Leary to star in a film adaptation of Everyone Poops. Marge discovers Bart's tricks and informs Leary of what Bart has been doing. Leary suggests Marge put a GPS in the phone, but Bart discovers it and sends his family on a chase that ends in Machu Picchu.
Guest stars: Denis Leary and Brian Grazer[7] 

 

 

Season 20 is going to be AMAZING!!!  Will Denis Leary get his phone back?  I can't wait to find out!

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[info]r_magnusson wrote:
Sep. 13th, 2008 10:35 pm (UTC)
Oh dear god. This is worse than I could have ever imagined.
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[info]bobhogue wrote:
Sep. 13th, 2008 10:46 pm (UTC)
I had been feeling guilty because I haven't watched any of the new episodes for about three years. Sounds as if I'm not missing much.
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[info]rxgra wrote:
Sep. 14th, 2008 09:53 am (UTC)
I'd say "the obvious solution is the addition of more guest stars", but it's been that way for the last fifteen or so years.

I can't help but keep moving back the point at which the Simpsons free fell into decline. But people are still watching it, right? Therefore it must be good.
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[info]bobservo wrote:
Sep. 14th, 2008 02:01 pm (UTC)
i dunno. i show my students (ages 18-19) episodes of the simpsons, and a lot of them seem to be ignorant of the show.
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[info]rxgra wrote:
Sep. 14th, 2008 02:05 pm (UTC)
TV Critics still seem to like it, I think. That must be where the audience comes from. Or it might be regional? I'm only 23 but I remember watching The Simpsons from the very beginning in Australia. Not counting Tracey Ullman, of course. People my age no longer care but thirty year olds still seem to love it (although they seem to have somehow missed the last eight years, without noticing it).
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[info]bobservo wrote:
Sep. 14th, 2008 04:13 pm (UTC)
i know it continues to win emmys for some reason--even though the competing shows are usually much, much better. the wga has given awards to some particularly bad episodes, like this one:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kill_Gil:_Vols._1_&_2
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[info]drgoo0285 wrote:
Sep. 15th, 2008 06:44 pm (UTC)
I watched the show last night it seemed like a episode of family guy than a Simpsons show.
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