The OFFICIAL Simpsons Thread | 35 years and counting

[Nike Jordan]

Happy 80th birthday to Harry Shearer.

 

[frink85]

Happy whatever you celebrate Simpsons NT fam!

 

[the coolness]

 

[frink85]

Happy new years famb, get those taxes started asap

Spoiler

 

[swendro]

 

[ghenges]

Seasons 1-9 is still the best.

 

[robpzee612]

 

[sb]

 

[the coolness]

 

[WASPS ANDD ASPS]

Whenever noodz are sent

 

[ghenges]

I've decided to binge watch Seasons 1-9 (sometime this year). It's said the writing started to deteriorate after Season 9 and if that's around 1998/9 I kinda agree. I remember not watching it a lot in the late 90s. This could be because I wasn't a kid anymore and I started working around that time but I maybe remember watching a few episodes and not getting that same amazement as the earlier seasons.

 

[1995]

The Armin Tamzarian episode in season 9 is widely considered to be the "jump the shark" moment

 

[Nike Jordan]

The Armin Tamzarian episode in season 9 is widely considered to be the "jump the shark" moment

"The Principal and the Pauper".

Matt Groening and Harry Shearer have both publicly trashed the episode.

 

[ghenges]

The Armin Tamzarian episode in season 9 is widely considered to be the "jump the shark" moment

So I went back and and looked up all the episodes in Season 9 and it's pretty accurate. Most of them were a bunch of nothing with the exception of the Lord of the Flies parody episode "Das Bus". I remember watching all of those episodes as they aired which is probably the last time I watched a full season. To be sure I checked Season 10 and barely remember any of it with the exception of the Marge SUV episode (the Canyonero).

I also checked Season 8 and that seems to be the last good season.

 

[robpzee612]

The Armin Tamzarian episode in season 9 is widely considered to be the "jump the shark" moment

To me this episode isn't canon but then again, Simpsons got a bunch of retcon.

 

[Nike Jordan]

To me this episode isn't canon but then again, Simpsons got a bunch of retcon.

Skinner gets mentioned by his real name at least once by Lisa in a future episode.

 

[robpzee612]

Skinner gets mentioned by his real name at least once by Lisa in a future episode.

There was another episode when he was in Agnes' womb and she lost an Olympic event.

 

[frink85]

To me this episode isn't canon

 

[frink85]

Skinner gets mentioned by his real name at least once by Lisa in a future episode.

IIRC he makes a snarky comment about Snowball II (V) and she snarks back

 

[MetalMario]

 

[MetalMario]

 

[6 Rings G.O.A.T.]

 

[robpzee612]

 

[robpzee612]

 

[Nike Jordan]

It's still sitting inside of the Kiwi-E-Mart to this day.