In my opinion, for much of season fourteen, some of season thirteen, and the beginning of season fifteen, the episodes were really bad. There had been bad episodes before too. For the first few seasons, the show just wasn't funny. I thought that the characters weren't themselves yet. Starting in season five, the show started to get funnier. This lasted through season eleven. But, when season twelve ended, I definitly noticed a downfall in the quality of the show. The season finale was pretty bad. It's obvious that the writers have no ideas when they make one of those tri-story episodes. In season thirteen, the middle of the season: Lastest Gun in the West, Tales from the Public Domain. For much of season fourteen, i didn't even watch it because it was bad. It wasn't like the first seasons, because i felt in these episodes that they were trying too hard to be funny. But, in the recent episodes, Marge vs. Singles, Seniors, Childless Couples and Teens, and Gays+, (with the exception of Margical History Tour) have been really good episodes. I think that the episodes are steadily getting better.

I agree its getting funnier and funnier and I love the fact that everyone wants to be on the show "From the queen of England to ..." Cypress hill (off the top of my head)