I remember when I was 5 years old..... when the Simpsons came out with the first episode in 1990. I would sneak up to the den to watch this show. I got all the 1st season eps.What I notcied about then and now is.... that back then..... they were more dysfunctional & cartoony & now they are just boring... and the stories don't help either.I really think this is the point it should end.I mean every story covered just about everything they could possibly think of and this series is getting stale! I persoanlly think this should have been cancelled years ago.My friends here agree.

I have to honestly say that I agree with you. After being on for so many years you kinda loose your edge and plots.

Yeah, it should really have gone about 3 or 4 years ago. The problem is, they are going away from the witty, intelligent, humor that made them famous. They are now going into the more bathroom type of humor, its very sad indeed. Another thing they did is try to make Marge funny, but that's another post. Its funny, you con always tell the difference between hardcore fans and those who only watch occasionally, all the hardcore fans will agree that it should be gone.


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Really you can only do somethings only so many times. Plus the show always has plots that make no sense, (If that was supposed to be funny I'm not laughing). Even when they try to do the halloween episodes they're pretty much rewrites off the old ones, or how bout that new Sideshow Bob episode it wasn't that appealing to me.

Agreed.

I have said "Simpsons" has been out of ideas for quite some time. The show has gotten self refferential and silly sometimes.
Sure, they do manage a good laugh from time to time, but things have gotten out of control in Springfield.

Since The Simpsons is now the longest running comedy on the tube right now, FOX probably has no desire to retire it...

Since The Simpsons is now the longest running comedy on the tube right now, FOX probably has no desire to retire it...

This is true, eventhough FOX has some good shows that could do well, it just won't let go. I don't blame them, I still watch The Simpsons, and as much as all you guys complain, you all do to. If I was the head of FOX, I would keep it as long as people still watch it, because as you all know, its all about profit.

Yeah, but if you live in my area we see The Simpsons 4 times a day which gets pretty annoying. And they're all the fairly new episodes so, yeah.

You know, maybe it's time the producers of "The Simpsons" did something...well, DRASTIC...like bring in Ted McGinley or something (I'm kidding, I'm kidding...)

Seriously, how about they scale the stories back a bit? It doesn't always have to be about world-shattering events, you know. Maybe they can have a single story about some mundane occurance being blown out of proportion, like Maggie going to day care or Bart hitting puberty or Patty and Selma (or just Patty) coming out of the closet, or Ned Flanders finally punching Homer in the mouth, or Smithers developing a crush on Moe or Nelson finds God or they FINALLY explain what the real deal is with Lenny and Carl...something different...:eek:

Originally posted by W.J. Griffin
You know, maybe it's time the producers of "The Simpsons" did something...well, DRASTIC...like bring in Ted McGinley or something (I'm kidding, I'm kidding...)

Seriously, how about they scale the stories back a bit? It doesn't always have to be about world-shattering events, you know. Maybe they can have a single story about some mundane occurance being blown out of proportion, like Maggie going to day care or Bart hitting puberty or Patty and Selma (or just Patty) coming out of the closet, or Ned Flanders finally punching Homer in the mouth, or Smithers developing a crush on Moe or Nelson finds God or they FINALLY explain what the real deal is with Lenny and Carl...something different...:eek:

roflmao- You go to jumptheshark.com, don't you? I get a kick everytime I see comments about McGinely. Most of them are hilarious, so I really get a kick about reading them. lol

Ok heres a question do they leave Maggie out of the story purposley of what cause most of the newer and older episodes don't mention Maggie at all.

Yeah, I've noticed that too. If you'll remember, in the old shorts that ran on "Tracey Ullman", Maggie was depicted as a sort of "superbaby", and now they hardly use her at all, unless as a cap to a complicated plot (i.e. "Who Shot Mr. Burns" and last season's finale', where in both instances Maggie rescues Homer from certain death!) Maybe the writer are unable to devise any stories around a character who can't talk your ear off, as Bart and especially Lisa are wont to do...

Originally posted by Jenny


roflmao- You go to jumptheshark.com, don't you? I get a kick everytime I see comments about McGinely. Most of them are hilarious, so I really get a kick about reading them. lol

Yeah, they just crack me up over there!!:lol: :lol: :lol:

They definetly need to do something to improove the storylines, I saw tonight's new episode in this country and it was about the Simpsons taking part in a reality TV show, not only was it a stupid plot but the jokes were just completely unfunny.

Originally posted by JethroSimpson
They definetly need to do something to improove the storylines, I saw tonight's new episode in this country and it was about the Simpsons taking part in a reality TV show, not only was it a stupid plot but the jokes were just completely unfunny.

Are you talking about the one where the Simpsons go to Japan.

Originally posted by MasterL


Are you talking about the one where the Simpsons go to Japan.

No. It was an episode that aired a month or two ago. It had the Simpsons being on a reality show in which they live in 19th century conditions (no electricity, old-fashioned clothes, etc.)

When a show is in it's 14th season, it's hard to come up with new storylines. Maybe they should try recycling some storylines from past episodes and adding new stuff in those stories.

Originally posted by BJL


No. It was an episode that aired a month or two ago. It had the Simpsons being on a reality show in which they live in 19th century conditions (no electricity, old-fashioned clothes, etc.)

right right right that one

The Disney World episode could've been really great, but the episode was very very weak. The show needs to go back in time a few years, find what made it work and use it. Perhaps with the 300th episode coming up, they've been focussing on that. Let's hope that episode is really great. Even though it's FOX, how long can this show run?

I agree that The Simpsons has definitely gone downhill, but I still like it and I think a bad Simpsons episode is a heck of a lot better than all the crap that's on TV now.

Personally, I think they should stop with the self-references, bathroom humor, and "Homer and his crazy schemes" plots.

I still like The Simpsons. But the show has gone downhill in the last few seasons. There's been this "been there, done that" thing for a while. It makes me wish that FOX had renewed Futurama for 2 seasons and cancelled TS. Because Futurama still had hundreds of stories it could have told before it's well started coming up dry. But now we'll at least 2 more seasons of same old stuff.

I have to agree. The plots now are too, I dunno. They just arn't looking at the obvious plots anymore, they are trying to make things all weird.

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Perhaps with the 300th episode coming up, they've been focussing on that. Let's hope that episode is really great. Even though it's FOX, how long can this show run?


8.83 years and counting!

I would have suggested the show retire gracefully up to last year, but the last two seasons have showed a real creative renewal for the show, IMO.

I watched the show more out of habit over the last decade and would laugh here and there, but it was more like a reflex action. Now, the show is engaging and funny again like it hasn't been in years. Almost as good as the glory days to me (seasons 3 through 8).

And the worst Simpsons episode is umpteen times better than the best Family Guy episode. Family Guy has to be one of the worst shows ever-- just utter crap to me.