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TMC · 02-23-2017, 06:27 PM

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An exploration into The Golden Age of The Simpsons and the infamous episode that started its downfall to mediocrity.

king of comedy · 02-23-2017, 06:50 PM

That ruined the Simpsons forever.

Retro4Life · 02-23-2017, 09:26 PM

Meh, they've had lots of good episodes since then, IMO. But I agree that that episode was really a betrayal.

My least favorite was the one that "revealed" that the reason Homer is so slow-witted is because he had a crayon stuck in his brain. Terrible.

mets82 · 02-23-2017, 09:36 PM

I kind of figured it was that one. I didn't think it was that bad.

robyrob · 02-23-2017, 11:52 PM

video wouldn't play for me just a loop of ads, anyways it is referring to the episode where Skinner gets outed as a fraud named Armin Tanzarian who assumed Seymour Skinner's identity after he went missing and presumed dead when he was in the army.

Frankly I don't see what the big deal is - he's still the same character, he just has more depth to his back story. And the idea that this was the "death" of the Simpsons is ridiculous; there have been tons of great episodes after that one.

I've been watching the Simpsons since they were shorts on the Tracy Ullman show, and a fan of Life in Hell (which was the original source for what was to be the new show but Matt Groening didn't want to give up control of those characters, so created the characters we now know on a whim loosely based on his own family) for many years before that, its pretty easy to claim that they used to be better but it is hard to claim that they haven't had a pretty great show for a whole lot of years.

MrCleveland · 02-24-2017, 12:51 PM

If I ever make a list of "16 WORST Simpsons Episodes"..."The Principal and the Pauper" would make it on that list!

The episode that in a way I knew The Simpsons were fresh-out of ideas was "Blame it on Lisa"! Many Cariocas (people who live in Rio de Janerio) were offended because The Simpsons made Rio into a jungle city with rats. But what gets me is that...It's a recycled episode! The Simpsons just too "Bart vs Australia" and remade it into something Lisa would do!

Oh...and it didn't mention much obscurities like they did earlier...what about Jose Carioca which became a popular Brazilian character?

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robyrob certified wackball#3 Moderator Forum Icon Join Date: Aug 03, 2003 Location: hiding under the third booth at Arnold's Posts: 58,200	video wouldn't play for me just a loop of ads, anyways it is referring to the episode where Skinner gets outed as a fraud named Armin Tanzarian who assumed Seymour Skinner's identity after he went missing and presumed dead when he was in the army. Frankly I don't see what the big deal is - he's still the same character, he just has more depth to his back story. And the idea that this was the "death" of the Simpsons is ridiculous; there have been tons of great episodes after that one. I've been watching the Simpsons since they were shorts on the Tracy Ullman show, and a fan of Life in Hell (which was the original source for what was to be the new show but Matt Groening didn't want to give up control of those characters, so created the characters we now know on a whim loosely based on his own family) for many years before that, its pretty easy to claim that they used to be better but it is hard to claim that they haven't had a pretty great show for a whole lot of years.
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02-23-2017, 06:50 PM	#2
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