The Official Simpsons Griefing Thread

[John Titor]

I'm not quite so optimistic that was the intent. But I did happen to see this exact sort of story executed to perfection in a South Park episode that aired 15 years later called "City Sushi," and that episode was actually a hit with critics and the volk.

Personally, I think a lot of it comes down to South Park's audience and creators sharing a mutual understanding rather than a polyethylene-veiled contempt for oneanother. Not that South Park doesn't have it's own sperglord fans. Stone and Parker just don't act like primadonnas for a spectacular feet of producing one or two worthwhile episodes for every ten or twenty servings of horrible garbage that should've died in the pitch.

I think South Park can get away with doing topical episodes because it doesn't take too long to make a typical episode, They're done with a season within months so the things they talked about are still fresh in people's minds. With The Simpsons, they take a surprising amount of time and by the time the episode aired, we probably forgot what it was suppose to lampoon.
Unpopular opinion: Sometimes I think South Park can still get rather preachy.

 

[From The Uncanny Valley]

I think South Park can get away with doing topical episodes because it doesn't take too long to make a typical episode, They're done with a season within months so the things they talked about are still fresh in people's minds. With The Simpsons, they take a surprising amount of time and by the time the episode aired, we probably forgot what it was suppose to lampoon.
Unpopular opinion: Sometimes I think South Park can still get rather preachy.

example: an episode whining about Star Wars Episode I in fucking 2004.

 

[Jewelsmakerguy]

example: an episode whining about Star Wars Episode I in fucking 2004.

More like episode II (as that's where the heavier political shit started to go down), but still, it's pretty damn late to the party on that one.

I blame the animation lead time for these shows. And the writers too.

I think South Park can get away with doing topical episodes because it doesn't take too long to make a typical episode, They're done with a season within months so the things they talked about are still fresh in people's minds. With The Simpsons, they take a surprising amount of time and by the time the episode aired, we probably forgot what it was suppose to lampoon.
Unpopular opinion: Sometimes I think South Park can still get rather preachy.

Eh, I think it can get on the preachy side too.

 

[Lackadaisy]

I like that almost everyone can agree the Simpsons was, at one time, a good show but that it fell off the wagon. Whether or not it ever got back on is up to debate. (Personally, I think there's been maybe one or two decent episodes in the last decade hidden in an endless mountain of mediocrity.)

If this show wasn't 'The Simpsons' with a massive merchandise empire, I doubt it'd still be on the air.

 

[Ruin]

I watched a season two episode yesterday and man I totally forgot that originally Lisa was basically just female Bart, pulling pranks and fucking with Homer. She's been a Tumblr stereotype for so long I forgot she was a whole different character originally.

 

[Trilby]

I watched a season two episode yesterday and man I totally forgot that originally Lisa was basically just female Bart, pulling pranks and fucking with Homer. She's been a Tumblr stereotype for so long I forgot she was a whole different character originally.

We all did, those earlier Tracey Ullman shorts also pretty much had her as Bart's equal anyway. Season two (and even Season One at times) did open us up to Lisa having some intellectual leanings beyond being a female Bart. My favorite episode of Season Two was Lisa's Substitute.

 

[Ruin]

We all did, those earlier Tracey Ullman shorts also pretty much had her as Bart's equal anyway. Season two (and even Season One at times) did open us up to Lisa having some intellectual leanings beyond being a female Bart. My favorite episode of Season Two was Lisa's Substitute.

Intellectualism was always a part of her character. I'm talking about the smarmy ultra liberal talking points she's been spewing for the past 20 seasons.

 

[Trilby]

Intellectualism was always a part of her character. I'm talking about the smarmy ultra liberal talking points she's been spewing for the past 20 seasons.

I forgot, I'm more use to the Lisa that was I suppose.

 

[Jewelsmakerguy]

I watched a season two episode yesterday and man I totally forgot that originally Lisa was basically just female Bart, pulling pranks and fucking with Homer. She's been a Tumblr stereotype for so long I forgot she was a whole different character originally.

I remember that too. It's a damn shame she devolved into the mouthpiece of the writers over the years.

 

[Coldgrip]

Is it too late to end it the way Matt Goening wanted; with Marge pulling off her hair to reveal she's actually one of those rabbit-aliens and she has to return to her home planet?

 

[RepQuest]

Lisa "Brian Griffin" Simpson

 

[John Titor]

I watched a season two episode yesterday and man I totally forgot that originally Lisa was basically just female Bart, pulling pranks and fucking with Homer. She's been a Tumblr stereotype for so long I forgot she was a whole different character originally.

Has it become that bad? I kind of remember her saying things un-Tumblr like.

"I'm all for diversity but this is just pandering."

 

[CWCissey]

Has it become that bad? I kind of remember saying things un-Tumblr like.

"I'm all for diversity but this is just pandering."

Eh, not really, though the only recent actions of Lisa I remember are during that canon Hallowe'en episode they did this season, where ironically, she was actually acting like a child (and it was actually a great episode!)

 

[Asuka]

I just watched "There's No Disgrace Like Home", a Season 1 episode. Marge gets super wasted, Lisa slugs Bart in the face, and Homer is the one who wants to try and get the family to "act normal". The only character I recognized was Bart, he was always the mischievous one. I really love this set up because it was so down to earth and you could identify with the family. Now you have episodes like the Lady Gaga one that lack life and is only a mouthpiece/promotion of her shitty music.

It really makes you wonder what it takes for a once really popular show to sink so low.

 

[Trilby]

I just watched "There's No Disgrace Like Home", a Season 1 episode. Marge gets super wasted, Lisa slugs Bart in the face, and Homer is the one who wants to try and get the family to "act normal". The only character I recognized was Bart, he was always the mischievous one. I really love this set up because it was so down to earth and you could identify with the family. Now you have episodes like the Lady Gaga one that lack life and is only a mouthpiece/promotion of her shitty music.

It really makes you wonder what it takes for a once really popular show to sink so low.

Money.

 

[CWCissey]

Money.

That and the lack of heart going into the show. Matt Groening's baby was always Futurama, and the poor treatment that got has pretty much jaded him.

 

[Trilby]

That and the lack of heart going into the show. Matt Groening's baby was always Futurama, and the poor treatment that got has pretty much jaded him.

The Hollywood system knows how to play ball.

EDIT: That episode cited earlier is on of my best for Season One for the ending portion alone.

 

[CWCissey]

The Hollywood system knows how to play ball.

EDIT: That episode cited earlier is on of my best for Season One for the ending portion alone.

Krusty Gets Busted is my fave Season 1 episode I think.

 

[Trans Fat 41g]

That and when your animation is filled with never ending brand references in each episode you wonder where the show resumes or where the commercials start.

To be clear, I know this is every show on the air, but the Simpsons do it in a way that especially leaves a bad taste in your mouth.

 

[CWCissey]

That and when your animation is filled with never ending brand references in each episode you wonder where the show resumes or where the commercials start.

To be clear, I know this is every show on the air, but the Simpsons do it in a way that especially leaves a bad taste in your mouth.

'MyPods', 'Mapple' and 'Mixar' anyone?