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Then, please come down and show us.
The Official Simpsons Griefing Thread
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Nguyen Van Phuoc
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The best part about this exchange is the fact the nuclear clean up crew knows Homer on a first name basis.
“In there, guys.”
“Thanks, Homer!”
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Times Zombie Simpsons and Classic Simpsons discussed side by side is always weird. They legitimately feel like completely different shows. The humour, the writers, the voices sound different, the animation and art style, and the attitude of the show.
One fills me with laughter and puts me in a good mood while the other makes me cringe and frustrates me.
Nu Simpsons is so different that if you lived under a rock you would think that the Simpsons 2009-Current is a reboot of the show. Say what you want about modern Family Guy and South Park but they still feel more connected to their older incarnations. Big part is the show's general attitude. Family Guy and South Park may have changed but they still feel like continuations of their old incarnations while Nu Simpsons feels nothing like Golden Era Simpsons.
One fills me with laughter and puts me in a good mood while the other makes me cringe and frustrates me.
Nu Simpsons is so different that if you lived under a rock you would think that the Simpsons 2009-Current is a reboot of the show. Say what you want about modern Family Guy and South Park but they still feel more connected to their older incarnations. Big part is the show's general attitude. Family Guy and South Park may have changed but they still feel like continuations of their old incarnations while Nu Simpsons feels nothing like Golden Era Simpsons.
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Another point about Nu Simpons, is that people have lived under a rock and think that the current state of the Simpons is Disney's fault
Despite the fact the Simpsons has been shit for more than a decade by being this show that panders to consoomers and rich people.
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Speaking strictly empirically, literally the only people I've ever encountered who unironically watch Zombie Simpsons are aging millennial wine moms, and since they're NPC's without an inner monologue, they're too ignorant and unaware to notice the show has changed drastically in the previous 2 decades. As far as they're concerned, every season is seamless and never really changed: to them, "West Wing Side Story" is just as witty, relevant, deep, and hilarious as "Homer's Enemy." It's the same demographic who enjoys modern SNL and thinks it's comedy gold to make tired jokes about Joe Rogan eating horse paste.
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That and maybe literal tards.
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Sideshow Bob: Well Homer, what should we serve?
Homer: Well, you can't go wrong with cocktail weenies. They taste as good as they look, and they come with this delicious red sauce, it looks like ketchup, it tastes like ketchup, but brother, it ain't ketchup.
Homer: Well, you can't go wrong with cocktail weenies. They taste as good as they look, and they come with this delicious red sauce, it looks like ketchup, it tastes like ketchup, but brother, it ain't ketchup.
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I literally cringed seeing this episode on TV at the local laundromat. I actually felt sweet relief when Bob's Burgers or whatever the fuck came on afterwards.
The constant celeb dickriding is one more thing that makes modern Zombie Simpsons an absolute cringefest.
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If you really want to know Treehouse of Horror has long ago dropped any attempt at being a horror comedy and instead is the writers parodying whatever they feel like parodying because we are Family Guy now and use obscene amounts of gore because they can get away with it. Is like those fucking creepypastas from 10 years ago and this fuckers have yet to use the premise of Dead Bart.
Just to set your expectations, the last technically has 4 segments (one is an interlude with Maurice LaMarche doing his best Vincent Price impression) one is a parody of the classic South Korean horror classic Parasite and another which is a parody of The Ring with the gimmick of using TikTok.
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Oh, let's just say I had help from a little magic box.
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I feel there's 3 kinds of parody; the affectionate parody, the mocking parody, and finally the lazy parody. The 90s Simpsons Treehouse of Horror mostly did affectionate parodies of classic horror. And that's why it was so good because they just inserted The Simpsons characters into these iconic stories and let the fun commence. My favorite segment is King Homer, a major reason why I love it is just this one scene.
First off listen to how Alf Clausen (I assume) composed his own Simpsons style version of the 1933 original's music. I'm not a music expert by any means but I just really like how this still sounds like the Simpsons music while still having that old school film sound. It's just a product of good work that's so easy to overlook.
In the original 1933 King Kong Carl Denham convinces the female lead Ann Darrow to join the crew with some strong upselling. She just thinks it's an acting gig. He's a shitty guy who isn't going to tell the young lady that she could get killed by savage island natives or crushed by a GIANT APE. But Mr. Burns the series antagonist, his job listing is pretty true. I just think this is good comedy writing especially for a short spoof since it leads to a smaller runtime and adds to the absurdity of the story.
Finally and this is one of my favorite Simpsons jokes, Mr. Burns asks Smithers what he thinks of Marge and Smithers replies "I think women and seamen don't mix." This is a direct reference to the original film as Jack Driscoll (the film's hero) is similarly rude to Ann Darrow and says women are a nuisance who don't belong on ships. The original film framed this because Driscoll knows the pretty woman's life is in peril but can't tell her the truth without ruining this well paying operation. But The Simpsons turned this into the least subtle gay joke. And the cherry on top is Mr. Burns saying "We know what YOU think!" which leads to Smithers unfurling his eyebrows and looking away from Burns. He's scared that the constantly oblivious Burns finally knows that Smithers is a closeted gay.
That's just 30 seconds of the short and by my count you have at least 3 things in the parody that reference the classic King Kong and just one funny Smithers is gay joke. That's just a glimpse of the magic of the old show. And it's a great parody too because you don't have to know or watch the original King Kong to enjoy the parody, but I think it helps.
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You changed your grade with a computer?Oh, let's just say I had help from a little magic box.
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Seymour are you looking at naked ladies up there?
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Those "crazy noises" are computer signals.
Some guys at M.I.T. are sending us reasons why Captain Picard is better than Captain Kirk.
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Heh - they're out of their minds! (nerdy laughter)
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Welcome to Japan, folks.
The local time is... tomorrow.
The local time is... tomorrow.
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Battling Seizure Robots!
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