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I kind of hate to admit I have watched more than one episode but every one I have seen has been appalling and dismal EXCEPT the ones that Patrick Stewart are on, which are somehow pretty great.

― nickalicious, Monday, 30 April 2007 17:19 (6 years ago) Permalink

hate to admit I have watched more than one episode...of American Dad, I should say.

― nickalicious, Monday, 30 April 2007 17:19 (6 years ago) Permalink

I laughed at something in American Dad. I think it was the Mom being in bed with Dexy's Midnight Runners.

― blueski, Monday, 30 April 2007 17:20 (6 years ago) Permalink

it was weird that BBC bought both Family Guy and American Dad to show around 11.30pm on a Sunday recently.

― blueski, Monday, 30 April 2007 17:21 (6 years ago) Permalink

Seth Macfarlane shows are getting really dumb, lowbrow, and actively offensive

"getting"

― félix pié, Monday, 30 April 2007 17:22 (6 years ago) Permalink

http://youtube.com/watch?v=QlTraZNJ9to

― félix pié, Monday, 30 April 2007 17:24 (6 years ago) Permalink

Haha yeah that part that hurts about saying that is knowing there'll be this "told you so" reactin from people who thought that all along -- I guarantee you, though, Family Guy used to be WAY sharper than this, with dumbness / lowbrowness / offensiveness being like a two-joke-per-episode annoyance. Now it's like a depressing half-the-show issue.

― nabisco, Monday, 30 April 2007 17:24 (6 years ago) Permalink

Or at least I had a personal threshold that it recently crossed the line of. There's been movement, is the point, even if it was beyond your threshold to begin with.

― nabisco, Monday, 30 April 2007 17:25 (6 years ago) Permalink

The fact that like half of its running time is dedicated to musical sequences would seem to suggest the writers couldn't find the funny in it, either

this didn't bother me so much, i was just happy they finally brought a musical sequence up to par. it was actually kind of good jazz! they still have Lisa's "jazzman" song from 10 years ago to live down, god i can still hear that shit in my head. I think Lisa was better written in this episode than she has been in years, without being funny at all really.

― tremendoid, Tuesday, 1 May 2007 00:13 (6 years ago) Permalink

i mean i've not only lowered expectations, but it's gotten to the point where you can tell within the first minute if it's gonna be a shit episode so you just do other things and cherry pick for a good joke here and there. it's a ritual.

― tremendoid, Tuesday, 1 May 2007 00:16 (6 years ago) Permalink

It had this great psychedelic drumkit gag ft The White Stripes, jazzmen (juzz), and even the rare-since-season-6-or-so touching Bart/Lisa moments.

whaaaaaa...? that episode sucked. krusty naming a bunch of jazz dudes was the only thing i laughed at; the 'drumkit gag' is just ripped from a white stripes video. laziest bullshit they've done since the inexplicable three minute homer the ice cream man/ali g opening ripoff.

nabisco right about the family guy. last night was really painful.

― GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ, Tuesday, 1 May 2007 02:13 (6 years ago) Permalink

it's quite funny hearing about things that happened in recent episodes but not having a clue about them/the context etc.

― blueski, Tuesday, 1 May 2007 09:40 (6 years ago) Permalink

basically you should exploit me and make up all kinds of crap. 'omg did you see that episode where Bart gets a pet dinosaur and Homer gets a job as the Secretary Of Defense?'

― blueski, Tuesday, 1 May 2007 09:43 (6 years ago) Permalink

― Frogman Henry, Tuesday, 1 May 2007 09:47 (6 years ago) Permalink

i was just happy they finally brought a musical sequence up to par. it was actually kind of good jazz!

If you're refering to the kids jam (maybe the only bit I haven't blocked out from the initial viewing when it was new)-Well, duh:

― C. Grisso/McCain, Tuesday, 1 May 2007 16:44 (6 years ago) Permalink

I haven't watched a new simpsons in 23 seasons I think.

― PappaWheelie V, Tuesday, 1 May 2007 17:13 (6 years ago) Permalink

the 'drumkit gag' is just ripped from a white stripes video.

Okay I was not aware of this.

I thought it was pretty incredible on Bart's part to be able to hold down "Take Five" so early in his drumming career, that is not an easy piece to drum on.

― nickalicious, Tuesday, 1 May 2007 17:17 (6 years ago) Permalink

I will say, regarding the otherwise terrible White Stripes cameo, that I liked that they made Meg all mean and shouty.

― C. Grisso/McCain, Tuesday, 1 May 2007 17:21 (6 years ago) Permalink

10 months pass...

Can someone explain to me a line from last Sunday's episode? It's when Bart and Lisa find a tape with Martin's voice on it. He's speaking to recently metamorphosized butterflies: "Now if I may mimic your mother's feeding call..." And then he goes into this FUCKING HILARIOUS old granny voice sing-songing something like "Lawdy lawdy clickety clawdy." Even though I have been laughing to tears since I first heard it and have been repeating it ad nauseum, I have no clue what the hell it means. Does it mean anything in particular? Or is it just funny on the surface, i.e. as an impossible approximation of a butterfly momma's feeding call (does a butterfly momma even have a feeding call?)? Help?

― Kevin John Bozelka, Wednesday, 12 March 2008 02:51 (5 years ago) Permalink

the new york episode was on again sometime in the last six months

― electricsound, Wednesday, 12 March 2008 02:54 (5 years ago) Permalink

But never again will it have the "They put the idiots in Tower 1!" joke.

― JTS, Wednesday, 12 March 2008 22:05 (5 years ago) Permalink

EW! I'll have the crab juice!

― nickalicious, Wednesday, 12 March 2008 22:20 (5 years ago) Permalink

I fed the baby while watching last night's "Family Guy", and even with jokes like "Welcome to Texas: The Fuck-You State", I couldn't laugh.

-- Pleasant Plains, Monday, April 30, 2007 12:24 PM (10 months ago) Bookmark Link

― and what, Wednesday, 12 March 2008 22:41 (5 years ago) Permalink

"Welcome to Texas: The Fuck-You State"

― dell, Wednesday, 12 March 2008 22:42 (5 years ago) Permalink

http://www.hulu.com/watch/12140/the-simpsons-dial-n-for-nerder

― Eric H., Thursday, 13 March 2008 03:31 (5 years ago) Permalink

^^ definitely one of the best episodes i've seen the last few seasons, the Nelson private eye stuff cracked me up.

― Alex in Baltimore, Thursday, 13 March 2008 04:13 (5 years ago) Permalink

never give up on the simpsons. even if you watch an episode for only 5 jokes/hilarious quotes or to see Martin fall off a cliff.

― CaptainLorax, Thursday, 13 March 2008 04:18 (5 years ago) Permalink

But never again will it have the "They put the idiots in Tower 1!" joke.

Wait, that gets cut now? Do they also cut the bit with ppl leaning out thw windows in each tower yelling at each other? I was thinking Ive seen that recently but then I remembered its on my DVD.

― Trayce, Thursday, 13 March 2008 10:02 (5 years ago) Permalink

last time i saw that episode that stuff was intact, i'm pretty sure. WTXF are such a bunch of fuck-ups that they'd probably show the wrong ones, though, so it may have been in error.

they haven't shown a good simpsons episode in about a year now. just the last 5 seasons or something.

― GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ, Thursday, 13 March 2008 10:25 (5 years ago) Permalink

6 months pass...

"These are not tears, we are vomiting from our eyes!"

― Neil S, Monday, 22 September 2008 18:24 (4 years ago) Permalink

Why does anyone even bother to still watch new (last 8 years) episodes, anyways?

― Cars That Go Boom (mehlt), Monday, 22 September 2008 23:22 (4 years ago) Permalink

Yes, clearly it's a more productive use of one's time to spend that time posting to the internet about how the Simpsons fell off a while back

― nabisco, Monday, 22 September 2008 23:35 (4 years ago) Permalink

challops alert

― Shakey Mo Collier, Monday, 22 September 2008 23:36 (4 years ago) Permalink

I mean normally I'm too busy doing homeless outreach to even think about such things, but sometimes I'll do so much homeless outreach that I have to be hospitalized for exhaustion, so that's usually when I'll kick back and get a few chuckles out of a new Simpsons while the IV rehydrates me

― nabisco, Monday, 22 September 2008 23:37 (4 years ago) Permalink

Then I return to doing things so much more important and productive than watching shows that aren't as funny as they used to be, like homeless outreach or (as mentioned) posting to the internet about how I don't think certain shows are funny enough to waste my time on anymore

― nabisco, Monday, 22 September 2008 23:39 (4 years ago) Permalink

Then maybe I'll have some pasta

― nabisco, Monday, 22 September 2008 23:46 (4 years ago) Permalink

It's when Bart and Lisa find a tape with Martin's voice on it. He's speaking to recently metamorphosized butterflies: "Now if I may mimic your mother's feeding call..." And then he goes into this FUCKING HILARIOUS old granny voice sing-songing something like "Lawdy lawdy clickety clawdy.

I saw this for the first time only recently (a first time rerun - I havent been watching Tv for a couple years now so ive missed a lot of the last 2 seasons). I actually quite enjoyed that episode, even though all the way through I was all "well obviously Martin isnt dead, I wonder how they'll swing this plot".

― Trayce, Monday, 22 September 2008 23:53 (4 years ago) Permalink

There's usually a handful of actually good, funny episodes per season. The butterfly one was good, and the one with Jarmusch wasn't too bad, either. Of course all the other episodes are atrocious, but it seems like only the few good ones make it into syndication anyway.

― burt_stanton, Monday, 22 September 2008 23:59 (4 years ago) Permalink

Xpost: Well, for one, you could spend the time you dedicate to watching post season 10 Simpsons watching Season 1-10 Simpsons. Then at least you'll get the opportunity to watch something that's even worth watching, not drivel that's been brought down so many pegs that it's actually tragic.

Is this really a question of productivity? Did the 15 seconds I spent voicing an extremely mild, insignificant criticism (and on ILX? As if!) become such an offence that it turned into a deep moral predicament? Suddenly you can voice your opinion because you do homeless work, and now complaining on the internet about my on the internet is not only productive, but also a valid criticism?

― Cars That Go Boom (mehlt), Tuesday, 23 September 2008 01:01 (4 years ago) Permalink

I've watched new episodes of the simpsons, and I can't make it past more than 5 minutes. I don't know how anyone else does it, really. . .

― Cars That Go Boom (mehlt), Tuesday, 23 September 2008 01:02 (4 years ago) Permalink

1 month passes...

I think I see the Watchmen Babies as Peanuts trick-or-treaters briefly in the commercial for tonight's episode.

― Rock Hardy, Sunday, 2 November 2008 22:23 (4 years ago) Permalink

6 months pass...

OMG, I think Lisa was an incorrect pedant last night: Homer called himself a "xylophobe" and she said that would involve being afraid of xylophones, when in fact I'm pretty sure it would involve being afraid of wood

― nabisco, Monday, 18 May 2009 18:42 (4 years ago) Permalink

i feel like it taking u this long to realise that is kind of a simpsons joke irl

― Lamp, Monday, 18 May 2009 18:44 (4 years ago) Permalink

like im sitting here laughing really hard at the image of u watching the show then going abt yr daily routine getting ready for work, sitting in a meeting, teaching a class, eating lunch, going back to work and then *lightbulb*

― Lamp, Monday, 18 May 2009 18:45 (4 years ago) Permalink

I'm sorry, was I supposed to rush and post this to ILX in the middle of watching the show? Cause I just remarked on it to my gf, although at that point I was thinking "xylo" = "bone"

― nabisco, Monday, 18 May 2009 19:06 (4 years ago) Permalink

it means 'boner' or 'woody.'

― cant go with u too many bees (Abbott), Monday, 18 May 2009 19:12 (4 years ago) Permalink

Lisa has already posted a retraction and an apology in her blog

― Sargeant (Mulvaney), Monday, 18 May 2009 20:05 (4 years ago) Permalink

It does remain however the instrument heard whenever skeletons dance.

― •--• --- --- •--• (Pleasant Plains), Monday, 18 May 2009 20:09 (4 years ago) Permalink

I'm sorry, was I supposed to rush and post this to ILX in the middle of watching the show? Cause I just remarked on it to my gf, although at that point I was thinking "xylo" = "bone"

haha no obv not bro it just struck me as funny - the img i had - im sure u were on that shit instantaneously

― Lamp, Monday, 18 May 2009 20:12 (4 years ago) Permalink

tbh honest I haven't even watched the show yet; I totally picked up on this before watching it on DVR tomorrow morning

― nabisco, Monday, 18 May 2009 20:34 (4 years ago) Permalink

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