caught the first two episodes of the season. the 'homeland' parody or whatever it was was completely unfunny and kind of incomprehensible. might have been partly due to my low expectations but the halloween episode was actually kind of fun, laughed out loud a few times at the dr. seuss parody especially. but was also struck by the sort of casually mean-spirited tone of the whole thing, callous in a way that i don't remember the older halloween episodes being.
― (The Other) J.D. (J.D.), Wednesday, 9 October 2013 21:25 (ten years ago) link
gettin an itchy SB finger over here guys.
― taxi tomato or bag tomato (Trayce), Thursday, 10 October 2013 02:00 (ten years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.
― System, Friday, 11 October 2013 00:01 (ten years ago) link
Crap!
So, I've seen all of these at some point in time, some more than once, but I'd hoped to rewatch most of them before the poll was up. As it is, I've just done "Bart the Genius," "Krusty Gets Busted," "Bart the General," and "The Telltale Head." Ugh. It sounds like "There's No Disgrace" and "Homer's Night Out" are the other big ones I'm missing - maybe "Crepes of Wrath" too (which I'm sort of curious about since I remember it being so strange).
― Doctor Casino, Friday, 11 October 2013 01:00 (ten years ago) link
Ended up voting "Life on the Fast Lane" simply because its the most consistently funny of these.
― the vineyards where the grapes of corporate rock are stored (cryptosicko), Friday, 11 October 2013 16:39 (ten years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.
― System, Saturday, 12 October 2013 00:01 (ten years ago) link
haha I wonder if the thread title swung this since nobody can be arsed to actually revisit these
― swmp thing (wins), Saturday, 12 October 2013 00:04 (ten years ago) link
Wow, never seen a poll with so little curve
― Sir Lord Baltimora (Myonga Vön Bontee), Saturday, 12 October 2013 01:57 (ten years ago) link
Tough but fair. Season 2 tomorrow!
― My question is primarily riparian (Phil D.), Saturday, 12 October 2013 02:46 (ten years ago) link
I've been finding myself re-watching the early seasons of The Simpsons recently, and I was surprised by just how many of these episodes I remembered. There was quite a few of these episodes I hadn't really seen since the early '90s, and I was struck by how slower-paced, much less surreal and relatively undeveloped (character-wise) these episodes are in hindsight.
― Working night & day, I tried to stay awake... (Turrican), Wednesday, 30 November 2016 00:17 (seven years ago) link
However, I still like this season, and I think its flaws only become apparent with hindsight - it was fine at the time!
The scene where Marge unplugs the TV just as Homer is finally going to defeat Bart at that boxing game is still as fucking funny to me as the first time I saw it. As is Bart receiving/testing out his spy camera, Homer screaming at Bart and Lisa "BE NORMAL! BE NORMAL!" at Burns' picnic while Marge gets drunk on punch (which now all seems strange to watch all these seasons later) - and, of course, "KWYJIBO" ...
― Working night & day, I tried to stay awake... (Turrican), Wednesday, 30 November 2016 00:24 (seven years ago) link