the simpsons' peak period - can we have some consensus please ?

Except that's season 7.

season 10 has the last really classic episode (lisa cheats on a test, homer gets a pet lobster), at least.

D'oh!

Okay, for season 8, allow me this quote:

"like, we tried nothin' man and we're all out of ideas!"

http://us.tv1.yimg.com/tv.yahoo.com/images/he/photo/tv_pix/fox/the_simpsons/_group_photos/nancy_cartwright24.jpg

B-b-b-but he spelled Yale with a 7.

Welcome to ILX...I mean, the internet...I mean, human interaction.

FUCK SEASON 11 AND BEYOND.

Yeah, but 8 has great stuff. I'd happily watch any of the 9 ones again, but probably not again after that for a long time (Exception: the New York episode, which I've already seen too many times, though I'm not sure I saw it twice.)

Bart the Mother (#5F22 / SI-922) 27 Sep 1998
Bart accidentally kills a mother bird with Nelson Muntz's bee-bee gun, and tries his best to raise the mother's eggs on his own. But when the hatchlings turn out to be a pair of destructive lizards that harvest nests for their own survival, the town's bird population is placed at great risk. Guest voice Phil Hartman, in his final speaking role on The Simpsons.

The fall of Troy (McClure) = the fall of the Simpsons

-- Trayce (spamspanke...), September 13th, 2005.]

that is incredibly stupid

Some a.t.s. readers have attributed this quote to George Burns and Gracie Allen, as some kind of old vaudeville routine. Others have speculated that it is the type of thing you would hear an old gossipy housewife use on a 1950s sitcom and that Bart's use of it is the joke, much like his use of Cockney phrases or those of an 1890s prospector. Consarnit.

One fan reports to have also heard the phrase on a 1995 Monty Python CD-ROM game.

But the mystery of the actual reference has been revealed at last - or at least it seems - by a reader named Funkychuck: "It's actually from [the book] The Great Gatsby. The main character meets these two women who are already deep in conversation and the one says 'so I says to Mabel, I says' as he walks in. They have a short, pointless back and forth, the main character leaves, and the lady resumes the conversation with the same line over again. I'm not 100% on this, but I had just read the book when that episode aired and I remember feeling quite smart at having caught such an obscure reference. Unless I'm completely wrong, in which case I can resume feeling stupid. Hope this helps!"

Vacation episodes for cliche culture jokes = dud.

Overlooking nuances built into characters over 10 years = dud.

I'm done whining...sorry all, this subject is my lone sore spot, so I really should (and will) sign off now.

See this is why I hate these arguments. What is stupid? Why? Explain - and convince me.

thats the stupid part. hope I cleared things up! :o)

classics from Season 11:

Brother's Little Helper (#AABF22 / SI-1022) 3 Oct 1999
When Bart is hastily diagnosed with Attention Deficit Disorder, he becomes the latest victim of "Focusin," a new drug touted to boost academic attention spans. Guest starring Mark McGwire as himself.

E-I-E-I-(ANNOYED GRUNT) (#AABF19 / SI-1019) 7 Nov 1999
Homer and family move to an old farm where he and Bart conjure up "Tomacco," an incredibly addictive cross between Tobacco and Tomatoes. Guest starring The B-52's (end credits theme) and Frank Welker as the barnyard animals.

Missionary: Impossible (#BABF11 / SI-1111) 20 Feb 2000
Homer becomes a missionary on a remote, tropical island as part of his effort to evade the local PBS affiliate's pledge drive collection officials. Guest starring Betty White as herself.

Bart to the Future (#BABF13 / SI-1113) 19 Mar 2000
While visiting an Indian casino with his family, Bart encounters an Indian who foretells of his future. Bart learns that in the future he is a ne'er-do-well musician with Ralph Wiggum as a room mate. He goes to see Lisa to borrow money, but Lisa has her own problems, being the newly-elected President of the United States and facing a tax crisis.

I suspect that SNPP is not exactly snopes.com on this subject, though Google certainly thinks it is.

quote:

Bart: There's something different about you, Dad.
Fake Homer: [german accent] I am a new tie wearing.

season two is still the best, and i'm not up on the new season, but i don't think it's time for them to quit yet.

No. It is a scientific fact that when Bart and/or Lisa see their future, the episode sucks.