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Here's the episode everyone online is raving about. Mr. Smithers finally finds love and it feels completely artificial. I wonder who wrote the script for this episode...


May God have mercy on us all.
 
Tootsie Bear said:
https://youtube.com/watch?v=ahSJKrYIGB8
Here's the episode everyone online is raving about. Mr. Smithers finally finds love and it feels completely artificial. I wonder who wrote the script for this episode...

https://youtube.com/watch?v=coKNndXpv-I
May God have mercy on us all.
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They fucking ruined it. The whole gag behind Smithers was that he was obviously gay, but not out of the closet. I guess now that being gay is both mainstream and forced, keeping him as a sheltered gay man just doesn't cut it for today's audiences. This is why the show should have ended in its prime...it could've easily served as a 90's time capsule so that future generations can get a good picture of life back then. There was no Pride Month or horrible monstrosities of pride flags, nor were there drag queen storytime events for children. Being gay was still kinda taboo, but not enough to get someone thrown in an asylum like Oscar Wilde. Classic 90's Smithers eloquently portrays the vibe at the time when although it wasn't wrong to be gay, for a lot of men it was still a major issue to fully come out and gain acceptance. Hence, his character served as an example of a middle-aged sycophant who hasn't fully come out of the closet yet, since it was still somewhat of an issue then.
 
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It would have been funnier if Smithers turned out to be straight all along and just really admired his boss, and then spent an entire episode slaying pussy. Bonus points if the B plot was Burns going to conversion therapy after he had a slightly gay dream.
 
Michael Jacks0n said:
They fucking ruined it. The whole gag behind Smithers was that he was obviously gay, but not out of the closet. I guess now that being gay is both mainstream and forced, keeping him as a sheltered gay man just doesn't cut it for today's audiences. This is why the show should have ended in its prime...it could've easily served as a 90's time capsule so that future generations can get a good picture of life back then. There was no Pride Month or horrible monstrosities of pride flags, nor were there drag queen storytime events for children. Being gay was still kinda taboo, but not enough to get someone thrown in an asylum like Oscar Wilde. Classic 90's Smithers eloquently portrays the vibe at the time when although it wasn't wrong to be gay, for a lot of men it was still a major issue to fully come out and gain acceptance. Hence, his character served as an example of a middle-aged sycophant who hasn't fully come out of the closet yet, since it was still somewhat of an issue then.
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My favorite comment when it comes to this topic comes from the great openly gay actor Harvey Fierstein. As any Simpsons fan should know Fierstein guest starred in Season 2 as Homer's assistant Karl who was the first openly gay character the show had. They asked if he'd reprise the role for "Three Gays of the Condo" and well Wikipedia writes it better than I could.
In the script, Homer was thrown out of the house by Marge, and encountered Karl. The purpose of the appearance was to introduce a gay couple that Homer would live with. Fierstein however felt that "the script was a lot of very clever gay jokes, and there just wasn't that Simpsons twist" and turned the role down.[1] He elaborated on this, stating "Basically, Homer just had a lot of fun hanging out with gay men, and drinking in bars, and dancing at discos, and all that, and there was nothing — there was no commentary there. Every restaurant had a silly gay name. The gym had a silly gay name. They were all double entendres, obviously. And I said, 'Anybody could do this. You’re the fucking Simpsons. Do something we have never seen before'."
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Harvey succinctly gives the most honest takedown of the last 20 years of mediocre Simpsons. Jesus christ this made the news of Morning TV like it was some courageous breakthrough. As if finally we've reached equality because Smithers is gonna be a happy Hershey Highwayman.

No humor, no interesting commentary. Why the fuck is Homer acting like "Cartman's Cupid Me?" Homer has no reason to give a single shit about the lovelife of a man who condones his employer treating him like trash.
 
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Tootsie Bear said:
https://youtube.com/watch?v=ahSJKrYIGB8
Here's the episode everyone online is raving about. Mr. Smithers finally finds love and it feels completely artificial. I wonder who wrote the script for this episode...

https://youtube.com/watch?v=coKNndXpv-I
May God have mercy on us all.
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Would this version of Smithers be less cringey than the current one on the show? He describes himself to his new boyfriend like he's the puppy that wants attention.
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I thought I remember reading a Q+A from someone on the show's staff that Smithers was originally designed to be Burns-Sexual; iirc they even said something like, "If Burns were a woman, then Smithers would be straight for her."
 
So not being super old (yet) I can happily say I never had the chance to see "The Misadventures of Sheriff Lobo" when it was on TV. I only know of the show because Homer Simpson was clearly fond of it.


Actually seeing the intro & now knowing how stupidly low brow Sherriff Lobo was I love the reference even more now as it's completely in line with the character of Homer Simpson.
 
Tootsie Bear said:
Here's the episode everyone online is raving about. Mr. Smithers finally finds love and it feels completely artificial. I wonder who wrote the script for this episode...
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Does Smithers get his heart broken in the end? Something bad happens, they have a misunderstanding or his gay boyfriend suddenly dies...?

I'm not going to watch new Simpsons just for this shit, and I'll be honest; this is the first I'm hearing about Smither's gettign a boyfriend, and I don't really care enough to subject myself to offsite commentary and episode synopses, just to figure out what happened. But I'd be curious to know whether this is one of those "everything returns to normal" episodes, or whether it's a permanent change - a change for the better (from the character's perspective), which almost never happens (lasting changes are almost always bad for the character, e.g. Maud dying, Milhouse's parents getting a divorce, Barney turning into a coffee drinker, etc)
 
Solid Snek said:
Does Smithers get his heart broken in the end? Something bad happens, they have a misunderstanding or his gay boyfriend suddenly dies...?

I'm not going to watch new Simpsons just for this shit, and I'll be honest; this is the first I'm hearing about Smither's gettign a boyfriend, and I don't really care enough to subject myself to offsite commentary and episode synopses, just to figure out what happened. But I'd be curious to know whether this is one of those "everything returns to normal" episodes, or whether it's a permanent change - a change for the better (from the character's perspective), which almost never happens (lasting changes are almost always bad for the character, e.g. Maud dying, Milhouse's parents getting a divorce, Barney turning into a coffee drinker, etc)
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The Barney thing never really panned out iirc.
 
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