The Official Simpsons Griefing Thread

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BrunoMattei said:
I watched the "An Analysis of Modern Simpsons" and clicked off at about 1:28:00 into it when the guy calls Indians "Asian Americans." No. Fuck you.
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I’ve always imagined there’s a ton of confusion in the UK when American tourists may ask where they can find some sexy “Asian” girls.
 
Judge Holden said:
Please be trooning out...please be trooning out...

Srsly can you fucking imagine if Milhouse trooned out and this was made a permanent change? That would be the funniest shit to happen with the series since Season 8
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I remembered it has been a meme for 2 years and wanted to look for a particularly haram piece of fanart I saw once. Instead I saw this.
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This showed up in the first couple of results of trans Milhouse. I cannot escape this guy.
 
Blue Gem Muslim Queen said:
I remembered it has been a meme for 2 years
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Uh....what?

Are you fucking....
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I am not joking here. I 1000% fucking promise you. I had zero fucking idea this was a meme...I just pulled "they probably gonna troon him" straight outta my ass.

Jesus fucking christ, if this shit has been floating about for a while they might actually fucking troon him outy
 
Tootsie Bear said:
Well, you're in luck this year because there's another Treehouse of Horror this weekend. It's the same formula. Three stories each one more forgettable than the last.
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Why is there a second Treehouse of Horror this year? Do the showrunners realize that Halloween was over three weeks ago? Have they done this before?
Wikipedia said:
The episode will feature three segments parodying stories by Ray Bradbury. Series creator Matt Groening stated that Bradbury criticized the show in the press after the series premiered because it borrowed from an episode of The Twilight Zone that he wrote.
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God almighty. Talk about holding a grudge. Imagine being so petty you have to dunk on a Silent Generation member who died over a decade ago because he said mean things about your show over three decades ago. (I checked the reference in the article. It's not taken out of context at all)
 
when i was a kid i was an idiot and thought the simpsons comics were illustrated versions of episodes i hadnt seen yet

speaking of simpsons comics, here in the UK we had a slightly different order and format from the US Simpsons Comics. i think we got issues a little late, but they usually came with tat and a poster, usually a textless version of the cover. It was admittedly cool because they sometimes were 3 parts and you could make a big full poster using it. The Simpsons comics had less sharp writing than even Simpsons back then, it was made out and out for kids, but the imagination and willingness to take risks was way greater than Simpsons has ever been since the Classic Era

What's funny is I remember on the news it was a big deal that the Simpsons were going to turn into Zombies for a Halloween special, I found a news article but I swear this was on TV too. However, like in the news broadcast the article used images from the upcoming comics, which were fucking amazing looking:

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So I got scared and hyped for the episode, then it comes out and the segment was so lame. Krusty sells tainted burgers and people become zombies. It really is just NPC TV at that point, scared to shock the viewer. This comic, when i read it, lived up to the hype because it truly went out there with the art and you could tell they got some guy in who didnt give a shit if he scared kids. That mightve been the same issue with the original Death Note parody, that did it way better than the one the Modern Simps credit with le saving the show
 
BetterFuckChuck said:
when i was a kid i was an idiot and thought the simpsons comics were illustrated versions of episodes i hadnt seen yet
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When they debuted around season 5, funnily enough, I thought they were a lot more zany and out-there in terms of plots versus the actual show... but now they seem positively quaint compared to what the show's gone through since.
 
Van Darkholme said:
I was listening to the audio commentay to The Principal and the Pauper a while back and its pretty hilarious how they try to defend and justify that obviously fucking awful episode, like it was supposed to shatter the audience expectations when all it did was shattering the audience's entertaiment. Matt Groening wisely decided not to attend that recording session.
Then again, it's from season 9 and the overall rot of the show was already creeping in.
Haven't watched the show in 20 years or so, and looking through the internet and seeing all those youtubers and whatnot talk about everything after 2000 makes me glad I dropped out when I did.
I grew up with that show back in the early nineties (I think I was 5-6 years old) when they first aired it here in Germany and some thirty years later the corpse is still around, twitching and trying to be relevant. Pretty sad IMO.
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Look... I like The Principal and the Pauper. I realized that is a highly unpopular and incorrect opinion. I listened to that commentary, too. Granted, it was years ago, but I remember their reaction being more of a shock that people took it so seriously and got so upset.

Now to defend myself-
I, too hated the episode at first. And looking back, it was definitely an early example of one of the things that would go on to ruin the show- fucking with the characters, their back stories, and spitting in the faces of loyal viewers.

But, it grew on me in syndication. This is when I watched the syndicated episodes religiously every evening after school, later after work. Seeing it repeated, I came to appreciate the tension that builds through the episode. The mysterious way Chalmers follows Skinner around the school ("The rod up that man's butt must have a rod up it's butt!"), the shadowy figure that wants to attend the party for Skinner, the discomfort of the characters at the situation/"the real Seymour." The ending is stupid, but does kind of put a cap on it, and makes it so it need not be mentioned again. But I don't think it really takes away from, or really changes the characters. I daresay, it embiggens their back story. It adds some flavor to Seymour and Agnes's relationship, which had already been established to be weird and super dysfunctional.

Also, the episode gave us coffee-flavored beverine. I'll take it grey, with creamium.

I get the hate for it, but also think it's kind of a meme that it's "totally the episode that ended the show, dur hur."

Personally, I dislike My Sister, My Sister from the previous season much more. Paper-thin plotline- is Lisa a competent babysitter, or does she have batshit solutions to problems? The whole wheelbarrow and pet carrier thing went on too long, Lisa would've asked for help much sooner. The way she was discovered- "She's on drugs and is going to drown the caged baby!" was a stupid joke, an attempt at capturing the earlier season's laughable stupidity of the townspeople. And the weak joke at the end explaining that it didn't harm her babysitting business- "'You still want to hire me?' 'Yeah we can't find anyone else.'" was cringey. It's like it's going for an edgy ending like "'Did he die?' 'What am I, a doctor?'" or "Change the channel, Marge." But it's just half-baked and stupid. I hate that episode.
 
BetterFuckChuck said:
when i was a kid i was an idiot and thought the simpsons comics were illustrated versions of episodes i hadnt seen yet
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I used to have a bunch of them! I collected back in middle school and high school. I didn't know about them until issue 10, I found it at a drug store as a fluke. I read it to the point where the cover fell off. I quit buying them and the Futurama comics in my late teens early 20's. Now I own all of them on a table and the offshoots.
 
BetterFuckChuck said:
speaking of simpsons comics, here in the UK we had a slightly different order and format from the US Simpsons Comics. i think we got issues a little late, but they usually came with tat and a poster, usually a textless version of the cover. It was admittedly cool because they sometimes were 3 parts and you could make a big full poster using it. The Simpsons comics had less sharp writing than even Simpsons back then, it was made out and out for kids, but the imagination and willingness to take risks was way greater than Simpsons has ever been since the Classic Era
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I always remember one bit that was like a PSA from Reverend Lovejoy that some kid (probably Bart) has doodled over. I'd never find it now but I read that segment a whole bunch as a kid.
 
I watched those video essays posted earlier in the thread. That "optimistic" conclusion of The Simpsons now existing solely to be a low stakes dumping ground for new writers to bolster their IMDB credits made my stomach churn. Though I suppose something so disgustingly cynical and ironic fits the theme of The Simpsons in a meta sense.

I think this is the first time the fact that The Simpsons isn't even "shit" anymore clicked with me. The Simpsons is now like Garfield or Family Circus. The Simpsons wishes it could be shit again. Terrible Simpsons is still Simpsons. This new stuff is just literally fucking nothing. It's a vehicle to sell tickets to Simpson World.
 
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Doom House V said:
I watched those video essays posted earlier in the thread. That "optimistic" conclusion of The Simpsons now existing solely to be a low stakes dumping ground for new writers to bolster their IMDB credits made my stomach churn. Though I suppose something so disgustingly cynical and ironic fits the theme of The Simpsons in a meta sense.

I think this is the first time the fact that The Simpsons isn't even "shit" anymore clicked with me. The Simpsons is now like Garfield or Family Circus. The Simpsons wishes it could be shit again. Terrible Simpsons is still Simpsons. This new stuff is just literally fucking nothing. It's a vehicle to sell tickets to Simpson World.
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It's sad that this is the optimistic outcome for the Simpsons. Are there really no talented people who want to work on this show?
 
Commander X said:
Still, it's better to retire with dignity than go on dragging it out like Julie Kavner continuing to record from her hospice care facility as Marge Simpson.

:said in the raspiest, nearly senile voice possible: "HOMER. YOU CAN'T SKIBBIDI TOILET, YOU'VE LOST YOUR RIZZ"
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Hi'! I'm the unholy AI simulacrum of Phil Hartman as Troy Maclure! You may remember me from such horrible Simpsons episodes as "Ski-Bart-Di Toilet!" and "Homer Loses His Rizz!"
 
Introvertigo said:
Holy shit, it is going to end next year which is one week and one month away!!!
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Even if the show ends then, the damage has been done: almost 3 of every 4 episodes are craptacular post-2000 ones.

Apu has even been gone for around 1/10th of the show's run already, because of that "social justice" BS about him.

Doom House V said:
The Simpsons is now like Garfield or Family Circus.
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I think Garfield is another work that should've "stayed in the 20th century". And Family Circus is still running?!
 
ToroidalBoat said:
Even if the show ends then, the damage has been done: almost 3 of every 4 episodes are craptacular post-2000 ones.

Apu has even been gone for around 1/10th of the show's run already, because of that "social justice" BS about him.
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The show really had it's peak in the 90's.
ToroidalBoat said:
I think Garfield is another work that should've "stayed in the 20th century". And Family Circus is still running?!
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Not to mention Blondie, Hi & Lois, and Johnny Hart's strips (Wizard of Id, B.C.). There's always a family member who keeps those going.
 
Trilby said:
There's always a family member who keeps those going.
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I liked how Watterson "quit while he was ahead", as the newer Calvin and Hobbes comics may have started to have a different feel to them. But like with post-JJ Star Wars, Di$ney seems intent on keeping The Simpsons running "until the show becomes unprofitable"...

(Of course FOX seemed intent on doing the same.)
 
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