The Official Simpsons Griefing Thread

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nets_awesome said:
He’s like the guy who does all the American _______ Story shows, Nip/Tuck, Glee and Scream Queens. They start out really well but then he runs out of ideas and tries to throw all sorts of shit against the wall to see what sticks.
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Ryan Murphy, or as I'm now calling him: "Gay Gay Abrams".
 
vertexwindi said:
You know, this recent death has really put into perspective just how many great crew members The Simpsons has outlived at this point. Doris Grau, Phil Hartman, Marcia Wallace, Jan Hooks, Sam Simon and now Russi Taylor. Just look at how much talent there is in that small list of people, Doris Grau being an esteemed script supervisor, Sam Simon being an experienced Hollywood producer, and the others being talented voice actors that have gotten a lot of praise for their performances, particularly Phil who was one of the most beloved people in Hollywood at the time. Plus there's the fact they booted off Clausen just to save money.
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Is Hans Zimmer even cheap? I mean they're doing it through his company Bleeding Fingers, but I feel like both he and the company aren't exactly the most cost efficient way given the man's name recognition.
 
Jewelsmakerguy said:
Is Hans Zimmer even cheap? I mean they're doing it through his company Bleeding Fingers, but I feel like both he and the company aren't exactly the most cost efficient way given the man's name recognition.
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With Al Clausen, they used a 32 piece orchestra for each episode.

With Bleeding Fingers they use a computer.
 
CWCissey said:
The classic episodes used a 32 piece orchestra for each episode.

With Bleeding Fingers they use a computer.
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True, but they could have used a computer and recycled the original music tracks too. That way they wouldn't need any other studio beyond the one doing the sound editing for the music.
 
Jewelsmakerguy said:
True, but they could have used a computer and recycled the original music tracks too. That way they wouldn't need any other studio beyond the one doing the sound editing for the music.
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It's Hollywood and Zombie Simpsons.

Not a brain between them.

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The Pink Panther said:
I found a pretty shitty Simpletons article:

screenrant.com

10 Episodes Of The Simpsons That Aged Poorly

Time certainly can heal all sorts of wounds, but it can also reveal ancient skeletons in one's closet. The following 10 episodes prove the latter.
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Okay, I'll respond to this:

10) The Principal and the Pauper has been a point of controversy ever since it aired, so I don't know if you can say it "aged poorly" when it was never that well received to begin with. Personally, I kind of liked the episode, despite understanding why people were so mad at it.

9) Beyond Blunderdome, I get what they are saying with Mel Gibson's involvement. Though to be honest, I really like that episode, lol.

8) A Star is Burns, I guess it looks weirdly out of place since it crossed over with The Critic and alot of people today don't even know what that is. BUT, the episode is still super funny and I loved The Critic, so I appreciated having Jay Sherman there.

7) The Last Temptation of Homer, wait, so Homer having a sexual attraction for another woman makes it not age well? Isn't that, I don't know, a pretty common point of drama for married couples in fiction? If anything, I'd say it was cliche. And once again, I really like this episode. Homer's whole spiel of "We're going to have sex! The cookie told me to!" is classic.

6) The Way We Was, the issue here is the fact that the show has been on the air so long that there is no way Homer and Marge went to High School in the 60s and are not senior citizens, and likely grandparents now in 2019, but we all know that. I think this episode is one of the most satisfying and sweet hearted classics during the golden age and should be celebrated as such.

5) Homer Loves Flanders, so their reason is the dream sequence where Ned starts shooting people that he sees as Homer. Dark as hell, sure, but come on. Rick and Morty does darker shit than this in every episode, and dark humor is fucking funny. Get over yourselves.

4) The City of New York Vs. Homer Simpson, yeah 9/11 has retroactively made this one hard to watch, but I encourage people to check it out anyway as it is a great and funny episode regardless.

3) Much Apu About Nothing, oh yeah, God forbid we watch the episode where Apu becomes a legal citizen. Can't show them that. And God forbid we have an episode where a character has a prejudice and then learns he was wrong. (More on that in a second)

2) Homer's Phobia, yeah, see above. Also, this episode is fantastic. Bite me.

1) Stark Raving Dad, that's it. Get the fuck out! This episode is possibly on my Top 20 or 15 in the show's history and its "problematic" to watch because of the Leaving Neverland documentary...despite the fact that for years it was uncool to point out the controversies surrounding MJ? Seriously, these allegations have been around probably since around the time this episode aired, but picking on MJ was wrong somehow and "there was no evidence" but now all of a sudden, it is okay to say it? Whatever.

I'll say this, and this applies to the Mel Gibson episode as well: If I decided not to watch something with a controversial figure in it, that would eliminate almost all of the entertainment industry. How many people got ousted in the fall out of Harvey Weinstein? Didn't Sean Penn beat the shit out of Madonna and has a history of explosive and abusive behavior with his exes? Also, name me a rock star that doesn't have a controversial past, and the only way I could top it would be to find a unicorn. I separate the art from the artist and I have no problem saying that someone made something great and then in the same breath call them a sicko, asshole, or whatever.
 
I'm surprised Homer Badman was not on that list. Of course, that was a great episode too.
 
Homer at the Bat is still one of the best early season episodes. That song sung at the end credits still gets stuck in my head. Wade Boggs and Barney fighting at Moe's is still one of my favorite moments in Simpson's history. How much we wanna bet they'll find it problematic because Ken Griffy Jr. got gigantism or Strawberry being a kiss ass because they were black instead of the white players?

Btw, Pitt the Elder is the clear winner.
 
Why is wokness the standard for if an episode is good or not? If that were true Lisa Goes Gaga would be the best episode of the series. Also the gay steel mill was one of the funniest ever Simpsons jokes, fuck these people.
 
Trombonista said:
I'm surprised Homer Badman was not on that list. Of course, that was a great episode too.
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What, you mean the episode where the media blows everything out of proportion and demonizes people without hearing all sides of the story?

Yeah, I'm surprised that didn't make the cut either.

I shudder to think what would have happened if this episode got released during the height of #MeToo. Wow.

Although I will say this: Even though Homer was going for the gummy...that is still wildly inappropriate to grab at her pants, even if it is just to get the piece of candy stuck to it, lol. The intentions make it less bad and make Homer more of an impolite slob rather than a sexually harassing jerk, but still, lol.
 
The Pink Panther said:
https://youtube.com/watch?v=wWnyaSgk3qg
This is set up for fall. It looks...watchable. I assume this will be the King of the Hill stand-in, since they moved it to 8:30, bumping Bob's Burgers and Family Guy back a half hour.
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oh boy, a bunch of jews making fun of rural blue-collar americans. This certainly won't be canceled before the first season is over
 
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