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Doh! The Simpsons still young and yellow at 20
New Sabah Times ^ | 12/15/09

Posted on 12/15/2009 8:44:32 AM PST by Borges

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To: Jean2

When did you watch it? Recently? It doesn’t really resmble what it was in the early to mid 90s. It’s one of the greatest cultural celebrations of the Nuclear Family in American history.


21 posted on 12/15/2009 11:19:04 AM PST by Borges
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To: raccoonradio
Simpsons has actually been around a couple years longer, technically, as it was a series of shorts on the Tracey Ullman show.

Troy McClure: "They haven't changed a bit!"

22 posted on 12/15/2009 11:31:04 AM PST by Zionist Conspirator (Vaya`an Yosef 'et-Par`oh le'mor bil`aday; 'Eloqim ya`aneh 'et-shelom Par`oh.)
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To: Extremely Extreme Extremist

Because I have been blasted with the dang commercials and advertising of it all these years I know enough about it to detest it.


23 posted on 12/15/2009 4:51:15 PM PST by Pilated
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To: Borges

Didn’t let my kids watch this mess when they were little, they don’t watch it now as adults.

May strike a chord with some, to most people I know, it’s just garbage.


24 posted on 12/15/2009 6:01:48 PM PST by swmobuffalo ("We didn't seek the approval of Code Pink and MoveOn.org before deciding what to do")
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To: swmobuffalo

It’s not really meant for kids. John Ashcroft was a big fan. It’s an American institution.


25 posted on 12/15/2009 8:10:11 PM PST by Borges
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To: Pilated

Actually that isn’t nearly enough to know anything about it.


26 posted on 12/15/2009 8:11:00 PM PST by Borges
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To: Borges

I think Simpsons jumped the shark when it moved to Sunday night from Thursday.


27 posted on 12/15/2009 8:19:23 PM PST by MinorityRepublican
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To: Borges

It starting getting good around season 3, peaked from 5-7, and was still alright for 8. After 8, it seriously declined and I think you might be able to have maybe 1 season’s worth of good shows out of the next 12 years.

As was stated above, it lost its edge and with that it lost the comedy.

This last season or 2 of South Park has been 90% misses as well. The last really good show on was Battlestar Galactica, and I hope Caprica the spinoff works as well.


28 posted on 12/15/2009 8:26:58 PM PST by Tolsti2
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To: MinorityRepublican

That was the 2nd season. It peaked after that.


29 posted on 12/15/2009 8:35:37 PM PST by Borges
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To: Borges

You are incorrect.


30 posted on 12/16/2009 7:00:22 AM PST by Pilated
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To: Pilated

Making an argument that 30 second ads are enough to know about something as multifarious as the Simpsons is silly. That’s like saying ‘Lolita is just about child porn’. It’s been embraced by various Christian groups.


31 posted on 12/16/2009 8:49:48 AM PST by Borges
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