The Simpsons (FOX)

[vyperman7]

Favorite characters - Homer, Bart, Barney, Moe, Apu, Fat Tony, Duffman, Reineer Wolfcastle, Snake, Chief Wiggum, Smithers, Mr. Burns, Nelson, Groundskeeper Willy, and Jimbo Jones.

Best opening to an episode : Indiana Jones tribute in "Bart's Friend Falls in Love".

Best ending : Homer trying to jump Springfield Gorge in "Bart the Daredevil".

Favorite Episodes :

Homer at the Bat - Homer uses "Wonderbat" to get his team to the city softball championship. Burns makes a million dollar bet, and brings in major leaguers as ringers. ( Season 3)

Flaming Moes - Homer created a drink called the Flaming Homer. However, Moe steals his idea to bring in more business and takes credit for the drink. Aerosmith guest stars. ( Season 3)

Kamp Krusty - Bart and Lisa go off to Kamp Krusty for the summer. However, when the camp turns out to be a major dissapointment, Bart and the kids overtake the camp. Great take on Lord of the Flies. ( Season 4)

Bart the Daredevil - Bart sees daredevil Lance Murdock and wants to be just like him. He starts to make incredible jumps on his skateboard. Finally he runs out of challenges, and wants o jump over Springfield Gorge. Homer finds out, and stops him at the last moment. However, he is standing on Bart's skateboard, and accidentally attempts the jump himself. ( Season 2)

Krusty Gets Busted- The very first evil Sideshow Bob episode. Sideshow Bob frames Krusty by making it look like he robbed the Kwik-E Mart. Bart and Lisa work to prove Krusty's innocence. (Season 1)

Lemon of Troy - Shelbyville steals Sprinfield's prize lemon tree. Bart, Millhouse, Martin, Nelson, and a few other local kids do a reconisance mission going into Shelbyville to get the tree back. (Season 6)

Pygmoelian - This is the episode where Moe wins the Duff Beer contest to get plastic surgery. ( Season 11)

Homer vs The 18th Amendment - This is the episode where Bart gets drunk during a St. Patrick's Day parade. The town becomes outraged, and invokes a prohibition law from the 1800's. Homer becomes a bootleger and secretly sells beer to Moe. ( Season 8)

City of New York vs Homer Simpson - Moe tells Homer, Barney, Lenny, and Carl that he has to start enforcing the designated driver policy. Barnie is chosen, and shortly wins a Duff Beer contest. Since he can't drink, he goes crazy and steals Homer's car. It winds up in New York, and Homer and the rest of The Simpsons go to get it back. First appearance of Duffman in this episode. ( Season 9)

Homer's Phobia - Homer fears that Bart may be gay, and tries to help him become straight by taking him hunting. ( Season 8)

Radio Bart - Bart gets a radio transmitter and a microphone from Homer for his birthday. He decides to use it by pulling a prank on the whole town, by pretending to be a boy named Timmy o Toole that was stuck down the town well. ( Season 3)

Behind the Laughter - A la VH-1's Behind the Music, a behind the scenes look is taken at the Simpson family's rise to fame, their successful years together and then their feud which resulted in a breakup and solo careers for the family members. ( Season 11)

Star is Burns - Marge wants to draw back tourism to Springfield, so she creats a Springfield film festival. Barney and Mr. Burns participate, Homer is on the panel of judges. and movie critic Jay Sherman comes to Sprinfield to be on the panel ( Season 6)

Bart the Murderer - Bart gets an afterschool job working for Fat Tony and the rest of the mob in Springfield working as a bartender. ( Season 3)

Homey the Clown - Homer goes to clown college. When he discovers that he could pass for Krusty's twin, he uses it to his advantage. However, Krusty is in debt to the mob, and the mob mistakes Homer for Krusty. ( Season 6)

Homer Badman - After hiring a feminist babysitter, Homer and Marge go to a candy trade show. They smuggle out candy for the kids. Homer steals a rare piece of candy, but he can't find it when he gets home. When he gives the babysitter a ride home he sees the candy stuck to her ass. When he grabs for it, she screams and runs away. He awakes the next morning to find protestors on his lawn and the babysitter leads them in a sexual harassment campaign. ( Season 6)

Curse of the Flying Hellfish - Granpa was in the army with Mr. Burns. Their company found priceless works of art, and made an agreement that the last survivor of their company would get the paintings. In present day, Granpa embarasses Bart at school on bring your grandparent to school day. He tells Bart the story, which Bart doesn't believe. Then Burns takes Granpa and Bart hostage to make Granpa reveal where the paintings are. (Season 7)

Itchy and Scratchy the Movie - To give Bart more discipline, Homer forbids Bart from seeing the Itchy and Scratchy movie. ( season 4)

Lisa on Ice - Lisa is flunking gym, and needs to get into an outside sport to pull up her grade. She soon discovers that she has a natural ability to be a hockey goalie. Unfortunately, she plays on the team that is a rival to Bart's team. This naturally makes Bart and Lisa compete with one another. ( Season 6)

The Homer they Fall - Homer learns that he has a high tollerance for pain, and becomes a pro boxer with Moe as his manager. He does so well, that he gets scheduled to fight the heavyweight champ Drederick Tatum. ( Season 8)

Selma's Choice - Marge's sister Selma agrees to take Bart and Lisa to the theme park Duff Gardens. ( Season 4)

Duffless - Homer is given a breath-a-lizer test on the way home from visiting the Duff brewery. He gets his license revoked, and is forced to go to traffic school. He then makes a promise to Marge to go 30 days without beer. Meanwhile, Lisa takes revenge on Bart for ruining her original science project, by trying to prove that he is dumber than a hamster. ( Season 4)

Marge in Chains - Marge accidentally shoplifts a bottle of liquor from the Kwik-E Mart and is sent to prison for 30 days. ( Season 4)

Springfield Connection - Marge is looking for a sense of purpose in her life. After Homer is cheated at Three Card Monty on the street, she decides to become a cop. ( Season 6)

King of the Hill - Homer embarasses Bart at the power plant picnic when he proves he is too out of shape even to play capture the flag. To get back in shape, he enlists the help of movie star Reineer Wolfcastle at an all night gym. Two months later, Bart convinces Homer to climb the Matterhorn which is the most dangerous mountain in Springfield.

Lisa's Rival - A girl comes to Springfield elementary that is better than Lisa at everything she does. Lisa turns to Bart, and the two secretly work together to make a fool out of this girl, so that Lisa can be the superior second grader again.

Favorite Treehouse of Horror : Number 4 - Burns is Dracula, Flanders is the Devil, and Bart sees the gremlin on the side of the bus.

Favorite Seasons : 1-9

Jumped the shark : Season 10 - Present

Overall thoughts on the show :

How cannot there not be a thread dealing with The Simpsons? In my opinion it is one of the best shows to ever be put on television. However, after season 10, the show started to go downhill. One reason for this, is that there are too many celebrity guest voice appearances. The show got away from what made it so great in the first place - the people of Springfield.

The second thing is that the show tries to keep up with current events, yet The Simpson family itself never changes. Bart and Lisa have been the same age for 15 years now, and Maggie still can't talk. For a while, the show's charm was the fact that the Simpson family never changed. However, after the show started adapting to look more realistic and modern, it became the show's downfall. Imagine how great it would be to see Bart as a teenager getting his license, trying to have sex, etc. Imagine Maggie being able to talk and slowly growing up.

Personally, I would rather have the show off the air in the next couple of years so that the production on the DVD releases could be speeded up. They are in season 15, and only 3 seasons have been put out on DVD.

[shirkie]

vyperman, what was season 9's last episode? IMHO, I think the show jumped the shark when Maude died. That's when I stopped watching, anyways. Also, can you *describe* your fave episodes rather than list the official titles? I don't remember the official titles. My faves...
Fave characters: Homer, Milhouse, Apu, Dr. Nick, Groundskeeper Willy, Skinner.

Best opening: I agree-0 the Indy Jones homage RULED!

Best ending: I agree- the gorge... That was *so* funny... They kept trying to bring Homer up by helicopter, and his head kept getting whacked against the cliff... Then, finally, he gets put in the ambulance, which crashed, throwing the stretcher out and sending Homer back to the bottom of the gorge... HEE!

Fave episodes: Obese Homer ("Just focus on the neglected food groups: the whipped group, the congealed group, and the choco-tastic group!"), the episode all about Ralph and Bart ("Shh! I've been hiding for three hours and Bart still hasn't finded me yet!"), Lisa's summer makeover ("Like, you know, whatever."), Lisa plans the school dance after the new girl (Lisa Kudrow) arrives and wows everyone ("Ok, Lisa, DMY." "DMY?" "It means 'don't mess yourself.' "Eww..." "Yeah, that's why we changed it to 'DMY.'"), the Shari Bobbins episode ( "The clerk who runs the store / can charge a little more / for meat / and milk / from nine-teen-eigh-ty-fooooooooooour..."), the episode with the gay antique dealer ("You guys took our toughest names, like Lance and Bruce and Julian... And stop using the word 'queer'-- we use that to make fun of you! WE NEED IT!" "Did he give you GAY, Marge, DID HE?"), the MENSA episode ("Rise to vote, sir." "I am much smarter, smarter than you!"), the one where Lisa and Ralph "date" ("'I choo-choo-choose you'... And there's a picture of a train!" "Yeah, great gag."), the one with the new girl who competes with Lisa in everything ("Anagrams... You try it, Lisa: Jeremy Irons." "...Jeremy's... Iron." "...MMmm hmm. I have a ball. Perhaps you'd like to bounce it."), Homer and Flanders are friends (with that AWESOME "Terminator 2" parody), the future episode with Lisa and Hugh ("I feel funny wearing white... I mean Milhouse..." "Oh, Milhouse doesn't count!" ), vegetarian Lisa ("Mr. McClure, I have this crazy friend who says eating meat is wrong. Is he crazy?"), the Malibu Stacy episode ("There's something wrong with my Malibu Stacy. 'My Spidey-sense is tingling! Anyone call for a web-slinger?'")... Whew, that's all I can think of for now!

Fave Treehouse of Horror: Homer in 3D (was that a ToH or a regular episode?), the one where Lisa puts a tooth in soda and it creates that mini-civilization, Burns as Dracula.

Fave seasons: probably 3 to Maude's death. The characters just looked/sounded too weird in the beginning, and I thought the oldest episodes sucked (Cutting off Jebediah's head, etc.).

Jumped the shark: Maude's death. The show just wasn't funny after that (IMHO). I wish the DVDs would hurry up!!!
shirkie
PS-- What do you mean about the Simpson family changing? Again, I haven't been watching for the past few seasons. Are they aging or something??

[vyperman7]

Originally posted by shirkie
PS-- What do you mean about the Simpson family changing? Again, I haven't been watching for the past few seasons. Are they aging or something??

What I was refering to, was the fact that the family has stayed the same for all 15 seasons that they have been on the air. They have never aged, and they have the same personalities, despite the fact that the show itself stays updated to present times. I was saying that if the show is going to keep up with current times, that The Simpsons themselves should change. I think it would be great, if they would have Bart become a teenager. I would love to see him get his driver's license, and try to have sex. I would also like Maggie to slowly get older and actually talk.

So to answer your question, no the Simpsons have not changed. I was just saying that the show would get better in the future, if they did.

Season 9's last episode was Natural Born Kissers. That is the episode where Homer and Marge try to spice up their sex life by having sex in different places. There was one point in the episode where you see Homer getting dragged naked by a hot air baloon right above the church. One of the funniest moments in the whole show.

I went back and put episode descriptions of all my favorite episodes.

[Great Caesar's Ghost]

Fantastic series, smartest satire ever.

I have no idea what season or ep it was, but I howled 'till I cried when Willy appeared out of nowhere to wrestle the wolf. Don't remember a thing about the rest of the plot that ep -- that scene was all I need.

Actually, I'm going into overload thinking of all the great moments.

[vyperman7]

Originally posted by Great Caesar's Ghost
I have no idea what season or ep it was, but I howled 'till I cried when Willy appeared out of nowhere to wrestle the wolf. Don't remember a thing about the rest of the plot that ep -- that scene was all I need.

The episode is Marge Gets a Job in season 4. Bart keeps faking being sick to get out of taking a test. Everyone keeps asking Bart if he ever read the story "The Boy Who Cried Wolf". Then of course a real wolf escapes from a Krusty animal special and tries to attack Bart in the school hallway. Mrs. Kribobble doesn't believe Bart and ignores him. Willy then jumps in and wrestles the wolf.

Originally posted by Great Caesar's Ghost
Actually, I'm going into overload thinking of all the great moments.

Here are some great moments that always make me laugh

"Bart's Friend Falls in Love" - Indiana Jones opening

"Itchy and Scratchy Movie" - Marge's Bang Bang Bart dream sequence

"Selma's Choice" - Bart riding the roller coaster

" Homey The Clown" - Where Homer and Krusty have to go through the loop together

"Star is Burns" - McBain bit where he is a stand up comic. "Guys always leave the toilet seat up. That's the joke." " You stink Mcbain". Then he blows the guy away

"Lisa's Rival" - The scene from Fugitive, where Tommy Lee Jones has Millhouse cornered and Millhouse jumps down into the waterfall.

"Bart the Daredevil" - Homer trying to jump over Springfield Gorge

"Marge in Chains" - Snake driving off with the Quickymart "I'm taking this thing to Mexico"

"Secret War of Lisa Simpson" - Bart's prank with the bullhorns

"Simpsons Clip Show" - Bart's prank of putting Homer's beer can in the paint can shaker

" Bart the Lover" - His closing to one of the letters "sexually yours' Woody"

. Any one of Bart's crank calls to Moe

"Rosebud" - Smither's dream sequence where Burns pops out of the cake naked " Happy birthday to you Mr. Smithers"

"Brother from Another Series" - The scene where Sideshow Bob and Bart arefalling into the dam, and Bob lands right on the drain pipe by hitting his nuts. - best hitting of the nuts shot in the whole show

" Homer vs New York" - Barney gets chosen to be the designated driver, and wins the Duff beer contest right after. First appearance of Duffman in this episode

[shirkie]

I LOVED that one with the hot air balloon-- "Keep looking at the floor... Always at God's floor." HEHE! Bart's teacher, though, is Edna Krabapple, not Kribobble-- ya know, like crab apple. Tee. You ever been to snpp.com (Springfield Nuclear Power Plant)? GREAT "Simpsons" site with transcripts and everything.
shirkie
PS-- They don't play 'Homer vs. New York' here in the States anymore since 9/11, which sucks since it was SO funny. However, I think it's really cheap they show the one with the WHO and Springfield splitting into two halves-- that one has Homer wearing a homicide bomber's belt and threatening to detonate in the middle of a town meeting! We can't see 'Homer vs. New York' because Homer tries to find a bathroom in the Twin Towers, but it's perfectly OK to see Homer pretend to be a homicide bomber even after all the attacks in Israel, etc.? Hmm...

[Buffyishot!!!]

i have lost a lot of respect for this show because of the last 3 seasons which have been total crap.i still love the old episodes,but they should have stopped it before it got so bad.and i recently got seasons 1-3 of Family Guy on dvd and i have to say it is ten times better and definately funnier than the simpsons.and ive heard they are thinking of bringing family guy back from the dead in 2005 due to the brilliant dvd sales.that should be cool!

[TWCK]

The Simpsons used to be my all-time favourite show. I went crazy, I watched it everyday since they showed it 3 times a day. I have a Simpsons trivia game, a Lisa magnet, a picture of Bart autographed and personalised by Cartwright, etc etc... but for some reason they've lost their touch. I don't really care about the Sundays when the new ones air, which proves they really have changed; it may be me, but I like ranting =)
My favourite opening is the Rocky and Bullwinkle parody.

[The Man]

ah the simpsons...this is the reason i love family guy so damn much. the simpsons started out so good... so funny and fresh... but now the new episodes are like watching an all new MadTv... no laughs. i used to love madtv and simpsons, but both have... run outta gas, I guess. i always wish that the next season of simpsons will show the family aging and growing. there have been good episodes past season 10, but there only about one good one a season. i hope when this show is cancelled, they make a theatrical movie, to end it all.

[Dukegirl]

vyperman7 that's an impressive collection of episodes you named.
I can't tell you how many seasons I've seen so far but I know I love this crazy yellow family and their crazy adventures.
Way to go Matt Groening and co!

[vyperman7]

Man, I just saw a hilarious episode the other night. I was going through some of my old Simpson tapes, and I found the Treehouse of Horror where Homer gets Snake's hair transplated on him, after Snake is electrocuted. Best Treehouse of Horror I have seen since the one where Flanders is the devil, and Burns is Dracula. " You are so dead little dude." LOL LOL " Come here Barty, daddy wants to have a talk with you. " LOL LOL

[Disco]

funny, never watched it at the regular time slot but i when i get home i like to chill out and watch the reruns.

ok guys, what is your favorite opening. as soon as i hear the them music i gotta run to the tv and see which opening it is. of course right now i can't think of any. hmmm, how about when they run to the couch there is already a simpson family sitting there.

i also like the yearly halloween episodes. love how they change everyone's names in the credits. Hells Brooks

[Lune]

I like the eipisode where Homer sings "I like Pizza, I like bagels, I like hot dogs, with mustard and beer. I'll eat eggplant. I could even eat a baby deer La-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la!"

Hehehe, I want a sound clip of that now...

[Hartski]

Mmmmm......beer........[/drool]

[MisterSpider]

shirkie, I have seen "Homer vs New York" on since 9\11, I was actualy surprised to see it too (I had said to my brother that they would probably never show it again).

TheMan, I heard a rumor that when they do cancel Simpsons they will make a movie, so I guess if we here about a Simpsons movie, it will mean the show is ending.

[Mr Boejangles]

well i know fox signed a deal to let the show run till through 2005 (i believe thats the year) basically after that, it will break all kinds of records for being on for 15 years or something like that.

i heard the movie idea too, dont know if I would like it the way it is now.... i mean i always watch it, but its not THAT funny, its not Family guy funny. it is entertaining though.

[MisterSpider]

Well... maybe with a movie they would age the characters, etc etc.

[SuperPillowGun]

what everyone thinks about the show?
you think it was great all over the years? as i do, or maybe only in the first seasons...
what does everyone thinks about making a movie after the show ends,i think it looks like a great idea, Homer on the big screen, it will so funny!
and about the end of the show, would you want the show to stay on the air, or get off the air after season 15?
I think season 15 is great so far, i hope the show wont get canceled.. and im cool with 20 seasons! even ..

So whats your thoughts in the matters???

basically, the simpsons is the longest running animated show in primetime ever, and on its way to beat out Gunsmoke for the longest running show ever. i think it has potential to keep going because the characters dont age, the humor is somewhat new each time/the jokes arent repetative, and its just a plain funny show. a movie wouldnt work, i dont think...people would have expectations too high of it, and it would bomb out because of all the hype.

[VersesBatman]

Even now, I think where do they come up with this stuff? I still roll over laughing.