tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21009669.post116307658969528134..comments2009-11-16T06:42:27.771-06:00Star Clipperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06079104506660281620noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21009669.post-1163086775660463212006-11-09T09:39:00.001-06:002006-11-09T09:39:00.001-06:00To me, season 12 was the last Simpsons good Simpsons season. They still did neat experiments like <A HREF="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0701288" REL="nofollow"/>, where the same day is shown from the point of view of Homer (who slices his thumb off), Lisa, and Bart, and all three stories intertwine at various points, completely unbeknownst to the characters. <A HREF="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0701049" REL="nofollow"/>, where the town gets split in half by 2 area codes and is reunited by The Who, is another classic, plus the boy band parody "New Kids on the Blecch" and "Hungry Hungry Homer" (where the Springfield Isotopes are threatening to move to Albuquerque) were good, too. The show had lost some of the magic of the best seasons, but it was at least still <I>funny</I>.<BR/><BR/>Then you get to season 13, which was just awful, and just plain unfunny. I noticed myself enjoying the Simpsons less and less as time went on, but this was the first year where there were entire episodes that just were NOT funny. The most egregious example was <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Blunder_Years" REL="nofollow">"The Blunder Years"</A>, wherein Marge gets some strange obsession with Burly Paper Towels while Homer investigates the decades old murder of Smithers' father, neither of which is particularly funny and the latter of which was done in such a way that it completely craps all over the continuity the show had established. The only decent episode of season 13 is the one where R.E.M. shows up, but even that isn't solid quality front to back.<BR/><BR/>There have been fits of glory since then, and last season was actually overall pretty good, but this season is already heading deep back into "Meh" territory for me. And if they do one more "The Simpsons are going to..." episode, I'm gonna kill somebody...Jason Greenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02956853575440554290noreply@blogger.com