Well,
The Simpsons is easily my favourite show.
Easily.
I'm one of the biggest fans of this show in the world.
I own the first 8 season DVDs, 5 "classic" DVDs, and a Simpsons mobile phone.
And to top it off, I spend most of my free time on a Simpsons forum!
The first two seasons are excellent, but in a different way. They relied more on emotion, than humour. And that works for me.
Season 3-7 are
easily the best seasons in the show's run. They are often called the "prime" or "classic" seasons. And they are, they are truly brilliant.
Seasons 8 to 10 are...mediocre at best. While I often get a kick out of at least
3 episodes from these seasons, they are just written and executed so poorly. Many people believe the show's decline was due to the Show-Runner, Mike Scully.
Season 11 & 12. If you ask any good Simpsons fan, "What is truly the worst season ever?", depending on how good a fan they are, they will most likely reply, "Season 11".
Season 11 is often considered the worst, due to it's near-unbelievable plots (The Simpsons learning country slang after running away from all their problems when they killed an "important" alligator, by running it over in a speed-boat), weak (dead) humour (watch any episode for proof), and complete disregard for the characters' characteristics (Marge getting mad and paranoid about a minor character's girlfriend "stealing" her family from her. The episode climaxes with Homer blowing a dart into Marge's neck).
Another example, The beloved character, and wife of Ned Flanders,
Maude Flanders was killed by having "t-shirts" fired at her by cheerleaders out of shoulder cannons, resulting in her being knocked from the bleachers to the ground.
I don't know what's more sickening; the fact that they disposed of her character so poorly, or the fact that during her funeral, her coffin was covered in stickers and logos, and ended with the cheerleaders firing a "t-shirt salute". It was in that moment where I realised: My god; The Simpsons has died.
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