General Cubs Chit-Chat

[SouthSideRyan]

I really hate sticking up for Brandon, but I don’t watch that cartoon either

 

While you should definitely drop absolutely everything you are doing and mainline at least the first 6 seasons right now, it will probably never have the same impact as growing up with comedy perfection in real time.

 

FALSE.

 

And really, seasons 3-8.

 

Season 2 was uneven, but had some amazing episodes.

 

Simpson and Delilah

Dancin' Homer

Bart the Daredevil

One Fish Two Fish Blowfish Bluefish

Oh Brother Where Art Thou

Lisa's Substitute

Three Men and a Comic Book

[SouthSideRyan]

Sadly, the most obvious demarcation, IMO, for quality episodes is whether or not they are pre- or post-Phil Hartman.

 

Guest stars as themselves

Edited October 30, 2017 by SouthSideRyan

[David]

Sadly, the most obvious demarcation, IMO, for quality episodes is whether or not they are pre- or post-Phil Hartman.

 

Guest stars as themselves(Michael Jackson excepted)

 

holy horsefeathers yes

 

watching that alec baldwin/kim basinger episode when it was new was the first time i remember being like "what the horsefeathers is going on with this show?"

 

that and maybe homerpalooza a year or two before

[cl smooth]

Sadly, the most obvious demarcation, IMO, for quality episodes is whether or not they are pre- or post-Phil Hartman.

 

Guest stars as themselves(Michael Jackson excepted)

 

holy horsefeathers yes

 

watching that alec baldwin/kim basinger episode when it was new was the first time i remember being like "what the horsefeathers is going on with this show?"

 

that and maybe homerpalooza a year or two before

 

wha?! without homerpalooza, we would never have this gem:

 

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[Derwood]

Homerpalooza is an all time great episode

[Sammy Sofa]

 

While you should definitely drop absolutely everything you are doing and mainline at least the first 6 seasons right now, it will probably never have the same impact as growing up with comedy perfection in real time.

 

FALSE.

 

And really, seasons 3-8.

 

Season 2 was uneven, but had some amazing episodes.

 

Simpson and Delilah

Dancin' Homer

Bart the Daredevil

One Fish Two Fish Blowfish Bluefish

Oh Brother Where Art Thou

Lisa's Substitute

Three Men and a Comic Book

 

I love season 2, but you don't start people there if you're trying to sell its greatness.

[Sammy Sofa]

And yeah, not liking "Homerpalooza" is flat out insane.

[Sammy Sofa]

Sadly, the most obvious demarcation, IMO, for quality episodes is whether or not they are pre- or post-Phil Hartman.

 

Guest stars as themselves(Michael Jackson excepted)

 

holy horsefeathers yes

 

They were doing that all along, but something definitely changed once they hit the double digit seasons when it seemed more like they were trying to bend over backwards more and more to awkwardly fit big names on the show instead of either giving them a character to play or doing something weird playing themselves.

 

But a quick scan of this shows it does not work as a flat rule:

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_The_Simpsons_guest_stars

[David]

i don't hate homerpalooza (though i definitely don't seem to hold it in as high a regard as you guys)...just came to mind as a weird episode

[SouthSideRyan]

And yeah, not liking "Homerpalooza" is flat out insane.

 

The celebrities who played themselves weren't the focus of the show, usually there for literally one joke, then or in any of those earlier episodes. Baldwin/Basinger were co-stars of their episode.

 

There was also a very Austin Powers Goldmember (has to be a better analogy) type usage where the existence of the celebrity themselves was apparently supposed to be funny. The tennis episode might have been my breaking point. Oh look it's the Williams sisters, isn't that crazy!

[Sammy Sofa]

I mean, this whole tangent started because of the baseball episode, so I both kinda agree and disagree with this. Something like "Krusty Gets Kancelled" lives and dies with celebrity cameos, and it's one of the all-time greats. Plus that Baldwin one was pretty weird in how the celebrity guests were in, like, the entire episode as themselves. I can think of the Mel Gibson one like that, too, but most of the later season episodes I've seen that have celebrity voices still tend to use them for just cameos; there's just no joke beyond, like you said, "it's this famous person!"

 

Later writers just didn't have as good a handle on the whole "celebrities playing themselves" thing. Like, the celebrity shows up, and then a character on the show has to comment on who they are; that's usually a sign it's a bad era.

[Sammy Sofa]

Oh yeah; we have a Simpsons thread.

[SouthSideRyan]

I don't know if you caught my edit or not, but it's basically your 2nd point.

[Sammy Sofa]

Worrrrrrrrd.

[Banedon]

I really hate sticking up for Brandon, but I don’t watch that cartoon either

 

You're pretty old though.

 

Yeah, compared to me, the youngun.

[David]

i love lackey's kid. last year i think he went as KB. this year he's jon jay with a bryzzo hat.

 

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[Brian]

hate to out David you with knowing too much about their personal lives, but I'm pretty sure he's also his step-son from his wifes previous marriage... which I think makes it better.

[treebird]

hate to out David you with knowing too much about their personal lives, but I'm pretty sure he's also his step-son from his wifes previous marriage... which I think makes it better.

 

D.A.V.I.D. ERROR REPORTING SYSTEM

 

this is probably a driver update issue or something, but the creep matrix is definitely offline or at least running sub-optimally if humans are outperforming it in recognizing the familial status of people in pictures with athletes.

[David]

hate to out David you with knowing too much about their personal lives, but I'm pretty sure he's also his step-son from his wifes previous marriage... which I think makes it better.

 

that might be true and it does make it better

[Transmogrified Tiger]

Lackey would pick the costume with built in teeth

[UMFan83]

David found this and told me to post it

 

 

Sean Boy hanging with Lackey and Jake?

[Derwood]

Sean Boy?

[treebird]

David found this and told me to post it

 

 

Sean Boy hanging with Lackey and Jake?

 

i really want to believe TLS is unmarried and has no children and just happened to be in the neighborhood in a donkey kong costume so they had him jump into a picture.

[Ding Dong Johnson]

I like seal MAN the more I’m exposed to him

[biittner77]

hate to out David you with knowing too much about their personal lives, but I'm pretty sure he's also his step-son from his wifes previous marriage... which I think makes it better.

 

It would be culturally insensitive for him to dress as John Lackey unless he too eats children.