The Simpsons

Back on the Simpsons rewatch, about to start season 3.

  On 12/15/2024 at 12:43 AM, milkface said:

Back on the Simpsons rewatch, about to start season 3.

Season 3 is god-tier Simpsons

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“Simpsons” fans sometimes talk about a “golden age,” and they often claim that it lasted until 1998 or so. Do you agree that there was such a time?

I’ll let the TV historians debate that. I will say that I’ve always thought Season 3 was our best individual season. By Season 3 we had learned how to grind out first-class “Simpsons” episodes with surprising regularity, we had developed a big cast of characters to work with, we hadn’t even come close to running out of story lines, and the staff hadn’t been worn down by overwork yet. Season 3 was a fun year to be in the “Simpsons” writers’ room, and I think it shows in the work.

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this whole interview is gold by the way, John Swartzwelder being his low-key awesome self, talking about the driving forces behind that distinctive sense of humor of early 90s Simpsons

https://www.newyorker.com/culture/the-new-yorker-interview/john-swartzwelder-sage-of-the-simpsons

South Park surpassed Simpsons for me.  But without the Simpsons there is no South Park.

I'm weirdly grateful to have grown up in the era when all those envelope pushing animation shows were starting up.  It was a pretty cool time to be a kid.

  On 12/16/2024 at 11:49 AM, Zephyr_Nova said:

But without the Simpsons there is no South Park

"SIMPSONS DID IT!"

  On 1/11/2024 at 11:13 AM, Squee said:

Season 2-9 are nonstop home runs and it has never been surpassed by any show.

This. I haven't seen anything past s20ish though (and I don't care much about any episode past S10.)