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Rightey wrote:You have not watched the Simpsons in the last 3 years have you? They've been constantly getting better.

Caliban wrote:"Crook!"

"Thief!"

"STEALINGMONEYFROMTHECHURCHCOLLECTIONPLATE!"

Rightey wrote:You have not watched the Simpsons in the last 3 years have you? They've been constantly getting better.

Scotticus Erroticus wrote:

Rightey wrote:You have not watched the Simpsons in the last 3 years have you? They've been constantly getting better.

Really? I watched one a few months ago and I found it kind of funny although it was nothing compared to the heights of before.

Bart: May I be excused, mom?
Homer: Oh, so now you're quitting dinner, too.
Marge: Homer, please.
Homer: I didn't raise him to be a quitter. It must have been you. You quit every job you've ever had. Cop, pretzel vendor, church counsellor, professional gambler.
Marge: He's doing what he thinks is best.
Homer: Well, if quitting is the best, maybe I should just quit my job!
[Homer walks over to the phone and dials Mr. Burns' number.]
Mr Burns: Ahoy hoy?
Homer: Mr Burns? This is Homer J Simpson, the father of the big quitter! Well, I just wanted to tell you I'm a big quitter, too! And I quit!
[Homer winks twice.]
Marge: Homer, Mr Burns can't see you winking.
Homer: So--
[screams, hangs up phone.]

Scully, you're cut. Brooks, Groening, Simon, you're all cut. Castellaneta,
gone. Kavner, cut. Cartwright, cut. Smith, sorry, cut. Azaria, Shearer,
you're cut. Firestone, you're cut. So is Judge. Namath, you stay. All of
those people are cut. Johnson, Wolfe and Silverman are all cut. Goldfire,
O'Brien gone. Cut, Elliot, I don't know what you're doing here because
you're all cut. Pietela, Kuwahaha. Theres so many cuts here, look, I'll
just post them up and you see where your name is. Look how many cuts there
are there. Woah boy! You're cut. All of you! You're cut. I cut you!
[Gracie Films logo, "shhhhh"]
You're cut too, shusshy!

Alpha eX wrote:Simpsons went downhill when they started plugging celebrities and having them guest star by shoehorning. Ie. The Ricky Gervais episode.

Saint of Killers wrote:They'll never reach those heights again (for various reasons). But even the crappiest episode usually has a gem or two that wouldn't have been out of place in the classics. A great example was an episode on Sky One a night ago or so called Bart Star. The ep is mostly gash but with two stand out moments:

Bart: May I be excused, mom?
Homer: Oh, so now you're quitting dinner, too.
Marge: Homer, please.
Homer: I didn't raise him to be a quitter. It must have been you. You quit every job you've ever had. Cop, pretzel vendor, church counsellor, professional gambler.
Marge: He's doing what he thinks is best.
Homer: Well, if quitting is the best, maybe I should just quit my job!
[Homer walks over to the phone and dials Mr. Burns' number.]
Mr Burns: Ahoy hoy?
Homer: Mr Burns? This is Homer J Simpson, the father of the big quitter! Well, I just wanted to tell you I'm a big quitter, too! And I quit!
[Homer winks twice.]
Marge: Homer, Mr Burns can't see you winking.
Homer: So--
[screams, hangs up phone.]

The other being Homer "cutting" people while the credits roll...

Scully, you're cut. Brooks, Groening, Simon, you're all cut. Castellaneta,
gone. Kavner, cut. Cartwright, cut. Smith, sorry, cut. Azaria, Shearer,
you're cut. Firestone, you're cut. So is Judge. Namath, you stay. All of
those people are cut. Johnson, Wolfe and Silverman are all cut. Goldfire,
O'Brien gone. Cut, Elliot, I don't know what you're doing here because
you're all cut. Pietela, Kuwahaha. Theres so many cuts here, look, I'll
just post them up and you see where your name is. Look how many cuts there
are there. Woah boy! You're cut. All of you! You're cut. I cut you!
[Gracie Films logo, "shhhhh"]
You're cut too, shusshy!

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The wink and the way Dan Castellaneta pronounces Kuwahara (Kuwahaha?) ... strawberry floatin' lol.

But yeah, not as funny as they used to be and you do have to sit through quite a bit of garbage to find the funny and I can understand not everyone's going to be willing to do that.

Clarkman wrote:Season Five