When did The Simpsons get bad?

~~Leo656~~ · 05-15-2022, 11:41 PM

I think when the entire POINT of the cameos became "celebrity ass-kissing" is when people ran out of patience with it.

I mean, the classic episodes had the stuff with the Ramones, Aerosmith, the softball episode with all those MLB stars... really clever and well-executed stuff. There were tons of really great celebrity cameos, including many episodes with several at once, like the Krusty one with Bette Midler, Johnny Carson, the Red Hot Chili Peppers, Luke Perry, Elizabeth Taylor... that was one stuffed episode, and comes very highly-regarded.

The newer stuff from like the mid-00s onward is just... pandering, ass-kissing nonsense. I mean, the Lady Gaga bullsh*t pretty much exemplifies the entire problem. It's not clever, it's not well-written, it's just "Look who we threw a truckload of cash at THIS week!" They don't put any thought or effort into it anymore.

05-15-2022, 11:41 PM	#11
~~Leo656~~ Banned Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: nWo Country Posts: 27,703	I think when the entire POINT of the cameos became "celebrity ass-kissing" is when people ran out of patience with it. I mean, the classic episodes had the stuff with the Ramones, Aerosmith, the softball episode with all those MLB stars... really clever and well-executed stuff. There were tons of really great celebrity cameos, including many episodes with several at once, like the Krusty one with Bette Midler, Johnny Carson, the Red Hot Chili Peppers, Luke Perry, Elizabeth Taylor... that was one stuffed episode, and comes very highly-regarded. The newer stuff from like the mid-00s onward is just... pandering, ass-kissing nonsense. I mean, the Lady Gaga bullsh*t pretty much exemplifies the entire problem. It's not clever, it's not well-written, it's just "Look who we threw a truckload of cash at THIS week!" They don't put any thought or effort into it anymore.