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For those of you wondering why The Simpsons is not funny anymore

Posted: Mon May 04, 2015 6:05 pm
by Dr_Liszt
I managed to get you the answer directly from one of the producers, and it goes like this:

"Basically... there are 10 people over there who want it to be funny... and there are other 8 people, right there, that want it to be funny and like 2 people who don't want it to be funny... so there are a lot of people who want it to be funny."

So there you have it. Dude was beyond wasted, but hope that cleared it for you.

Re: For those of you wondering why The Simpsons is not funny anymore

Posted: Mon May 04, 2015 8:08 pm
by Whitey
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Re: For those of you wondering why The Simpsons is not funny anymore

Posted: Mon May 04, 2015 8:11 pm
by CashRules
Makes perfect sense, except the Simpsons has always sucked. None of them ever got revenge by having a guy's parents killed and then serving them to him as chili.

Re: For those of you wondering why The Simpsons is not funny anymore

Posted: Mon May 04, 2015 8:28 pm
by BruceSmith78
That's stolen from Fried Green Tomatoes.

Re: For those of you wondering why The Simpsons is not funny anymore

Posted: Mon May 04, 2015 8:34 pm
by CashRules
You mean improved.

Re: For those of you wondering why The Simpsons is not funny anymore

Posted: Mon May 04, 2015 9:14 pm
by Dr_Liszt
I told the guy directly to his face, when I met him. "I don't like your show. Never watched it."

He started going "Well it's a good show, it has lasted for so long, bla bla bla" And I was "Whatever, don't like it." [none] I wonder why people don't like me, again.

Re: For those of you wondering why The Simpsons is not funny anymore

Posted: Tue May 05, 2015 12:01 am
by Islandmur
Never found it funny to begin with

Re: For those of you wondering why The Simpsons is not funny anymore

Posted: Tue May 05, 2015 12:19 am
by Dr_Liszt
Also I want to add. It was Michael's idea to ask that question.

Re: For those of you wondering why The Simpsons is not funny anymore

Posted: Tue May 05, 2015 1:08 pm
by Whitey
Maybe it was, maybe it wasn't. Nooooooobody knows.

Re: For those of you wondering why The Simpsons is not funny anymore

Posted: Wed May 06, 2015 4:07 am
by thesalmonofdoubt
The Simpsons used to be .. like, totally funny, some of the earlier stuff is ridiculously quotable, was original for its time and provided a decent social narrative.. then it fell into a huge slump for years and years .. I'd say about 4 or 5 years ago, it improved again but never to the level where it started.

Re: For those of you wondering why The Simpsons is not funny anymore

Posted: Wed May 06, 2015 12:11 pm
by BruceSmith78
Yeah, for the first six or seven seasons The Simpsons was beyond a doubt the best show on TV, and probably the funniest show ever. Then it went to shit.

Re: For those of you wondering why The Simpsons is not funny anymore

Posted: Wed May 06, 2015 5:04 pm
by Gendo
Pretty sure the slump started over 10 years ago; and ended about 4 or 5 years ago. Though I've only seen a small percentage of the last 5 years.