Last weekend we got an e-mail from a guy who is watching all the episodes of Simpsons and Zombie Simpsons.  Unlike amateur publicity whore Glen Stott he’s not calling radio shows and bragging about something he hasn’t done yet, he’s simply doing it.  (He’s also spreading it out over six weeks instead of stupidly trying to do it in one marathon session.)  His Tumblr post about it is titled with admirable succinctness “Why The Simpsons Are Rubbish Now”.  In it he specifically compares “Bart’s Dog Gets an F” to some trash from Season 16 (the whole thing is worth a look).  The results are what you’d expect:

The show doesn’t reward viewers anymore. They give stale plots, montages with tediously-linked soundtracks and obvious jokes that they’ll rub in your face for nine seconds. And that’s why the show isn’t as good as it used to be anymore.

Preach it brother, preach it. 

(Notice:  I’m going to repeat this part in Part 2, but it’s important so I think it’s okay to do so.  If you’ve written something about The Simpsons that you think might interest us, if you’ve drawn Maggie in a cool way, or even if you’ve just found something on-line that relates to Simpsons some how, let us know.  That e-mail link in the upper right isn’t just for show and URL submissions are always welcome.) 

Feb 27: Updated to correct a changed URL on the linked blog post.  All’s well now and the link works once again.