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The Day the Laughter Died
By Mike Zanna There was a time when The Simpsons was the best show on TV. The show that currently calls itself “The Simpsons” has little resemblance. It’s not nearly as good. It’s not even good compared to the rest of the stuff on television. It’s like The Simpsons, but without everything that made The Simpsons so amazing. The show has become a hollow shell, a shadow of itself, a ghost of its former greatness. I’m sure there’s another supernatural metaphor I could use. So what the hell happened? At some point, The Simpsons went off the air and was…
Quote of the Day
“Look, Ned, I know we ain’t hung out much, what with your insane fear of drinking and me being banned from the church and all.” – Moe
Alone Again Natura-Diddily Makes Baby Jesus Cry
“But I distinctly heard you say that Maude was with God.” – Bart Simpson “Oh, that’s right, I was at Bible camp. I was learning how to be more judgmental.” – Maude Flanders Much like the commentary for the Jockey Elves episode, the commentary for the death of Maude Flanders mostly dances around the actual events on screen and their larger implications for the overall history and health of the show. Also like the commentary for the Jockey Elves, George Meyer is here quietly commenting on things without doing any of the stammering defense/non-defense of the indefensible crap that’s occurring…
Compare & Contrast: Deaths
“One more time!” – Lisa Simpson “Oh, come on, Lisa, I got a date with Billie Holiday.” – Bleeding Gums Murphy Cloud There are a lot of head shaking problems with the way the show killed off Maude Flanders. The biggest is probably the fact that it was motivated by outright cheapness on the part of FOX and whoever else signed the checks. Maggie Roswell had been with the show since Season 1, providing not only Maude’s voice, but also the voices for Miss Hoover, Helen Lovejoy, Luann van Houten, and countless one off or minor parts (“No, my son…
Crazy Noises: Alone Again Natura-Diddily
“While our organist is on a much needed vacation, we thought we’d try something new, so get down and put your knees together for the Christian rock stylings of . . . Kovenant!” – Reverend Lovejoy For the fourth summer in a row, we here at the Dead Homer Society will be spending some time discussing twelve year old Simpsons episodes. This year we’re doing Season 11. Why Season 11? Because we’ve done Seasons 8, 9 and 10 already, and it’s time to take an unflinching look at the end of the show. Since Skype and podcasts didn’t exist in…