One of the many great things about The Simpsons was its use of pretty much every form of comedy known to man. Want intelligent and thoughtful political satire? Check. How about some really nasty sexual humor that slipped past the censors? Oh yeah. Completely insane (and often monstrous) ideas that nevertheless connect with you the ordinary person? Indeed. How about some gross out humor? How about “yes”. The Simpsons was able to elevate to hitherto unknown levels ideas and images that in lesser hands would merely disgust. There’s explicitly drawn nastiness like the filth encrusted hot dog Apu sells to…
Tag: Children of a Lesser Clod
“Children of a Lesser Clod” Makes Baby Jesus Cry
“Do you like children?” – Santa Hiring Guy “What do you mean? All the time? Even when they’re nuts?” – Homer Simpson This one is another of the true monstrosities of Season 12 and the commentaries bear that out. In addition to spending long stretches more or less completely ignoring what’s happening, two or three times they’ll be talking about how this or that goofy twist came to be when someone will say something like, “That was Act 1, now in Act 2 we did this.” They don’t seem to care that the story didn’t just stop all of a…