# 12/15 Simpsons (SPOILERS, if one can spoil something this rancid.) **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 16, 2002, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/12-15-simpsons-spoilers-if-one-can-spoil-something-this-rancid/142989 "2002-12-16T01:40:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![KarlGrenze](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/dbc845/32.png) [@KarlGrenze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KarlGrenze)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2002, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/12-15-simpsons-spoilers-if-one-can-spoil-something-this-rancid/142989/41 "2002-12-17T02:09:32Z")
I liked it…I loved…laugh all the way thru. Used turtles, the shocking Bob, Jimbo’s quote… all funny for me… ---
**Author:** ![Wumpus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/8c91f0/32.png) [@Wumpus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wumpus)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2002, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/12-15-simpsons-spoilers-if-one-can-spoil-something-this-rancid/142989/42 "2002-12-17T02:11:55Z")
So the Simpsons is _supposed_ to be the Jack Benny Show? Well, that would certainly explain the frequent Dennis Day guest shots. ---
**Author:** ![owlofcreamcheese](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/97f17d/32.png) [@owlofcreamcheese](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/owlofcreamcheese)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2002, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/12-15-simpsons-spoilers-if-one-can-spoil-something-this-rancid/142989/43 "2002-12-17T02:28:04Z")
its a rule… if a show is good or popular it becomes really l33t to watch it every week and then go on at length about how much you hate it and how you have hated it for half of the last decade that you have watched it religiously. ---
**Author:** ![Weirddave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/919ad9/32.png) [@Weirddave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Weirddave)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2002, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/12-15-simpsons-spoilers-if-one-can-spoil-something-this-rancid/142989/44 "2002-12-17T02:30:29Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Fiver \* > \*\*…most of the complaints here are of the “hipper than thou” variety: “I’m too cool to still like _The Simpsons._” > > \*\* Bingo! Seeing someone spouting off for attention in this vein makes me almost automaticaly discount everything they have to say. Why don’t y’all just have “elitest poesur” tattood on your foreheads and save us all the three minutes of our lives it takes to get to know you before we decide you’re worthless? ---
**Author:** ![nineiron](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/e56c9b/32.png) [@nineiron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nineiron)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2002, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/12-15-simpsons-spoilers-if-one-can-spoil-something-this-rancid/142989/45 "2002-12-17T03:07:15Z")
The masseuse sinking into Homer’s flesh was one of the funniest sight gags I’ve seen in a while. Hilarious. When I compare the new shows to the ones shown in syndication, which I watch daily, I find the new ones far funnier. ---
**Author:** ![Wumpus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/8c91f0/32.png) [@Wumpus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wumpus)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2002, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/12-15-simpsons-spoilers-if-one-can-spoil-something-this-rancid/142989/46 "2002-12-17T03:37:23Z")
But wait! Isn’t someone who attacks Simpson attackers for trying to be hippper than thou just trying to establish themselves as being hipper than the hipper than thou? And by attacking the hipper-than-the-hipper-than thou Simpson attacker attackers, have I not established _myself_ as hippest of them all? Oh, the heck with it. Let’s all get drunk and play ping-pong! ---
**Author:** ![Manduck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/manduck/32/256_2.png) [@Manduck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Manduck)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2002, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/12-15-simpsons-spoilers-if-one-can-spoil-something-this-rancid/142989/47 "2002-12-17T03:49:27Z")
No, I am the hippest. I think that last episode sucked so much that _I didn’t even watch it!_ That’s how much it sucked! ---
**Author:** ![NDP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ndp/32/55_2.png) [@NDP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NDP)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2002, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/12-15-simpsons-spoilers-if-one-can-spoil-something-this-rancid/142989/48 "2002-12-17T04:23:34Z")
The OP’s assessment of this episode was overly harsh. Not the best, but certainly not the worst. I did think the “shocking Bob” bit was done too much. Also, while I liked the musical number at the end, it did smack of padding. And Lisa hates Dr. Suess? Who would’ve guessed it? ---
**Author:** ![you\_with\_the\_face](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/ecccb3/32.png) [@you\_with\_the\_face](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/you_with_the_face)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2002, 6:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/12-15-simpsons-spoilers-if-one-can-spoil-something-this-rancid/142989/49 "2002-12-17T06:48:10Z")
I liked it when they had a stuff dummy of Homer out to see who would attack him and all the townsfolk came out to randomly assault him, even Homer himself. Patty to Selma (after nearing decapitating the dummy with some object she hurls): “Go, he’s hurt.” That was the funniest scene; the rest was merely okay. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/12-15-simpsons-spoilers-if-one-can-spoil-something-this-rancid/142989.md?page=2)