Best show on television. Ever. It’s the one cultural touchstone that people my age have. If you’re within 5 or so years of 22 (23 on October 2nd, go Libra!), you are conversant in The Simpsons. Invariably. God bless Matt Groening.
I’m just waiting for the day that The Simpsons is eligible for the Emmy’s in the main comedy categories. It would whip the ass of any other show out there.
My favorite “Simpsons” reference is on the show where Lisa is afraid she is losing her intelligence. Homer and Bart are on the couch watching something mindless, and Homer creepily tells Lisa, “Room for one more!”, recalling a classic “Twilight Zone” episode.
It is too bad that the Simpsons aren’t really from Kentucky. My home state could use some representation on television which does not involve country music, pickup trucks, poverty, ignorance, not wearing shoes, good ol’ boys, incest or the Dukes of FREAKING HAZZARD!
I don’t know about that. I think your age group for Simpsons is WAY broader than that… try up to almost 40 (I’m 36, and most of my friends my age are as heavily into it as I am)
I’m 45 and consider the Simpsons the best
TV show EVER. I only own a TV for the Simpsons,
cause I’m a news junkie, and I got addicted
to two soaps.
The Simpsons are just the best. You can watch
the shows 50 times, and still see things
you missed. It’s run for 12 years and is
still funny. It also has the largest cast
of any show on TV ever. Oh, so we’re talking
cartoon, but still…
I LOVE this show! …and I agree that it will go down in history as one of the most intelligent shows ever penned.
A favorite moment: Mall scene. In the background you see “Donner Party Supply Store.” Sign: “Winter special!” Sick, sick people. And funny!
Call me a simpleton, but the Star Wars refs alone are worth it!
I have the issue of SW Insider where they did a whole thing on the Simpsons and Star Wars. It’s classic!
True. Since most people see it as a cartoon, the show tends to get away with way more than a live action show would.
All you do is walk about springfield and find little hidden stuff, like on the show. I think the goal of the game is to collect all of these cards you can find everywhere. But I play it for hours because, like the show, you find something different each time. Like - if you stand on a street corner too long, Patty and Selma come by on a tandem bike, look at you and say “Pervert!”. It is a great way to waste time.
lawoot:
I wasn’t trying to imply that my range was exclusive or anything. Obviously, The Simpsons is good, clean fun for all ages. My point was that in my own experience, pretty much everybody my age is a Simpsons junkie. Obviously, there are people my age who don’t watch it, and there are people who are not my age who do. But this is MPSIMS, dammit, so I stand by my anecdotal conjecture. 