I hate the Simpsons.

[kaylasdad99]

@Way Too Happy

It was 1974, my senior year in high school. Brenda Morgenstern had my heart…

Bravo.

[kaylasdad99]

@Cisco

I’ve heard that suggestion before and thought it sounded dumb, but for some reason it sounds like a really good idea at this point. It’s hard thinking of Homer and Marge as only 38 now, when we know they were flower-children/“That 70s Show” types when they dated and had Bart soonafter. As of current continuity, Bart would’ve been born in 1998 - almost a decade after the show began airing!

The drawback, though, is that people would HATE it. The SAME people that bitch now that the show needs something fresh and new would bitch that they trampled a sacred cow by aging the characters. It would be seen as a desperate move like all those 80s shows that would bring a new kid on board to try to save the show just before it got cancelled.

Regardless, I would love to see a season of Bart and Lisa in middle school and then either one of them in high school or one of Lisa in college and Bart trying to get by on a high school education, or both. That’s pure fan wank because I know it’ll never happen.

Y’know, though, if they did try that, and it didn’t work out, they could always make the season a bad dream of Victoria Piricipal’s.

[Dangerosa]

This thread makes me feel old. There are people who grew up with the Simpsons.

(I haven’t watched it for years - we don’t watch much broadcast. But I remember it as Tracy Ullman filler, too.)

[HeyHomie]

38-year-old male. I’ve seen maybe five episodes from beginning to end. Meh.