# Simpsons, 2/20/11 **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 21, 2011, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simpsons-2-20-11/572149 "2011-02-21T21:58:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![gotpasswords](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c57346/32.png) [@gotpasswords](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gotpasswords)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2011, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simpsons-2-20-11/572149/1 "2011-02-21T21:58:56Z")
Am I the only person here that saw _The Simpsons_ last night and thought they brilliantly morphed Simpsons-style animation with Nick Park’s clay animation? It was like Wallace and Gromit, but in Springfield, or was it the Simpsons in Wigan? ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2011, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simpsons-2-20-11/572149/2 "2011-02-21T22:06:41Z")
The episode also featured animation reminiscent of a Pixar film and the movies Persepolis and The Triplets of Belleville. I thought it was a good episode, and in fact they’ve had several good episodes this season. ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2011, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simpsons-2-20-11/572149/3 "2011-02-21T23:19:21Z")
I was surprised there was no “eat my shorts” joke. They did repeat not one but two jokes from last week: a pun on “cockblocking,” and Nick Park being “more clay than man” (like Moe was “more worm than boy”). ---
**Author:** ![heathen\_earthling](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/13edae/32.png) [@heathen\_earthling](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/heathen_earthling)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2011, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simpsons-2-20-11/572149/4 "2011-02-21T23:48:14Z")
The alternate animation sequences were alright, but the story was one of the dullest and least original episodes they’ve ever done. It felt kind of odd, though perhaps for the better, that they didn’t acknowledge the blatant timeline abuse in the setup (in the flashback, “Angry Dad” ended its run as an internet cartoon in 1999, yet the Bart Simpson of 2011 probably wouldn’t have even been born then!). What was up with the _Jurassic Park_ music during the awards show montage? It wasn’t really a joke or a reference, as far as I could tell- it was just there. ---
**Author:** ![Morbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morbo/32/389_2.png) [@Morbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morbo)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2011, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simpsons-2-20-11/572149/5 "2011-02-21T23:53:24Z")
The Cialis joke in the Itchy and Scratchy short was amusing. ---
**Author:** ![Ponch8](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponch8/32/9883_2.png) [@Ponch8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponch8)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2011, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simpsons-2-20-11/572149/6 "2011-02-22T02:47:35Z")
The part where Homer missed Bart’s meeting because of something important at work (Taco Tuesday) was hilarious. Taco day is a huge deal for me at my company cafeteria. ---
**Author:** ![Uosdwis\_R.Dewoh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Uosdwis\_R.Dewoh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uosdwis_R.Dewoh)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2011, 12:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simpsons-2-20-11/572149/7 "2011-02-22T12:03:42Z")
Now that Bart has won both an Golden globe and an Oscar, Lisa can’t really be seen as the Simpsons kid with the most promising future. Seriously, what has Lisa done that even comes close to Bart’s achievements? ---
**Author:** ![johnpost](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f17d59/32.png) [@johnpost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/johnpost)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2011, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simpsons-2-20-11/572149/8 "2011-02-22T13:56:48Z")
> [@gotpasswords](#): > > Am I the only person here that saw _The Simpsons_ last night and thought they brilliantly morphed Simpsons-style animation with Nick Park’s clay animation? It was like Wallace and Gromit, but in Springfield, or was it the Simpsons in Wigan? it was funny. though why wasn’t the food item cheese? ---
**Author:** ![beartato](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/9d8465/32.png) [@beartato](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beartato)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2011, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simpsons-2-20-11/572149/9 "2011-02-22T14:34:54Z")
> [@Uosdwis\_R.Dewoh](#): > > Now that Bart has won both an Golden globe and an Oscar, Lisa can’t really be seen as the Simpsons kid with the most promising future. Seriously, what has Lisa done that even comes close to Bart’s achievements? Well, she does go on to become the first straight female President of the USA, so there’s that. ---
**Author:** ![Antigen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/848f3c/32.png) [@Antigen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antigen)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2011, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simpsons-2-20-11/572149/10 "2011-02-22T15:44:41Z")
> [@Morbo](#): > > The Cialis joke in the Itchy and Scratchy short was amusing. I liked that. Subtle. It was a sub-par episode. I liked the different animation styles very much, but the whole thing didn’t really feel like a Simpsons episode. And that was the best they could come up with for a clip of the Angry Dad short film? ---
**Author:** ![control-z](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/eada6e/32.png) [@control-z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/control-z)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2011, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simpsons-2-20-11/572149/11 "2011-02-22T20:56:02Z")
> [@Antigen](#): > > It was a sub-par episode. I liked the different animation styles very much, but the whole thing didn’t really feel like a Simpsons episode. And that was the best they could come up with for a clip of the Angry Dad short film? What Antigen said. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2011, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simpsons-2-20-11/572149/12 "2011-02-23T00:45:47Z")
_Simpsons_ is rapidly becoming a period piece, stuck in the mid-to-late 1990s. Efforts to update it are jarring and angry up the blood. ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2011, 6:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simpsons-2-20-11/572149/13 "2011-02-23T06:00:01Z")
Best episode in years. Equal to the Tree House of Horrors episodes, and 23 Short Films about Springfield. ---
**Author:** ![johnpost](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f17d59/32.png) [@johnpost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/johnpost)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2011, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simpsons-2-20-11/572149/14 "2011-02-23T15:20:03Z")
> [@TriPolar](#): > > Best episode in years. Equal to the Tree House of Horrors episodes, and 23 Short Films about Springfield. Are you being sarcastic, dude? ---
**Author:** ![Sir\_T-Cups](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ed655f/32.png) [@Sir\_T-Cups](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_T-Cups)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2011, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simpsons-2-20-11/572149/15 "2011-02-24T03:18:07Z")
Am I the only one who really get’s tired of the epic “Itchy and Scratchy” parts? I mean, I like the little shorts that they do every once in a while…but whenever there is a whole 2 or 3 minutes devoted to it I get mad. It’s taking away from my Simpsons! ---
**Author:** ![johnpost](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f17d59/32.png) [@johnpost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/johnpost)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2011, 8:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simpsons-2-20-11/572149/16 "2011-02-24T08:55:20Z")
tv is a big part of their lives. they are a typical american family. ---
**Author:** ![TBG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@TBG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TBG)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2011, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simpsons-2-20-11/572149/17 "2011-02-26T01:17:50Z")
> [@Uosdwis\_R.Dewoh](#): > > Now that Bart has won both an Golden globe and an Oscar, Lisa can’t really be seen as the Simpsons kid with the most promising future. Seriously, what has Lisa done that even comes close to Bart’s achievements? Well, she would be a self-made millionaire already if she hadn’t turned down Mr. Burns’s check for 10% of the slurry business she helped him build by introducing him to “ree-CYYYY-clean?” (recycling) ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2011, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simpsons-2-20-11/572149/18 "2011-02-26T01:39:46Z")
Interesting to see the Simpsons’ tribute to their peers - and that Angry Dad has turned into the _Simpons_ stand-in that Itchy & Scratchy used to be - but the plot of this one wasn’t very strong. I thought the best joke was Lisa explaining that her dress is a lampshade.