# Simpsons 4/21

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simpsons-4-21/104890>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [April 22, 2002, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simpsons-4-21/104890 "2002-04-22T00:42:20Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 7\
**Page:** 1

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![Efrem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@Efrem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Efrem)\
**Post date:** [April 22, 2002, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simpsons-4-21/104890/1 "2002-04-22T00:42:20Z")

</div>

That was a good show (and it was also a clip show).

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![friedo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8edcca/32.png) [@friedo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/friedo)\
**Post date:** [April 22, 2002, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simpsons-4-21/104890/2 "2002-04-22T00:56:23Z")

</div>

I thought it sucked balls.

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![Supersaurus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecb155/32.png) [@Supersaurus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Supersaurus)\
**Post date:** [April 22, 2002, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simpsons-4-21/104890/3 "2002-04-22T01:19:13Z")

</div>

It’s the best of the clip shows.

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![Enderw24](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ba9def/32.png) [@Enderw24](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enderw24)\
**Post date:** [April 22, 2002, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simpsons-4-21/104890/4 "2002-04-22T01:25:33Z")

</div>

Stop! You’re both right.

Clip shows, by definition, suck balls. See?

> [@](#):
>
> Clip·Shows Pronunciation Key (cliiiiiiiiip shooooooows)  
> n.
> 
> 1. A tool used by writers who must fill their quota of shows per season.
> 2. A way of patting yourself on the back for a job well done in past episodes.
> 3. 30 minutes of television that pulls down your trousers and fondles your testicles orally.

The song at the end was funny though.

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![Daoloth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/82dd89/32.png) [@Daoloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Daoloth)\
**Post date:** [April 22, 2002, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simpsons-4-21/104890/5 "2002-04-22T01:27:57Z")

</div>

Heh, I loved it when Kodus and Klang (sp?) said something to the effect of, “We’ve been watching your planet since it began…5,000 years ago, by the hand of God.” And they then proceed to cross themselves in Catholic fashion.

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\
**Post date:** [April 22, 2002, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simpsons-4-21/104890/6 "2002-04-22T01:41:46Z")

</div>

I especially liked the Jump the Shark reference at the end. I think they know they’re running on fumes.

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![ElwoodCuse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/edb3f5/32.png) [@ElwoodCuse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElwoodCuse)\
**Post date:** [April 22, 2002, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simpsons-4-21/104890/7 "2002-04-22T02:30:52Z")

</div>

The writers of The Simpsons themselves know the show has sucked ass for several years now and devote most of their time to making of fun of people like us on the internet who complain about how much the show sucks these days.