# "The Shrimpsons" **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 20, 2017, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-shrimpsons/802202 "2017-11-20T17:54:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**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:** [November 20, 2017, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-shrimpsons/802202/1 "2017-11-20T17:54:17Z")
In yesterday’s Simpsons episode, they replaced the usual opening credit sequence with a shrimp-themed animation. Bart is writing on the chalkboard inside a wrecked ship instead of inside Springfield Elementary School, etc. Although the show is not nearly as funny as it was back in the day, I thought the Shrimpsons bit was really clever. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/A3tpat7Afdo/maxresdefault.jpg "The Shrimpsons Couch Gag | Season 29 Ep. 7 | The Simpsons") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A3tpat7Afdo) ---
**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:** [November 20, 2017, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-shrimpsons/802202/2 "2017-11-20T17:55:31Z")
I wish they’d put half the effort into the show that they put into the openings. ---
**Author:** ![WOOKINPANUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wookinpanub/32/132_2.png) [@WOOKINPANUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUB)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2017, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-shrimpsons/802202/3 "2017-11-20T18:12:23Z")
Delightful! Wonder what brought that on? Was it related to the episode at all? ---
**Author:** ![hogarth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hogarth/32/1773_2.png) [@hogarth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hogarth)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2017, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-shrimpsons/802202/4 "2017-11-20T18:26:04Z")
Bart is riding a skate; that’s pretty clever. ---
**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:** [November 20, 2017, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-shrimpsons/802202/5 "2017-11-20T18:27:35Z")
> [@WOOKINPANUB](#): > > Delightful! Wonder what brought that on? Was it related to the episode at all? Nope. The episode itself was about how the Pin Pals bowling team re-formed (with Barney, Lenny, and Carl instead of Otto/Mr. Burns, Moe, and Apu. Moe was coach of the new team.) ---
**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:** [November 20, 2017, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-shrimpsons/802202/6 "2017-11-20T18:30:34Z")
> [@WOOKINPANUB](#): > > Delightful! Wonder what brought that on? Was it related to the episode at all? They’ve been trying all sorts of things with the opening Couch Gag for a while now. Often it’s a different animation style borrowing some other theme. There was also a contest for the best opening idea submitted that that was played recently. The openings rarely have anything to do with the episode. ---
**Author:** ![Scoobysnax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c4cdca/32.png) [@Scoobysnax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scoobysnax)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2017, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-shrimpsons/802202/7 "2017-11-20T22:09:29Z")
I just realised that this is the first year that I didn’t go out of my way to watch the tree house of horror. Was it any good? It is the only episode that I have watched in each of the past 5-6 seasons. ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2017, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-shrimpsons/802202/8 "2017-11-20T22:43:25Z")
> [@Scoobysnax](#): > > I just realised that this is the first year that I didn’t go out of my way to watch the tree house of horror. Was it any good? It is the only episode that I have watched in each of the past 5-6 seasons. As Bart and Lisa might say: Meh. Each segment didn’t really end, so much a stop. They had their moments, they had some style. But they just weren’t that memorable.