# The Simpsons suck you say?  Share your plotline to improve the show.

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simpsons-suck-you-say-share-your-plotline-to-improve-the-show/154881>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [February 13, 2003, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simpsons-suck-you-say-share-your-plotline-to-improve-the-show/154881 "2003-02-13T18:43:50Z")\
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**Author:** ![mobo85](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@mobo85](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mobo85)\
**Post date:** [February 14, 2003, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simpsons-suck-you-say-share-your-plotline-to-improve-the-show/154881/21 "2003-02-14T14:57:12Z")

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> \*Originally posted by Guinastasia \*  
> **Ahem, PATTY is the lesbian. SELMA is the one who married Sideshow Bob and Troy McClure.**

I’m not sure if Patty is a lesbian. She was the one who was supposed to date Principal Skinner until he met Selma instead. As Marge put it, Patty chose a life of celibacy-Selma had it thrust upon her.

I love **Art Vandelay, Architect** ’s idea about a “sweeps” episode, although it does somewhat remind me about an episode of _Drew Carey_ done around Emmy season where they touched on all those serious subjects that most Emmy-winning shows do that they never did (gun control, illiteracy, drugged-up children in hospitals, etc.)

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**Author:** ![dorkusmalorkusmafia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dorkusmalorkusmafia/32/7266_2.png) [@dorkusmalorkusmafia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dorkusmalorkusmafia)\
**Post date:** [February 14, 2003, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simpsons-suck-you-say-share-your-plotline-to-improve-the-show/154881/22 "2003-02-14T17:07:36Z")

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I would so watch Art’s Simpson episode. I love the spinoff promo’s thrown into it and the fascist, I mean republican, Lisa replacement.

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**Author:** ![SuperNova](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea666f/32.png) [@SuperNova](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuperNova)\
**Post date:** [February 14, 2003, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simpsons-suck-you-say-share-your-plotline-to-improve-the-show/154881/23 "2003-02-14T18:31:23Z")

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They have got to have more episodes with characters besides the any of the Simpsons as central characters. Moe, Wiggum, Flanders, Otto, Burns, Lenny and Carl, Apu, or dozens of others. Some adventures in Springfield that have nothing to do with the Simpsons, but take place in the Simpsons universe.

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**Author:** ![BabaBooey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/dfb087/32.png) [@BabaBooey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BabaBooey)\
**Post date:** [February 14, 2003, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simpsons-suck-you-say-share-your-plotline-to-improve-the-show/154881/24 "2003-02-14T21:38:12Z")

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How about Magic powers!  
Wedding after wedding after wedding.  
And did someone say, “long-lost triplets?”  
And a tiny green space alien named Ozmodiar that only Homer  
can see!

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