# The Simpsons: "The Great Phatsby" (open spoilers)

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [January 16, 2017, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simpsons-the-great-phatsby-open-spoilers/777276 "2017-01-16T00:01:06Z")\
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**Author:** ![alphaboi867](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alphaboi867/32/3898_2.png) [@alphaboi867](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alphaboi867)\
**Post date:** [January 16, 2017, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simpsons-the-great-phatsby-open-spoilers/777276/1 "2017-01-16T00:01:06Z")

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**The Simpsons** is airing it’s first ever hour length episode tonight, a parody of The Great Gatsby.

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**Author:** ![alphaboi867](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alphaboi867/32/3898_2.png) [@alphaboi867](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alphaboi867)\
**Post date:** [January 17, 2017, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simpsons-the-great-phatsby-open-spoilers/777276/2 "2017-01-17T23:31:32Z")

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I just watched in on Hulu; I was going to watch it on Fox, but there was a football game on. It was a decent episode(s), but I don’t think it really needed to be an hour long. A lot of it felt like padding.

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**Author:** ![Drunky\_Smurf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drunky_smurf/32/449_2.png) [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)\
**Post date:** [January 18, 2017, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simpsons-the-great-phatsby-open-spoilers/777276/3 "2017-01-18T01:48:39Z")

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> [@alphaboi867](#):
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> A lot of it felt like padding.

That’s how the Simpsons Movie felt to me. I love The Simpsons but that thing just went on and on. Except for Spider-Pig. That will never get old.

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**Author:** ![F.U.Shakespeare](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/aca169/32.png) [@F.U.Shakespeare](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/F.U.Shakespeare)\
**Post date:** [January 18, 2017, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simpsons-the-great-phatsby-open-spoilers/777276/4 "2017-01-18T02:37:27Z")

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> [@alphaboi867](#):
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> I just watched in on Hulu; I was going to watch it on Fox, but there was a football game on. It was a decent episode(s), but I don’t think it really needed to be an hour long. A lot of it felt like _padding_.

I haven’t seen the episode. But based on the title, I \*Think \*I Know What You Did There.

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**Author:** ![Fenris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fenris/32/498_2.png) [@Fenris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fenris)\
**Post date:** [January 18, 2017, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simpsons-the-great-phatsby-open-spoilers/777276/5 "2017-01-18T03:08:14Z")

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The whole subplot with Lisa and the douchey rich kid was completely forgotten there, wasn’t it?