Compared with the last few episodes, I thought this one was very good. I laughed out loud no less than a half dozen times, which is a positive sign. For that matter, Malcolm in the Middle, which I generally hate, was good too. Your thoughts?
I agree. I thought this was one of the funnier Simpsons I’ve seen recently.
I was just going to do a thread about this…
This was the BEST Simpsons since… well it’s been a long time.
It had the formula that worked for so many Simpsons before last season
I loved it too.
“It’s a nude, female firehouse!”
“The strongest muscle is the human heart!”
“What about the weiner? A man on TV lifted a paint can with his!”
The look on Bart and Lisa’s faces after Homer injected himself killed me.
Anybody else notice the “Toys L Us” in the background as the family walked through China Town?
The “Tibet-town” gag & Homer’s “Mmmmmmmmm… pistol-whip…” were beautiful. And of course Homer & Marge traumatizing Ned. Loved it.
Snake: “Yeah, so I told the guard I was going out for some cigarettes, then I totally stabbed him. Haw!”
“But I can change. I’m totally taking classes in computer freud.”
Heheheheheheh.
The Simpsons is back, methinks.
Hmmm. I think I made a fraudulant slip.
“Do you think they heard us?”
BEST quote whole show 
Fun Does Not Have A Size.
I almost fell off my chair as first Bart then Lisa and then Ned sat there wide eyed after “The Event.”
And one reason this one rocked so? No celebrity guest. A good sign these past few years.
Julia Louis-Dryfus (sp?) isn’t a celebrity?
Allow me to cover my ass which is severely hanging out now.
I did not know she was a guest star. But now that I’ll do I’ll say thank god it had no celebrity guest star on the show playing themselves. That’s always a bad sign. Mel Gibson, Ron Howard, Venus Williams, etc.
I loved this episode. AND the George Harrison dedication was great.
My wife and I were rolling on the floors. Best episode in about a year.
“Do you think they heard us?”
The look on Bart’s and Lisa’s faces . . .
-me
Anyone else notice the “Nuke Canada” video game in the bowling alley?
We had a hot debate about this in the house-- was this actually a GOOD episode, or was it simply good in comparison to the CRAP they’ve been doing lately? Was it good by 2d-6th season standards, or did it only seem ‘good’ because our expectations have lowered so much?
An interesting academic question, surely, but ultimately a meaningless one. Your enjoyment is perfectly subjective, so the question of whether it was valid or not is useless – as long as the amount of your enjoyment is constant, that’s all that matters.
–Cliffy
P.S. I liked it too.