# The Simpsons Tonight **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 3, 2001, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simpsons-tonight/96544 "2001-12-03T02:09:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Moon-Watcher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/49beb7/32.png) [@Moon-Watcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moon-Watcher)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2001, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simpsons-tonight/96544/1 "2001-12-03T02:09:19Z")
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? ---
**Author:** ![Gregor\_Samsa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a6a055/32.png) [@Gregor\_Samsa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gregor_Samsa)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2001, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simpsons-tonight/96544/2 "2001-12-03T02:17:27Z")
I agree. I thought this was one of the funnier _Simpsons_ I’ve seen recently. ---
**Author:** ![MyFootsZZZ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/myfootszzz/32/12580_2.png) [@MyFootsZZZ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MyFootsZZZ)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2001, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simpsons-tonight/96544/3 "2001-12-03T03:11:23Z")
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 ---
**Author:** ![Lego](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/b5e925/32.png) [@Lego](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lego)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2001, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simpsons-tonight/96544/4 "2001-12-03T03:27:11Z")
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!” ---
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2001, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simpsons-tonight/96544/5 "2001-12-03T04:14:46Z")
The look on Bart and Lisa’s faces after Homer injected himself killed me. ---
**Author:** ![Rosebud](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ea666f/32.png) [@Rosebud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rosebud)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2001, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simpsons-tonight/96544/6 "2001-12-03T04:16:41Z")
Anybody else notice the “Toys L Us” in the background as the family walked through China Town? ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Mudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f14d63/32.png) [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2001, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simpsons-tonight/96544/7 "2001-12-03T04:41:04Z")
The “Tibet-town” gag & Homer’s “Mmmmmmmmm… _pistol-whip_…” were beautiful. And of course Homer & Marge traumatizing Ned. Loved it. ---
**Author:** ![Moon-Watcher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/49beb7/32.png) [@Moon-Watcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moon-Watcher)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2001, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simpsons-tonight/96544/8 "2001-12-03T04:55:52Z")
Snake: “Yeah, so I told the guard I was going out for some cigarettes, then I totally stabbed him. Haw!” ---
**Author:** ![friedo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8edcca/32.png) [@friedo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/friedo)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2001, 4:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simpsons-tonight/96544/9 "2001-12-03T04:58:25Z")
“But I can change. I’m totally taking classes in computer freud.” Heheheheheheh. The Simpsons is back, methinks. ---
**Author:** ![friedo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8edcca/32.png) [@friedo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/friedo)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2001, 4:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simpsons-tonight/96544/10 "2001-12-03T04:59:33Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by friedo \* > computer freud." Hmmm. I think I made a fraudulant slip. ---
**Author:** ![Czaoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e274bd/32.png) [@Czaoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czaoth)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2001, 5:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simpsons-tonight/96544/11 "2001-12-03T05:05:42Z")
“Do you think they heard us?” BEST quote whole show 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![ignatzmouse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b2d939/32.png) [@ignatzmouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ignatzmouse)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2001, 5:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simpsons-tonight/96544/12 "2001-12-03T05:14:35Z")
Fun Does Not Have A Size. ---
**Author:** ![Fern\_Forest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/71c47a/32.png) [@Fern\_Forest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fern_Forest)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2001, 6:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simpsons-tonight/96544/13 "2001-12-03T06:52:21Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![Flymaster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c4cdca/32.png) [@Flymaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flymaster)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2001, 6:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simpsons-tonight/96544/14 "2001-12-03T06:56:12Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Osiris \* > \*\*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? ---
**Author:** ![Fern\_Forest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/71c47a/32.png) [@Fern\_Forest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fern_Forest)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2001, 9:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simpsons-tonight/96544/15 "2001-12-03T09:19:03Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2001, 1:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simpsons-tonight/96544/16 "2001-12-03T13:02:14Z")
I loved this episode. AND the George Harrison dedication was great. ---
**Author:** ![elf6c](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/c57346/32.png) [@elf6c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elf6c)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2001, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simpsons-tonight/96544/17 "2001-12-03T14:09:38Z")
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 ---
**Author:** ![Rodd\_Hill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/3ab097/32.png) [@Rodd\_Hill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rodd_Hill)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2001, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simpsons-tonight/96544/18 "2001-12-03T15:04:05Z")
Anyone else notice the “Nuke Canada” video game in the bowling alley? ---
**Author:** ![capybara](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/capybara/32/202_2.png) [@capybara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/capybara)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2001, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simpsons-tonight/96544/19 "2001-12-03T17:22:37Z")
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? ---
**Author:** ![Cliffy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/59ef9b/32.png) [@Cliffy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cliffy)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2001, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simpsons-tonight/96544/20 "2001-12-03T18:58:14Z")
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. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simpsons-tonight/96544.md?page=2)