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300 Episodes of the Simpsons

Posted by Hemos on from the eat-my-shorts dept.

circletimessquare writes "As we approach 300 Episodes of the Simpsons, Entertainment Weekly tries to pick the 25 best episodes of The Simpsons (and the one episode they consider the worst). They do a pretty good job. But since "best of" lists like this one are always rife with debate and contention, I can't think of a better place than Slashdot to send up EW (pun partially intended)."

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  1. Like Fine Wine... by cancrman · · Score: 4, Interesting
    The greatest thing about the Simpsons is how well the show has aged in syndication. I firmly believe that it takes 3-4 viewings of an ep to really catch all of the nuances. Even newer episodes, which some view as a bit weak, really shine in syndication. Hey it's either that or watch Fraiser reruns. That said, there are numerous omissions from this list.

    Other Classics:
    Two Bad Neighbors (s7)
    Bart vs. Australia (s6)
    Deep Space Homer (s5)
    Homers Enemy (s8)
    2 dozen and 1 greyhounds -- best song ever (see my vest)
    Brother From another Series -- "..those years at clown college" "I appreciate you not refer to Princeton that way"
    $pringfield "I think we'll keep those jars of urine"
    Colonel Homer "The don't call me Colonel Homer because I'm some dumbass army guy"

    Anyway, I could do this all day but I think you get my point. (Quotes courtesy of The Simpsons Archive).

    As for eps that shouldn't have been included in the top 25: THOH, Spin-Off Special & Homer's Phobia. But this is purely subjective, so no flames please.

    I do agree with they're pick for worst ep though

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  2. Homer collects unemployment by scubacuda · · Score: 4, Interesting
    Definitely the one where Homer gets fat in order to collect unemployment.

    On a side note, I know that Conan O'Brian wrote several of them (like the monorail one, I think). Does anyone know/have a list of those? And did any other famous people (co)write them also?

  3. Re:Not bad, but... by The+Only+Druid · · Score: 5, Interesting

    It says something about a show that the best episodes are almost exclusively from several years ago.

    Before I'm modded down for heresy, I adore The Simpsons. Yet, I still believe that the show was far greated from seasons 3-7 than from 8-today. The show has lost its ability to be intellectual at the same degree, in losing writers such as Conan O'Brian.

    Frankly, I'm not entirely sure they should keep making the series: Homer is now retarded (whereas he's merely simple in the beginning), Homer has no Job (or actually, he's had well over 70 jobs, as listed in a recent episode...which means roughly a quarter of the episodes have been "Homer becomes a "), they no longer make subtle erudite references...its falling apart.

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  4. Peaked Too Soon...! by clickety6 · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Plotting the TOp 25 by year we see:

    90 XXX
    91 X
    92 XXX
    93 XXXXXXX
    94 XXX
    95 X
    96 XX
    97 XXXX
    98
    99
    00
    01
    02 X

    Looks like they peaked early in 93 and, despite a brief revival in 97, its been downhill ever since.

    Or does anybody's best ever list contain items from 98 - 02 seasons?

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