[kj] FW: Re: who hates the simpsons.....

[P Bernardi]

I recall it was around 99' - 2000 that I lost interest. The show started 
going into more low brow/slapstick type humor.

Leigh Newton wrote:


>There has to be someone else on this list who agrees that the Simpsons lost its edge years and years ago. They've been coasting on the same tired old jokes and ambigious zaniness for way too long. I try and watch new episodes and I just sit there and stare without so much as chuckling. I think it was around the mid to late 90s when it peaked and started its steady decline into drek. Too bad, cuz it was amazing for awhile there. Anyways, Southpark 4 life.

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>Leigh

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>----- Original Message ----

>From: Alexander Smith <vassifer at earthlink.net>

>To: A list about all things Killing Joke (the band!) <gathering at misera.net>

>Sent: Thursday, July 26, 2007 4:54:32 PM

>Subject: Re: [kj] FW: Re: who hates the simpsons.....

>

>

>Yeah, I have to agree with Folk Devil on this point -- I've always  

>loved the Simpsons, but the promotional campaign in regards to this  

>movie is reaching full, maddening saturation. Enough already!

>

>Alex in NYC

>

>

>On Jul 26, 2007, at 4:33 PM, folk devil wrote:

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>>so, have you simpsonized yourself on myspace,  

>>yet?...................no, i haven't...the current PR is leaving a  

>>nasty aftertaste, and I used to like the show..to a point...

>>

>>

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>>>From: "Brendan" <bq at soundgardener.co.nz>

>>>Reply-To: "A list about all things Killing Joke (the  

>>>band!)"<gathering at misera.net>

>>>To: "A list about all things Killing Joke (the band!)"  

>>><gathering at misera.net>

>>>Subject: Re: [kj] FW: Re: who hates the simpsons.....

>>>Date: Fri, 27 Jul 2007 08:25:02 +1200 (NZST)

>>>

>>>At the end of one episode as the credits were rolling you hear the

>>>magazine store guy go "worst episode EVER" in the most hilarious

>>>voice...my favourite.

>>>

>>>

>>>      

>>>

>>>>yeah gotta agree Oliver, so many killer lines in each  episode,  

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>>>>

>>>i can't

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>>>>wait

>>>>to see the film

>>>>

>>>>

>>>>3 that keep popping into my head for no reason

>>>>

>>>>"Millhouse got a tip from a  4 year old  about a dead alien"

>>>>

>>>>" you know that corpse?"," what jimbo killed him!" no but he  

>>>>        

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>>>poked him

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>>>>with

>>>>a stick!"

>>>>

>>>>"since the dawn of civilisation, man has yearned to destroy the  

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>>>sun!

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>>>

>>>>On 26/07/07, B. Oliver Sheppard <bigblackhair at sbcglobal.net> wrote:

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>>>>

>>>>>The Simpsons is great social satire. It works on one level for  

>>>>>          

>>>>>

>>>kids, I

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>>>>>guess, but it skewers religion (Homer being told in a moment of  

>>>>>          

>>>>>

>>>crisis

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>>>>>that the Bible has all the answers he needs, flips through it, and

>>>>>announces with disgust, 'Oh, this doesn't have any answers at  

>>>>>          

>>>>>

>>>all!'),

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>>>

>>>>>and so much of American culture so relentlessly that a lot of it

>>>>>probably passes over most kids' heads -- but, hey, it's a  

>>>>>          

>>>>>

>>>cartoon, and

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>>>

>>>>>kids love cartoons by default, right? Just like adults dismiss  

>>>>>          

>>>>>

>>>them by

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>>>>>default, generally.

>>>>>

>>>>>Recent episodes dealt with offshoring jobs to India, another  

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>>>>>

>>>with the

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>>>>>Patriot Act, Burns buying up all the media operations in  

>>>>>          

>>>>>

>>>Springfield,

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>>>>>the bad US healthcare system (Homer, Apu, Grandpa running in  

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>>>drugs from

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>>>>>Canada, when Apu is arrested for being a suspected terrorist  

>>>>>          

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>>>trying to

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>>>>>cross the border)  -- they deal with a lot of serious issues  

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>>>>>

>>>but it's

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>>>>>done in such an absurdist way. I like the show -- a lot.

>>>>>

>>>>>-Oliver

>>>>>

>>>>>

>>>>>

>>>>>melinda grant wrote:

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>>>>>

>>>>>>its tosh....does not appeal to me ok..

>>>>>>

>>>>>>            

>>>>>>

>>>>>>>From: uncle benny's magical bra & liquorice factory

>>>>>>><fatpotanga at gmail.com>

>>>>>>>Reply-To: "A list about all things Killing Joke (the

>>>>>>>band!)"<gathering at misera.net>

>>>>>>>To: The Gathering <gathering at misera.net>

>>>>>>>Subject: Re: [kj] Killing Joke vs Johnny Cash mash up

>>>>>>>Date: Thu, 26 Jul 2007 17:12:03 +0100

>>>>>>>

>>>>>>>On 26/7/07 17:07, "melinda grant" wrote:

>>>>>>>

>>>>>>>              

>>>>>>>

>>>>>>>>any way for all those simpson fans on list(--its kinda for  

>>>>>>>>                

>>>>>>>>

>>>kids and

>>>      

>>>

>>>>>>>teenagers

>>>>>>>isnt it,not adults--well mantally backward ones  

>>>>>>>              

>>>>>>>

>>>perhaps..lol..ive

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>>>>>>>never liked it!!!!

>>>>>>>              

>>>>>>>

>>>>>>fats wrote.....

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>>>>>>>Looks at shoes, scuffs ground & whistles...

>>>>>>>              

>>>>>>>

>>>>>>bet you were at the premier,wernt you  ;-D))))))

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