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

[Wayne Walker]

I'd have to agree too, it's had moments of genius in the past but not so 
much these days. That said, it's still 90% more entertaining than most of 
the rubbish that passes for TV at the moment.



>From: P Bernardi <phantasmas at erols.com>

>Reply-To: phantasmas at erols.com,"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 06:56:35 -0400

>

>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.

>>

>>Leigh

>>

>>

>>----- 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:

>>

>>

>>

>>>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...

>>>

>>>

>>>

>>>

>>>>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,

>>>>>

>>>>i can't

>>>>

>>>>

>>>>>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

>>>>>

>>>>poked him

>>>>

>>>>

>>>>>with

>>>>>a stick!"

>>>>>

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

>>>>>

>>>>sun!

>>>>

>>>>

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

>>>>>

>>>>>

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

>>>>>>

>>>>kids, I

>>>>

>>>>

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

>>>>>>

>>>>crisis

>>>>

>>>>

>>>>>>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!'),

>>>>

>>>>

>>>>>>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

>>>>

>>>>

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

>>>>>>

>>>>them by

>>>>

>>>>

>>>>>>default, generally.

>>>>>>

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

>>>>>>

>>>>with the

>>>>

>>>>

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

>>>>>>

>>>>Springfield,

>>>>

>>>>

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

>>>>>>

>>>>drugs from

>>>>

>>>>

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

>>>>>>

>>>>trying to

>>>>

>>>>

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

>>>>>>

>>>>but it's

>>>>

>>>>

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

>>>>>>

>>>>>>-Oliver

>>>>>>

>>>>>>

>>>>>>

>>>>>>melinda grant wrote:

>>>>>>

>>>>>>

>>>>>>>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

>>>>

>>>>

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

>>>>>>>>

>>>>>>>>

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

>>>>>>>

>>>>>>>

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

>>>>>>>>

>>>>>>>>

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

>>>>>>>

>>>>>>>

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