When you hear someone say "The Simpsons"...

[Hyper Kinetic]

Just saw an ad for The Simpsons, and it made me wonder...
Who do you think of the moment you hear someone say "The Simpsons"?

For me, it is Homer. It used to be Bart, but now it's Homer.
I don't even watch the show...

[kudzu]

Season 4 or 5 they shifted the focus from Bart to Homer.

[1deadcop]

I think homer, then i think why are ppl still watching this show?

[Loplod]

Never watched it, Seen 5 episodes my whole life. So.. None of the above.

[Inquisitor Stingray]

Jan 6, 2011 8:32:53 GMT 1deadcop said:

I think homer, then i think why are ppl still watching this show?

This. People keep blabbering about how the newer episodes are "reviving Simpsons to its former glory", but come on, it's just not fun anymore.

[Grythic]

I think why are the good characters very rarely shown.
Its old and boring, concentrate on making futurama, theres alot more that can be done with it.

[Geneva]

Homer.

You know a show is dying when it starts recycling gags and storylines. I mean, how many times have we seen "Bart gets a pet that he loves but can't afford to keep it"?
So far he's had an elephant, a horse, a cow, another dog and a monkey. And those are only the ones that come to mind.
Or how about "How Homer and Marge first fell in love."? Or "____" has lost his job and comes to stay with the Simpsons?

It's still making money, so it won't be finishing up soon but, creatively, the Simpsons ended years ago.

[Dangeresque]

Jan 6, 2011 20:24:22 GMT Geneva said:

Homer.

You know a show is dying when it starts recycling gags and storylines. I mean, how many times have we seen "Bart gets a pet that he loves but can't afford to keep it"?
So far he's had an elephant, a horse, a cow, another dog and a monkey. And those are only the ones that come to mind.
Or how about "How Homer and Marge first fell in love."? Or "____" has lost his job and comes to stay with the Simpsons?

It's still making money, so it won't be finishing up soon but, creatively, the Simpsons ended years ago.

"... and I believe that was sending up an old twighlight zone episode"

[Psychichobo]

Ah, they're not too bad. Though there's a definite change in the humour style, you can tell. Still, they do tend to hit the mark half the time, so they're not dead yet.

Though I've always felt Futurama to be not as good. It's better when it gets emotional for some reason, there are Futurama episodes I've nearly almost bloody cried at, but their jokes are sometimes a little sparse and plots occasionally convoluted.

I'm more amazed South Park's still going. That show's NEVER CHANGED. But then, that may be it's selling point - it does manage to come up with new topics a fair bit.

[Jabberwocky]

2 episodes of Futurama made me cry. Leela's parents and Jurrassic Bark...

Simpsons has seriously lost its way and I cant bear to watch it anymore.