The Simpsons is Good Again

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You don't talk about leprechauns because you're so used to seeing them everywhere. You take them for granted. Appreciate that for us they're a novelty

this could single handedly raise the viewership of the Simpsons

I find it interesting how nobody mentioned the part where Wolf talks about how the Simpsons family used to be from the lower class mirroring the situation IRL in the US and now they've transformed into " at least they have a house and a job" middle or upper class without changing their setup, which is the current reality for many. Sad to say the least.

I haven't really watched The Simpsons for about 15 years, but the punchline to the 'when's Mommy coming back' joke made me laugh. But then, when I thought about it, it brought a tear to my eye without taking away from what a great joke it was. Bravo.

I think that the simpsons reaching a lowest point is actually a positive thing, we often forget that to make any show or movie happen there are people who actually work on the media and people who dictate its trajectory, often based on stats, audience...ect, maybe marketing bros got tired of beating this yellow dead horse and moved on, leaving it to actual artists and writers to be free of telling whatever stories and jokes they want

That shot of Homer and Marge breaking down crying in each other’s embrace genuinely got me choked up.

I Think so much time has passed that the young people who watched the Simpsons, are now able to write officially for them and that's why these episodes feel so good. Imo

I grew up watching the simpsons with my dad. After eating our dinner we would sit on the couch and watch it every night I was at his house, he would fall asleep and I would get to stay up past my bedtime watching it until I laughed so hard it would wake him up. This video genuinely brought me to tears! I had forgotten how much this show means to me, I’ve seen so many episodes and it was one of my favourite things as a kid. I hadn’t watched it in years except for the new treehouse of horror because of the death note parody. I might start watching it again but genuinely thank you for making this video

I laughed at the "she's dead" joke but once I learned it had a lasting affect on Homer I started crying for him. It really does a good job of showing the axe never remembers and the tree never forgets. For Abe it was just getting his kid to shut up. For Homer it was the worst news of his life.

I don't think it's a coincidence that Al Jean not longer running the show (into the ground) and a new generation who grew up with these characters coming on board to write, the show is better than it has been in decades.

This year, I experienced my worst Christmas. Not because of the gifts, or anything like that. But because it's the first christmas after moving out. My grandfather passing. Family not visiting since he was gone. Everything was different, and it hurt me because I expected it to be like all the years before. Your words in the end echo that, and genuinely reached me. Thank you.

It’s so true that the passage of time has completed changed how the Simpsons is viewed. When I was a kid, my mom wouldn’t let me watch The Simpsons because she thought it was too violent and edgy. Twenty-some years later and she, my brother, my sister and I will watch it during Christmas

Thanks for the shout-out! 😀 When I did my Simpsons Season 33 review, I really struggled with using the word "renaissance" because I feel like that gets people's hopes up and think that we're arguing that it's a return to Season 6 quality or something. The show has been on so long that the standard of what we should want out of a Season 34 is so weird and convoluted. Today, the show feels like it has a strong grasp of what it has done already, and is been thoughtful in how they deconstruct their characters or tell their stories. I hope they keep experimenting.

What people don't get is that seasons 1-10 had 5 different showrunners while seasons 11-30 only had a single one, Al Jean. Everything is going to feel stale after 20 years. Matt Selman is the new showrunner and that's why it feels like a breath of fresh air.

watched the newest episode, i demand an apology

I think you raise an excellent point by saying that the episodes' plots seem more like vehicles for jokes rather than actual stories. That was my issue with a bunch of Family Guy seasons as well: You couldn't really get invested in the story, because it was only relevant for 4 minutes before transitioning to the next part of the "story" that was crammed full of jokes. And you get kinda numb to Peter changing his personality when it's only for 6 minutes so he can do a bunch of jokes about a topic and then get snapped out of it by something. So I feel like you summarized it perfectly with that sentence: The plots are a vehicle for the jokes rather than actual stories.

If the Simpsons fully embraces this weird, comedy-adjacent, personal direction, I might actually start watching it again.

Your flow-state experience with the Simpsons reminds me VERY strongly of reading serialized web novels, particularly the translated ones from China. The chapters number in the 4 digits, with an absolutely relentless release schedule. I sit down, blink, and realize I've read another couple hundred chapters over the course of several hours, the scenes all smear together, and I largely just recall the broad strokes of the protagonist's progress. When I look back, I can muster enough interest to see what happens next and repeat the cycle, but I'm certain I've never shed a tear or felt my adrenaline pump for a second.

I rarely comment on YT videos, but man, this one is gold. The way it was structured, every joke, the plot twists, refrences, everything. Cheers to you!