By Andrew Iannarelli, April 26th 2012
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In the case of The Simpsons, over time, each character was eroded down to their one funniest attribute. In the early seasons, Homer Simpson is a funny moron, sure, but he’s not so stupid that he couldn’t be human. His biggest problems were his job and his kids; he could pay his bills, go to work, and make a living. It seems that by season 13, the writers decided to remove every human quality from him except anger and stupidity.
Basically, Homer Simpson was at his funniest when he could have actually been a real person. This has happened to many other greats over the course of television history.
Arthur Fonzarelli – Happy Days
Well…unless nothing else is on.
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I had a similar theory! A show usually becomes stale by it’s fifth season or thereabouts. I always used the example of scrubs, how Dr Cox and JD essentially became too ridiculous (with odd occasions of seriousness) to really follow. So I stopped watching that, the Office as well, anything generally past season 5.
Also, best shows that didn’t go past 5 seasons;The Wire
Seinfeld never went down.
Remember when Eric from Boy Meets World went from being a little dumb to full-on mentally retarded? That sucked.
And this is why the greatest TV show of all time (The Wire) only had 5 seasons.
The term “jumping the shark” came from the Happy Day’s show, the episode where Arthur Fonzarelli jumped over the juke box.
Your season 5 simpsons thing makes no sense.
“You Only Live Twice” is in the top 5 episodes for any simpsons fan. That episode was in season 8. It was also one of the most ridiculous.
Most simpsons fans agree season 8 was the last good season, which makes sense because 1) The show runner changed to a guy who is quoted as saying “when you get rid of quality the show can last forever 2) Phil Hartman murdered 3) The voice actors went on strike for money 4) Two of the best original writers for the show left to make Mission Hill
Go look at the episode list for seasons 6, 7, 8. Maybe two episodes per season could be considered to have a fantastic or outrageous plot line and some of those episodes are also top 10 classics. Not to mention since day one the show has had an “outrageous” treehouse of horror episode every season. NOT TO MENTION two of the shittiest clip show episodes were made in seasons 3-5.
By Andrew Iannarelli, April 26th 2012
http://tcat.tc/125popx
In the case of The Simpsons, over time, each character was eroded down to their one funniest attribute. In the early seasons, Homer Simpson is a funny moron, sure, but he’s not so stupid that he couldn’t be human. His biggest problems were his job and his kids; he could pay his bills, go to work, and make a living. It seems that by season 13, the writers decided to remove every human quality from him except anger and stupidity.
Basically, Homer Simpson was at his funniest when he could have actually been a real person. This has happened to many other greats over the course of television history.
Arthur Fonzarelli – Happy Days
Well…unless nothing else is on.
Entertainment Happy Days Homer Simpson House It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia M*A*S*H Seinfeld Television The Office the simpsons
I had a similar theory! A show usually becomes stale by it’s fifth season or thereabouts. I always used the example of scrubs, how Dr Cox and JD essentially became too ridiculous (with odd occasions of seriousness) to really follow. So I stopped watching that, the Office as well, anything generally past season 5.
Also, best shows that didn’t go past 5 seasons;The Wire
Seinfeld ne
ver went down.
Remember when Eric from Boy Meets World went from being a little dumb to full-on mentally retarded? That sucked.
And this is why the greatest TV show of all time (The Wire) only had 5 seasons.
The term “jumping the shark” came from the Happy Day’s show, the episode where Arthur Fonzarelli jumped over the juke box.
Your season 5 simpsons thing makes no sense.
“You Only Live Twice” is in the top 5 episodes for any simpsons fan. That episode was in season 8. It was also one of the most ridiculous.
Most simpsons fans agree season 8 was the last good season, which makes sense because 1) The show runner changed to a guy who is quoted as saying “when you get rid of quality the show can last forever 2) Phil Hartman murdered 3) The voice actors went on strike for money 4) Two of the best original writers for the show left to make Mission Hill
Go look at the episode list for seasons 6, 7, 8. Maybe two episodes per season could be considered to have a fantastic or outrageous plot line and some of those episodes are also top 10 classics. Not to mention since day one the show has had an “outrageous” treehouse of horror episode every season. NOT TO MENTION two of the shittiest clip show episodes were made in seasons 3-5.