The Simpsons and overwhelming dread
March 15, 2007
Judging by their current anti-Virgin ad campaign, Sky are very proud to be the home to new episodes of The Simpsons. I can’t imagine why. For me every new episode is another startling disappointment. I should know better but I keep going back to the show like a beaten wife blaming herself. I know what I will get, needless celebrity cameos, nonsensical levered-in gags, oh-so-risque references to Fox and Homer being ‘hilariously’ stupid, but there is always that hope that they will stumble into 23 minutes of series 6 standard gold.
And this year we get the movie. God help us. The proposition is as exciting as a new tour from The Rolling Stones, but sadly I will probably be there on the day of release ready to be let down again.
Josh
To be honest, and maybe i’m missing some vital part of my brain, but i just don’t see what the fuss is all about. Sure, when it first started The Simpsons was fresh and new, but after a couple of series it soon lost its lustre and now is just another sitcom with the same old jokes looping round and round. Yawn. Been there, seen that, got the t-shirt. Long ago.