Should The Simpsons finally be cancelled?

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FelixDeCat

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Aug 4, 2000
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No longer funny or relevent, the Simpsons should have been put out to pasture long ago. But FOX continues to believe there is some value left in the tired animated franchise. Every imaginable thing has been covered 10 times over in 20 different ways. Face it, it has become worse than Family Guy and American Dad by a factor of 2.

Should FOX stop beating this dead horse once and for all?
 

dfuze

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Feb 15, 2006
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I used to watch it every week, then several times a day when it went into syndication. That was years ago. Can't remember the last time I saw an episode now.
 

Key West

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Jan 20, 2010
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Family Guy needs to be cancelled. They were awesome even after they were brought back. But now they're just horrid.

It's just watching Seth spewing his superior agenda at you through Brian and Stewie:
"Hey marijuana should be legalized"
"Dane Cook sucks and college fans are idiots for it"
etc etc

It's annoying even though I agree with him.
 

zinfamous

No Lifer
Jul 12, 2006
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I used to watch the Simpsons over and over and over and over. There was probably a time when I could recite every episode over the first 10 seasons verbatim.

I probably haven't watched an episode from the previous 7 or 8 seasons, though--but I don't know if it should be canceled. I really don't care. the show has long ago earned its longevity and premium time slot status without fear of cancellation. I think it's obvious by now that the producers of the show are the only ones that will decide when it ends.
 

TheVrolok

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Dec 11, 2000
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I used to love the Simpsons, would watch 2-4 episodes a day back in Junior High/High School. Now? It's just awful, I mean bad. I can't even get into an episode anymore.
 

PottedMeat

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Apr 17, 2002
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I don't really care one way or the other. I stopped watching when it was clear they went to computer animation - ~10 years ago. About the same time the stories went stale and all the good writers were gone.
 

Gothgar

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Sep 1, 2004
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The last year or so has been great for the Simpsons, they have repassed Family Guy as my Favorite animated comedy

Not saying much as FG has been moving down the retarded unfunny street for a while now
 

mmntech

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Sep 20, 2007
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Family Guy needs to be cancelled. They were awesome even after they were brought back. But now they're just horrid.

It's just watching Seth spewing his superior agenda at you through Brian and Stewie:
"Hey marijuana should be legalized"
"Dane Cook sucks and college fans are idiots for it"
etc etc

It's annoying even though I agree with him.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BdbnssEZ_Xk

Family Guy should never have been brought back from the dead. I think Seth's been trying to copy South Park with the political satire but he's become nauseatingly preachy.

As for the Simpsons, FOX keeps it on because it still draws viewers and makes money hand over fist. No private network would keep a show on if it didn't.

The Simpsons has been up and down since 1999. I think the final clincher was in Season 19 where they had Lisa becomes Krusty's assistant. Just like Bart did over a decade ago. Either the writing staff at the time wasn't familiar with the series' history or hoped nobody would notice.

That said, the show has improved since it transitioned to high def.
 

Hacp

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They need a reboot of the simpsons with the same main characters but different side guys. That would bring something fresh because now its very stale.
 

zinfamous

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They need a reboot of the simpsons with the same main characters but different side guys. That would bring something fresh because now its very stale.

I don't know. I think the Simpsons started going downhill after Phil Hartman's death.

He was obviously the best overall contribution to that show.

Aside from Homer, only the side characters were worthwhile.
 

SagaLore

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Dec 18, 2001
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Family Guy needs to be cancelled. They were awesome even after they were brought back. But now they're just horrid.

It's just watching Seth spewing his superior agenda at you through Brian and Stewie:
"Hey marijuana should be legalized"
"Dane Cook sucks and college fans are idiots for it"
etc etc

It's annoying even though I agree with him.

I think you clicked and posted in the wrong thread. This one is about Simpsons.
 

FelixDeCat

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Aug 4, 2000
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I think you clicked and posted in the wrong thread. This one is about Simpsons.

To be fair, FG was mentioned in the OP for comparison's sake. You'll also notice I didn't mention that FG spinoff which shall not be named as it is so horrible. Horrible. :'(
 

zerocool84

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Nov 11, 2004
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I used to watch it all the time as a kid and miss having reruns of all the good episodes. I haven't watched new ones for like 8 years so can't say if it's still good or not but I know that I do HATE Family Guy. Most annoying cartoon today.
 

bunnyfubbles

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Sep 3, 2001
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What most all of you fail to realize is that this show has been around for so long that newer generations of watchers have picked up watching it. Heck, people who weren't even alive for the first several seasons when the show was at its best (according to many of our opinions) are now watching the show.

It doesn't need to be canceled if newer generations can relate to it when we no longer can. I got my enjoyment out of it when I did and am thankful for it, and I don't need it to be forcefully retired because nothing the show does now can do anything to change the seasons I did enjoy.

Thankfully there was and now still is Futurama to move on to.
 

indd

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Oct 16, 1999
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Step 1) Cancel anything Seth McFarlane has done - what a waste of air time
Step 2) Give the Simpsons the proper burial that should have been done about 10 years ago
Step 3) Come up with better shows :)