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Harry Shearer: The Simpsons Suck

Dean

Harry Shearer says The Simpsons has sucked for the last three seasons.

All I can say is: thank you, Harry, for finally saying what so many of us have been thinking.

The Simpsons has gone on way too long. There's no fixing it, the show just needs to wrap itself up and try to go out with something left of its dignity.

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Chris Reid (www):

"The Simpsons Sucks", you mean, right?

8.12.2004 2:39am

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Kacie Landrum (mail) (www):

I've never liked the Simpsons. This, apparently, marks me out as a freak of nature. I'm the only person in the entire world that doesn't like the Simpsons. I also don't care for Futurama, King of the Hill, Family Guy, or any kind of adult cartoons in America.

I think anime's spoiled me. After watching, say, X or Please Save My Earth, the animation on the Simpsons looks really, really crappy. Do the artists deliberately *try* for ugly animation? Because they've certainly succeeded.

I don't much care for sitcoms either. I have to deal with stupid people enough in real life; in my free time I choose to deal with intelligent, interesting people I respect, like a character from Law &Order or Star Trek. You know, someone with an IQ that's higher than his shoe size. Stupid people annoy me.

8.12.2004 2:39am

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S-Train (mail) (www):

I'm from the Ren &Stimpy mold of cartoon so I never watched alot of The Simpsons. Give me Aquateen Hunger Force, Spongebob Squarepants, Grim Adventures of Billy &Mandy, and The Oblongs anyday. :)

8.12.2004 2:47am

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Dean Esmay (www):

Kacie: The Simpsons animation style is intentional. It's a style you either like or don't.

S-Train: I like all of those too. Also don't forget Sealab 2021! I love well-written and clever cartoons. :-)

8.12.2004 2:50am

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TC Lynch (mail) (www):

"It sucked."
"Give me more money to do something sucky."
(check is cut... time passes ...)
"It sucks."
no wonder you didn't make the cut at Air America.

8.12.2004 2:51pm

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Bill from INDC Journal (mail):

South Park however, is still consistently wonderful.

8.12.2004 4:14pm

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Dan (mail) (www):

I didn't know the Simpsons was even still running new shows. It got old for me around '92 and I don't think I've watched it since. Of course, there's not really much of anything else on broadcast TV that's worth watching either.

Am I the only one that believes the only thing worth watching on broadcast pretty much for the last decade is NFL football and "Friends"? And I didn't even start watching "Friends" until recently.

8.12.2004 6:16pm

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B. Durbin (www):

"Do the artists deliberately *try* for ugly animation?"

Actually, yes. That was a deliberate style choice by Groening, along with the ugly style of the characters. (Notice that they have no true focal point and actually seem somewhat wall-eyed, with tiny pupils.)

Just so's you know.

8.12.2004 10:39pm

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