Shark Bytes

For the first two seasons, it was very good but still finding it's feet, 3-9 were absolute genius, nearly every time, perhaps 1993 produced the best ones, but it was still excellent to that point. Seasons 10-12 it started to struggle, with the odd good bit, but more and more crap, until by season 13 (2001) it was just an average sitcom. They really need to kill it.

Homer votes for Obama, never watch it again

Jumping the shark is a colloquialism used by TV critics and fans to denote that point in a TV show or movie series' history where the plot veers off into ridiculous story lines or out-of-the-ordinary characterizations, undergoing too many changes to retain the original appeal of the series. Shows that have "jumped the shark" are typically deemed to have passed their peak as after this point critical fans can point to a noticeable decline in the show's overall quality.


I was just wanted to add that THE MOVIE was awful....and maggie had already spoken in the show. Don't you remember elizabeth taylor?
And that stupid pig is awful! I felt like hommer when he's smart inside the theater when everybody laughed at the "spider-pig" song.

No matter how much they deny it. It was indeed a LONG (annoying) episode

Of course they have jumped the shark. It has a lot of stupidity now and easy jokes or parodies (the easy way not to work).
They should learn from "south park" that has gotten smarter since the show began, not the other way around. They have something to say and they're not afraid of doing so.

The simpsons has changed from a laugh out loud, top of the ladder show, to being a sitcom on par with "comedy's" such as two and a half men. It must have been season 10 when i last truely laughed at homer, his personality is now so lowbrow the writers have become stuck with what can only be described as an annoying character. I can only hope that Matt Groening realises his mistakes and either steps up the show or finally pulls the cord.

I don't think Simpsons ever really jumped, but quality definitely declined. While there was no defining moment for this, I think the problems happened when the writers started trying to write jokes and not worrying about the story. All the classic Simpsons episodes had some hillarious plot (300 pound Homer, the Monorail, Homer's gay friend, etc.) and kept you laughing the whole time. New episodes, while I still laugh at a couple individual jokes, as a whole aren't funny. The plot is almost non-existent (changes 3 times per episode) and never funny in itself.

Other than Homer, the Simpsons characters themselves aren't particularly funny. It was the way they all came together in the great plots of the classic episodes that made it what it was.

Also, the increased and desperate use of guest stars who added nothing to the episode seemed like 'jumping'.

simpsons should have cancelled their show ages ago. even south park can be better now. thtas why i watch that instead of the simpsons

Speaking of the Poochie episode, there were more references to the writers' opinions about the fans and the show itself than Bart telling CBG he owes them:

Did you notice that Bart disliked the Poochie episode, and when CBG pans the episode, Bart is suddenly defending it? Then he flip-flops, getting happy when Homer tells them they're going to kill Poochie, and cheering when Poochie dies on the way to his home planet.

Lisa, a member of the focus group, tells Roger Meyers (the CEO) that there's nothing wrong with the show, it just lost its impact. (To be fair, the Simpsons lost its impact in Season 9, not 8)

When a writer tells Krusty that Itchy and Scratchy are a dramaturgical dyad, Krusty replies, "Hey! This isn't art, it's business!" (When it comes to the Simpsons, it's been that way since Season 9)

The writers also slammed themselves, when Marge criticizes the "lousy writers" as the reason everyone hates Poochie.

Playful jab or biting satire? You be the judge. I liked the episode, it was a good satire about ruining a show by adding Cousin Oliver. As well as the stupid "extreme" marketing.

As for TV owing them nothing and people getting entertainment for free, that's not necessarily true. We DO pay, but through middlemen. Namely, the companies who pay to advertise on the show. Think about that when you pay $1.49 for a 20 oz bottle of Coke when it costs them much, much less than they're charging you. It's to recoup their losses for advertisements.

Though I have to say there are some points where I laugh my ass off sometimes to this awesome show (movie for example). I just can't help to notice that shitload of episodes are just boring fillers :S

There was no one moment when The Simpsons jumped the shark. The series started to decline in Season 7, and by the end of Season 9 the show had completely changed in character.

There is, from time to time, a faint redolence of the once-great writing that now punctuates a bitter melange of pseudo-topical themes, Family-Guy-esque smashcuts, and zany sight gags. That said, the show is almost always unwatchably bad.

Simpsons have never jumped IMO.. they had a few slower years but nothing that screams jumping.. the past 2 seasons have been really good again! as well as the movie.

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These comments invoke memories of the season eight episode,"Itchy and Scratchy and Poochie", a classic episode in which I&S add a new character named Poochie, voiced by Homer. Poochie is a surfer/gangsta/gen- xer who comes off as arrogant. Everyone soon hates I&S for this, but my point comes from a converstion between Bart and CBG, where Bart asks him how he thinks I&S owes him anything after a bad show when they have given him countless hours of entertainment for nothing in return. And yes, The Simpsons have had more than a seasonful of bad episodes, they still chaged the face of television forever and the is still funny (just no where near as funny as seasons 3-8). Next time you watch, think about the funny and not the unfunny.

Season 1&2- Great at the time, difficult to watch now because of the ''crude'' art.

Season 3-6 The greatest years the show ever had, probably the greatest years of any tv show

Season 7-9 Still watchable and better than most shows , season 8 is one of my personal favs.

Season 10- I choose not to discuss it.

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The one with Skinner being a fraud is Season 8, right? OK, that season started the tendency of far-out plots, but the jokes where still pretty good. From Season 9 on, oh boy: bizarre plotlines plus idiotic jokes, disrespect to characters and the whole spirit of the show, 5 guest stars per episode, anti-climatic endings, more yelling, you name it.

Today's show is simply unwatchable. A few years ago, it would still hurt, 'cause you were watching your favorite show getting raped. Today, is a whole different show, so it's like watching a show you dind't like from the get-go.