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Ho...@nospamfathounds.com

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Dec 10, 2009, 11:10:49 PM12/10/09
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Assuming you believe the Simpsons has jumped the shark, which episode
do you think is the jump?

I just saw "Armand Tanzarian" in syndication, and I think that was the
one. They just went totally into the crapper after that particular
turd.

Xino Kiner

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Dec 11, 2009, 2:24:55 AM12/11/09
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<Ho...@NOSPAMFatHounds.com> wrote in message
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One of the two earliest possibilities are Bart Gets an Elephant and Deep
Space Homer.

IF it has jumped, of course. The entire series, going back to the first
season, has some very odd moments.


OFF Fan

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Dec 11, 2009, 3:37:18 AM12/11/09
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On Thu, 10 Dec 2009 22:10:49 -0600, Ho...@NOSPAMFatHounds.com wrote:

>Assuming you believe the Simpsons has jumped the shark, which episode
>do you think is the jump?
>

Lisa = Eva Peron

In fact, any episode where that little yellow four-fingered bitch
sings simply sucks out loud.

Travoltron

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Dec 11, 2009, 9:29:18 AM12/11/09
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When did Lisa Jump the Shark?

shiva...@gmail.com

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Dec 11, 2009, 11:10:39 AM12/11/09
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when she started caring about the enviroment


OFF Fan

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Dec 11, 2009, 11:58:09 AM12/11/09
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When the producers thought Yeardley Smith's voice should be raised in
song.

Ho...@nospamfathounds.com

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Dec 11, 2009, 1:01:42 PM12/11/09
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OFF Fan <ho...@simpson.dna> wrote:

C'mon, stop being coy... how do you really feel about Lisa's singing?
<G>

Brett A. Pasternack

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Dec 11, 2009, 1:15:02 PM12/11/09
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Boy, there are a lot of different spellings of that first name.
Shouldn't it be Armen?

Anyway, while that episode was a really dumb idea, I can't say that's
when the show jumped as it was still usually good for several years
afterwards. I would vote for I, D'ohbot. Thinking that it would be funny
to see a bunch of cats die was not only a bad idea, it (along with the
Homer-in-mortal-danger plot) signaled how far the show was now going to
go toward tastelessness, implausibility, and the abandonment of the
styles that made the show great in the first place. It has still had its
moments after that, but there have been more misses than hits.

Don Del Grande

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Dec 11, 2009, 1:52:09 PM12/11/09
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Homer wrote:

I don't think it has quite "jumped the shark" yet, although if I had
to choose a moment, it would be when the show started rehashing plots.
I am not quite sure at the moment exactly when that first happened.

(Besides, it wouldn't be the first show to jump the shark and then
"jump back"...or "then jump the shark again," for that matter.)

-- Don

Xino Kiner

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Dec 11, 2009, 4:08:44 PM12/11/09
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"Travoltron" <travo...@defender.uni> wrote in message
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When she became a vegetarian, and then again when she became a buddhist.


There is no question about that.


Travoltron

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Dec 11, 2009, 10:42:53 PM12/11/09
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You can vote on this at Bone the Fish:
http://www.bonethefish.com/login/register.php?70
(Jump the Shark sold out and you can no longer vote.)

The first episodes I remember thinking weren't funny were the ones where
Marge gets the designer outfit and hangs out with those snobby women,
and the one where Homer steals grease while Lisa tries to be "adult".

The first time I remember thinking, "They've lost it" was the Maude dies
episode.

And yes, the one with all the dead cats was probably the first one I
outright _hated_... a pathetic attempt at Family Guy shock humor.

weary flake

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Dec 12, 2009, 8:54:37 PM12/12/09
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Ho...@NOSPAMFatHounds.com wrote:

The second episode of the first season (bart the genius) was
disappointing.

Bob O'Dyne

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Dec 13, 2009, 12:22:54 AM12/13/09
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I beg to disagree. Actually it's all been downhill since "Good Night".
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Good_Night_(The_Simpsons_short)

--
Ann's Little Brother Bob

R Flowers

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Dec 15, 2009, 7:40:34 PM12/15/09
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"Travoltron" <travo...@defender.uni> wrote in message
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> When did Lisa Jump the Shark?

She practically started with a dorsal fin up her ass.

-- R Flowers

Jeßus

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Dec 15, 2009, 10:32:13 PM12/15/09
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In article <aeh3i5hobf3rlv778...@4ax.com>,
Ho...@NOSPAMFatHounds.com said...
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:Assuming you believe the Simpsons has jumped the shark, which episode

That ("Armand Tanzarian") is a good choice, I too thought at the time it
originally aired that it was something of a significant departure from
the basic Simpsons 'formula'. In comparison to what was to come in later
years, it's pretty mild though. I'd have to go back through the last few
years worth of episodes to pick which one I thought *really* jumped the
shark.

Jeßus

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Dec 15, 2009, 10:33:28 PM12/15/09
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In article <6t04i5da25bi25952...@4ax.com>,
ho...@simpson.dna said...
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Yeah but that's not 'jumping the shark'... aside from that, I couldnt
agree more about lisa and her singing.

Travoltron

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Dec 16, 2009, 2:11:46 AM12/16/09
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Yeah, but she used to be a little girl that liked ponies and Malibu
Stacy dolls. Now she's like some sort of pedophilic sexual fantasy for
the show's left-wing male writers.

R Flowers

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Dec 16, 2009, 9:06:03 AM12/16/09
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On Dec 16, 1:11 am, Travoltron <travolt...@defender.uni> wrote:
> On 12/15/2009 4:40 PM, R Flowers wrote:
> > "Travoltron" <travolt...@defender.uni> wrote in message

> >news:hftkuk$o6c$1...@aioe.org...
> >> When did Lisa Jump the Shark?
>
> > She practically started with a dorsal fin up her ass.
>
> Yeah, but she used to be a little girl that liked ponies and Malibu
> Stacy dolls.  Now she's like some sort of pedophilic sexual fantasy for
> the show's left-wing male writers.

I don't disagree, I was just making a stupid joke.

But yeah, basically she's bad when she's more strident. I don't think
characters "jump the shark", that is, become irretrievably
unwatchable.

-- R Flowers

Ho...@nospamfathounds.com

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Dec 16, 2009, 11:31:07 AM12/16/09
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R Flowers <rflo...@gmail.com> wrote:

>But yeah, basically she's bad when she's more strident. I don't think
>characters "jump the shark", that is, become irretrievably
>unwatchable.

Except for Captain Lance Murdock, of course.

"Bones heal, chicks dig scars, and the United States of America has
the best doctor-to-daredevil ratio in the world!"

R Flowers

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Dec 16, 2009, 10:29:23 PM12/16/09
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<Ho...@NOSPAMFatHounds.com> wrote in message
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>R Flowers <rflo...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>But yeah, basically she's bad when she's more strident. I don't think
>>characters "jump the shark", that is, become irretrievably
>>unwatchable.
>
> Except for Captain Lance Murdock, of course.

Literal shark-jumping is not the issue! :)

-- R Flowers

That Guy

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Jan 4, 2010, 5:41:54 PM1/4/10
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HAW HAW HAW! What an original and refreshing bit of sarcasm!

Ho...@nospamfathounds.com

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Jan 4, 2010, 6:10:45 PM1/4/10
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"That Guy" <7...@f.com> wrote:

Much like yours.

Bob O'Dyne

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Jan 5, 2010, 12:17:19 AM1/5/10
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With all of the shark sitting/riding references in "Thursdays with
Abie" I really kept hoping someone would jump one of the critters...

How ever did the writers miss that?

That Guy

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Jan 5, 2010, 12:14:52 PM1/5/10
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Not really. Yours is very trite. Mine is at least somewhat original.

Bob O'Dyne

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Jan 5, 2010, 11:24:15 PM1/5/10
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What wıth all the shark-sıttıng and shark-rıdıng ın "Thursdays with
Abie" I was really hoping to see someone *jump* a shark and then maybe
stare out at the camera and say something like "There. You happy now?"

No such luck. I wonder how the writers missed that?

That Guy

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Jan 6, 2010, 3:31:36 PM1/6/10
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Huh. Good point. You'd think they would have picked up on that gag years
ago.

Michael Black

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Jan 6, 2010, 7:01:02 PM1/6/10
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There was that time that the dolphin "jumped the lisa".

Michael

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