Worst Episode
Malcolm
The one where Bart sells his soul to Milhous for $5.00
It had its moments but no real out loud laughter, and too much of a
message.
"Lookin out the window..............Thats a paddlin'"
Jasper
Malcolm
Dave Hall
"Malcolm" <mar...@tcn.net> wrote:
: The one where Bart sells his soul to Milhous for $5.00 It had its
: moments but no real out loud laughter, and too much of a message.
Strange that you should say that. This episode received pretty much high
praise from "fans" on a.t.s. when it first aired last October.
FYI, here is some reviews snipped from James Cherry's 3F02 episode
capsule:
Mark Richey: I was pleasantly surprised how good this episode was. It
was sweet and touching and quite funny. The characterization of
Bart and Lisa was excellent. If the show can remain as good as it
has been the past two weeks, I think many of the complaints about
the quality will die down. Grade: A.
Dave Kathman: I thought this episode was fantastic --- the best since
"Lisa's Wedding", in my opinion. It was funny, and touching, and
just plain unique; it would have been right at home in the third or
fourth season. Biggest laugh for me: "Ow! My freakin' ears!"
Coleman Baker: Tonight's episode, while not the best, was a solid, funny
one. What impressed me most about this one is that the writers
finally created another show with two running storylines -- like the
great "Lisa's Substitute". I think this helps the timing of the
show and the storylines seem to have fewer lulls in them.
Doug Yovanovich: I quite liked this episode. We got to see more of the
supporting characters like Moe, the comic book store guy, Milhouse.
There wasn't much plot to speak of, but the characterizations were
excellent and the humor was classic. On the whole, this episode was
well-written. Grade: B.
Greg Lam: A-. Surprisingly good, especially the ending and dream
sequences. While predictable, the ending was much better than in
the similar "Round Springfield", emotional without being maudlin.
Good enough so I didn't regret missing an amazing ending to the
Baseball playoff game.
Nate Patrin: This episode kicked hairy yellow butt, right from the In-A-
Gadda-Da-Vida bit to the Uncle Moe's Family Feedbag bit (I've been
to restaurants like that and they frighten me) all the way to the
predictable-but-nice-anyway ending. I give it 9.0 out of 10.
Brandon Kremer: With the fantastic characterization and a good storyline
that didn't seem _too_ outrageous (a la Bart vs Australia), not to
mention some great writing, I'd have to give this one a 9.5/10.
Ricardo Lafaurie: An all-time great for me, ranks above "Duffless".
Yeah, there were some scenes that wound out (the "hymn" and Homer
trying to get Moe's attention) but some of the stuff was _classic_.
I also liked the way Sherri and Terri said "We're twins," and the
Uncle Moe commercial was priceless. My grade: A.
Tony Hill: This was fairly decent, considering the sentimental ending.
Bart's struggle was actually rather heroic. The best line was
Bart's pleading, "you traded my soul for POGS?!" I thought about
that line while driving immediately after the ep and laughed so
much, I nearly had to pull over. Grade A.
--
If you watch the Simpsons only for laughs, then you are missing out on a
great deal of wonderful things. the simpsons touch on much broader realms
of life and death, love and family, and pop culture and many issues which
have nothing to do with "comedy." look deeper into the simpsons. the
dream sequence last week [in "Bart Sells His Soul"] is one of the
greatest moments in animation history. the Simpsons is ART. Look beyond
the cheap laughs.
-- Oliver Brown, Oct. 12th, 1995
Elizabeth Hutchinson
Dave Hall <dave...@cyberspc.mb.ca> wrote in article
<50h2ga$f...@canopus.cc.umanitoba.ca>...
> "Malcolm" <mar...@tcn.net> wrote:
> : The one where Bart sells his soul to Milhous for $5.00 It had its
> : moments but no real out loud laughter, and too much of a message.
>
> Strange that you should say that. This episode received pretty much high
> praise from "fans" on a.t.s. when it first aired last October.
>
SNIP
> --
> If you watch the Simpsons only for laughs, then you are missing out on a
> great deal of wonderful things. the simpsons touch on much broader
realms
> of life and death, love and family, and pop culture and many issues
which
> have nothing to do with "comedy." look deeper into the simpsons. the
> dream sequence last week [in "Bart Sells His Soul"] is one of the
> greatest moments in animation history. the Simpsons is ART. Look beyond
> the cheap laughs.
> -- Oliver Brown, Oct. 12th, 1995
>
I just want to thank you for posting this. It is something that had to be
said to a lot of us. You have given me new insight and prospective on the
show I love...
~Dan
Dale DOG Chen
The worst Episode has to be the Critic Episode uggggghhh. I don't think
there is a single best episode cause they're all so damn good.
-Dale
Christian Mayne
The worst one has got to be where Krusty find his dad. It just doesn't really
go anywhere and isn't particularly funny
Al & Marie Gibbons
The worst episode has to be where Homer meets Mindy. It was unfunny,
stupid and slack. I HATE IT!
Fahlsing@infinite Stephen Fahlsing
NO!! Homer meeting Mindy was a great episode!!
It had two classic parts that I can remember.
One is when Homer is telling him to think unsexy thoughts...
First he thinks of Patty and Selma shaving their legs...unsettling, but not
particularly funny...
but then, he imagines Barney in a bikini singing the "I Dream of Jeannie"
theme.
Very obscure, and bizzare, I often laugh out loud just thinking of Barney
going "Buuh Dat, Dat da da da dum, Buuh dat, dat da da da dum..."
And when Homer is singing his own version of "Mandy" '
Homer: Oh Mindy, you came and you gave without flaking, so I sent you Ben
Gay...Oh Andy, you kissed me and stopped my from something..."
Lisa: What are you singing.
Homer: (thinking) Lie, think of a lie
Homer: I've got a small part in an of Broadway Musical, it's not much, but
it's a start!
Homer: (thinking) Bravo...(slow clapping...)
===== Original Message from Al & Marie Gibbons <AMGI...@mail.infoave.net>
at 9/05/96 10:56 am
Doyle Tatum
Christian Mayne wrote:
>
> The worst one has got to be where Krusty find his dad. It just doesn't really
> go anywhere and isn't particularly funny
Although you can go over any episode and find parts that were
really funny - but I'll have to agree that I would list
this show at the bottom.
--
Doyle Tatum, RCDD
doy...@mindspring.com
http://www.mindspring.com/~doylex
Dale DOG Chen
The worst episode in my opinion is the Critic episode. uggggrhhhhh There
is no one best simpsons though, cause they're all so damn good.
-Dale
Leona and Kuno
Al & Marie Gibbons (AMGI...@mail.infoave.net) wrote:
> The worst episode has to be where Homer meets Mindy. It was unfunny,
> stupid and slack. I HATE IT!
"And I'm sure it doesn't like you, either."
- Kuno -
Mountain Man
I hope you don't expect posts like this to count towards your score, Dr.
Kuno Esq.
-R (sounding frighteningly like that fat, smelly mollusk, Jim Smith...)
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Mr Blue
Its hard to believe people would call that the worse episode. I thought
it was very funny.
Especially the parts about Moe's Family Feed Bag.
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Kurt Torster Jr.
> The worst episode in my opinion is the Critic episode. uggggrhhhhh
There
> is no one best simpsons though, cause they're all so damn good.
Disagree...isn't this the one with football in the groin and that great
scene of Barney at the girl scout meeting thinking it's AA?
--
Of course, that's just my opinion...I could be wrong.
-Kurt-
Erik A Larsen
IMHO, I think the episode when Homer goes back to college is the worst (though
the stills they show during the credits were hilarious).
-----------------------------------------
Erik Larsen
George Mason University
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Elizabeth Hutchinson
Erik A Larsen <ela...@osf1.gmu.edu> wrote in article
<5118jl$q...@portal.gmu.edu>...
>
> IMHO, I think the episode when Homer goes back to college is the worst
(though
> the stills they show during the credits were hilarious).
>
You are so wrong! The nerds make it all worth while. Somebody back me up
here!
~Dan
Brendan Smith
Erik A Larsen wrote:
>
> IMHO, I think the episode when Homer goes back to college is the worst (though
> the stills they show during the credits were hilarious).
>
Nah, the worst episode has to be the god-awful "pulp fiction" spoof.
Marge
Call me crazy, but 2F15 and 3F18 sucked big time! And I sure
am having trouble finding someone in this newsgroup who agrees.
MS
Chris Tilly
In article <01bb9cc2$59cfce00$56c620cc@kurt>, s...@ix.netcom.com says...
Renae Ransdorf
Al & Marie Gibbons (AMGI...@mail.infoave.net) wrote:
: The worst episode has to be where Homer meets Mindy. It was unfunny,
: stupid and slack. I HATE IT!
You're kiddin' right?
Angel: "I appear as Sir Isaac Newton, a figure
you respect and amire."
Homer: "Isa-who?"
Angel: "Oh, alright." (Changes)
Homer gasps, respectfully and admiringly:
"Colonel Klink!"
Now, that's entertainment!
RLR
The Stones
I don't know what's so bad about the Critic episode. Sure it was
shameless marketing, but it was a funny episode nonetheless.
Derek Stone
Andy Desak
Homer....(talking about weather it was a pimple or a boil) "It was a
gummy bear"..hahahaahahhaahhahaahah....one of the best lines ever
Donna Coyne
Elizabeth Hutchinson (cotn...@ewol.com) wrote:
: Erik A Larsen <ela...@osf1.gmu.edu> wrote in article
: <5118jl$q...@portal.gmu.edu>...
: >
: > IMHO, I think the episode when Homer goes back to college is the worst
: (though
: > the stills they show during the credits were hilarious).
: >
: You are so wrong! The nerds make it all worth while. Somebody back me up
: here!
Yes! When Scratchy was about to get revenge on Itchy, and the TV
suddenly went blank:
Bart and Lisa (with tongues flapping): SHRIIIEEEKK!!!
Nerds: Sorry, we needed that outlet for our rock tumbler.
B&L: PUT IT BACK ON! PUT IT BACK ON!!
Nerd: What? The TV or the rock tumbler?
B&L: THE TV! THE TV!!
[Nerd puts TV back on]
Krusty (on TV): WOW!! They'll NEVER let us show THAT one again!
Never, never! Not in a million years!!
B&L (with tongues flapping): SHRIIIEEEEKK!!!
Andrew Scheer
The Stones (dst...@cnnet.com) writes:
> Chris Tilly wrote:
>>
>> In article <01bb9cc2$59cfce00$56c620cc@kurt>, s...@ix.netcom.com says...
>> >
>> >> The worst episode in my opinion is the Critic episode. uggggrhhhhh
>> >There
>> >> is no one best simpsons though, cause they're all so damn good.
>> >
>> >Disagree...isn't this the one with football in the groin and that great
>> >scene of Barney at the girl scout meeting thinking it's AA?
>> >
>> >
>> >--
>> >Of course, that's just my opinion...I could be wrong.
>> > -Kurt-
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> I agree, absolutly the worst.
>
>
> I don't know what's so bad about the Critic episode. Sure it was
> shameless marketing, but it was a funny episode nonetheless.
> Derek Stone
There were so many great quotes from that episode! How could you not like it?
Krusty: Let's just say it moved me...TO A BIGGER HOUSE!!! Oh no, I said
the loud part quiet and the quiet part loud.
As well as a whole lot more great quotes. Plus, the Oscar Mayer wiener
song, God saying, "Okaly Dookaly" to Ned after He saves Rod, and a whole
lot more!!!
I suggest that you watch it again, because you obviously missed all the
good parts.
--
Andrew J. Scheer
"Just because I don't care, doesn't mean I don't understand."
-The Great Homer (Simpson)
Donald Girovasi
My least favorite (I can't use "worst" with my favorite show!) episode
was the one concerning Marge's fear of flying.
Don
Rafa
Renae Ransdorf <renae@saratoga>
> Angel: "I appear as Sir Isaac Newton, a figure
> you respect and amire."
>
> Homer: "Isa-who?"
>
> Angel: "Oh, alright." (Changes)
>
> Homer gasps, respectfully and admiringly:
> "Colonel Klink!"
HA! I had forgotten that one! I've yet to find a Simpsons ep. that
doesn't surprise me with something on that tone!
devilboy
I always watch the reruns (we have 3 a day here in Southwestern Ontario)
so I've seen every episode a few times. One of the few that I sometimes
don't stick around to watch is "The Telltale Head" episode. It just
never caught on with me.
--
New Jersey Devils "I'll see you in hell! . . . from heaven."
1995 Stanley Cup Champions Rev. Lovejoy
Devils Forever - Nick
Michael Rohaly
Donald Girovasi (db...@ix.netcom.com) wrote:
: My least favorite (I can't use "worst" with my favorite show!) episode
: was the one concerning Marge's fear of flying.
: Don
I enjoyed seeing Marge go nuts on that one.
My nominee would have to be the one where Homer finds his long lost mother.
--
Michael
ROBERT JAMES WHITE
Hands down (or finger down throat) the worst episode of Simpsons ever was that
blatent enviro-nazi, show that featured that washed up former Beatle pushing
the line of vegitarian products that his wife sells. The show was preachy,
stupid, not funny, just one long boring radical enviro-nazi propiganda flick.
Wayne
no the worst is that crummy baseball episode where the pros are hired by
Mr Burns, so that his team will triumph and so he can win the bet.
DHayes2977
I agree with Dan that was a good episode! The worst on is when Homer
gains weight to get disability. Actually I thought most of last Spring's
season wasnt that great. I'm worried!
Keith Bailey
No one has mentioned those annoying CLIPS episodes! I don't
want to see material from previous shows padding an episode!
It smacks of laziness. It can't be because of a limited budget-
the show makes a fortune.
Actually, the "138th Show Spectacular" was pasasable..
Urchin244
The football in the groin is classic