Homer Simpson's Stupidity

[Weatherjr]

How stupid do you think Homer Simpson really is? We all know that he is very
stupid, but how stupid? In the first few seasons, I think they showed that
homer really isn't too stupid but then from the 3rd season on they really made
him an idiot. If yo know the answer to my question, please send it. Have a
nice day!!!

10/11/97 4:03PM
weat...@aol.com

[Jake Lennington]

Hey, they brought that topic up in the 138th Episode Spectacular. They
showed how he is actuallly getting dumber every year. (Seasons 2-6)

[BenC100]

getj...@webtv.net (Jake Lennington) writes:

>Hey, they brought that topic up in the 138th Episode Spectacular. They
>showed how he is actuallly getting dumber every year. (Seasons 2-6)

IMO, around Season 8 he got too dumb. Plus, his stupidity became irritating,
and he started acting like an asshole (hiring the mob, participating in a fake
kidnapping, etc.). He may have been dumb all along, but he was usually
likeable. He's now a caricature of what some "Married With Children" fans
might like to see.
______________________________________
Ben Collins
Ben...@aol.com or szy...@hotmail.com

"My mom says I'm the handsomest guy in school."
--Milhouse Van Houten

[Ondre Lombard]

On 12 Oct 1997, BenC100 wrote:

> getj...@webtv.net (Jake Lennington) writes:
>
> >Hey, they brought that topic up in the 138th Episode Spectacular. They
> >showed how he is actuallly getting dumber every year. (Seasons 2-6)
>
> IMO, around Season 8 he got too dumb. Plus, his stupidity became irritating,
> and he started acting like an asshole (hiring the mob, participating in a fake
> kidnapping, etc.). He may have been dumb all along, but he was usually
> likeable. He's now a caricature of what some "Married With Children" fans
> might like to see.

I'd estimate Homer's stupidity correlating with an unlikeable
personality started in season 5, occasionally wafted into season 6, and died
by season 7. Then it resurfaced in season 8 when the writers decided to
dedicate the majority of a season to Homer. Hopefully with Oakley and
Weinstein's reign ending, we'll see more of a human, likeable, fatherly Homer
who is a loveable oaf instead of a madcap moron. (Though that's not bloody
likely. Anyone remember new executive producer Mike Scully's "Lisa on Ice?"
Homer was a TOTAL jerk in that one.)

Ondre

[BenC100]

Homer may have been a jerk in "Lisa on Ice," but somehow he was relatively
human in cheerleading for Bart and unwittingly leaving Lisa out. In later
episodes like the notorious "Burns, Baby Burns," he's like a Saturday-morning
cartoon character. This also shows up in a few fifth-season eps like "Deep
Space Homer" and "Bart Gets an Elephant" (trying to sell the elephant to the
poacher). The jerky Homer's not unpleasant to me all the time; only when it
becomes cold and inhuman. At that point, he's about as lovable as a Dabney
Coleman character.

______________________________________
Ben Collins
Ben...@aol.com or szy...@hotmail.com

"I think the human game was up a long time ago (when the high priests and
traders took over), and now we're just playing out the string."
--George Carlin