The Simpsons Season 7 Retrospecticus
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- You got the dud!
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Season 7 was pretty much the whole of Simpsons Hit and Runs unlockable clothes.
haha
I think every character has a costume from 5, 6, and 7, which really just goes to show how influential those particular seasons were considering the game came out in 2003 and didn't have a long development cycle at all
I remember playing with Homer's muumuu!
Bart as a ninja was pretty late in the series, Season 12 I think.
Hit and Run was my childhood!
I love how Disco Stu only exists for the sake of a one-off joke about Homer running out of space for "Disco Stud", but still shows up today
Disco Stu needs disco music ha
I just realized that Moe's subplot in Bart Sells His Soul is basically about Moe selling his soul, except in a more metaphorical sense.
Starting the discussion about B-plots with a shot of Smithers being bitten by a bee wasn’t lost on me
All right, you guys win, I'll name this one Retrospecticus. Seems only appropriate. :p
Damn, I thought it was going to be "Steamspective"
I sure hope someone gets PROMOTED for this
I didn't notice lol
I don’t know if you answered this on any of your other videos or platforms, but how many seasons deep are you planning to go, and will you start doing bottom episodes at some point?
to me Season 7 of The Simpsons, is the Prototype King of The Hill season. as it has a lot of mundane and observational humour that would fit right in with KOTH.
This season has my favorite Simpsons quote “there is no such thing as a soul. It’s just something made up to scare kids, like the boogeyman and Michael Jackson.”
"But Moe, the dank! the dank"
Ironic when now they've pulled the plug on Stark Raving Dad just because Michael Jackson was in it. He wasn't even playing himself! He was some random bricklayer who was very angry until he started talking like MJ.
@@strawberrysoulforever8336 Yeah, but it actually was MJ doing his voice and they felt like with the controversy around him it was better to be safe just in case he was doing it to "groom" as they call it. I remember when it first aired when I was a teenager, there were people worried about it then too. Once Disney bought The Simpsons, it was no surprise. Maybe if they owned some of his music....lol.
@@ManahManah77 The thing is, whether he was or not, he's dead so it shouldn't matter.
The slow realization on Homer's face that the loser in the dating board game looked like Milhouse is one of my favorite parts of the entire series.
It’s so abnormally smooth and genuine. Absolute gold 💯 agree with you mate
Well, TheRealJims, you are an odd fellow, but I must say, you steam a good retrospective
"Jim, the house is on fire!"
Eddie Gaster no, commenter, it’s just a season reflection!
A season reflection? In this part of the website? Localised entirely on this channel?
Football Stat’66... yes.
May I see it?
"This is great, and all I've done is enter my name: Thrillhouse!"
Thrillho
I love that "Milhouse" has the exact number of characters to fit the space but he just HAS to be Thrillhouse
ha ha! I just ruined your perfect 69 likes!
well now it's 96 so.... still works, it's just a troubled relationship
@@ellenardi6333 do not joke about this
7 feels like a spiritual successor to the classic years. Take the themes and feel of the first three seasons and bring them into a more modern era
"We have a perfectly good Fallout Boy right here."
Mickey Rooney turns around in the costume
"Jiminy Jillickers! Jiminy Jillickers! Jiminy Jillikers!"
I thought of the band at first and
Season 7 was the first classic Season I watched in full. I think comparatively, Season 6 has more of my favorites but this one is more consistently excellent
True
Season 7 is like a cheese that's matured for just the right amount of time.
I actually think I end up doing the opposite. I'd binge multiple episodes in a row from season 6, but cherry pick a bit more in season 7 for specific episodes. Both are great seasons though.
+Jake Betts
I agree with Jake. Season 6 is more consistent to me but 7 has better episodes but less of them. I watch 6 more, though.
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Season 7 is what I think of being perfect Simpsons. The show is starting to get a bit silly but it works so well.
its not as funny as seasons 3-6 but you know what its a better version of season 2 and 8...its a good mix....its got heart and neat story telling..it feels like the show is still solid enough..it may not be a 9.7/10 anymore consistently but its still above an 8.2 usually so its good enough
@@razkable I totally agree. Actually, season 7 reminds me a lot of season 3 and some of season 4. It has more heart than seasons 5-6 but way less gags. It really depends on your preference - jokes or story. And I think I just prefer seasons 4-6
So you’ve *finally* admitted that Maggie in fact shot Mr. Burns...
...But how *did* the drinking bird fall over?!
John Smith knocked over the drinking bird.
@@elijahfordsidioticvarietys8770 John Smith 1882?
And there’s still the little matter of the whereabouts of your wife
Smingers did it!
Oh I see. Then everything is wrapped up in a neat little packa-age!
"King-Size Homer" was the 1st Simpsons episode I ever saw. I've been a fan ever since.
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The first "Simpsons" episode I ever saw was the first "Simpsons" episode ever.
It's so "feels", as the kids said a few year ago, to watch the entire show in _Retrospecticus._
I'm so glad I watched the absolute best of this show when I was in middle school; when I needed it most.
My first Simpsons episode was the computer wore menace shoes from season 12 and I’ve been a fan since. I also loved the computer wore menace shoes
It's a classic for sure
"Press any key to select...Wheres the any key?
My first episode was Who Shot Mr Burns :)
Season 7 is full of so many iconic/classic scenes. I can't wait to see how you rank the episodes, because that is a daunting task!
Season 7 is one of my absolute favourite seasons! Another great video
In fact, "Marge be not proud" is SO classic in its feel that I genuinely thought it was part of the the first three seasons (my guess was season 3 in particular). I was shocked when I learned it was as far ahead as season 7.
same. It felt so much like a s3 episode
That episode is just so sad.
I wonder if it was originally written for S3 but it got left in the script pile for a few years til S7 started production.
@@rayvenkman2087 Very possible!
It's too real for a comedy cartoon series, it genuinely makes me uncomfortable.
Season 7 is my favorite as well...it just encapsulates everything about why The Simpsons were such a part of my identity as a kid and still into today as a 30-something dad/teacher. I play "Bart on the Road" for my class most years the day before spring break and "Summer of 4ft 2" sometime right before the last day of school. Bummed to have missed out on that this year.
That's awesome. You sound like an involved teacher. I hope your students appreciate that one day.
“Liver & Onion Posting”, “Steamed Hams” and “You got the Dud” is what essentially The Simpsons Season 7 is remembered for nowadays within the Simpsons Community. And I’m fine with that.
Dankmus didn't die for our sins to be disrespected like this. Smh
Yeah but now it's Sneed's time to shine
Steamed Hams but in a retrospective video with the rest of the season
The meme is dead.
"Steamed hams? localized entirely within The Simpsons Season 7?"
"Yes"
"May I see it?"
"No"
@@elijahfordsidioticvarietys8770 never!!!
@@elijahfordsidioticvarietys8770 the meme will never die!
Season 7: "It's good good good good, good good good!"
Hmm, sounds good.
Season 7: "It's just a little silly. It's still good, it's still good!"
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What are you doing here Erick? :P
Edje!
We miss u dude. Thanks for your videos my dude. ♥️
Personally my favorite Season is Season 8.
TheRealJims is the only CZcams channel where I actually have the bell notification on :)
The season that produced my personal favorite meme: Bart hitting Homer with the chair 😁
What's your favourite episode from season 8? Mine is Simpsons' Spin-Off Showcase 😁
@@TheSimpsonsTheory Mine is Homer's Enemy
Homer vs the 18th Amendment for me.
@@veralin-alter615 Homers Enemy is my favourite from that season, Homer’s Phobia and Milhouse Divided are right up there with it as well
I legitimately cannot hear the words smoke or steam without going into Steamed Hams. It's truly the greatest 2 minutes ever written.
5:13 Never before noticed the Dr. Zaius shirt, nice callback
Hahahaha amazing
"It's kind of funny we got the question that Homer gets stupider every year, because it's not really true in season 7." We've been tricked, we've been backstabbed and we've been quite possibly, bamboozled
Smeckledorfed, even
@@freakfoxvevo7915that’s not even a word and I agree with ye
Remember ALF?
Is he back in pog form?
I love Barts friend xD
He’s back!
"Stealing! Haven't you ever listened to the guy who gives those sermons in church? Captain What's His Name?"
"Whaddaya think I took you to all those Police Academy movies for?! For FUN?! Because I didn't hear anybody laughing!"
homer low key is hilarious in season 7 like really funny
Easily my favorite season. Just a stellar collection of episodes.
This is the best season of the entire show and contains some of my Top 5 episodes including my favorite non-TOH episode, Bart Sells His Soul.
it may not be top 3 for me but season 7 has so many great ones like who shot mr. burns part 2, radioactive man, bart sells his soul, king size homer, lisa the vegetarian, 22 short films, bart on the road, scenes from the class struggle, treehouse of horror VI, and summer of 4 ft. 2..some amazing episodes there...
Nearly all of the most memorable and iconic episodes and moments that I remember from The Simpsons seem to come from this season. I went over the season's episodes and so many of them were the ones I had watched countless times and at some point knew them off by heart. So it probably is my favourite season.
3:50 I love you keep having these shots that are contradictory to your commentary, basically these "And yes I know about THESE moments, so don't bother pointing them out" quickies.
Is that a Sideshow Bob's Last Gleaming reference ?
@@strawberrysoulforever8336 Nah, don't have the helium for it. :P
@@ToonReel001 Haha well the helium pitch seemed to disappear when he said that.
Scenes from the Class Struggle in Springfeild is the best Marge episode ever, and probably my favorite episode of the series as a whole. I know you mentioned in a different video that you didnt like it as much as other people, but I hope it still makes our top 10 for this season. ;)
It’s one of my favorites of the season and the show too I’m glad to not be alone
not sure its the best marge episode, streetcar is probably funnier and dynamic but scenes from a class struggle is a great marge focused episode and probably top 2 for that specific trait of really focusing on marge and no one else really and she carries it well....marge vs itchy and scratchy is solid but it focuses on roger meyers and homer and is not a totally marge centric episode and has a clear issue its covering same for life in the fast lane and streetcar...marge on the lam is ok but not the best.marge in chains and marge gets a job plus brush of greatness are ok too but lower tier marge episodes and while i like the springfield connection overall its not up to snuff as a marge centered episode either cause its more about gags and jokes and going against tropes then a real story...her episodes in seasons 8 and 9 are an embarrassment for her..neither focuses on her enough ...they are just marge gets a job 2.0 and 3.0 with whacky shenanigans
These videos are fascinating for a Simpsons fan born in 1996. I never distinguished between seasons or showrunners at the time watching reruns. It’s a real insight into what it was like watching the show as it originally aired
I feel the exact same way.
One thing I love about season 7 is the weight gain episode. I believe it has the best Homer scream in history.
I didn't think they'd follow up with another perfectly cromulent batch of episodes, but then BAM, second encore!
Season 7 is yet another amazing addition to the series' library. As noted, the attitude of the Mirkin Era is in full force here, maintaining a brilliant balance of jadedness, subversion, and playful tinkering. The show masters the art of grabbing the audience through having them relate to the absurd misadventures of everyone's favorite Springfield residents. There's definitely some mystery and intrigue just like Season 6 reveled in (Jebediah Springfield, Flying Hellfish) but more often than not, it's still all about the character driven adventures, diving into the deep dark pits of humanity's preconceptions, building off of what was already established makes every character tick. Homer challenges the general public's opinion about the morbidly obese. Lisa wants to make some friends by changing her image. Bart gets caught trying to steal a video game, and then tries to reconcile with his mother. etc. etc. This is the character-savvy season, one would argue.
This and Season 6 are both my all-time favorite seasons of any show ever made. Not to be overly sentimental or anything, but when I look back at when these episodes aired, and thinking Milhouse doing his impressions of sprinklers was just the funniest thing ever, the memories are just legendary. This show holds its place in my heart, even today, and personally, I think its humor holds up amazingly well to this day, due to the whimsical style and general jadedness and sarcasm.
Some highlights from this season for me include the entirety of my favorite Treehouse of Horror of all-time (The giant advertisements wreaking havoc, Bart and Lisa's battle against Groundskeeper Willie's impersonation of Freddy Krueger, Homer's lapse into a CGi world), Bart and Lisa's attempt to help Roger Meyers Jr bring Itchy and Scratchy back in a clever parody of the real-life legal battle involving Mickey Mouse, the kids being put under foster care at Ned's place while Homer and Marge try to save them from becoming Flandereseseseses, Troy McClure marrying Selma in what turns into an empty relationship as well as his hosting of the 138th Episode Spectacular, Bart joining Grampa in his wild adventure to claim the treasure, the aforementioned dynamic of Bart and Marge over the holidays, Homer and his mother, Mona reuniting until she leaves again (one of the series' finest tearjerkers), Bart and Homer's epic battle against George Bush as "Two Bad Neighbors", the grand finale and reveal of Who Shot Mr. Burns (and the baby did it. Cough.), and, of course, it's no secret: the *Steamed Hams* episode. Legendary. Perfect. A masterpiece. Flawless. Legendary. My favorite episode in all of shows. One of the greatest animations ever created. ...Or you could just say that's pretty much the whole season. _Whew!_
Smell you next season, everyone! I feel like liver and onions!
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This is such a detailed and well thought out comment!
I couldn't agree with you more. Completely spot on. Season 6 and 7 are two of my favourites seasons. With 22 short films about Springfield being one of my favourites.
Thanks! Like RealJims, I’m very passionate about classic Simpsons.
This is my favorite season. I just love it. When I think of The Simpsons, I think mainly of this season. Homerpalooza is arguably my favorite non Halloween episode. 🥰
My thoughts on this season is it made me hate every ape I see from chimpan-a to chimpanzee
Even Dr. Zaius?
But the question is, can I play the piano anymore?
Luis Mario Guerrero Sánchez of course you can
@@stephenmarco2927 Well, I couldn't before
*Plays piano solo*
My favorite season. We had the whole thing recorded on a VHS and I watched it to death. Probably a huge foundation for my sense of humor.
"MOOOOOOOMMMM, BART'S SMOKING!!!"
Come to think of it, season 7 _could_ have made Who Shot Mr. Burns look like the episode where they jumped the shark. But it was handled so well, it just made the show flow seamlessly into a more subversive territory, all the while still feeling very down-to-earth. It's my favorite season too.
Season 7 has gotta be my favorite season, almost every episode is a banger!!
The digital coloring of the episode Radioactive Man REALLY makes it stand out from the rest of the episode; it makes me think it's a later season episode as a result.
...Also, I think this might be my favorite season of The Simpsons, just for how many episodes I love are present in it.
This might be my favorite season from Lisa period. Lisa’s Wedding was the best single episode portrayal of Lisa and this season seems to have built off of that to make Lisa who she is now while also incorporating how she was at the beginning.
"That contains all the sugar in these episodes"
... Do do do do dooo
"Have you been up all night SUGAR DANCING?!"
That brief bit where you talked about chief wiggum makes me wish you'd do a Simpsons histories on him.
HellShotBoy Ikr
This season is beautiful. Oakley & Weinstein will always be the Simpsons kings to me because of this and at least 2/3 of season 8.
Truly fantastic! Season 7 rocks! These episodes have so many dramatic shifts. I’m a huge fan of 22 short films about Springfield, Summer of 4 ft. 2, King Homer, and many more. Gotta give special shout-out to Mother Simpson. That’s also a really great episode. Mona reminds me of my own grandma and I love the scene of Homer faking his death and the whacky Tombstone joke!
Probably my favorite season. Great season overall and there's a good season before it and after it, so you came into it from a great season and you know there's another great season waiting.
Season 7 is definitely the best season of the show. It pretty much takes what made earlier seasons great, and built on them. Not to mention this season is great with balancing out humor with heart. Earlier seasons did that too, but this season had Mother Simpson which I consider the Jurassic Bark of The Simpsons. I think one of the biggest reasons I love Season 7 so much is because it has what also made Futurama so great with being hilarious while also being very earnest while tugging at the heartstrings as well as adding emotional depth to the characters. Another great retrospective from you Jim, and I look forward to seeing what episodes end up in the top 10 list.
So this season has Steamed Hams? 11/10
'Sideshow Bob's Last Gleaming' is one of my favorites of the season.
Flying Hellfish is probably one of my favorite episodes of the entire show, which is weird to say since it’s like the least Simpsons episode of The Simpsons.
Whatever. I’ll be in the car, dudes.
Same here
It’s so fun and adventurous and entertaining. I love that episode, one of my favorites
It's in my top 5, ever. Also, as Real Jims points out in another video, it could be seen as the final part of Who shot Mr Burns if we believe Grandpa could have done it.
It’s my friends favorite episode as well. My boys Ox, and Asa, and Burnsy. Well maybe not so much Burnsy
This is one of the few channels I will drop everything to watch when I get a notification, and watch while my wife is in the room.
Same here!
Season 8 is my personal favorite but 7 is practically tied with it in my mind
Every episode is a banger.
I shouldn't get as excited as I do with these videos, but they really do make my day, so thanks! Can't wait for the top 10
Haha same!
"bart's friend" that shit never gets old
My favorite season in the whole series!
Same here! Which episode was your favourite?
This season has Gorbachev so it’s automatically the best
"I come with present for warning of house, instead I find you grappling with local oaf?"
Odd way of spelling Disco Stu
"now apologise for that tax hike!"
@@izzyosborn637 *warming
@@MaxiemumKarnage Odd way of saying your opinions suck.
Season 6 may be my favourite, but I still love 7 for a lot of reasons. I don’t think it was the best with the outlandish stories, but it always felt like it was made by people who loved The Simpsons. Loved the characters, and loved the comedy. And that’s why I think episodes like Lisa the Vegetarian and Marge Be Not Proud are so iconic. I know they’re not the most universally loved episodes for one reason or another, but they’re honestly warmer and more meaningful than the earlier heart-heavy stories.
Despite season 7 being modelled after season 3, I think it's more accurate to say that it fits the mold of season 2's similar sarcastic, dramatic, and sentimental stories. Homer especially feels like his season 2 self here, being portrayed as ignorant and well meaninged, rather then outright stupid and aggressive in most scenarios.
Maaate 8:50 left me gasping for air for some reason
Bee plot 😂😂 my siiides! Your content is amazing by the way ❤
i think S7 is probably the most iconic one just because of 22 short films. even ignoring steamed hams as probably the best joke written in the entire series to the point the meme isn't even truly dead, it's probably the one people are quickest to jump to when it involves really funny episodes pure comedy episodes. I mean i made friends with a guy at work who was 30 years older than me just because we referenced the nelson bit in the episode. i dont think its a stretch to say its an episode that defines the series as a whole.
I love 22 short films about Springfield! Did you know they were considering a spin off show based on this episode called, Tales From Springfield.
I'm going to do a video about it tomorrow on my channel
3 years later and the meme STILL isnt dead.
Season 7 is my favorite as well. However, my favorite episode is still You Only Move Twice. But I like to think it was a holdover from Season 7 because it's the start of season 8, and has a lot of similar elements of Season 7, like character self image.
“You got the dud!”
I just love that line for no reason.
It's definitely a favorite of mine because it's the first season I saw as it happened.
where I lived in the 90's seasons 6 and 7 aired on a Saturday afternoon, after Baywatch and before an episode of The Wonder Years or Family Matters.
Brilliant, as always. Season 7 is my second favourite season, right after Season 6. It also has three of my favourite episodes, like Hellfish, Summer of 4 and the Sideshow Bob one about the bomb.
Seasons 7 & 8 are both my favorites. It's my personal favorite era of the show. 4-8 are magic, and as soon as 9 hits... idk, I don't feel as enthused to finish the season. I don't think I've ever actually finished Season 9 on DVD. I always kinda burn out, lol
I wonder, will The RealJims be covering up to (and including) Season 10 with his retrospectives? For me, the moment I saw 'Take My Wife, Sleaze' and 'Eight Misbehavin' (then the rest of Season 11) I felt something was very off and weirdly disposable about the direction the writing was going then. (Though I might add I'm not one of the Anti - Scully brigade, not entirely anyway. There were many other variables occurring that were affecting the show's quality at that point. Particularly that it had run for such a long and really fruitful time anyway - God! It seems like SO LOOOONNG ago - and the writing staff were changing dramatically at that point).
Anyway, it would be interesting to hear RealJims take on the turning point into the downward spiral post the 'Golden Era' as his commentary is always very fair, understanding, well researched and genuinely affectionate.
That's uncanny. I remember Eight Misbehavin' as the actual pivot point I thought the Simpsons was 'off' too, that the plots were becoming too ridiculous and the dialogue too overbearingly sitcom-y and meta. I was hoping it was a rare miss like some of Season 9 and 10 (that had foreboding signs of the show's downfall like overplaying Homer's cartoonish nasty side but were still USUALLY good), but I still had this feeling with almost every episode after. It will at least be interesting to see if Jims gets all the way to Season 11.
I hope he goes all the way to season 31. Actually I want to hear his take on the new Simpsons.
The Scully Era is hysterical and has some of my all time favorate episodes. I wish Duncanville could be as funny as the Scully era. That show is such bland medocrity.
@@icecreamhero2375 And some of his episodes he's credited for writing, Marge Be Not Proud, Lisa On Ice, Lisa's Rival, are just some of the most perfect episodes aren't they? It came at a pivotal time, Scully being showrunner, and some of the episodes in season 12 are really great (+it's always a matter of taste too) but it did go off the rails around the season 11 area. Season 10 really.
@@ToonReel001 lol, like peas in a pod we are then 😉...
Yep, there were warning signs in season 10 too, as you say. Particularly the Loch Ness monster episode. The resolution to that was... Hysterical at first but then.... Hmmm, I watch it again and it feels like there's no respect for the craft of comedy writing, for all the episodes and series that predated it and it kinda felt really disposable but in a way that was masquerading as anarchic but was ultimately felt empty.
But yeah, I look forward the Jims take on series 8,9, 10... When and if he goes there 😊
"Even the bee plots....."
I see you what you did there
You know he's right I just skimmed through season 7 and had a hard time even picking my top 5, let alone putting them in order.
7:45 For the longest time I've been puzzled why the Radioactive Man episode looks so different, like an episode from 2000s. Finally I got the answer, thank you!
I find season 7 to be the best Simpsons season ever.
Agreed!
Not just that; it's straight-up one of the best seasons of any comedy show ever.
I agree
Now that you mention it, four of those six outfits you show at 18:36 are Hit and Run costumes. This season is an MVP for material pulled for Hit and Run.
I've not clicked a notification that fast since the last retrospecticus. :-3
Love season 7. I agree it has its “modern” moments. Back in the day Homer getting fat and meeting his mother felt like very “new” concepts, as did the whole publicity around the shooting of Mr. Burns. That said, the opening of Bart Sells His Soul is such an iconic moment for me and is about as classic as it gets (and Milhouse is incredible in that episode). Also, Flying Hellfish is such an amazing action/adventure episode, it’s one of those fleeting moments of greatness, highlighted more by the fact that it’s practically the only one of its kind. One of my favorite seasons for sure.
“This is the ‘steamed hams season!’” Have my like! :D
RIP: The Steamed Hams Meme.
Gone, but never forgotten.
CZcams won't allow it to be forgotten. I still, to this day, get those videos recommended.
literally all the biggest simpsons memes seem to come from this season. that means something.
Every classic Simpsons season has 2 universally loved episodes:
for season 2 it was Lisa's substitute and Bart gets an F, for season 3 it was Homer at the bat, and Mr. Lisa goes to Washington, for season 4 it was Marge vs The Monorail, for season 5 it was Rosebud and Cape Feare, for season 6 it was Lemon of Troy and Who Shot Mr. Burns? Part 1, Season 8 was You Only Move Twice and Homer's Enemy. There's one exception though: Season 7. It had Who Shot Mr. Burns? Part 2, Bart Sells His Soul, Marge Be Not Proud, 22 Short Films About Springfield, and Summer of 4 Ft. 2.
I'm surprised (and indignant!) that you didn't talk about Lisa the Vegetarian. It's one of the very few episodes which changes the series forever, where there's a pre-Lisa the Vegetarian, and a after one.
Like, they didn't change Lisa back, even after all these years. It's a permanent fixture.
Only other episodes I can remember which such a long lasting change to the series is where Maude Flanders dies, and "She of Little Faith"
God I love this channel. This was so well analysed - time for a season 7 rewatch!
P.S. also, until now, I hadn't realized Disco Stu first appears in season 7!
I hope Bart on the road and or scenes from the class struggle in Springfield make the list or even Bart sells his soul or Marge be not proud or Bart the fink or the day violence died or flying hellfish (the title of the last one was too long to remember). These are some of my favorites from this season. Also season 7 is one of my favorites. I cannot wait for the top 10 season 11 episodes.
Watching summer of 4f 2 is incredibly nostalgic for me now as a 33 year old.
Time goes so so fast.
There's a lot of the colour lavender in this season?
I agree with the sense of 7 being one of the first “modern seasons”. While it calls back a bunch from 3 and 4, S7 storylines come off the success of the last 6 seasons and how established Springfield and the family was
My favorite line from Burns:
Is it about my cube?
Season 7 is also a favorite season of mine, and while that's partially because I grew up with this season on DVD, I think it also goes beyond that. I know episodes like Summer of 4'2 were ones that I didn't get as a kid, thus little nostalgia, but now I absolutely love it.
Season 7 is my personal favorite. Can’t wait to see your top ten favorites!
Agreed! 22 short films about Springfield is my favourite episode
King Size Homer is in my personal top 5 episodes ever
What do I think of this season? Well, it or season 6, is the best.
This season has my favorite episode of all time, the best Simpsons season finale of all time: "Summer of 4'2""
I was in love with it when I saw it, first run, in May, but I'm a sentimental loser, so what do I know.
It's in my top 5 also. It's perfectly written for all the characters. Even the adults. Bart really annoys me trying to bother Lisa, as Marge points out, but it does seems realistic coming from him. I would have loved to see those kids again in the series, either in that town near the beach or in Springfield.
It was my favorite season too and I think that it was peak The Simpsons. It was the most iconic to me too and what I think of when I think of The Simpsons.
Steamed hams, but it's an Oakley & Weinstein Spectacular.
Dude, your breakdowns are unbelievably insightful. Thank you.
Here's looking forward to The 138th Episode Spectacular being the one "clip show" to make the Top 10 (or at least the runners up).
I think season six is my favorite, but season seven has Bart Sells His Soul, which is my favorite episode. I see what you're saying about it being sort of an homage to season three. As a kid, I was convinced that A Fish Called Selma was a much older episode, probably from season three or four. It took some getting used to once I get the DVDs and I realized it actually came pretty late in The Simpson's golden years.
Every one of your videos is awesome. Maybe just because I'm remembering so many good jokes, but I think at least some of it is good commentary.
season 7 already.....now i got to watch the earlier ones again, sweet!
"but this season..."
I always read that as "nothing's good on to distract Homer from doing this."
I once got in an argument with a guy who claimed that Season 7 wasn’t the “golden years” anymore and that the writers had already started to lose their touch. I can totally understand if someone prefers the more grounded atmosphere of earlier seasons, but holy shit Season 7 is such a machine-gun of bangers that I can’t comprehend why anybody would diss it this way.
"grounded"
The show was already getting wacky before Season 7, those people are full of it.
Ahh, my favorite season.
Edit: I see you are a man of taste as well.