You really could have pulled Without a Patreon there, since the TheRealmJims is like the only relatively popular CZcamsr out there who's in it purely for the love of the craft.
The "le grille" joke from Mom and Pop Art is probably my favourite stand-alone segment from season 10 onward. It's probably up there for my all-time favourite segment. Always provides a laugh!
I cannot believe you did not include the Grease episode (Lard of the Dance) in the top 10. It has one of the best B stories in Simpsons history that ties in to the A plot incredibly well at the end and highlights the moral of the story. I mean why wouldn't you want an episode where homer turns down working at Marges' Emu farm?
I actually think Treehouse of Horror IX is a dud compared to earlier ones. Maybe because I saw it a lot. But I generally avoid this one and skip towards the middle season ones.
@@carvahaunter122 - I would call it a time capsule of the era it debuted in. Pretty much every animated show will become one eventually. Like the Teen Titans/Totally Spies/Avatar era and how every non-Japanese animation company copied the children's anime trends by 2005.
@@carvahaunter122 I thought X had a few good points. I mean, who doesn't know of I Know What You Did Last Summer? And just because it's dated, I like the Y2K reference. And Lucy Lawless is in it. Her performance on this CD I had as Dream Girl (kids CD of weird art inspiring weird songs and she has this long speech in a creepy soft voice as the titular character on the last track, who almost lives in dreams) haunts my nightmares. I guess XI and XII were better, though.
Bart the Mother could be considered the last "classic" episode. It has the traditional animation, a familiar classic era plot, Troy Mclure, and a subtle pre-jerkass Homer. It doesn't really feel like a middle season episode. When i watched it as a kid, i always associated to season 8 or 9.
I have to agree really, it was one of the last few episodes to really hit an earnest plotline. Maybe because it's the last episode George X Cohen wrote, along with one of the producers handing them a real life anecdote for story material. They do admittedly kinda handwave all the moral conflict in the end, and I think the tree lizards might have ended up a 'wacky plot shift' the upcoming seasons were known for, but for some reason the execution never felt bad, maybe because the whole thing still tied sincerely to Bart and Marge's relationship. Marge was in the way the whole third act though. I mean she didn't seem to be moving at all! Is she daft?
I'm surprised D'oh-in' in the Wind and/or Viva Ned Flanders didn't make the list; they would have been in my top 10. Pairing Homer's impulsiveness with Ned's carefulness, and throwing them into Las Vegas, was hilarious. Homer as a hippie was great, and learning what the J. stood for in Homer J. Simpson was a classic screw-the-audience joke.
I feel the Le Grille scene is so underrated. Nobody talks about it as a top tier Simpsons moment. It fits into the golden years and can compete with many laugh out loud scenes from the first eight seasons. Great scene
Underrated isn’t what I expected to hear, whenever I see anyone talk about classic Simpson’s and their favourite moments “Le grille” always gets a mention, it’s also got massive views with the uploads on CZcams, it’s also one of the shows most iconic moments
I kinda think the whole "Le Grille" scene is as perfect a distillation of homer as the "steamed hams" segment is of skinner and chalmers' interactions.
The pinchy episode made me cry as a kid for some reason, I guess I really loved animals back then. Also fun fact: Did you know that lobsters pee from the front? Think about that every time you see the splash fight between Homer and Pinchy
I really hope you continue to produce videos like this, providing retrospectives and rankings of all the Simpsons series. Very nice to see the progression and you provide an excellent, reasoned analysis of the show. Everyone knows the quality of the Simpsons dips overtime, but the extent is vague and poorly quantified by most people. Youve since provided excellent content showcasing the golden years of the show and I know i will eagerly watch any videos covering the remaining seasons! Keep it up please!
This is a pretty solid list. Like how Sunday Cruddy Sunday is your guilty pleasure episode, Viva Ned Flanders is mine. Homer had hardly ever tried to actually help Ned like this before, despite how hard he messes it up, and Ned’s character was in-check, even if his new age was a bit hard to justify (not so much anymore). And despite how weird the story gets, I felt like it was meant to sell that feeling of a night out in Vegas. Crap happened, we lost all our money, let’s never speak of this again. (Which is one reason why I dislike Brawl in the Family, it broke that feeling.) I’m just happy you were able to pull through a season you don’t like that much, and find some really good episodes buried in the mix.
These are my favorite of the season, "Mom and Pop Art", "Wild Barts Can't Be Broken", "Lisa Gets An 'A'", "The Wizard of Evergreen Terrace", "Lard of the Dance" "Make Room For Lisa", and "Bart the Mother". Plenty of episodes I'd consider classics in here.
Lard of the Dance would easily make the top 3 for me. Lisa Kudrow brings such a breezy confidence to her role as Alex, her vocal style suits the Simpsons humour really well. Definitely one of the most underrated guest performances.
Completely agree, but Homer's B-plot is pretty bad, and it takes up a lot of time. Jerkass Homer in full swing imo. It's a top tier A-plot, but half a great episode isn't the same as a whole one.
@@Dracinard I find the subplot kind of funny but I know what you mean. It also started that Zombie Simpsons trope of Bart becoming Homer's default partner-in-crime, with no-one noticing or caring that he's being pulled out of school.
It’s honestly like a top 10 Simpsons episode period for me I adore Lisa’s arc and has the best string of groundskeeper Willie moments in the entire show
@L Edwards This part was minor, but that scene when Homer was trying to be a sarcastic smartass to Marge, when she asked a silly question about the grease. That was one of the peak jerkass Homer moments of this season.
"Lisa Gets an A" is also my favorite Season 10 episode, but mostly because of Pinchy and the "Dash Dingo" scenes. And of course, Super Nintendo Chalmers!
Mayored to the Mob is my favorite episode of the entire series. I love how Homer is able to be the Mayor’s bodyguard for a time and how he’s not really horrible at it. He’s not great, but he does the job competently for the most part. Mark Hamill is great in the episode as well as is Joe Montegna, who always does a great job when he plays Fat Tony. It’s a bit wacky I guess, but nowhere as wacky as some episodes get in later seasons. I’m glad it’s here on the list.
Skinner rattling off the list of birds such as the boobie, the woodcock, and the titpecker is one of my favorite lines from season 10. I agree with Lisa Gets An A being the best episode of the season. Pinchy is one of the best subplots in Simpsons history
And now we get to that weird point in The Simpsons where I feel like I'm living in crazy town. I have just never understood the apathy the middle seasons face. There could be some degree of childhood nostalgia in it - 12-18 or so was what I grew up with - but i think more that that I just see the Simpsons as a more flexible show, giving it more credit to be a greater array of things. Much in the same way as I LOVE season 1, despite it being different to the classic era, 10-16 hold a similar place in my heart, different but still unquestionably decent
Mayored to the Mob is sublime. I laughed my ass off seeing it for the first time the other day, and comedy that doesn't expire after twenty years is rare.
I should have seen Lisa Gets An A coming. It's my favorite episode of the season as well; definitely has some Oakley/Weinstein vibes of "putting characters in situations that go against who they are." It's just a nice lowkey story compared to the rest of the season 10 hijinks.
I'm going to be that guy and say it. I actually like the Kidney Episode. I know nowadays a lot of people hate it because it's Homer at his worst but while his actions are definitely reprehensible I still think it's fairly funny. The Ghost Town sequence is great and features a quote I use in my everyday (when the drunk falls into the water Lisa asks if someone should help him but Bart replies with "He knows what he's doing"). Homer running away on the operating table is terrible but it's clear he's not doing it for any spiteful or "jerk ass" reason. The guys at the bar scare the ever living shit out of him. He can't control himself. Yeah it's still terrible but there's a level of understanding there I think at least. And it's not like his behaviour goes unpunished. The entire episode and basically every character in it tells Homer how awful he is. He gets thrown overboard and crushed by a car just to end up with Grandpa surviving anyway. It's obviously a flawed episode and might not even be in my top 10 either but I still get a lot of enjoyment out of it. Every scene has at least one good joke so I can look past it's not-great premise.
One of the most surreal and underrated gags has to be the model Bart in Lisa gets an A. Love how it shows up again later behind Martin for a split second, and it even works as a setup for the puppet Lisa at the end.
Realjims your content consistently makes me laugh out loud, thanks for all the hard work. That pinchy/ marge rant was A material, and you did it for charity.
Love these videos, getting into very interesting territory now. The 3 standouts of Season 10 on my recent rewatch were: Bart The Mother, Mayor’d To The Mob, and Wild Bart’s Can’t Be Broken. Coming in at 4th was They Saved Lisa’s Brain. Other favorites were: Lard Of The Dance, Wizard Of Evergreen, Lisa Gets An A, Viva Ned Flanders, and Maximum Homerdrive. And ‘Make Room For Lisa’ barely eked out a win over Mom and Pop Art, And Bible Stories.
There's a surprisingly decent amount of great episodes in S10. A lot of the post-golden age issues are strongly present here, but a lot of its strength as a show remains. This is why I consider S9-10 as a sort of "Bronze Age".
The Denver Broncos win the super bowl just after the Simpsons make fun of the Broncos I think in the previous season. Helped the team get over the hump. Go Broncos!! #1 episode
Sunday Cruddy Sunday feels so similar to Maximum Homerdrive that I can't believe they're from the same season. Both episodes involve Bart and Homer going off on a seemingly normal trip that goes off the rails in the third act, while Lisa and Marge stay at home and have a seemingly boring subplot that gets weird. In both cases, I find the Marge/Lisa bits funnier. Come on, who doesn't like Senior Ding-Dong and Jody Price?
Laughed so much at your closing 'Pinchy' Salvo. I thought I was the only one who felt such resentment toward Marge over the crustacean issue. You've validated me Real Jim's, Thank you 😚😄😉
Lard of The Dance is my favorite season 10 episode and one of top picks for the entire series. In large part because going back to school as kid always sucked but there was comfort in knowing the fall would also bring back The Simpsons and it was beautifully portrayed in that episode.
Its weird, I love Homer to the Max for the first half so much I consider it my number 1 despite the last part being boring. Nobody snuggles with Max Power, you strap in and feel the Gs!
I actually really liked Viva Ned Flanders but have no idea how it will hold up on rewatch. I just think it has alot of great jokes even if not all of them work and well the plot is generic they play around with Ned's charecter in a fun way wich is cool to see before he becomes very boring in later seasons. Also I definitely agree with you on Number 1. This was a preaty hard season to rank and I have no idea what my list would look like when I do it but Lisa Gets and A is the best here. Overall great video and keep up the good work.
One underrated joke that fits into the theme of toilet humor is from Sunday, Cruddy Sunday: "Sorry about the mess we made of the bathroom." "WHAT bathroom?!" The panic in that line is what made me remember that of course a bus wouldn't have a bathroom. Fantastic delivery.
Some of my favourite moments are when Marge seemingly gets fed up with Lisa “What about CLAY you got a problem with CLAY!?” I think you touched upon Marge getting annoyed with Lisa in episodes like ‘Lisa the Iconoclast’ and ‘Lisa the Skeptic’, and especially from the latter episode Marge makes those exasperated quips, like in the Treehouse of Horror ep of this season “Oh PLEASE Lisa, everybody’s already figured THAT out!” or in ‘Saddlesore Galactica’ “Yeah, right, that’s what I meant, Lisa. “State UNfair”.”
Maximum Homerdrive would be in my top 5 if only for the opening 3rd and getting to see homer's reaction to being unable to eat more (and the hibbert jokes). Surprised it was instantly cut from the list.
The absolute best bit in the Pinchy episode is the sea captain asking for spare change after Marge rejects the idea of sending their lobster to a snobby boarding school
Ooooohhh,... Hell Toupee = Hell To Pay.......Yes it took me watching this video to realize the pun. Also something I love about the Subplot of Lisa get's an A is when they all groan about not getting to eat lobster, and Homer calls out Lisa because she is a vegetarian. 'She likes the smell of it'
#10 does contain some of my favourite Frink-isms. "I have captured the signal, and am presently tri-ANG-ulating the vectors, and compressing the data down, in order to express it as a function of my hand. *points* They're over therrrrrRRRRrrre!!"
My absolute favorite B-plot is the one in Lard of the Dance. I quote some part of it every day and my wife, really, really fucking hates me for it. That said, the A-plot with Lisa never stuck with me. Could never really figure out why exactly.
i already miss the first few seasons, where i was mad about who didn't make it into the top 10 🥺🥺 now there are only a couple i even like! i'm so glad you're still going with this series, though, great video as always
Great video, as always. I love your list even though I have a huge soft spot for D'ohin In The Wind personally Seems like Scully era had many great idess but they were all half baked. Then they ran out of ideas and the Family Guy inspired celebrity driven content came forward
I really liked how Snake segment in Treehouse of Horror IX actually made him (or his hair) a legitimate threat. Even his really silly sounding voice actually sounds kind of intimidating here.
I knew Bart the Mother would be somewhere in the top 3, and was a bit surprised with some of the episodes in the list, but it's always cool to be surprised when watching these countdowns. I still don't know how I would rank my personal top 10, but for me Bart the Mother would be number 1 since I honestly think it feels like it's the last breath of the classic era before the show almost completely lost the heart that made it so great earlier on before the show changed quite a bit. I would also have Lisa Gets an A, Mayored to the Mob, Wild Barts Can't Be Broken, and Treehouse of Horror 9 in my top 10, but don't know where I would rank them, and I would have Marge Simpson in Screaming Yellow Honkers on my top 10. Great list as always dude, and I am honestly feeling for you dude with how you have to now put up with Seasons 11 and 12 where the decline in quality really started to show itself, and we started to get the really terrible episodes. Good luck dude, and continue with the great work.
LARD OF THE DANCE IS A TOP 10 SIMPSONS EPISODE OF ALL TIME LISA HAS SUCH A GREAT ARC ITS LIKE A DISTORTED VERSION OF SUMMER OF 4 FT 3 AMAZING GUEST STAR PERFORMANCE BY LISA KUDROW 3 OF THE BEST WILLIE JOKES IN ALL OF SIMPSONS “EEEK, I mean AAAACH, I mean what are you doing here?” “MY RETIREMENT GREASE !” “IF IT WAS UP TO ME I WOULD LET YOU GO, BUT THE LADS HAVE A TEMPER, AND THEYVE BEEN DRINKING ALL DAY”
To me, it's first of seasons where I can count favorite episodes on one hand, and last of pre-movie seasons where I can name episodes that is really *favorite* and not just some kind of curiosities to me or good in hypothetical sense, as is interesting conceptually, but lacking in execution in one way or another, "teen" seasons are full of these. In season 10, I share most of personal list with that in the video, just in different arrangement. Most favorite being "The Wizard of Evergreen Terrace", for one of the last glimpses of "classic Homer", being enthusiastic not to concoct some scheme for quick money, but trying to prove himself to have intellectual worth and genuinely create something useful, in all original concept of episode, being kept in the spirit of more humble, suffering from low self-esteem, Homer of early seasons. Seeing him using his intellectual sources in unorthodox way and actually succeed, even if only to his own personal pride, was also satisfying to see. One of the last sympathetic portrayals of Homer for years to come. "Bart the Mother" is second, review explains it sufficiently: moments of genuine rapport between Marge and Bart are so sparse in the series, any one is divided with other by seasons and almost decades, seeing them connecting with each other on such deep level is precious. Another strong element is high point in unending "crime & punishment" saga of Bart, him facing repentance for most serious misdeed in his life so far (and generally) and taking interest in preserving life of creatures he, as he thinks, is responsible for getting orphaned, and than still wanting to save them just because he's taken responsibility for their lives, which is also tremendous development for his character (and given it happens in far off the peak of the series). All of it is slightly underscored by typical nonsensical ending of Skully period, but first three thirds are still worthy material. "Lisa Gets an "A"" is also interesting twist on usual Lisa's crusade for justice and honesty, with her, slightly similar to Bart in another episode, being perpetrator for her misdeed, even only in her own eyes, and trying to set justice when everybody around would rather roll with fraud for personal benefits. Ending, again, is a bit of travesty, rather than actual settlement, but inventive enough (and again, delves into cartoonish implausibility to set absurd of universe against character's human values) to let it slip for the sake of comedy. (I erroneously thought for some time this episode belonged to season 4, it's kind of here in terms of mixing realistic matter with goofiness, similar to "Whacking Day", plus school setting again, but it's really too goofy for earlier seasons and rightfully at home in season 10.) "Mom and Pop Art" is in the bottom of "top 4", it's naturally pairing itself with "Wizard...", being another "Homer tries to create" episode, except this time his success is built on sheer luck at first rather than conscious effort. It's truly creative in its visuals, both gag-related or just artistic, even if the story itself is re-hash of various themes of that season alone and current period, or just recurring themes of Homer's attics and adventures. I mark it as one of season's spotlight purely based on these artistic merits of it.
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And guess whose been making CZcams top tens without a licence?
That’s right, Homer Simpson.
D’OH!
You really could have pulled Without a Patreon there, since the TheRealmJims is like the only relatively popular CZcamsr out there who's in it purely for the love of the craft.
We all know that 'Lisa gets an A' wins because of 'super nintendo chalmers'.
You're learnding
Sega Genesis Skinner
N64 Flanders
That's a good point
Chalmers and Ralph are an underrated duo. "What's a battle?"
@@mankytoes "No he said what's that rattle?"
The "le grille" joke from Mom and Pop Art is probably my favourite stand-alone segment from season 10 onward. It's probably up there for my all-time favourite segment. Always provides a laugh!
Ed very time a recipe calls to grill something, it pops onto my head.
It's one of the best Simpsons meme templates, too.
Le Grille? What the hell is that!?
Very interesting. It's a segment that makes it into all the compilations and I hate it. It's just screaming.
That pinchy segment caught me off guard haha loved it!
Surprised to see you here but hi
we stan pinchy here
“Pinchy what have they done to you?”
Pray....for....Pinchy
Pinchy ... dead?
Pinchy IS dead.
I really like how the already ranked episodes are grayed out
Been like this since the beginning, lol.
@@ChiefMedicPururu Nobody said that wasn't the case??
@@HOTD108_ Calm down.
Which made the Top 10 of Season 4 confusing, since he used a picture of King Homer
I cannot believe you did not include the Grease episode (Lard of the Dance) in the top 10. It has one of the best B stories in Simpsons history that ties in to the A plot incredibly well at the end and highlights the moral of the story. I mean why wouldn't you want an episode where homer turns down working at Marges' Emu farm?
My god you’re greasy
Hey wait a minute, there's no Angus McCloud in North kilt town, why you're not from North kilt town at all.
Oh DMY
I know what the means young lady
It’s the best episode of the season.
@@bradcarver8127 I occasionally tell my wife DMY. I don't think she knows what it means.
Season 10 may have been a step down from the previous eight seasons, but Treehouse of Horror IX is so good.
The itchy & scratchy segment is the best the show ever made
Yeah and especially compared to THOH X, now that’s a really dated one, at least Alien Maggie is iconic enough to save the Jerry Springer Shoe-in
I actually think Treehouse of Horror IX is a dud compared to earlier ones. Maybe because I saw it a lot. But I generally avoid this one and skip towards the middle season ones.
@@carvahaunter122 - I would call it a time capsule of the era it debuted in. Pretty much every animated show will become one eventually. Like the Teen Titans/Totally Spies/Avatar era and how every non-Japanese animation company copied the children's anime trends by 2005.
@@carvahaunter122 I thought X had a few good points. I mean, who doesn't know of I Know What You Did Last Summer? And just because it's dated, I like the Y2K reference. And Lucy Lawless is in it. Her performance on this CD I had as Dream Girl (kids CD of weird art inspiring weird songs and she has this long speech in a creepy soft voice as the titular character on the last track, who almost lives in dreams) haunts my nightmares. I guess XI and XII were better, though.
Luke be a Jedi Tonight plays in a perpetual loop in my head.
Do it for Chewie and the Ewoks!
@@davistoa ...aaand all the other puppets!
@@SessVlogs luke be a jedi tonight!
Do it for Yoda while we serve our guests a soda!
Bart the Mother could be considered the last "classic" episode. It has the traditional animation, a familiar classic era plot, Troy Mclure, and a subtle pre-jerkass Homer. It doesn't really feel like a middle season episode. When i watched it as a kid, i always associated to season 8 or 9.
I love Bart the mother
@Val R explains a lot. Those traditionally animated episodes of S10 are all S9 holdovers, no?
I have to agree really, it was one of the last few episodes to really hit an earnest plotline. Maybe because it's the last episode George X Cohen wrote, along with one of the producers handing them a real life anecdote for story material. They do admittedly kinda handwave all the moral conflict in the end, and I think the tree lizards might have ended up a 'wacky plot shift' the upcoming seasons were known for, but for some reason the execution never felt bad, maybe because the whole thing still tied sincerely to Bart and Marge's relationship.
Marge was in the way the whole third act though. I mean she didn't seem to be moving at all! Is she daft?
@@ToonReel001 midge really should move along
This was always one I also associated with an earlier season and never really understood why. I think this nails it
Homer accidently killing and then eating Pinchy is one of the darkest jokes I can think of in the series. It's like Frank Grimes in a way.
I'm surprised D'oh-in' in the Wind and/or Viva Ned Flanders didn't make the list; they would have been in my top 10. Pairing Homer's impulsiveness with Ned's carefulness, and throwing them into Las Vegas, was hilarious. Homer as a hippie was great, and learning what the J. stood for in Homer J. Simpson was a classic screw-the-audience joke.
The big problem with Viva Ned Flanders is how it fucks up with continuity for the sake of the episode.
Whenever someone mentions "hippie music", I can't help but singing Uptown Girl.
Yes! Viva Ned Flanders might be my favorite episode from the season! It's hysterical!
@@ChiefMedicPururu there's no big problem with that episode, it's all around solid
@@leob4403 Ned's age in it is a goddamn continuity issue.
I feel the Le Grille scene is so underrated. Nobody talks about it as a top tier Simpsons moment. It fits into the golden years and can compete with many laugh out loud scenes from the first eight seasons. Great scene
I'd say it gets weighed down by the rest of that mediocre episode.
The way Homer says ‘What the hell is that?!’ is such perfect desperation energy
Underrated isn’t what I expected to hear, whenever I see anyone talk about classic Simpson’s and their favourite moments “Le grille” always gets a mention, it’s also got massive views with the uploads on CZcams, it’s also one of the shows most iconic moments
That scene alone also helped elevate "Gump Roast" into probably my favorite of the clip shows. (That and the wacky ending stuff.)
I kinda think the whole "Le Grille" scene is as perfect a distillation of homer as the "steamed hams" segment is of skinner and chalmers' interactions.
Homer as the mayor bodyguard just provides so many laughs, that I still find funny to this day!
I wanted to use Le Grill as my senior quote but they wouldn’t let me put the word hell. Completely ruins the joke without it
They wouldn’t let you use the word hell? That’s pathetic
@@spookylemon4947 very unfortunate and pathetic yes. Unfortunately I live in the Bible Belt bahaha
@@kaileyanne4839
I couldn’t imagine religion being part of schools like that.
@@kaileyanne4839 so, they won't let you say "hell", even though you live there?!
@@tearfulsmiles9901 BAHA literally. And I live in the south too so it’s actual hell
The pinchy episode made me cry as a kid for some reason, I guess I really loved animals back then.
Also fun fact: Did you know that lobsters pee from the front? Think about that every time you see the splash fight between Homer and Pinchy
It would make anyone with a heart cry.
Ew.
Lobster Peterson?
@@HOTD108_ That lobster needs to learn a thing or two about standing up straight with it’s shoulders back.
And that’s THAT.
The whole "Le Grille" segment is up there in quality with my all time favourite "Is it about my cube?"
Pinchy is the best character.
When he's not on screen all the other characters should be asking, "Where's Pinchy?"
“Feet included” is probably the funniest joke in the entire season for me ahaha
I really hope you continue to produce videos like this, providing retrospectives and rankings of all the Simpsons series. Very nice to see the progression and you provide an excellent, reasoned analysis of the show. Everyone knows the quality of the Simpsons dips overtime, but the extent is vague and poorly quantified by most people. Youve since provided excellent content showcasing the golden years of the show and I know i will eagerly watch any videos covering the remaining seasons! Keep it up please!
This is a pretty solid list. Like how Sunday Cruddy Sunday is your guilty pleasure episode, Viva Ned Flanders is mine. Homer had hardly ever tried to actually help Ned like this before, despite how hard he messes it up, and Ned’s character was in-check, even if his new age was a bit hard to justify (not so much anymore). And despite how weird the story gets, I felt like it was meant to sell that feeling of a night out in Vegas. Crap happened, we lost all our money, let’s never speak of this again. (Which is one reason why I dislike Brawl in the Family, it broke that feeling.)
I’m just happy you were able to pull through a season you don’t like that much, and find some really good episodes buried in the mix.
The Max Power song stays stuck in my head since 1999
The Egg Magic bit still makes me laugh. I just love how absurd it is.
"Pinchy, I made you some risotto" always get a big laugh from me
Strapping in to feel the Gs for this one.
These are my favorite of the season, "Mom and Pop Art", "Wild Barts Can't Be Broken", "Lisa Gets An 'A'", "The Wizard of Evergreen Terrace", "Lard of the Dance" "Make Room For Lisa", and "Bart the Mother". Plenty of episodes I'd consider classics in here.
Lard of the Dance would easily make the top 3 for me. Lisa Kudrow brings such a breezy confidence to her role as Alex, her vocal style suits the Simpsons humour really well. Definitely one of the most underrated guest performances.
Completely agree, but Homer's B-plot is pretty bad, and it takes up a lot of time. Jerkass Homer in full swing imo. It's a top tier A-plot, but half a great episode isn't the same as a whole one.
@@Dracinard I find the subplot kind of funny but I know what you mean. It also started that Zombie Simpsons trope of Bart becoming Homer's default partner-in-crime, with no-one noticing or caring that he's being pulled out of school.
@@Dracinard it leads to some of the funniest groundskeeper Willie moments in the entire series tho so worth it
It’s honestly like a top 10 Simpsons episode period for me
I adore Lisa’s arc and has the best string of groundskeeper Willie moments in the entire show
@L Edwards This part was minor, but that scene when Homer was trying to be a sarcastic smartass to Marge, when she asked a silly question about the grease. That was one of the peak jerkass Homer moments of this season.
"Lisa Gets an A" is also my favorite Season 10 episode, but mostly because of Pinchy and the "Dash Dingo" scenes. And of course, Super Nintendo Chalmers!
"Dash Dingo" is pretty awesome!
Those poor crystal babies...
I dunno, I kinda liked Jerk Ass Marge in the b plot of Lisa Gets an A. Maybe just for that one scene where she kept telling Homer to "Chuck him in".
I really like "Let's go! In the pot, in the pot!"
I don't really see how the chuck him in part was her being a jerk, they bought that thing to eat it.
Jim's content is better than modern Simpsons.
I believe he'll cover every season of the series
Like ls mark did when he watched and ranked every episode in the series
...
I love agree
I mean I agree
Mayored to the Mob is my favorite episode of the entire series. I love how Homer is able to be the Mayor’s bodyguard for a time and how he’s not really horrible at it. He’s not great, but he does the job competently for the most part. Mark Hamill is great in the episode as well as is Joe Montegna, who always does a great job when he plays Fat Tony. It’s a bit wacky I guess, but nowhere as wacky as some episodes get in later seasons. I’m glad it’s here on the list.
Skinner rattling off the list of birds such as the boobie, the woodcock, and the titpecker is one of my favorite lines from season 10.
I agree with Lisa Gets An A being the best episode of the season. Pinchy is one of the best subplots in Simpsons history
Glad for the Fred Willard shoutout. He makes Sunday Cruddy Sunday for me. You could justify putting it at 3 just by saying “Fred Willard”.
Homer sliding up that church roof naked is one of my favourite moments of season 10.
Wasn't that from Season 9?
That was Season 9.
“I wanna say something to that gross thing, whatever it is.”
“Homer.”
“Naw, the green dude...”
"If you're that baby's daddy, where you been at? Somebody needs to learn your green ass some responsibility!"
Lard of the Dance not in the top 5, let alone this entire list, is a crime...
HERE COMES A GREASEBALL by itself is the best part of season ten
I love that episode I agree it’s sad that it didn’t make the list
ngl the whole Willie & Homer section near the end gets me every single time
"MY RETIREMENT GREASE! I'LL KILL YA!"
@@DirtiestDMusic "we also run the shovel racket..."
Eh, DMY over it.
And now we get to that weird point in The Simpsons where I feel like I'm living in crazy town. I have just never understood the apathy the middle seasons face. There could be some degree of childhood nostalgia in it - 12-18 or so was what I grew up with - but i think more that that I just see the Simpsons as a more flexible show, giving it more credit to be a greater array of things.
Much in the same way as I LOVE season 1, despite it being different to the classic era, 10-16 hold a similar place in my heart, different but still unquestionably decent
Homer and Bart selling grease is the best b plot in Simpsons history and you can't convince me otherwise
Probably. Like it's way better than the a plot
Mayored to the Mob is sublime. I laughed my ass off seeing it for the first time the other day, and comedy that doesn't expire after twenty years is rare.
I forgot that Pinchy was from the Lisa Gets An "A" episode until I saw the shot with the cabbage in the plates
that make up gun bit had me in stitches. I literally laughed out loud just remembering it
"Women don't like being shot in the face."
I have a feeling the alligator will be the thumbnail for season 11 retro.
well it was alive the entire time
what about sneeds feed and seed
Well, he said it might even be better than Co-Dependent's Day. But he also said it was an abusive episode because of how funny it was.
Please no. I hate this episode. Don't hate Season 11, but that episode? I hate it.
Schrodinger's alligator. LOL
The lizards, I think, supposed to represent Bart. Children which are objectively speaking "no good" but are loved by their parents regardless.
Aww.
I should have seen Lisa Gets An A coming. It's my favorite episode of the season as well; definitely has some Oakley/Weinstein vibes of "putting characters in situations that go against who they are." It's just a nice lowkey story compared to the rest of the season 10 hijinks.
You're BANG ON with the way Homer to the Max would have been the BEST EPISODE until the end omg
I'm going to be that guy and say it.
I actually like the Kidney Episode. I know nowadays a lot of people hate it because it's Homer at his worst but while his actions are definitely reprehensible I still think it's fairly funny. The Ghost Town sequence is great and features a quote I use in my everyday (when the drunk falls into the water Lisa asks if someone should help him but Bart replies with "He knows what he's doing").
Homer running away on the operating table is terrible but it's clear he's not doing it for any spiteful or "jerk ass" reason. The guys at the bar scare the ever living shit out of him. He can't control himself. Yeah it's still terrible but there's a level of understanding there I think at least. And it's not like his behaviour goes unpunished. The entire episode and basically every character in it tells Homer how awful he is. He gets thrown overboard and crushed by a car just to end up with Grandpa surviving anyway.
It's obviously a flawed episode and might not even be in my top 10 either but I still get a lot of enjoyment out of it. Every scene has at least one good joke so I can look past it's not-great premise.
One of the most surreal and underrated gags has to be the model Bart in Lisa gets an A. Love how it shows up again later behind Martin for a split second, and it even works as a setup for the puppet Lisa at the end.
For some reason, I laugh my ass off every time the ghost of Edison calls Homer a "fat maniac."
My favourite is the random dad slapping his son "why don't you like Edison that much?"
Realjims your content consistently makes me laugh out loud, thanks for all the hard work. That pinchy/ marge rant was A material, and you did it for charity.
Love these videos, getting into very interesting territory now.
The 3 standouts of Season 10 on my recent rewatch were: Bart The Mother, Mayor’d To The Mob, and Wild Bart’s Can’t Be Broken.
Coming in at 4th was They Saved Lisa’s Brain.
Other favorites were: Lard Of The Dance, Wizard Of Evergreen, Lisa Gets An A, Viva Ned Flanders, and Maximum Homerdrive.
And ‘Make Room For Lisa’ barely eked out a win over Mom and Pop Art, And Bible Stories.
Pinchy the Lobster is one of the best Simpsons pets
Viva ned Flanders has always been my favorite, all though I really hate that they brought those characters back in that other episode
They did that because it was a loose end.
"Simpson, Detective Homer Simpson."
"his name is like my name!"
Mayored to the Mob: “Sixth? I’m outraged! You promised me fifth or highah!”
Can you cut out the laughter?
Utterly hate Sunday Cruddy Sunday but appreciate LeChuck's theme. Enjoyed the video!
I love Homer trying to fix the grill. My pain of being bad at fixing things on screen 🤣
There's a surprisingly decent amount of great episodes in S10. A lot of the post-golden age issues are strongly present here, but a lot of its strength as a show remains. This is why I consider S9-10 as a sort of "Bronze Age".
The Denver Broncos win the super bowl just after the Simpsons make fun of the Broncos I think in the previous season. Helped the team get over the hump. Go Broncos!! #1 episode
Season 8, actually. Close.
Thirty minutes over tokyo was probably my most watched episode as a kid and I still really like it.
One of my favourite Homer lines is still ‘Women will like what I tell them to like!’
I literally just now got the pun "Hell Toupee"/"Hell To Pay" when you said the title out loud.
Sunday Cruddy Sunday feels so similar to Maximum Homerdrive that I can't believe they're from the same season. Both episodes involve Bart and Homer going off on a seemingly normal trip that goes off the rails in the third act, while Lisa and Marge stay at home and have a seemingly boring subplot that gets weird. In both cases, I find the Marge/Lisa bits funnier. Come on, who doesn't like Senior Ding-Dong and Jody Price?
Senior Ding-Dong is without doubt, absolutely among the top tier of b-plot stories.
Laughed so much at your closing 'Pinchy' Salvo. I thought I was the only one who felt such resentment toward Marge over the crustacean issue. You've validated me Real Jim's, Thank you 😚😄😉
Lard of The Dance is my favorite season 10 episode and one of top picks for the entire series. In large part because going back to school as kid always sucked but there was comfort in knowing the fall would also bring back The Simpsons and it was beautifully portrayed in that episode.
Great ranking. Bart The Mother is one of my favourite episodes humour wise.
Its weird, I love Homer to the Max for the first half so much I consider it my number 1 despite the last part being boring. Nobody snuggles with Max Power, you strap in and feel the Gs!
"MISTER Powers!" "Of course, of course." So great.
I actually really liked Viva Ned Flanders but have no idea how it will hold up on rewatch. I just think it has alot of great jokes even if not all of them work and well the plot is generic they play around with Ned's charecter in a fun way wich is cool to see before he becomes very boring in later seasons. Also I definitely agree with you on Number 1. This was a preaty hard season to rank and I have no idea what my list would look like when I do it but Lisa Gets and A is the best here. Overall great video and keep up the good work.
One underrated joke that fits into the theme of toilet humor is from Sunday, Cruddy Sunday: "Sorry about the mess we made of the bathroom." "WHAT bathroom?!" The panic in that line is what made me remember that of course a bus wouldn't have a bathroom. Fantastic delivery.
Late April fools video idea: ranking every flavor of Squishee
Will the Chutney Squishee beat out the champagne Squishee?
All syrup wins, obviously.
You can really taste the chutney.
Best flavor is blue.
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Man, that's good squishy!
Some of my favourite moments are when Marge seemingly gets fed up with Lisa
“What about CLAY you got a problem with CLAY!?”
I think you touched upon Marge getting annoyed with Lisa in episodes like ‘Lisa the Iconoclast’ and ‘Lisa the Skeptic’, and especially from the latter episode Marge makes those exasperated quips, like in the Treehouse of Horror ep of this season
“Oh PLEASE Lisa, everybody’s already figured THAT out!” or in ‘Saddlesore Galactica’ “Yeah, right, that’s what I meant, Lisa. “State UNfair”.”
Bart the Mother at #2 is the robbery of the Century
Possibly my favorite of the season. Def made me slightly emotional seeing it in the top 2, like I was proud of my child or something lol
Giant points to ToH 9 for the name "Hell Toupée" alone. It's a bonus that said name happens to be paired w/ a strong segment.
Last time I was this early, Homer wasn’t a criminally negligent father
So, the 1980s?
Maximum Homerdrive would be in my top 5 if only for the opening 3rd and getting to see homer's reaction to being unable to eat more (and the hibbert jokes). Surprised it was instantly cut from the list.
Yeah, me too.
The absolute best bit in the Pinchy episode is the sea captain asking for spare change after Marge rejects the idea of sending their lobster to a snobby boarding school
Ooooohhh,... Hell Toupee = Hell To Pay.......Yes it took me watching this video to realize the pun.
Also something I love about the Subplot of Lisa get's an A is when they all groan about not getting to eat lobster, and Homer calls out Lisa because she is a vegetarian. 'She likes the smell of it'
#10 does contain some of my favourite Frink-isms.
"I have captured the signal, and am presently tri-ANG-ulating the vectors, and compressing the data down, in order to express it as a function of my hand. *points* They're over therrrrrRRRRrrre!!"
Jasper's exuberance at escaping the bird watching club is also fantastic
Your #1 pick is one of my fave episodes and my fave season 10 episode as well great list!!! Cannot wait for season 11 it has my fave episode on it
What episode?
The season 11 one or the #1 one on this list?
My absolute favorite B-plot is the one in Lard of the Dance. I quote some part of it every day and my wife, really, really fucking hates me for it. That said, the A-plot with Lisa never stuck with me. Could never really figure out why exactly.
i already miss the first few seasons, where i was mad about who didn't make it into the top 10 🥺🥺 now there are only a couple i even like!
i'm so glad you're still going with this series, though, great video as always
Great video, as always. I love your list even though I have a huge soft spot for D'ohin In The Wind personally
Seems like Scully era had many great idess but they were all half baked. Then they ran out of ideas and the Family Guy inspired celebrity driven content came forward
Homers "everything's ok alarm" is one of my favourite jokes in the entire show
"That's one fine looking BBQ pit...
WHY DOESN'T MINE LOOK LIKE THAT?!"
I really liked how Snake segment in Treehouse of Horror IX actually made him (or his hair) a legitimate threat. Even his really silly sounding voice actually sounds kind of intimidating here.
I knew Bart the Mother would be somewhere in the top 3, and was a bit surprised with some of the episodes in the list, but it's always cool to be surprised when watching these countdowns. I still don't know how I would rank my personal top 10, but for me Bart the Mother would be number 1 since I honestly think it feels like it's the last breath of the classic era before the show almost completely lost the heart that made it so great earlier on before the show changed quite a bit. I would also have Lisa Gets an A, Mayored to the Mob, Wild Barts Can't Be Broken, and Treehouse of Horror 9 in my top 10, but don't know where I would rank them, and I would have Marge Simpson in Screaming Yellow Honkers on my top 10. Great list as always dude, and I am honestly feeling for you dude with how you have to now put up with Seasons 11 and 12 where the decline in quality really started to show itself, and we started to get the really terrible episodes. Good luck dude, and continue with the great work.
I hope that for the Season 11 Top 10 list you include a picture for "Kill the Alligator and Run" just for a fakeout.
d'oh in the wind always made me laugh
Pinchy is number 1 in our hearts
TheRealJims, I wish you could do the top 10 of the first 10 seasons (seasons 1 to 10).
It would be very season 7/6 heavy.
No iconic jokes? I disagree! “You’re all talk Hamill! You never even finished Jedi school!”
One of my favorites!
Mom and pop art is my absolute favorite from all simpsons episodes!
Lard of the Dance and I'm with cupid. Clearly underrated.
LARD OF THE DANCE IS A TOP 10 SIMPSONS EPISODE OF ALL TIME
LISA HAS SUCH A GREAT ARC ITS LIKE A DISTORTED VERSION OF SUMMER OF 4 FT 3
AMAZING GUEST STAR PERFORMANCE BY LISA KUDROW
3 OF THE BEST WILLIE JOKES IN ALL OF SIMPSONS
“EEEK, I mean AAAACH, I mean what are you doing here?”
“MY RETIREMENT GREASE !”
“IF IT WAS UP TO ME I WOULD LET YOU GO, BUT THE LADS HAVE A TEMPER, AND THEYVE BEEN DRINKING ALL DAY”
I used to hate mom and pop art when I was younger. However as I grow up it grew on me. Yeah "la grill" is the best joke from this era.
To me, it's first of seasons where I can count favorite episodes on one hand, and last of pre-movie seasons where I can name episodes that is really *favorite* and not just some kind of curiosities to me or good in hypothetical sense, as is interesting conceptually, but lacking in execution in one way or another, "teen" seasons are full of these. In season 10, I share most of personal list with that in the video, just in different arrangement.
Most favorite being "The Wizard of Evergreen Terrace", for one of the last glimpses of "classic Homer", being enthusiastic not to concoct some scheme for quick money, but trying to prove himself to have intellectual worth and genuinely create something useful, in all original concept of episode, being kept in the spirit of more humble, suffering from low self-esteem, Homer of early seasons. Seeing him using his intellectual sources in unorthodox way and actually succeed, even if only to his own personal pride, was also satisfying to see. One of the last sympathetic portrayals of Homer for years to come.
"Bart the Mother" is second, review explains it sufficiently: moments of genuine rapport between Marge and Bart are so sparse in the series, any one is divided with other by seasons and almost decades, seeing them connecting with each other on such deep level is precious. Another strong element is high point in unending "crime & punishment" saga of Bart, him facing repentance for most serious misdeed in his life so far (and generally) and taking interest in preserving life of creatures he, as he thinks, is responsible for getting orphaned, and than still wanting to save them just because he's taken responsibility for their lives, which is also tremendous development for his character (and given it happens in far off the peak of the series). All of it is slightly underscored by typical nonsensical ending of Skully period, but first three thirds are still worthy material.
"Lisa Gets an "A"" is also interesting twist on usual Lisa's crusade for justice and honesty, with her, slightly similar to Bart in another episode, being perpetrator for her misdeed, even only in her own eyes, and trying to set justice when everybody around would rather roll with fraud for personal benefits. Ending, again, is a bit of travesty, rather than actual settlement, but inventive enough (and again, delves into cartoonish implausibility to set absurd of universe against character's human values) to let it slip for the sake of comedy. (I erroneously thought for some time this episode belonged to season 4, it's kind of here in terms of mixing realistic matter with goofiness, similar to "Whacking Day", plus school setting again, but it's really too goofy for earlier seasons and rightfully at home in season 10.)
"Mom and Pop Art" is in the bottom of "top 4", it's naturally pairing itself with "Wizard...", being another "Homer tries to create" episode, except this time his success is built on sheer luck at first rather than conscious effort. It's truly creative in its visuals, both gag-related or just artistic, even if the story itself is re-hash of various themes of that season alone and current period, or just recurring themes of Homer's attics and adventures. I mark it as one of season's spotlight purely based on these artistic merits of it.
Season 10 is actually one of my favorite seasons I know a lot of people hate post Golden Age Simpson but they're still great episodes
Based
@@patricklauer4452 what
@@moneylover318 Having season 10 as one of your fave seasons is a Chad move and I will stand by it:)
Easily the best season of the Mike Scully era.
Definitely not, that's season 9
Homer trying to build the grill would be my pick for funniest scene in the show. Just to good. As you said, I wouldn’t change a millisecond.