I feel like this Top 10 list is spicier than usual with its hot takes 🔥🔥🔥 (Although it might just be that Season 17 is one of those where it's difficult to pick out the definitive best episodes)
Honestly, it lines up well enough with my own observations seeing this season reran a lot by Ten. These were the episodes I *would* be interested in sitting through.
Funny that you'd say that. Your entire top 8 consists of episodes that I included in my own top 10, and that's likely the closest match between your list and mine in any of your ranking videos so far. You did rank those eight episodes quite differently within the list than I would have, but I'm not sure if I still want to stand behind my own rankings after hearing your arguments.
The whole bit with Skinner saying "girls might be predisposed to being bad at math" was a topical reference from the time. The then president of Harvard (the alma mater of many Simpsons writers) said something similar at a conference or something and it was a big controversy circa 2005
Classic symptom being the cause thinking. It actually was an important moment in history because it was the first time the Internet actually brought academic level research into a social science issue to the people. That is to say, people began to realize systemic causes from inequalities were the culprit and the average person started to question the built in system without having to go to college for social studies.
@@janedoe3043 it's too bad that the "progressive" people are going too far with destroying the West these days. Now we have dudes competing in female spaces and replacing them in the record books.
While I never usually say that I'm disappointed a video's opinion is different than mine, I really think that deserved a higher spot JUST for the Bob stuff than a mid-tier THOH episode. I find it particularly depressing on Bob's part because he finally left his life of crime and murderous intent behind him, getting a new chance at life, only for Lisa to get drunk and ruin everything for him. Only thing that bugs me about the episode is the American Dad "plagiarism of plagiarism" joke aged horribly. AD has proven itself to be far superior to Family Guy in every way and managed to become a crazy series in its own right.
growing up, most of my simpsons watching was reruns. I believe 17 was the first season I actively remember watching as it premiered. I still think about "27!" and "Bombardment!" to this day, but I can't say many of the actual A or B plots really stick out to me.
whilst I wasn't aware of it at the time, I think it was probably my first I watched whilst it was new. I was born in 2002, and watched the show from a pretty young age. Bombardment! still makes me laugh.
I'm pretty much in the same boat here; the seasonal retrospectives have got to the point where I'm now like "holy crap I remember when this first aired" and I also can't look at the number 27 without thinking of that bit
I feel like Marge's Son Poisoning is such a good episode for the dynamic and how I feel like it makes moments like Martin's rant in Boyz'n the Highlands and the whole episode of A mid-childhood Night Dream stronger. Like, seeing them this chummy and close and seeing how much Bart loves his mom but is capable of leaving all he enjoys to get other's approval gives us a nice perspective of moments like that.
As an Italian dub watcher, I wanted to say that in Girls Just Want to Have Sums, they made a joke better than the original. When the Skinner becomes Willie's assistant, the Italian dub slightly changed the conversation between him and Lisa: Skinner: "No girls allowed!" Lisa: "Principal Skinner?" Skinner: "It's groundskeeper Skinner now" Willie: "Assistant groundskeeper, you piece of puke!" Lisa: "Assistant groundskeeper *piece of puke* Skinner, don't you think it's wrong that I can't get the best math education because I'm a girl?"
I'm really surprised that the Italian Bob didn't make the cut. I figured most people saw it as the highlight of the season. I also really love that Bart racecar bed joke, lol.
One minor thing about Homers B plot in Marges son poisoning that I like is how worried he is about Marge. When he does wacky hijinks he usually doesn’t give her perspective a second thought so it’s nice to see him give up the hustle because he cares more about his wife
He did it. He finally gave us an odd-numbered season Top Ten List without succumbing to using "Funky's Tricks" on any of the entries. Yes, I am a nerd...
I appreciate that you're giving the post-Golden Age seasons a fair shake and not immediately dismissing them as "unwatchable" and whatnot. The "teen" seasons may not hold a candle to the Golden Age, but I think they've got more going for them than a lot of people on the Internet would lead you to believe. I'm very curious to hear your take on Season 18. This could just be nostalgia talking (S18 is when I started watching new episodes regularly), but I've always considered it one of the better seasons of its era.
I think season 18 gets a bad wrap. Personally I think Boys of Bummer is a great episode when I first watched it I thought it was part of the golden age, and the things people dislike about it when I read peoples thoughts on the episode are the reasons I like it. I think it's great seeing the town almost psychotically go after Bart. There's an idea of "likability" when it comes to characters that I've always found a bit odd, I think it comes from American sitcoms, they want their characters to all be super nice under the surface. I think Jerkass homer is great, I actively enjoy homer being a jerkass, I'm not fond of him being a dumbass (dragging the computer along the road in his car in the computer wore menace shoes didn't make me laugh at all, but him treating his family like shit I found entertaining). Season 18 also has the episode where Homer joins the army, it's got the 24 minutes episode, and the kent brockmann episode (which whilst it doesn't deliver on it's premise, has a great premise, if it had been written better I think it could have slotted into season 9 effortlessly) and the one where Fat Tony becomes Maggie's godfather.
I was glad to see that "We're on the Road to D'ohwhere" is at least at number 11. For me, and a lot of other German fans I assume, this episode holds a special place as it was the last one to feature Marge's original German voice actor before she passed away halfway through dubbing this season. For me, *that* was the point that the classic era of Simpsons really came to an end and the show never felt the same afterwards. I doesn't help that the episode has such a downer ending, with Bart missing, Marge in jail in Springfield, Homer in jail in Las Vegas and Lisa left to fend for herself and Maggie.
The series should have just ended there, if nothing else, but to show viewers that the writers are tired of doing this and have officially given up. Yeah, they could tack on "The Simpsons Movie" as the grand finale, but the last regular episode should have been either this one or that season nine episode where Homer becomes sanitation commissioner and floods the town with garbage (it's a fitting metaphor for how Homer's antics that turned the show to trash).
15:14 that tranquilliser scene is one of my all time favourite moments “Mister Simpson was later revived by a stun pistol” just freaking brilliant I just love season 17 probably my favourite modern season
It's so weird having been a younger teen during season 23, going back to watch the classic seasons, and then remembering "oh yeah there's like fifteen years of this show I never even heard about"
I was rewatching a few season 17 episodes recently via a dvd and it made me realise that the Internet is overly critical of most post season 8 episodes, like honestly
it feels like Jim is stretching harder and harder to give these later seasons the benefit of the doubt though I applaud him for playing devils' advocate on the biggest kicking point of the series
Kiss Kiss Bangalore is the best episode of the Simpsons after the Lingo Dead episode. It's the best episode of season 17 and the best episode of the show all between Lingo and the last season Treehouse of horror or Lisa the Boyscout. It is arguably the last classic episode of the Simpsons. It had a classic plotline in MacGuyver, it had a classic burns plot, it had great subversive tones, it had a great take on outsourcing and was pro-union. There were a few bad choices that didn't land but far fewer than any other episode. Classic.
The disrespect to Road to D'oh-where is a dagger. A dagger through my heart! So many perfect jokes in that one. "I don't want Milhouse." "Quiet, or I'll kill you like I killed intellectual Homer." "Stupid horse, it's a DEER crossing." "I'll look for work in the morning." Every time I watch it I'm in stitches. "DEER crossing"... I'm laughing just typing it. But thank you for the love of Richard Dean Anderson's hilarious performance. I recently stated watching Stargate SG-1 where he plays his character so stoically and dry, and it works great, but it gives me whole new context to view his unhinged line reads in Kiss Kiss Bang Bangalore. Especially "nnnnoooowwww!" XD Wonderful.
I love "I'll look for work in the morning." Such a perfect Lisa reaction to the family shenanigans. I feel like there's potential to spin that joke into a full episode, where Lisa realises she may want to look into some financial security for when Homer and Bart's bubble bursts.
I remember buying this series on DVD as a kid. I recall being enraged at the Treehouse of Horror's pacifier ending because I thought it was leading towards a smart twist. Girls Just Want to have Sums was my favourite because there's something so interesting about Lisa exploring the exaggerated but unfiltered world of boys with an outside perspective.
"Girls Just Want to Have Sums" is such an interesting time capsule. I'm sure at the time it would have be perceived as vaguely progressive, however years later and under scrutiny the messaging is really rough. The stuff it parodies can be funny, but the conclusion it reaches feels poorly formed and sullies an otherwise funny episode. It's like they were unwilling to make a stance, and in doing so they inadvertently make one.
Frankly, Springfield Elementary didn't have the budget for the gender segregation, it doesn't have the budget to fix the structural issues that caused the gender gap.
Ranking season 17 is interesting because of how diverse it is, with a good amount of good and bad episodes, imo. Once we get to season 18 there will be a big difference with more bad episodes than good. For now here's my ranking (I will only explain certain episode's placements and not all of them): 1. "Regarding Margie" - I get why this one wasn't well received by fans, but honestly I enjoy this episode a lot. The idea of Marge not remembering Homer's likable traits definitely had the potential and for the most part I believe it was done well. The story was great as well. Also personal bias but I love a good amount of the martial episodes. However it's not at all perfect as I think the ending could've been executed better due to how Marge actually remembers Homer. 2. "The Bonfire of the Manatees" - Another great marital episode which also involves my favorite animal the manatee. I love the manatee support shown in this episode and I also enjoy the beginning a lot. I think the part with Homer staying with his cousins was very pointless and could've easily been cut but otherwise a great episode imo. 3. "The Italian Bob" - One of the more unique Sideshow Bob episodes that marks a new chapter for the character, and it's very solid. 4. "Homer Simpson, This Is Your Wife" - Again, big fan of the marital episodes so of course this is high on my list. The Marge portion of the story is very interesting and one I enjoyed a lot. The Homer portion is also good but having a strict wife is way less interesting and not as funny. 5. "Milhouse of Sand and Fog" - Good episode with regression of the status quo and another good marriage crisis that I personally think is good. 6. "Marge's Son Poisoning" - B plot is not very good at all but the main story is actually relatable to me as I'm very close with my mom as well. I also enjoy the Bart and Marge relationship and it helps that they are two of my favorite characters. 7. "Girls Just Want to Have Sums" 8. "Treehouse of Horror XVI" - Alright ToH but the Mr. Burns segment was awful. 9. "The Seemingly Never-Ending Story" 10. "We're on the Road to D'ohwhere" 11. "The Last of the Red Hat Mamas" 12. "The Monkey Suit" 13. "The Girl Who Slept Too Little" 14. "Marge and Homer Turn a Couple Play" - The only marital episode of this season I didn't like as it was all bickering and it was forgettable. 15. "Million Dollar Abie" 16. "See Homer Run" 17. "Kiss Kiss, Bang Bangalore" 18. "Bart Has Two Mommies" - The Marge and Ned stuff is actually one of the highlights of this episode for me. The story was bad and the b plot was at most a meh. 19. "My Fair Laddy" - I'm not a fan of musicals or Groundskeeper Willie so this boring episode already lost points but then has one of the worst b plots the show has. Who else would make a story about pants? Seriously. 20. "Homer's Paternity Coot" 21. "Simpsons Christmas Stories" - I hate all of the three story episodes. I like consistency in the episode I'm watching and this isn't it. One of the only Christmas episodes I really despise since most Christmas episodes are really good (especially "Marge Be Not Proud," one of my favorite episodes). 22. "The Wettest Stories Ever Told" - This three story episode is worse as it just as forgettable as all the other ones but more so. I literally don't remember this episode or "Simpsons Christmas Stories" as both bore me. Nothing good at all comes from this episode. It's also the episode that was the least viewed on premiere night season 17 btw.
I’m with you on The Seemingly Never Ending Story not being the very best of the season. I’ve always thought The Girl Who Slept Too Little was a fair bit better, feeling like a proto-Halloween of Horror in places. That could be because I caught the second half of it first in a rerun, so I always have that to look forward to as I get through the much rougher first half.
Well this was a great list to watch. I will admit that I haven't seen some of the episodes on this list, which is why I didn't know what to think of where they got placed. I still haven't seen Marge's Son Poisoning, See Homer Run, My Fair Laddy, or Kiss Kiss, Bang Bangalore. It was cool to see The Girl Who Slept Too Little and The Monkey Suit on the list, since I consider them pretty solid and watchable episodes, and wasn't sure what to expect from Treehouse of Horror 16, since I tend to not think about that one too much, except for the final segment with the characters turning into their Halloween costumes which I always found cool. I was surprised The Seemingly Never Ending Story wasn't at least top 3 since I really like that one, and I do not mind some of the plot beats, since I just really like the episode as a whole. Overall, still a great countdown to watch as always, and look forward to the Season 18 Retrospective and Top 10 Season 18 countdown. Great work as always dude.
Homer's Paternity Coot is underrated. Yes its obvious that the man isnt his father, but if you can look past that it has some interesting character writing for Grampa, deliberately lying by switching the DNA tests to give Homer a better father figure. I also really like the suspense with the treasure hunt. Every other attempt at suspense in Season 17 failed, but the one with Homer underwater and out of oxygen works well for me.
This might be my most rewatched season. Not by choice, mind you, syndication used to repeat these a LOT in my country I also literally just watched Artificial Intelligence for the first time, this show gave me the wrong idea about what type of movie it was.
Great list! That backstory episode is actually a great story for me and I understand why it’s not everyone’s favorite but it certainly has a special place in my heart especially for the Snake Jailbird scenes. It’s a very fun story. I also definitely like Italian Bob. I enjoy any musical Sideshow bob story. There’s a lot of episodes in season 17. Bart has two mommies is also a really funny episode. I don’t know about making it number one but I would probably put it in the top five. For me I like Homer on the run best but these are all great stories in their own way.
What I like about the arm wrestling B-plot is how it incorporates a marriage crisis angle...but doesn't. Homer wants to ditch the competition because he thinks Marge feels neglected, when it reality she's too busy hanging out with Bart to care about his stupid antics.
Made a comment on the last video where I predicted 'The Girl Who Slept Too Little, Treehouse of Horror XVI, Marge's Son Poisoning, See Homer Run, The Last of the Red Hat Mamas, We're on the Road to D'ohwhere, The Seemingly Never-Ending Story, Bart Has Two Mommies, Kiss Kiss, Bang Bangalore' as the top nine with a random no clue pick to fill out the ten. Seven right, eight if you include the bubble episode so yay go me. For the odd one out I'm surprised that Red Hat Mamas didn't even get a mention as Marge adult friendship eps are so vanishingly rare and I've always thought that it was a pretty solid outing.
I think you should do a Simpsons Showdown of Sunday Cruddy Sunday and Maximum Homerdrive. They're both some of my favorite "who cares about plot? Let's just goof off" episodes, but it's weird just how similar they are. Especially because they are the 12th and 17th episode, respectively, of season 10. Both involve Homer and Bart going on a road trip and getting into random hijinks (and in a rarity, they don't have any conflict with each other), while Marge and Lisa stay home and do something exceedingly boring that yields some classic quotes. These are the episodes that gave us Senior Ding-Dong and a (possibly undead) Vincent Price. The third act of the A plot in both episodes kind of goes off the rails; in SCS they forgo actual football jokes for a plot about sneaking into the stadium and dealing with security and Rupert Murdoch; in MH, Homer and Bart's trucking adventure suddenly involves a conspiracy of truckers with self-driving trucks who don't want the secret to get out, lest they lose their jobs. Personally, I prefer Maximum Homerdrive just because the A plot is strictly focused on Homer and Bart, while Sunday Cruddy Sunday has half the men in town plus a new guest character (voiced by the always-funny Fred Willard). But what do you think? Are they actually not all that similar at all? Am I crazy for enjoying them so much? Is Vincent Price dead or what?
I love the pacifier ending of THoH 16, if nothing else than for the Dennis Rodman bit. My Fair Laddy is probably my favorite of the season, but I'm always a sucker for Dan Castellaneta singing.
Can we talk about how off the references were in this season? And not just out of left field of El Kabong randomly popping up in "Springfield Blows" and Commander McBragg leading the count for Burns's and Richman's dual. Every so often, there's an old Simpsons episode where the commentary/satire is so specific to when it was written, you watch it and say "oh yeah, THAT happened." The Mayoral race being a parody of the California Governors race where AHnold and a bunch of increasingly goofy D-list celebrities threw their hats into the ring year after the fact. The Lion King musical also well after the musical made waves, including a weird reference to Spamalot (the streamers for blood bit which happened during the Black Knight segment). And I'm still wondering if the "girls and boys learn different" plot was based on anything. And also, I honestly didn't know the Pagliacci bit where Krusty sings "We are out of Rice Krispies" was an actual Rice Krispy commercial.
@@phineas81707 Right right right. I totally forgot that was a thing. Like I always say, either you remember old events through older Simpsons episodes, or you watch these episodes and wonder what they were referencing.
just watching Apu sing a "Where Have All The Cowboys Gone?" karaoke version of the song by Paula Cole is enough to put Marge's Son Poisoning into #1 for me
Bart Has Two Mommies has the first animation error in the Simpsons that I noticed all on my own. When Rod pulls out the solution to Christian Clue, his mouth completely disappears in between cards.
This was the last season I watched while it was airing, after this point I fell off the simpsons train so my memory of these episodes is fairly fuzzy, but your vids make me want to rewatch them!
The order would be different, but my shortlist would be mostly the same. A cursory pass, highly subject to change with more thought, would look something like this: 1. The Girl Who Slept Too Little 2. Marge's Son Poisoning 3. The Seemingly Never-Ending Story 4. The Monkey Suit 5. See Homer Run 6. My Fair Laddy 7. Milhouse of Sand and Fog and then three out of We're on the Road to D'ohwhere, Million Dollar Abie, Regarding Margie, and Homer and Marge Turn a Couple Play to round out the top 10, in some order. Bart Has Two Mommies has standout moments but overall is lacking something for me. It'd probably be #12. As for Girls Just Want to Have Sums, it rests way too much on "haha aren't men and women different!?" humour which I can't relate to. "We've been Yentled!" is such a great line, though.
See Homer Run is one of my favorite simpsons episodes. Im definitely biased since it’s one I randomly had downloaded on my iPod touch as a kid, but I just love that episode so much. To me it feels very in line with classic simpsons, with so many funny scenes. I love Homer giving the safety assembly and causing a fire. The one liner with Smithers and the music teacher in the car always gets me, as does Nelson’s prank on Homer. I also love the stem cell research joke rainier wolfcastle makes. I agree that the episode sort of diverts with the running for mayor plot, but I personally think the Lisa and Homer moments are so good through the episode I really don’t mind. The idea of Lisa pushing homer to run for mayor is cute, and the way Homer and Lisa come together really reminded me of some older episodes. Back in the 2000s, Apple released a collection of episodes called “Best of Homer” which has now been renamed to “Homer Knows Best.” I had that downloaded on my iPod touch as a kid, and it really shaped my view of the show for the future. This collection is all Homer and Lisa focused episodes, the ones where they get into their relationship. Episodes like Lisa’s substitute and see homer run. I think it’s a great collection that gives fans a lot of perspective on how important these two characters relationship is.
I like The Wettest Stories Ever Told best, specifically Bart's segment, which is ironic because in the episode Marge tells him to take the middle spot because it's the weakest
I can definitely see why S17 was so hard to rank because none of these episodes are instant bangers but they're also not bad. I actually really liked the Milhouse episode but Im not sure if its because of the OC joke because the rest of the episode is a blur much like this season as a whole.
My top three were The Seemingly Never-Ending Story, Marge's Son Poisoning, and The Girl Who Slept Too Little. I can't argue against your pick for number one. It was a good time. I still maintain that Girls Just Want to Have Sums is the worst episode of the season. An interesting concept and fun musical opening are not remotely enough to save it from such poor writing I felt.
Even the best episodes of the season there are the effects of Flanderization in play. Skinner is only a momma's boy and Flanders is that crazy religious and overly protective to his sons. I don't mind the latter, because he has a in-universe reason to up it to eleven after his wife died. My top picks would be #1 Girls just wanna have sums #2 Bart has two mommies and #3 Marge's sons poisoning.
Season 16 is usually my jumping off point with the Simpsons, but this is reminding me a lot of those days when I originally watched these episodes. If I had to make my own top 10, it would be: 10. Milhouse of Sand & Fog 9. Million Dollar Abie 8. Girls Just Want to Have Sums 7. My Fair Laddy 6. See Homer Run 5. Bart Has Two Mommies 4. Marge's Son Poisoning 3. Homer's Paternity Coot 2. We're On the Road to D'ohwhere 1. The Seemingly Never-Ending Story Honorable mention: The Monkey Suit, just for Little Moe Szyslak
I actually can't believe how many family favourites are in this season. My Fair Lady, the "Toilet" episode and the Italian Bob (because every Sideshow Bob episode is legendary in our minds as intense Frasier fans). The toilet episode in particular has many quotes that we say frequently.
I keep forgetting you want the Treehouse of Horror to be, well, horror. And Halloween-ey. That's fair, but I've long since just started thinking of it as "cool short stories" that can be horror, sci-fi, philosophical, whatever, and don't have to worry about realism or canonicity. Did you mention in a previous video somewhere potentially continuing the Thanksgiving Horror, and the Treehouse of Horror, and then allowing them more freedom while keeping each respective episode more true to its theme? I wouldn't mind letting the Treehouse get more horror-focused if there was another outlet for the less-horror-based shorts.
You know, it's weird, I don't remember the first segment of Treehouse of Horror XVI that well, I think I skipped it and watched the other two segments back in the day... "The Most Dangerous Game" send-up was good, though, and I LOVED the final segment where everyone turns into their Halloween costumes. Weird ending, though.
The chimp episode is a masterpiece. It doesn't hold back on the laughs at all. I've watched it several times and it still makes me laugh out loud, especially when Homer sucks the dart in and the Stupid Flanders kid shouts "Marge Simpson made me gay!" and stupid Flanders glares at Marge.
I feel like this Top 10 list is spicier than usual with its hot takes 🔥🔥🔥
(Although it might just be that Season 17 is one of those where it's difficult to pick out the definitive best episodes)
Twenty-Seven!
Honestly, it lines up well enough with my own observations seeing this season reran a lot by Ten. These were the episodes I *would* be interested in sitting through.
Bro forgot to put it on the seasons' retrospective and top tens like my grandpa forgetting his pills💀💀💀
A Wooly Bully! On a side note new episodes have a very wrong sounding burns. As far as I could tell is still harry so what gives
Funny that you'd say that. Your entire top 8 consists of episodes that I included in my own top 10, and that's likely the closest match between your list and mine in any of your ranking videos so far. You did rank those eight episodes quite differently within the list than I would have, but I'm not sure if I still want to stand behind my own rankings after hearing your arguments.
The whole bit with Skinner saying "girls might be predisposed to being bad at math" was a topical reference from the time. The then president of Harvard (the alma mater of many Simpsons writers) said something similar at a conference or something and it was a big controversy circa 2005
Classic symptom being the cause thinking. It actually was an important moment in history because it was the first time the Internet actually brought academic level research into a social science issue to the people. That is to say, people began to realize systemic causes from inequalities were the culprit and the average person started to question the built in system without having to go to college for social studies.
@@janedoe3043 women are bad at Chess too
@@janedoe3043 it's too bad that the "progressive" people are going too far with destroying the West these days. Now we have dudes competing in female spaces and replacing them in the record books.
@@janedoe3043Critical theory is demonic, men and women are not the same, piss and die about it
the Italian Bob is my favourite because even when the episode isn't very good Kelsey Grammer always gives an entertaining performance
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It had good moments, but when I watched it live back then I had the same opinion as now. This feels very forced and off. Kiss kiss ftw.
While I never usually say that I'm disappointed a video's opinion is different than mine, I really think that deserved a higher spot JUST for the Bob stuff than a mid-tier THOH episode. I find it particularly depressing on Bob's part because he finally left his life of crime and murderous intent behind him, getting a new chance at life, only for Lisa to get drunk and ruin everything for him. Only thing that bugs me about the episode is the American Dad "plagiarism of plagiarism" joke aged horribly. AD has proven itself to be far superior to Family Guy in every way and managed to become a crazy series in its own right.
Kelsey Grammer singing in the final act alone makes it a top 10 for the season
growing up, most of my simpsons watching was reruns. I believe 17 was the first season I actively remember watching as it premiered. I still think about "27!" and "Bombardment!" to this day, but I can't say many of the actual A or B plots really stick out to me.
whilst I wasn't aware of it at the time, I think it was probably my first I watched whilst it was new. I was born in 2002, and watched the show from a pretty young age. Bombardment! still makes me laugh.
I'm pretty much in the same boat here; the seasonal retrospectives have got to the point where I'm now like "holy crap I remember when this first aired" and I also can't look at the number 27 without thinking of that bit
I feel like Marge's Son Poisoning is such a good episode for the dynamic and how I feel like it makes moments like Martin's rant in Boyz'n the Highlands and the whole episode of A mid-childhood Night Dream stronger.
Like, seeing them this chummy and close and seeing how much Bart loves his mom but is capable of leaving all he enjoys to get other's approval gives us a nice perspective of moments like that.
As an Italian dub watcher, I wanted to say that in Girls Just Want to Have Sums, they made a joke better than the original.
When the Skinner becomes Willie's assistant, the Italian dub slightly changed the conversation between him and Lisa:
Skinner: "No girls allowed!"
Lisa: "Principal Skinner?"
Skinner: "It's groundskeeper Skinner now"
Willie: "Assistant groundskeeper, you piece of puke!"
Lisa: "Assistant groundskeeper *piece of puke* Skinner, don't you think it's wrong that I can't get the best math education because I'm a girl?"
I'm really surprised that the Italian Bob didn't make the cut. I figured most people saw it as the highlight of the season. I also really love that Bart racecar bed joke, lol.
One minor thing about Homers B plot in Marges son poisoning that I like is how worried he is about Marge. When he does wacky hijinks he usually doesn’t give her perspective a second thought so it’s nice to see him give up the hustle because he cares more about his wife
I know I always found that bit super cute, especially since it's at the point where jerkass homer was still alive
Kelsey Grammer singing Opera is always a treat for the soul
He did it. He finally gave us an odd-numbered season Top Ten List without succumbing to using "Funky's Tricks" on any of the entries. Yes, I am a nerd...
Holy shit, i thought i was the only one who realized that odd pattern (pun intended)
I appreciate that you're giving the post-Golden Age seasons a fair shake and not immediately dismissing them as "unwatchable" and whatnot. The "teen" seasons may not hold a candle to the Golden Age, but I think they've got more going for them than a lot of people on the Internet would lead you to believe. I'm very curious to hear your take on Season 18. This could just be nostalgia talking (S18 is when I started watching new episodes regularly), but I've always considered it one of the better seasons of its era.
I think 18 is the first really bad season.
I think season 18 gets a bad wrap. Personally I think Boys of Bummer is a great episode when I first watched it I thought it was part of the golden age, and the things people dislike about it when I read peoples thoughts on the episode are the reasons I like it. I think it's great seeing the town almost psychotically go after Bart. There's an idea of "likability" when it comes to characters that I've always found a bit odd, I think it comes from American sitcoms, they want their characters to all be super nice under the surface. I think Jerkass homer is great, I actively enjoy homer being a jerkass, I'm not fond of him being a dumbass (dragging the computer along the road in his car in the computer wore menace shoes didn't make me laugh at all, but him treating his family like shit I found entertaining).
Season 18 also has the episode where Homer joins the army, it's got the 24 minutes episode, and the kent brockmann episode (which whilst it doesn't deliver on it's premise, has a great premise, if it had been written better I think it could have slotted into season 9 effortlessly) and the one where Fat Tony becomes Maggie's godfather.
I honestly rewatch the teen seasons as often as the golden era and honestly wouldn't know people disliked them if the Internet didn't exist
Yeah, if you've seen his other videos, he's not one of those Simpsons fans who's super critical on the post-season 9 stuff.
The teen season episodes have some funny jokes and cool moments, but the episodes themselves usually end up being less than the sum of their parts
The Bart/Marge episode gets my favourite because it reminds me of growing up and my interactions with my mom, it really tugs at those heartstrings.
“Willy fatigue” might just be my next band name.
I was glad to see that "We're on the Road to D'ohwhere" is at least at number 11. For me, and a lot of other German fans I assume, this episode holds a special place as it was the last one to feature Marge's original German voice actor before she passed away halfway through dubbing this season. For me, *that* was the point that the classic era of Simpsons really came to an end and the show never felt the same afterwards. I doesn't help that the episode has such a downer ending, with Bart missing, Marge in jail in Springfield, Homer in jail in Las Vegas and Lisa left to fend for herself and Maggie.
The series should have just ended there, if nothing else, but to show viewers that the writers are tired of doing this and have officially given up. Yeah, they could tack on "The Simpsons Movie" as the grand finale, but the last regular episode should have been either this one or that season nine episode where Homer becomes sanitation commissioner and floods the town with garbage (it's a fitting metaphor for how Homer's antics that turned the show to trash).
15:14 that tranquilliser scene is one of my all time favourite moments
“Mister Simpson was later revived by a stun pistol” just freaking brilliant
I just love season 17 probably my favourite modern season
i know you mean "not part of the golden age", but can you really still call it a "modern season" when it was almost 20 years ago? :P
@@IdranUgh I remember when Skinner was a fraud, stupid modern era... are we in 2001 right?
"Skinner just busts in there and says "by the way I'm sexist""
I actually had this thought when I saw Girls Just Want To Have Sums at the time lmao
It's so weird having been a younger teen during season 23, going back to watch the classic seasons, and then remembering "oh yeah there's like fifteen years of this show I never even heard about"
I was rewatching a few season 17 episodes recently via a dvd and it made me realise that the Internet is overly critical of most post season 8 episodes, like honestly
It really gets annoying hearing people say why certain episode I like a lot is terrible all the time
@@sonicjhiq you should be used to that as a sonic fan lol, deal with it, the majority disagree with you...
@@jr2904 most of the bad sonic games, I've either not played or I disliked myself
it feels like Jim is stretching harder and harder to give these later seasons the benefit of the doubt though I applaud him for playing devils' advocate on the biggest kicking point of the series
Kiss Kiss Bangalore is the best episode of the Simpsons after the Lingo Dead episode. It's the best episode of season 17 and the best episode of the show all between Lingo and the last season Treehouse of horror or Lisa the Boyscout. It is arguably the last classic episode of the Simpsons.
It had a classic plotline in MacGuyver, it had a classic burns plot, it had great subversive tones, it had a great take on outsourcing and was pro-union. There were a few bad choices that didn't land but far fewer than any other episode.
Classic.
Lionel Hutch I remember on an episode not in this season him talking about how he sued The Neverending Story for fraud.
I'm not sure whats worst Willie Murder or Willie fatigue.
The disrespect to Road to D'oh-where is a dagger. A dagger through my heart! So many perfect jokes in that one. "I don't want Milhouse." "Quiet, or I'll kill you like I killed intellectual Homer." "Stupid horse, it's a DEER crossing." "I'll look for work in the morning." Every time I watch it I'm in stitches. "DEER crossing"... I'm laughing just typing it.
But thank you for the love of Richard Dean Anderson's hilarious performance. I recently stated watching Stargate SG-1 where he plays his character so stoically and dry, and it works great, but it gives me whole new context to view his unhinged line reads in Kiss Kiss Bang Bangalore. Especially "nnnnoooowwww!" XD Wonderful.
I love "I'll look for work in the morning." Such a perfect Lisa reaction to the family shenanigans.
I feel like there's potential to spin that joke into a full episode, where Lisa realises she may want to look into some financial security for when Homer and Bart's bubble bursts.
I remember buying this series on DVD as a kid. I recall being enraged at the Treehouse of Horror's pacifier ending because I thought it was leading towards a smart twist. Girls Just Want to have Sums was my favourite because there's something so interesting about Lisa exploring the exaggerated but unfiltered world of boys with an outside perspective.
"Girls Just Want to Have Sums" is such an interesting time capsule. I'm sure at the time it would have be perceived as vaguely progressive, however years later and under scrutiny the messaging is really rough. The stuff it parodies can be funny, but the conclusion it reaches feels poorly formed and sullies an otherwise funny episode. It's like they were unwilling to make a stance, and in doing so they inadvertently make one.
Frankly, Springfield Elementary didn't have the budget for the gender segregation, it doesn't have the budget to fix the structural issues that caused the gender gap.
Omg hearing you talk about the episodes made me realize that this was the season I actually used to watch on tv...
When I was younger, "We're On The Road To Dohwhere" always felt so bizarre, especially with the ending where everyone goes to jail
Ranking season 17 is interesting because of how diverse it is, with a good amount of good and bad episodes, imo. Once we get to season 18 there will be a big difference with more bad episodes than good. For now here's my ranking (I will only explain certain episode's placements and not all of them):
1. "Regarding Margie" - I get why this one wasn't well received by fans, but honestly I enjoy this episode a lot. The idea of Marge not remembering Homer's likable traits definitely had the potential and for the most part I believe it was done well. The story was great as well. Also personal bias but I love a good amount of the martial episodes. However it's not at all perfect as I think the ending could've been executed better due to how Marge actually remembers Homer.
2. "The Bonfire of the Manatees" - Another great marital episode which also involves my favorite animal the manatee. I love the manatee support shown in this episode and I also enjoy the beginning a lot. I think the part with Homer staying with his cousins was very pointless and could've easily been cut but otherwise a great episode imo.
3. "The Italian Bob" - One of the more unique Sideshow Bob episodes that marks a new chapter for the character, and it's very solid.
4. "Homer Simpson, This Is Your Wife" - Again, big fan of the marital episodes so of course this is high on my list. The Marge portion of the story is very interesting and one I enjoyed a lot. The Homer portion is also good but having a strict wife is way less interesting and not as funny.
5. "Milhouse of Sand and Fog" - Good episode with regression of the status quo and another good marriage crisis that I personally think is good.
6. "Marge's Son Poisoning" - B plot is not very good at all but the main story is actually relatable to me as I'm very close with my mom as well. I also enjoy the Bart and Marge relationship and it helps that they are two of my favorite characters.
7. "Girls Just Want to Have Sums"
8. "Treehouse of Horror XVI" - Alright ToH but the Mr. Burns segment was awful.
9. "The Seemingly Never-Ending Story"
10. "We're on the Road to D'ohwhere"
11. "The Last of the Red Hat Mamas"
12. "The Monkey Suit"
13. "The Girl Who Slept Too Little"
14. "Marge and Homer Turn a Couple Play" - The only marital episode of this season I didn't like as it was all bickering and it was forgettable.
15. "Million Dollar Abie"
16. "See Homer Run"
17. "Kiss Kiss, Bang Bangalore"
18. "Bart Has Two Mommies" - The Marge and Ned stuff is actually one of the highlights of this episode for me. The story was bad and the b plot was at most a meh.
19. "My Fair Laddy" - I'm not a fan of musicals or Groundskeeper Willie so this boring episode already lost points but then has one of the worst b plots the show has. Who else would make a story about pants? Seriously.
20. "Homer's Paternity Coot"
21. "Simpsons Christmas Stories" - I hate all of the three story episodes. I like consistency in the episode I'm watching and this isn't it. One of the only Christmas episodes I really despise since most Christmas episodes are really good (especially "Marge Be Not Proud," one of my favorite episodes).
22. "The Wettest Stories Ever Told" - This three story episode is worse as it just as forgettable as all the other ones but more so. I literally don't remember this episode or "Simpsons Christmas Stories" as both bore me. Nothing good at all comes from this episode. It's also the episode that was the least viewed on premiere night season 17 btw.
1:22 No, we need a full length, 22 minute treehouse parody of Battle Royale with Terry Bradshaw commentating through all of it for next year.
I’m with you on The Seemingly Never Ending Story not being the very best of the season. I’ve always thought The Girl Who Slept Too Little was a fair bit better, feeling like a proto-Halloween of Horror in places. That could be because I caught the second half of it first in a rerun, so I always have that to look forward to as I get through the much rougher first half.
I'd be hard pressed to pick ten episodes from Season 17 that I even liked all that much, so I applaud your efforts.
Well this was a great list to watch. I will admit that I haven't seen some of the episodes on this list, which is why I didn't know what to think of where they got placed. I still haven't seen Marge's Son Poisoning, See Homer Run, My Fair Laddy, or Kiss Kiss, Bang Bangalore. It was cool to see The Girl Who Slept Too Little and The Monkey Suit on the list, since I consider them pretty solid and watchable episodes, and wasn't sure what to expect from Treehouse of Horror 16, since I tend to not think about that one too much, except for the final segment with the characters turning into their Halloween costumes which I always found cool. I was surprised The Seemingly Never Ending Story wasn't at least top 3 since I really like that one, and I do not mind some of the plot beats, since I just really like the episode as a whole. Overall, still a great countdown to watch as always, and look forward to the Season 18 Retrospective and Top 10 Season 18 countdown. Great work as always dude.
Homer's Paternity Coot is underrated. Yes its obvious that the man isnt his father, but if you can look past that it has some interesting character writing for Grampa, deliberately lying by switching the DNA tests to give Homer a better father figure. I also really like the suspense with the treasure hunt. Every other attempt at suspense in Season 17 failed, but the one with Homer underwater and out of oxygen works well for me.
This might be my most rewatched season. Not by choice, mind you, syndication used to repeat these a LOT in my country
I also literally just watched Artificial Intelligence for the first time, this show gave me the wrong idea about what type of movie it was.
I do admit that I have a soft spot for this season since I owned it on DVD and watched it all the time when I was younger.
PTV should've won that Emmy. That's absolutely crazy
Haha, glad I'm not the only one who looked at some of the other nominees and thought "wow, they got robbed".
There have been some pretty bad winners. Emmy voters don't watch cartoons apparently.
Great list! That backstory episode is actually a great story for me and I understand why it’s not everyone’s favorite but it certainly has a special place in my heart especially for the Snake Jailbird scenes. It’s a very fun story. I also definitely like Italian Bob. I enjoy any musical Sideshow bob story. There’s a lot of episodes in season 17. Bart has two mommies is also a really funny episode. I don’t know about making it number one but I would probably put it in the top five. For me I like Homer on the run best but these are all great stories in their own way.
You can tell it’s a dud season when these are the strongest episodes
What I like about the arm wrestling B-plot is how it incorporates a marriage crisis angle...but doesn't.
Homer wants to ditch the competition because he thinks Marge feels neglected, when it reality she's too busy hanging out with Bart to care about his stupid antics.
i love classic simpsons over all the other eras but my favourite episode of all time is bart has two mommies. i just find every moment in it so funny.
Bart has two mommies also has my favorite joke from middle Simpsons: “call me Ned Zeppelin but are my boys abrazed and contused?”
Made a comment on the last video where I predicted 'The Girl Who Slept Too Little, Treehouse of Horror XVI, Marge's Son Poisoning, See Homer Run, The Last of the Red Hat Mamas, We're on the Road to D'ohwhere, The Seemingly Never-Ending Story, Bart Has Two Mommies, Kiss Kiss, Bang Bangalore' as the top nine with a random no clue pick to fill out the ten. Seven right, eight if you include the bubble episode so yay go me.
For the odd one out I'm surprised that Red Hat Mamas didn't even get a mention as Marge adult friendship eps are so vanishingly rare and I've always thought that it was a pretty solid outing.
Don't most Marge friends episodes end with the other woman/women being bitches or, even if positive, one-off charaters never seen again?
I think you should do a Simpsons Showdown of Sunday Cruddy Sunday and Maximum Homerdrive. They're both some of my favorite "who cares about plot? Let's just goof off" episodes, but it's weird just how similar they are. Especially because they are the 12th and 17th episode, respectively, of season 10. Both involve Homer and Bart going on a road trip and getting into random hijinks (and in a rarity, they don't have any conflict with each other), while Marge and Lisa stay home and do something exceedingly boring that yields some classic quotes. These are the episodes that gave us Senior Ding-Dong and a (possibly undead) Vincent Price. The third act of the A plot in both episodes kind of goes off the rails; in SCS they forgo actual football jokes for a plot about sneaking into the stadium and dealing with security and Rupert Murdoch; in MH, Homer and Bart's trucking adventure suddenly involves a conspiracy of truckers with self-driving trucks who don't want the secret to get out, lest they lose their jobs. Personally, I prefer Maximum Homerdrive just because the A plot is strictly focused on Homer and Bart, while Sunday Cruddy Sunday has half the men in town plus a new guest character (voiced by the always-funny Fred Willard). But what do you think? Are they actually not all that similar at all? Am I crazy for enjoying them so much? Is Vincent Price dead or what?
Props for making the video 17 minutes
BOMBARDMENT
Can we just take a moment to appreciate the part of My Fair Lady when Willy pulls Edna and writes “Boink slut” in his diary
The Wiggum bits in the cemetery in The Girl Who Slept too Little are the most quoted Simpsons bits in my family. "I don't wanna Lou!"
Girls Just Want to Have Sums is the reason I used to have a cat named Toilet
I always like the Halloween Martin and Willie Joke.
In Pokemon poison beats fairy
Fairy type wasn’t around when the episode was made
I love the pacifier ending of THoH 16, if nothing else than for the Dennis Rodman bit.
My Fair Laddy is probably my favorite of the season, but I'm always a sucker for Dan Castellaneta singing.
Can we talk about how off the references were in this season? And not just out of left field of El Kabong randomly popping up in "Springfield Blows" and Commander McBragg leading the count for Burns's and Richman's dual. Every so often, there's an old Simpsons episode where the commentary/satire is so specific to when it was written, you watch it and say "oh yeah, THAT happened." The Mayoral race being a parody of the California Governors race where AHnold and a bunch of increasingly goofy D-list celebrities threw their hats into the ring year after the fact. The Lion King musical also well after the musical made waves, including a weird reference to Spamalot (the streamers for blood bit which happened during the Black Knight segment). And I'm still wondering if the "girls and boys learn different" plot was based on anything. And also, I honestly didn't know the Pagliacci bit where Krusty sings "We are out of Rice Krispies" was an actual Rice Krispy commercial.
Another comment says this was around the time a bigwig at Harvard made the same careless comment that Skinner did at Stabalot.
@@phineas81707 Right right right. I totally forgot that was a thing. Like I always say, either you remember old events through older Simpsons episodes, or you watch these episodes and wonder what they were referencing.
The ad before the video was for the Napoleon movie. The first thing after the ad I heard being “oh boy I’ve been waiting for this one” went so hard
just watching Apu sing a "Where Have All The Cowboys Gone?" karaoke version of the song by Paula Cole is enough to put Marge's Son Poisoning into #1 for me
Willy fatigue is part of why my last relationship ended
Underrated comment
That's the last time she'll slap your Willy around
Do not touch Willy. Good advice...
Bart Has Two Mommies has the first animation error in the Simpsons that I noticed all on my own. When Rod pulls out the solution to Christian Clue, his mouth completely disappears in between cards.
I honestly always loved the blue pants B plot. One of my favorite B plots ever.
This was the last season I watched while it was airing, after this point I fell off the simpsons train so my memory of these episodes is fairly fuzzy, but your vids make me want to rewatch them!
The order would be different, but my shortlist would be mostly the same. A cursory pass, highly subject to change with more thought, would look something like this:
1. The Girl Who Slept Too Little
2. Marge's Son Poisoning
3. The Seemingly Never-Ending Story
4. The Monkey Suit
5. See Homer Run
6. My Fair Laddy
7. Milhouse of Sand and Fog
and then three out of We're on the Road to D'ohwhere, Million Dollar Abie, Regarding Margie, and Homer and Marge Turn a Couple Play to round out the top 10, in some order. Bart Has Two Mommies has standout moments but overall is lacking something for me. It'd probably be #12. As for Girls Just Want to Have Sums, it rests way too much on "haha aren't men and women different!?" humour which I can't relate to. "We've been Yentled!" is such a great line, though.
Cool vid! Season 17 is like an iconic season of the middle age to me
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The "Friendly Dog" joke from Bart Has Two Mommies is one of my favorite middle-season jokes. It's so silly.
Mokeysuit is my favorite one, probably because i'm a sicence and bio teacher lol
That "Girls Just Want to Have Sums" episode is a major mixed bag, but dang it if I didn't say that the Itchy and Scratchy play was the highlight.
Willy fatigue has ruined what could have been some great nights for me
See Homer Run is one of my favorite simpsons episodes. Im definitely biased since it’s one I randomly had downloaded on my iPod touch as a kid, but I just love that episode so much. To me it feels very in line with classic simpsons, with so many funny scenes. I love Homer giving the safety assembly and causing a fire. The one liner with Smithers and the music teacher in the car always gets me, as does Nelson’s prank on Homer. I also love the stem cell research joke rainier wolfcastle makes. I agree that the episode sort of diverts with the running for mayor plot, but I personally think the Lisa and Homer moments are so good through the episode I really don’t mind. The idea of Lisa pushing homer to run for mayor is cute, and the way Homer and Lisa come together really reminded me of some older episodes.
Back in the 2000s, Apple released a collection of episodes called “Best of Homer” which has now been renamed to “Homer Knows Best.” I had that downloaded on my iPod touch as a kid, and it really shaped my view of the show for the future. This collection is all Homer and Lisa focused episodes, the ones where they get into their relationship. Episodes like Lisa’s substitute and see homer run. I think it’s a great collection that gives fans a lot of perspective on how important these two characters relationship is.
You know it's a rough season when a top 7 episode reaches the dizzying heights of..."solid".
"The bacon man lives in a bacon house!" is one of those random jokes I love. That and "diney-dashey Stavros."
Omg first aaah!
Finally!
You missed the KEY to unlocking the mystery of Hans Sprungfeld
“By the way, I’m sexist!” actually made me laugh out loud; a rare thing these days
I like The Wettest Stories Ever Told best, specifically Bart's segment, which is ironic because in the episode Marge tells him to take the middle spot because it's the weakest
“Not Dr Nick, Doctor Octopus! I’m gonna get you Spidey. That way I can have upside down kiss with Mary Jane” - Dr. Nick
I can definitely see why S17 was so hard to rank because none of these episodes are instant bangers but they're also not bad. I actually really liked the Milhouse episode but Im not sure if its because of the OC joke because the rest of the episode is a blur much like this season as a whole.
My top three were The Seemingly Never-Ending Story, Marge's Son Poisoning, and The Girl Who Slept Too Little. I can't argue against your pick for number one. It was a good time.
I still maintain that Girls Just Want to Have Sums is the worst episode of the season. An interesting concept and fun musical opening are not remotely enough to save it from such poor writing I felt.
Can someone explain why he calls the #11 slot the “bubble episode” ?
Me and a buddy in high school used to yell "bombardment!" at each other in gym class. Good times.
"All I see Is an empty grave
Why don't ya fill It ya lazy bast-"
🎶 I'm buying blue pants in the morning!
Ding dong, the zipper's gonna shine!🎶
Even the best episodes of the season there are the effects of Flanderization in play. Skinner is only a momma's boy and Flanders is that crazy religious and overly protective to his sons. I don't mind the latter, because he has a in-universe reason to up it to eleven after his wife died.
My top picks would be #1 Girls just wanna have sums #2 Bart has two mommies and #3 Marge's sons poisoning.
Season 16 is usually my jumping off point with the Simpsons, but this is reminding me a lot of those days when I originally watched these episodes. If I had to make my own top 10, it would be:
10. Milhouse of Sand & Fog
9. Million Dollar Abie
8. Girls Just Want to Have Sums
7. My Fair Laddy
6. See Homer Run
5. Bart Has Two Mommies
4. Marge's Son Poisoning
3. Homer's Paternity Coot
2. We're On the Road to D'ohwhere
1. The Seemingly Never-Ending Story
Honorable mention: The Monkey Suit, just for Little Moe Szyslak
I would knock off milhouse of sand & fog, put my fair laddy at 2 & the Italian bob at number 1, otherwise this is my list.
The Dangerous Game treehouse segment genuinely gave me nightmares as a kid
Seemingly Never Ending Story is a personal favourite.
It's a fun one. Especially if you don't quibble over "continuity" in the show.
I hope the Season 18 Retrospective is just 40 minutes of talking about what a horrible episode "Boys of Bummer" is
Season 17 has episodes that I often mistake for being much earlier in the series ngl.
The 20s will be interesting to review.
I actually can't believe how many family favourites are in this season. My Fair Lady, the "Toilet" episode and the Italian Bob (because every Sideshow Bob episode is legendary in our minds as intense Frasier fans). The toilet episode in particular has many quotes that we say frequently.
I keep forgetting you want the Treehouse of Horror to be, well, horror. And Halloween-ey. That's fair, but I've long since just started thinking of it as "cool short stories" that can be horror, sci-fi, philosophical, whatever, and don't have to worry about realism or canonicity.
Did you mention in a previous video somewhere potentially continuing the Thanksgiving Horror, and the Treehouse of Horror, and then allowing them more freedom while keeping each respective episode more true to its theme? I wouldn't mind letting the Treehouse get more horror-focused if there was another outlet for the less-horror-based shorts.
You know, it's weird, I don't remember the first segment of Treehouse of Horror XVI that well, I think I skipped it and watched the other two segments back in the day... "The Most Dangerous Game" send-up was good, though, and I LOVED the final segment where everyone turns into their Halloween costumes. Weird ending, though.
Heck yeah it’s real jims time :3
#3 i have Barts bike helmet with fins. Wow
Homer in the Scopes trial is like Homer in that season one episode where he's bigfoot or whatever
Homer's salamander tail. 😂
Lisa: How did you do that?
Homer: I don't know...
3:44 keep him away from any eldar kids
Hey Princess Cake, you want some princess cake?
hype for this lets gooo
Missed the “can we have fried chicken “ joke in The Girl Who Slept Too Little. Barts delivery always kills me.
It isn't my favorite season of The Simpsons but I like how witty the jokes were.
Vendetta for my papa.
this made me realize season 17 was the last season i watched on tv in Australia
The chimp episode is a masterpiece. It doesn't hold back on the laughs at all. I've watched it several times and it still makes me laugh out loud, especially when Homer sucks the dart in and the Stupid Flanders kid shouts "Marge Simpson made me gay!" and stupid Flanders glares at Marge.
Lisa as a boy ended up being my favorite after a rewatch. I actually loved it. It made me wish for more or Lisa trying to be a boy
Not CZcams just now showing me this video in my recommended tab 😭😭😭