Stupid Sexy Lions
Sunday’s Simpsons episode was another eminently unfunny installment in the years long death rattle the show has been publicly undergoing, one that will endure for at least another two years. But it did have one good football related visual gag, when Channel 4 ran a doctored picture of Flanders in a hatchet story about him booting the Simpsons out of their home after he bought in on the cheap in an auction.
Don’t take the ribbing too hard Lions fans. Remember when the show ripped on the Broncos in the Hank Scorpio episode and the team proceeded to win the next two Super Bowls? Well, that won’t happen to you, but it’s a nice thought, huh?
[Fanhouse via Mouthpiece]
March 10th, 2009 at 12:07 pm
Man that last paragraph… cold as ice….
March 10th, 2009 at 12:10 pm
Homer Simpson, how you disappoint us…
At least we still have South Park. And videos of people kicking babies mid-breakdance.
March 10th, 2009 at 12:16 pm
I missed last Sunday’s Simpsons. Who was the trend-of-the-month guest star, and/or what exotic locale did they travel to?
March 10th, 2009 at 12:23 pm
@G.G. http://www.fox.com/fod/
Episodes of most of their shows are posted the next day (but not House, you have to wait 8 fucking days for that).
March 10th, 2009 at 12:44 pm
Who the fuck likes house. Gayest shit ever.
March 10th, 2009 at 12:47 pm
“Gayest shit ever”… says the man who’s balls are on my face.
March 10th, 2009 at 1:03 pm
I must strongly disagree with the sentiments that last weeks episode was unfunny. That shit had me rolling, or maybe it was the weed, but I prefer to believe it was the Simpsons.
March 10th, 2009 at 1:21 pm
Sorry John John, I’ve tried innumerable combinations of substances, legal and illegal, and none of them can make modern Simpsons funny because it flat out sucks. “years long death rattle” pretty much nails it.
And, let me just say that as a Lions fan I gave up all hope long ago.
March 10th, 2009 at 1:21 pm
There was Cape Feare, though, when Homer wants to be John Elway and scores, cutting the 49ers’ lead to 56-7. They didn’t do shit for a few years after that.
March 10th, 2009 at 1:24 pm
At least King of the Hill is still hilarious after all these years.
March 10th, 2009 at 1:27 pm
The Simpsons will still churn out the occasional good episode. The one with the MyPods a few months ago was good, but they’re the exception. The rest are dumb retreads of old themes and story angles or just flat-out slapstick.
March 10th, 2009 at 2:11 pm
Wow! A baseball made out of Secretariat!
March 10th, 2009 at 2:12 pm
I thought last Sunday’s ep was pretty good actually.
March 10th, 2009 at 2:37 pm
I don’t think that picture is accurate. Being a Lions fan is more like being a martyr than an agent of Satan. Everybody knows it’s Packers fans who are in league with Beelzebub. Wisconsin is full of morbidly-obese occultists.
March 10th, 2009 at 2:47 pm
@ Phony
I thought the best thing about that scene was that Homer (for some reason) imagines himself wearing a uniform from the turn of the century (leather helmet and pants all the way up to your armpits) even though everyone else is in modern gear.
March 10th, 2009 at 2:50 pm
I think owning the Denver Broncos is pretty good.
March 10th, 2009 at 3:09 pm
“Marge, you just don’t know football”
There was also an episode from a long time back where Homer is watching football on TV and decides to bet on the Broncos to beat the Patriots. Of course, New England blows them out.
March 10th, 2009 at 3:18 pm
Charlie Sweatpants, as you claim to be a Lions fan, nothing will ever help you regain your sense of humour. Sorry….
March 10th, 2009 at 3:18 pm
“But don’t count out the [covers mouth with beer mug]… Atlanta Falcons.”
March 10th, 2009 at 3:21 pm
The real sign of the Simpsons’ downfall? They missed the obvious joke. If they really wanted to vilify Flanders that shirt should read “Detroit Lions GM”. Unless that Hitler-stache is actually supposed to be Millen’s
March 10th, 2009 at 3:23 pm
@marmatard:
– Lisa, please! I can’t hear the
announcer.
– He said Denver just fumbled.
March 10th, 2009 at 3:32 pm
Bucka Bucka or Woozle Wuzzle
March 10th, 2009 at 3:41 pm
@Major Mel Funkshun:
If I didn’t have a finely honed and very active sense of humor I wouldn’t still be a Lions fan after all these years, would I? Laughter is the only way to make them bearable.
March 10th, 2009 at 3:56 pm
The owner of my neighborhood liquor store has been a Lions fan since 1947. He, too, maintains a broad, deep sense of humor just to keep him from putting a shot gun to his head during the NFL season. He says the Red Wings, Pistons and even the Tigers make life better. He also reminds himself: “At least I’m not a Cleveland sports fan.”
March 10th, 2009 at 4:03 pm
The Simpsons ran out of original plots years ago; how many times have we seen the “Homer and Lisa have nothing in common” storyline?
Only the writing, pop-culture references, and in-jokes (when they work) keep it afloat. A few more years of this and South Park will be re-doing the Family Guy/mannatee “idea balls” episode with the Simpsons as the target of their wrath.
March 10th, 2009 at 4:52 pm
I think we can safely call it a decade-long death rattle at this point.
March 10th, 2009 at 6:33 pm
Again, sad and misdirected. We ALL know that the real demons are fans of teams like the Steelers, Pats, and whatever franchise gets awarded/relocated to Los Angeles.
Thanks Ufford for pointing out that my sadness will now have both a new logo and craptastic uniforms judging by the lack of anything being available at the online pro shop. When will they learn that that the non-descript yet super-sweet throwback…nay, VINTAGE uniforms they wear once a season are the ones the Lions should wear all the time.
March 10th, 2009 at 7:25 pm
Marge: Homer, you have to stop being so impulsive.
Homer: LET’S GO SKIING RIGHT NOW!
March 10th, 2009 at 11:47 pm
If there is a Satan, he’d be a Cowboys fan. The hole in the top of the dome is where his armies will pour out of the bowels of the Earth in the End Days.
Detroit is that crazy hobo who sits next to you on the subway and mutters barely audible, but alarming things. “mumblemumble kill that bitch mumblemumble gonna take those glasses mumblemumble”
March 11th, 2009 at 12:55 am
I’d say the newer episodes have been sharper, though not deeper in meaning like some of the golden era episodes, compared to others of the past where you just shake your head and think, “Why is this still on?”
March 11th, 2009 at 12:56 am
skim- there are no crazy hobos in Detroit. They’re all frozen.
March 11th, 2009 at 2:48 am
Is there anyone else that thinks Steve Slatan is Satan?
March 11th, 2009 at 6:30 am
Based on what I am seeing here I guees it’s a good thing I haven’t watch the Simpsons since I bought this “tape” back in 1990.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Simpsons_Sing_the_Blues
March 11th, 2009 at 6:31 am
guees = french accent for some fucking reason
March 11th, 2009 at 6:51 am
guees = french accent for some fucking reason
Sorry… forgot to say great post – can’t wait to read your next one!