The worst Simpsons open ever

[JakeandElwood]

Tonight ... it wasn't the theme song instead Kesha's awful Tick Tock song with the characters singing along.

Just pathetic.

 

[TheSportsPredictor]

Show ran out of ideas about 15 years ago.

 

[Batman]

Show ran out of ideas about 15 years ago.

And yet, somehow, they've managed to stay on the air for all 15 years, get decent ratings, and produce roughly 300 more episodes since then. Even inspired a South Park episode where every ridiculous idea for a plot was met with a cry of, "Simpsons did it!"
Nope. No original ideas at all.

 

[TheSportsPredictor]

Show ran out of ideas about 15 years ago.

And yet, somehow, they've managed to stay on the air for all 15 years, get decent ratings, and produce roughly 300 more episodes since then. Even inspired a South Park episode where every ridiculous idea for a plot was met with a cry of, "Simpsons did it!"
Nope. No original ideas at all.

South Park ran out of ideas about six years ago.

 

[MonsterLobster]

I think the last time I watched a new episode of The Simpsons was sometime in about 2002 or 2003, whenever they had some milestone episode. Was it 500 or something? 1,000? Either way, it was bad that season and I cannot even imagine what it has devolved to at this point.

 

[BYH]

I'm sorry, but that open was hilarious.

 

[EagleMorph]

Tonight ... it wasn't the theme song instead Kesha's awful Tick Tock song with the characters singing along.

Just pathetic.

They used it last year too.

 

[Batman]

Tonight ... it wasn't the theme song instead Kesha's awful Tick Tock song with the characters singing along.

Just pathetic.

They used it last year too.

I'm guessing it was the same episode, since this was a rerun.

 

[WolvEagle]

It was a rerun. My daughter was seeing it for the first time and was amazed they would use that for the Simpsons. It just doesn't seem to fit the Simpsons.

 

[Hank_Scorpio]

I think the last time I watched a new episode of The Simpsons was sometime in about 2002 or 2003, whenever they had some milestone episode. Was it 500 or something? 1,000? Either way, it was bad that season and I cannot even imagine what it has devolved to at this point.

They haven't reached 500 episodes yet and won't reach it until year 23.

21 years, 464 episodes.

Remember, there are only about 22 episodes per year.

 

[KYSportsWriter]

I'm sorry, but that open was hilarious.

It was even more so the second time around.

 

[MonsterLobster]

I think the last time I watched a new episode of The Simpsons was sometime in about 2002 or 2003, whenever they had some milestone episode. Was it 500 or something? 1,000? Either way, it was bad that season and I cannot even imagine what it has devolved to at this point.

They haven't reached 500 episodes yet and won't reach it until year 23.

21 years, 464 episodes.

Remember, there are only about 22 episodes per year.

Maybe it was episode 300 then. Whatever it was, it was some big milestone. I watch about an hour of television a week and have been like that since I was a kid, so I had never in my life considered the math behind the number of Simpsons episodes. All I know is it had the Red Hot Chili Peppers and it was way bad.

 

[TheSportsPredictor]

Show ran out of ideas about 15 years ago.

And yet, somehow, they've managed to stay on the air for all 15 years, get decent ratings, and produce roughly 300 more episodes since then. Even inspired a South Park episode where every ridiculous idea for a plot was met with a cry of, "Simpsons did it!"
Nope. No original ideas at all.

South Park ran out of ideas about six years ago.

Good luck finding a list of best Simpsons episodes that includes anything from the last 1990s or beyond.

 

[Dan Hickling]

They haven't reached 500 episodes yet and won't reach it until year 23.

21 years, 464 episodes.

Remember, there are only about 22 episodes per year.
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not bad for a fill bumper on the Tracy Ullman Show

 

[mustangj17]

It was a rerun. My daughter was seeing it for the first time and was amazed they would use that for the Simpsons. It just doesn't seem to fit the Simpsons.

The Simpsons have always been on the pulse of pop culture. Kesha is as big now as the Red Hot Chili Peppers were when they appeared.

 

[Double J]

I have never cared for "The Simpsons." Sorry.

I'll watch "Family Guy" for hours on end, though.

 

[zimbabwe]

I have never cared for "The Simpsons." Sorry.

I'll watch "Family Guy" for hours on end, though.

Don't you think that "Family Guy" owes its existence (and formula) to "The Simpsons"?

 

[Double J]

I have never cared for "The Simpsons." Sorry.

I'll watch "Family Guy" for hours on end, though.

Don't you think that "Family Guy" owes its existence (and formula) to "The Simpsons"?

Sure it does. I still like it better.

Not that I fall into this category, but it's also how people can prefer the Stones to the Beatles.

 

[RedSmithClone]

Homer can't hold Hank Hill's jock strap. Unfortunately, that's just my opinion and I'm not a TV exec. Hell, I would have cancelled American Daddy before KOTH.

Still hurting from that decision.

 

[zimbabwe]

I have never cared for "The Simpsons." Sorry.

I'll watch "Family Guy" for hours on end, though.

Don't you think that "Family Guy" owes its existence (and formula) to "The Simpsons"?

Sure it does. I still like it better.

Not that I fall into this category, but it's also how people can prefer the Stones to the Beatles.

Fair enough. Wasn't "criticizing" your tastes.