The Simpsons - "Thursdays With Abie" - Talkback [1/3]
- Thread starter Kr1st1n
- Start date
ronywijaya
New member
Great, the second episode in the production order. I hope it's as good as the last episode.
Old people are funny. They can amuse with their exploits about growing up in the snowcapped peaks of Minnesota, where they had to walk up hill, both ways, to get to school in 9 feet of snow just to a catch the bus. But old people can also be pitiful--they can develope alzheimers, forget familar faces, forget their most cherished moments of their past, and sadly, they can forget to be themselves.
Unfortunetly, watching tonight's Simpsons episode "Thursdays with Abie" was like watching the show that was stricken with a latent stage of alzheimers. This entire episode was about making a story of Grandpa's inane rants, but it ended up about as pointless as one of grandpas inane rants. Of course, all could be forgiven had this episode was geniunely funny, but like a person with alzheimers, "Thursdays" kept slumming along, desperetly trying to make a point, but when the writers seemingly had written themselves into a corner (or was afraid all the Homer Show fans would balk at this mess) the "twist" of Grandpa's impending death (from the Hank Azaria lookalike, no less!) was introduced.
Oh, please.
Even before the meat'n bones of "Grandpas Exploits" were explored we were still given the fruit of bad writing with the pre-plot set up: Slimu, a b-plot that was probably an afterthought, Homer's ****ed up rant over the credits and one of the worst time-killing jokes ever with Marge's parking lot picture recap. Ugh. Either this elite writing staff thinks they're incredibly smart, or we're incredibly stupid. This episode made me feel like I was watching a clipshow, and it's not even a clipshow. Oy.
Anyaway, this was **** terrible, not only is the worst episode of S21, it's even worse than Kill the Alligator and Run. This isn't bad Simpsons, it's just BAD.
0/5, if it was an option. Even Mike Scully, king of the crappy Simpsons, is going: "Oh, Al! No!!!!"
Unfortunetly, watching tonight's Simpsons episode "Thursdays with Abie" was like watching the show that was stricken with a latent stage of alzheimers. This entire episode was about making a story of Grandpa's inane rants, but it ended up about as pointless as one of grandpas inane rants. Of course, all could be forgiven had this episode was geniunely funny, but like a person with alzheimers, "Thursdays" kept slumming along, desperetly trying to make a point, but when the writers seemingly had written themselves into a corner (or was afraid all the Homer Show fans would balk at this mess) the "twist" of Grandpa's impending death (from the Hank Azaria lookalike, no less!) was introduced.
Oh, please.
Even before the meat'n bones of "Grandpas Exploits" were explored we were still given the fruit of bad writing with the pre-plot set up: Slimu, a b-plot that was probably an afterthought, Homer's ****ed up rant over the credits and one of the worst time-killing jokes ever with Marge's parking lot picture recap. Ugh. Either this elite writing staff thinks they're incredibly smart, or we're incredibly stupid. This episode made me feel like I was watching a clipshow, and it's not even a clipshow. Oy.
Anyaway, this was **** terrible, not only is the worst episode of S21, it's even worse than Kill the Alligator and Run. This isn't bad Simpsons, it's just BAD.
0/5, if it was an option. Even Mike Scully, king of the crappy Simpsons, is going: "Oh, Al! No!!!!"
Tracey Rocks!
New member
Yeah, this one wasn't nearly as good as the last one. Really lame writing. Bummer.
Josuekatracho2
New member
This episode was pretty funny. Homer's long rant was a miss but Agnes' one liners were funny.
Paul Jason
New member
Great episode :anime:
My favorite part is Homer having a Computer Brain XD
My favorite part is Homer having a Computer Brain XD
Dartagnan Pluck vol.2
New member
Yeah I noticed that too. I wanted to laugh but I couldn't read any of the files.
Yourasssmells.
New member
It wasn't as good as the last episode, still ok. I'm disliking Lisa more and more each episode though. Where did the Lisa with morals go? Bart was cool here, he's seeming like his classic self these days. Over all I guess I give it a 2/5.
Dakota2006
New member
I enjoyed Homer's computer brain (one of the files was "Bart In Hell" lol) and his "Uh oh." when it gave a fatal error message and I also enjoyed Nelson's psychotic bit about the lamb being the only thing keeping him sane while Bart and Lisa watch him with worry.
I thought it was an okay episode. I loved the computer brain gag, and the idea of going somewhere with Grandpa's rants was worth exploring in the beginning. But then the twist... wow, how uninspired. Abe's new friend wants to kill him to win a Pulitzer?
Not a bad episode, just merely average.
Not a bad episode, just merely average.
ticked off
New member
Older people seem to find jokes about unfamiliar technology funny. They've done a lot more of them as the staff is approaching 60. A joke about being able to take as many pictures as you want on a digital camera (OOO WOW!!!) doesn't work. The computer brain gag, however, did. What's the difference?
The difference is that we've had to use computer interfaces for long enough that we know what is funny about them. Homer's brain "crashing" was great.
I wish they'd thought of this premise ten years ago. An entire episode devoted to Abe's rambling would've been awesome under a previous showrunner.
And despite how old they are, the Clark Gable impersonation was way off.
The difference is that we've had to use computer interfaces for long enough that we know what is funny about them. Homer's brain "crashing" was great.
I wish they'd thought of this premise ten years ago. An entire episode devoted to Abe's rambling would've been awesome under a previous showrunner.
And despite how old they are, the Clark Gable impersonation was way off.
shinji ikari
New member
That was one of the poorest episodes in recent memory. Grampa Simpson wasn't that funny of a character to begin with, so in this day and age trying to center the plot around him is suicide (or euthanasia, perhaps?)
The entire Larry the Lamb subplot (I think that's what its name was and I won't bother to check my work) was terrible. Why was Bart even carrying it around town to begin with? The Bart Simpson I remember would have dumped it in his room over the weekend with the homework he'd inevitably forget to do, and go do something fun instead.
The entire Larry the Lamb subplot (I think that's what its name was and I won't bother to check my work) was terrible. Why was Bart even carrying it around town to begin with? The Bart Simpson I remember would have dumped it in his room over the weekend with the homework he'd inevitably forget to do, and go do something fun instead.