The Simpsons

[Commode]

I knew it was coming out, but then again I do semi-frequent a Simpsons message board.  Yes, I am getting this season, and in fact it is the last season I plan on getting.  I like a few episodes from 16, but not enough for me to justify buying the set, and I don't care about anything 17+.

[Avaitor]

You're still on No Homers?

[Commode]

I said semi.  I go on once every week or so, sometimes more, and occasionally post, though more often then not in the ot.  Every once in a great while I post about The Simpsons.

[Commode]

It's so weird watching season 15 episodes, I can't believe they are this old already.  I remember watching episodes like "Today I Am A Clown" and "Diatribe of a Mad Housewife" like it literally was yesterday, but they are nearly a decade old.  Crazy.

[Rosalinas Spare Wand]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YNrn-7zjmYw

[Daxdiv]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YNrn-7zjmYw

This makes as much sense as the time they did Ke$ha's Tik Tok as a couch opening gag.

[Mr. Big]

So Bill Plympton did a second couch gag for the Simpsons. According to him, it was originally done for another episode but Fox rejected it. Eventually they changed their minds, and it will air on tomorrow's episode.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zYI2_dErdds

[Avaitor]

Found season 3 for $6 at GoodWill and hit that up.

I'm still surprised at how few seasons of the show I own on DVD.

[Avaitor]

Anddd now they have season 2 as well. I don't think I'd care to spend double digits on the first 2 years, so I'm certainly interested in picking it up, but I just don't have much money, and by the time I will, it'll probably be sold out.

But on the bright side, I am enjoying season 3.

[Kiddington]

I only own seasons 1-5 at this point.

Just not one of those shows on my "must own" list right now. Of course, I've been spending a lot more money on games than DVDs over the past couple of months, so there's also that.

One of these days I'll finish it up, to a certain degree at least (I figure Season 10 or 11 is a good stopping point).

[Dr. Insomniac]

Got 2-4, and 6-9. Don't know why I never bought 5.

[Avaitor]

Five is kind of weird and has an off start, if memory serves me. But "Cape Feare" more than makes up for whatever's wrong with it.

At this point, I want to own at least the first 9 or 10 seasons, give or take the first, since it's a great show and its syndication package sucks. Not only is it awesome to own the full, uncut episodes, but now I don't have to wait through cycles of the 17th or whatever season to catch maybe a week's worth of episodes from season 4.

[Dr. Insomniac]

God, that was a bitch when the late-season episodes started outnumbering the good episodes. It got to a point where you couldn't even watch a rerun that premiered earlier than 2010.

[Kiddington]

It's one of those shows were DVDs are definitely a must, just given the sheer volume of material alone (and the fact that most markets don't care about any episode older than 2-3 years).

I was shocked when one of the local channels here had a Season 1 episode on the other day (think it was The Crepes of Wrath IIRC). This is definitely not the norm, though.

[Spark Of Spirit]

Stopping at 10 is the best idea. Starting with season 11 even the commentary gets awful along with most of the episodes. Season 10 is a bit shaky at times but it's still solid and the commentary has some interesting tidbits that help some episodes out a bit. Mike Scully even apologizes a few times (though Matt Selman tries to defend some stupid choices instead) and has a pretty good personality.