Opinion: “About four years ago, the first “cancel The Simpsons opinion articles were released onto online periodicals. Of course, at the time, I scoffed. That’s not possible; this show is spectacular. I grew up with this show, quoting the lines from the previous night with such love and fervor, to a point where it became annoying. I steadfastly defended “Homerpalooza,” one of the episodes sometimes touted as the beginning of the quality slip. As time went on, however, I came to see their point. One of the few hilarious jokes in the past few years was the song “They’ll Never Stop ‘The Simpsons,'” a parody of “We Didn’t Start the Fire” which essentially states that the series will continue no matter how bad it becomes. As the series nears 350 episodes and sixteen seasons, I fear that they may have been more serious than they were letting on. Read More >>>
