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@jonathanjollimore4794

2 жыл бұрын

The great irony is the simpsons predicted this

@maxpops8427

2 жыл бұрын

Yes I do Also can you do a video on DC League of Super Pets.

@NuStiuFrate

2 жыл бұрын

"Lisa being a shill for disney is so weird, anyway here's a pinned random question to drive engagement and go sign up to this crap"

@ransakreject5221

2 жыл бұрын

Disney+ marvel TV shows are horrid too

@JimsMaher

2 жыл бұрын

Monorail.

The fact that they put Lisa of all people to sing a literal ode to the network is the final nail on the coffin honestly

@Joecbg100

2 жыл бұрын

If she had to sing why not incorporate something into her character like the sax or something? Feels so cheap

@lateralhistory

2 жыл бұрын

@@Joecbg100 The lack of saxophone isn't the problem. It's the fact that Lisa, of all the characters, is the one pretty much guaranteed to see and criticize the Disney monopoly. Not to mention . . . everything else troubling about Disney. The character people remember so fondly from episodes like the Malibu Stacy "Lisa Lionheart" one, or the one where she turns down millions from Mr Burns because she's ethically opposed to his slurry factory, would NEVER fit comfortably in the role of Disney shill. The fact that they couldn't even give this scene to a notorious sell out like Krusty suggests either the show has lost all self-awareness, or it just doesn't care to produce meaningful satire anymore. I don't know which option is more depressing, to be honest.

@O.G.H.

2 жыл бұрын

@@Joecbg100 You are not adressing the main problem of this comment bro. Lisa of all people in the show was always against evil big corporations that exploit people and natural resources to maximize their profit. Which Disney is definitely taking part in. The fact that Lisa is singing and basically propagating for a Disney commercial is the ultimate irony and analogous for being consumed by the very thing she always stood up against.

@Coconut_Prrson

2 жыл бұрын

@@lateralhistory ahhh I remember when Lisa was a likable character

@cosmosofinfinity

2 жыл бұрын

@@Joecbg100 You think if she sung the sang song, but with a saxophone, that would make it in line with her character? Way to completely miss the point of what Lisa's role in the show was, she was the moral center of the Simpsons family and kinda Springfield at large

Bart playing Mickey in a short...remember when the Simpsons Movie literally had bart wear a bra and say "I'm the mascot of an evil corporation"

@predaprime

2 жыл бұрын

I'm surprised Disney didn't remove that scene when it came to Disney Plus.

@xuruiyu

2 жыл бұрын

@@predaprime They still might...

@predaprime

2 жыл бұрын

@@xuruiyu Anything to keep themselves looking innocent in the public eye!

@stereo-soulsoundsystem5070

2 жыл бұрын

I member

@skootergirl22

2 жыл бұрын

They become the very thing they swore to destroy

I love how a majority of the older Disney characters look utterly miserable in the clips you showed. Goofy was the happiest looking and even he's been driven to drinking.

@Attmay

2 жыл бұрын

They used to do drunk jokes in classic Disney cartoons. But the idea of Homer meeting Goofy is just artistically inorganic and reeks of shilling.

@justinambru8529

10 ай бұрын

Yeah...almost like their FORCED to be here or something.

Disney making Plusiversary: “This is great, look at all the franchises we own!” Everyone watching Plusiversary: “Dear God, look at all the franchises they own”

@gingeranagram2467

2 жыл бұрын

"WhO cArEs - nOw I cAn SeE tHe X-mEn In ThE mCu!!!!" -_-

@user-ce1cu5my4j

Жыл бұрын

I know right. Didn't know WALL-E is Disney's property too

@Attmay

10 ай бұрын

Worse than Crackle?

@warreng675

4 ай бұрын

Look at all the franchises they've ruined

@heyrakorzlar

3 ай бұрын

Definition of monopoly.

The fact that The Simpsons is becoming the puppet of Disney is a joke in itself.

@lestertjester4140

2 жыл бұрын

I feel that is the meta context being missed here. The Simpsons literally and figuratively sold out and they know it.

@demonking-zm3rs

2 жыл бұрын

They've always sold out beyond the bashing of social norms was the underline marketing appeal like merchandising was massive as early as the first couple of seasons celebrities were pervasive. Only difference is now there's a platform to complain about how the series is selling out

@-Lola.

2 жыл бұрын

@@demonking-zm3rs I think you’re arguing in bad faith there. Having merchandise isn’t selling out. Simpson hit the same pitfall a lot of satire does where it eventually becomes what it made fun of

@demonking-zm3rs

2 жыл бұрын

@@-Lola. I'm arguing that the way merchandise was so prevalent was them selling out. It wasn't just the usual shirts and toy's there franchise was for most of the 80" s and 90's plastered on everything and its image basically tied to every product under the sun. Celebrity guests star's were still (while toned down) given reverence and they still collaborated with the purpose of expanding the IP The Bart Man Butterfinger. Like show's do this but not on the same scale that The Simpson's did as for Satire no a show develops as society changes the early seasons people find so amazing stop being satirical very early on replaced with either traditional or observational humor. So the idea that its now selling out is kind of a joke it was a good show but it was still even then selling you a brand its like the Transformers they were made to sell toy's you can enjoy them and create meaning from it but it's a product first and a movie/show second

@lestertjester4140

2 жыл бұрын

@@demonking-zm3rs it’s still a good show. This last season has had some solid episodes and had me laughing more than I laughed with the Simpsons in a long time.

The irony of Lisa being the one to do the song advertising and glorifying Disney a mega media congrolomorate when she is the most leftie anti-establishment character in the show. Shows you how much respect there is for the characters.

@theredguy4043

2 жыл бұрын

Either that or her va is the only one who still sounds decent compared to Marge

@Wizered

2 жыл бұрын

@BK Beatty See but that has potential to be a joke and that's clearly not what they're going for. Like Homer weakly trying to have morals and how he won't sell out to an evil corporation until the Mouse holds up a case of beer, then he breaks out into a song and dance routine while getting drunk off his ass.

@TheKnoxvicious

2 жыл бұрын

I mean, that IS what leftists have basically become, so it kind of does follow what she’s do politically

@mikexxxmilly

2 жыл бұрын

To be fair, leftists in modern day America are huge supporters of media propaganda, so its not very far off.. Sure 15-20 years ago it would be way off but now? No. Roles have reversed and honestly now, conservatives are the ones fighting for free speech and the eradication of censorship and media monopolies

@bellowingsilence

2 жыл бұрын

Maybe what’s more concerning is that our society has shifted in a way that makes the Lisa of old seem like a relic of a lost time. She lived in a world where she would rage against the blatantly conservative interest serving corporations and media. Now we are in a world where these corporations, and the media, pander to people like Lisa for profit, while actually doing the bidding of the “right” in many respects in reality, and many young liberals like Lisa go along for the ride. The actual “anti-establishment” left tends to be a lot further to the left than Lisa usually is, while the more common anti-establishment group, or the ones who view themselves that way, is now the right… which is also very concerning.

Lisa from the 90s would have stormed out after yelling at every character, and the viewers.

The show went from mocking and deconstruction the stagnation of pop culture, to ending up embracing and becoming pop culture....

@viscountrainbows6452

2 жыл бұрын

They have officially lived long enough to become the villain.

@PlahaKumar

2 жыл бұрын

That's how much the show has fallen.

@EdmacZ

2 жыл бұрын

Welcome to the past 20 years.

@ballshippin3809

2 жыл бұрын

The Simpsons really was a show for the 90's and should have ended in that decade. It would have gone down as one of the greatest TV shows in history if it did

@Top10Dylan

Жыл бұрын

@@ballshippin3809 it still is considered one of the best shows ever we just ignore the new episodes.

Lisa is the last character who would shill Disney+ so shamelessly. It goes against every fibre of her being as an anti-corporate, anti-materialist, anti-sellout, left-wing activist. Whoever wrote the script completely misunderstood her character.

@aaronbobb9870

2 жыл бұрын

Misunderstood? Or didn’t care at all

@direstr7768

2 жыл бұрын

Lisa is not that, at least not when the show was good, is even sadder, Lisa was the voice of reason, not a neowoke hipster milenial, she was a good kid, who was smart enought to point the bullshit and make the right calls. Then they got lazy and put her as this neowoke activist for no reason, who praises apple???? it was so bad. And now is not even that neowoke, is a fuckinf brand, not even pretending to be a fellow kid, is just a merch at the pisshole that is disney, and its infinity copyright extention

@Rodrigo_Vega

2 жыл бұрын

@@direstr7768 Lisa was totally a good kid AND a left-wing activist. She was _active_ in her support of left-wing issues, such as ecology, animal rights and women's rights. Entire scenes and episodes revolve around her standing up against established traditional institutions like the United States government, the police and the church, the meat industry and other big businesses of Springfield. The scenes also frame these stances as being on the right, even when she mishandles her methods as part of her growth as a character. As the more radical writers left the show and were replaced by toothless Fox minions, her left-leaning tendencies were re-signified as signs of a trend-chasing annoying little preacher. Those scenes frame her as being in the wrong. Reflecting what the higher-ups want us to think of people with such concerns.

@Klonoahedgehog

2 жыл бұрын

Honestly she would. Most anti corporate leftists love Disney.

@dasonbane2839

2 жыл бұрын

Liberal

I don’t even use Disney Plus, but watching these clips in this review, it just makes me depressed. As if The Simpsons isn’t dead enough, Disney is kicking the horse’s decaying corpse.

@t-god2439

2 жыл бұрын

Seems like Disney kills everything

@t-god2439

2 жыл бұрын

@Simple Weirdo was Star Wars also dead before they bought it?

@queencancerous5332

2 жыл бұрын

Not even the corpse, they’re beating the vapor of what’s left of the corpse.

@tykamen5588

2 жыл бұрын

@@t-god2439 it really depends on who you ask

@tykamen5588

2 жыл бұрын

@@t-god2439 to be fair Fox already did the deed already

"Almost everything is just flattened out to the joke being: 'Here's a thing you recognize.'" In other words, The Big Bang Theory. This isn't a Simpsons problem, it's an industry culture problem.

@torstenscholz6243

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah, true, I miss the days when people like Mel Brooks, Zucker-Abrahams-Zucker or shows like Robot Chicken or Ill-ustrated showed how to do parody right. Today it's all the Seltzer-Friedberg way of parody: Just reference something and that's already the joke.

@CorporateG0th

Жыл бұрын

It's not a joke. It's brand placement.

@numberc8420

8 ай бұрын

That's precisely why I gave up on Family Guy and that predated Big Bang. I watched "Little Shop of Horrors" and realized a musical number they did in one episode wasn't even original.

When I was a kid in the 90s, I literally had multiple friends who were not allowed to watch the Simpsons. That's how edgy they were. And yes, I was like 7-10 years old when they first came out, but still.

@KasumiKenshirou

2 жыл бұрын

I remember this. I had a friend who's parents forbade him from watching the show. His parents made him watch The Cosby Show instead. (Bill Cosby was considered a more wholesome role model than Bart Simpson at the time.)

@lukerinderknecht2982

2 жыл бұрын

That was me. But my parents had no problem if I watched Seinfeld as an 8 year old. I remember 'The Bet' episode; how was that any better? 😅

@siftwram

2 жыл бұрын

@@lukerinderknecht2982 I would watch Seinfeld just hanging around my Dad as a little kid and I can guarantee you 90% of the jokes went over my head

@ccricers

2 жыл бұрын

@@KasumiKenshirou And don't forget the T-shirts. You had parents that didn't like Bart Simpson saying swear words on them

@KaiserMattTygore927

2 жыл бұрын

I still remember my mom not letting me watch a few episodes back in the day (mostly the more violent/sexual ones) I was allowed to watch most of the show back then at least!

The weird and sad thing is that the Mickey shorts made more fun of Disney than the Simpsons did

@warbird2866

2 жыл бұрын

Ironic isn't it

@superfurryfox1

2 жыл бұрын

Mickey shorts... I'm wearing some!

@Player-jh4ko

2 жыл бұрын

@@superfurryfox1 😂

@familyaccountgilbert7781

2 жыл бұрын

It's almost like corporate Disney forced the voice actress to do this, like they want revenge for what she said in the Simpsons movie.

@ccricers

2 жыл бұрын

Kind of the same way The Simpsons TV show makes fun of Fox too, especially the older ones

Remember when Homer is mistaken for the Incredible Hulk rampaging downtown then Stan Lee himself walks out of Comic Book Guy's shop, declares himself the Hulk, fails to transform, insists he really did it once, and then is ushered back into the store?

@Sam-iu8nb

2 жыл бұрын

I haven't seen that episode in so long. But I can picture the scene perfectly and now I'm getting the giggles.

@velociraptor4you3291

2 жыл бұрын

Stan Lee: _"HE Can't be the Hulk! _*_I'M_*_ the Hulk (attempts to transform)!"_ Comic Book Guy: _"Oh please! You couldn't even change into Bill Bixby!"_

@glizzyDaLOE071

2 жыл бұрын

Good times good times

@Oddsfeline

2 жыл бұрын

"Broke? Or made it better?"

@jordywerner8696

2 жыл бұрын

@@velociraptor4you3291 Stan Lee: "I really did it once."

So the shorts basically do nothing but say "hey, we referenced that thing you know! Isn't that funny?!" Yep, sounds like a Disney product allright

I'm so glad my Daddy passed just after the theatrical release of the movie. He was the BIGGEST Simpsons fan I've ever met in person. It woulda broken his heart so badly to see this horrible turn of events. I agree the Simpsons deserves better, in the same way Alan Turing deserved better.

What I think added to early Simpsons being so perfectly cynical, was Matt Groening’s past. Groening grew up in a very anti-authority time, in an anti-authority city. Krusty himself is a direct parody of Rusty, a Portland area clown. And that sort of directed cynicism eventually devolved into a generalized bitterness, which then devolved into this Disney-approved “haha look at these sight gags”. Like an old man, who used to bite through solid wood, slowly losing his teeth and having them replaced by dentures made of rubber.

@YoghurtKiss

2 жыл бұрын

Holy shit, this was poetic as hell.

@ikept_the_jethryk2421

2 жыл бұрын

Pretty much the whole left took this journey the last thirty thirty years, from cynical pranksters to bitter corporate shills

@Drekromancer

2 жыл бұрын

@@ikept_the_jethryk2421 Brutal but accurate

@BurnEdOutOne

2 жыл бұрын

@@ikept_the_jethryk2421 That was the entire point of the episode where Homer becomes a hippy, which itself came out almost 30 years ago. Your timing is off.

@grygoo2680

2 жыл бұрын

If you read Groening's comic "Life in Hell" you can really see how brutally he tears into leaders and authority figures in his early roots. It's quite satisfying in a pessimistic way.

The Simpsons is milking their past success way too hard. Quantity over quality is never a good strategy.

@wtch9913

2 жыл бұрын

Agreed. When all you have in mind is money, creative integrity goes out the window.

@ariskouimtzis9578

2 жыл бұрын

The simpsons season 100 on the horizon...

@basedbattledroid3507

2 жыл бұрын

Yep, Futurama will always be better because they knew when to quit, they had a few bad episodes but they never overcast the good ones

@wentoneisendon6502

2 жыл бұрын

I don't know anyone that watches the Simpsons anymore

@wbfan9387

2 жыл бұрын

Ikr it even goes against Walt Disney's own method of entertainment: quality over quantity

This is one of the reasons I'm not excited at all about the Futurama revival.

@bigchungus8287

2 жыл бұрын

That’s a thing, holy sh-t

@Haildawn

Жыл бұрын

They're gonna massacre my boy

@heyrakorzlar

3 ай бұрын

Please god, no ....

So basically Simpsons back then, talented, creative, cared about the jokes. Simpsons now, “hey remember light sabers and Goofy?”

The Simpsons is like watching someone do ventriloquism with a corpse.

@Attmay

2 жыл бұрын

That honestly sounds funnier.

@Deu_terio

2 жыл бұрын

Wonderfully put!

@globalistgamer6418

2 жыл бұрын

Weekend At Homie's *Except instead of two days it's been 20 fucking years...

@misfitfarm3142

2 жыл бұрын

Well now it is

@AlmightyRager95

10 ай бұрын

Weekend at Bernie's, just sad and pathetic.

The sound of Marge tearing her voice to keep acting as Marge tears my fucking heart out

@KasumiKenshirou

2 жыл бұрын

The last time I saw an episode of The Simpsons, they had someone else playing Marge's mom.

@MrTony-rx7tk

2 жыл бұрын

If that is not the most urgent sign that a show needs to end, then I don’t know what the hell is.

@macsmith2013

2 жыл бұрын

True, but them again noone's forcing her.

@Mitchisable

Жыл бұрын

​@@macsmith2013 Contractual obligation

@thehumblepotatoreborn9313

10 ай бұрын

Who signed the contract, genius

Seeing Elsa in Simpsons style but not with yellow skin weirds me out. I mean sure they have characters with non-yellow skin, but they're usually reserved for colors of other races such as black, hispanic, asian, etc.

The literal definition of live long enough to see yourself become the villain.

Bart mocking Mickey in the Simpsons movie: "I'm the mastermind of an evil corporation" Bart in the shorts: "Pls don't kill me Bob Iger"

@DancesWithFriesians

2 жыл бұрын

Bart, blink three times if you need me to call somebody.

@dddddddddddkkkddd

2 жыл бұрын

It's not mastermind, it's mascot.

@dddddddddddkkkddd

2 жыл бұрын

@A Catalan Liam it's a mascot, it's a mascot

@TheRealLegoDocOck

Жыл бұрын

@@dddddddddddkkkddd it’s from the movie

@PunishedKrab

10 ай бұрын

@@DancesWithFriesiansCall Saul then

I feel like "The Simpsons Movie" was the last hurray for this show (a series I did love, a long time ago). The movie brought in a lot of the tv shows former greatest writers such as Al Jean and Sam Simon, writers who had written for the golden age of the show, which made a huge difference in terms of the comedy in the movie. It felt like what The Simpsons used to be. If they did a sequel and brought back Conan O'Brien, and a lot of those other gifted, and funny writers; I'd be first in line for a movie sequel. The tv show however, I just don't have any inclination to watch.

@mindlander

2 жыл бұрын

How old are you? I'm curious.

@moosejuice4231

2 жыл бұрын

@@mindlander 4

@desperatemohammedantheworl5833

2 жыл бұрын

@@mindlander 347

@PigMan161

2 жыл бұрын

Like with the 1st spongebob movie

@mindlander

2 жыл бұрын

@@moosejuice4231 I don't care about you jing jong jang.

"Simpsons, it's 4 PM time to shill our awful comic book movies" "Yes, Disney"

@graphitetailgrace3870

2 жыл бұрын

I mean, why are they even still being made after Endgame? It's right there in the title: ENDgame.

@graphitetailgrace3870

2 жыл бұрын

@@cumbrap So when is the Squirrel Girl movie coming out?

@TheBlarggle

2 жыл бұрын

You guys know you don't have to watch them right? Like, you can actually find something to fill your time that you enjoy. Purposely making yourself miserable just so you feel like you have a personality is double digit IQ.

@paolomarsico607

2 жыл бұрын

@@TheBlarggle "Why do you care that our entertainment is being dumbed down and in a few years Disney will own every single franchise and turn them into the same bland copypasted shit? LET PEOPLE ENJOY THINGS!"

@Sphere-Friend

2 жыл бұрын

@@cumbrap If it makes it any better Squirrel Girl would probably only get a tv-show.

They were willing to take a jab at Fox pretty much in every episode, and Fox always took it in the chin. Really speaks volumes about how fragile Disney's ego really is.

@extralevel8253

2 жыл бұрын

It's really sad what they've become, but Fox didn't always accept it, they tried to sue the Simpsons back in the day for making fun of them, they only relented when it was pointed out to them that there were essentially suing themselves since they owned it.

@spark154

2 жыл бұрын

@@extralevel8253 It still was more than Disney will ever take.

The "This is what happens when Disney buys Marvel and Fox" joke is more of a joke on the audience, than anything. They are addressing that their viewers are consuming garbage.

@hiddenxgecko

9 ай бұрын

Seriously. That's the only way I can read that. "This is the suffering that is to come. What did you expect." The only alternative I can think of is that someone who worked on this thinks that they've done something so great that they would brag about it in the short itself.

@greenbeanwater6686

9 ай бұрын

It feels like a cry for help

so sad to see what Simpsons has become, especially considering what they represented in 90s, they're everything they used to mock.

@direstr7768

2 жыл бұрын

something something batman quote live enough to be the villan

@Thomasmemoryscentral

2 жыл бұрын

Similar to how Spongebob should have ended with the 2004 movie because Stephen said it is the end of the show for him.

@b.m.933

2 жыл бұрын

@@direstr7768 It's "You either die a hero, or live long enough to see yourself become the villain"

@b.m.933

2 жыл бұрын

@@Thomasmemoryscentral But at least modern SpongeBob is actually good and SpongeBob is not shilling.

@ralphwarom2514

2 жыл бұрын

I keep the first 4 seasons. The show the way it was meant to be.

To quote the Simpsons: "Stop! Stop! It's already dead!"

If the show had ended a decade ago I know now we would be saying something like “Imagine what Disney+ would have done to the Simpsons”. Only this is the timeline we live in and we don’t have to imagine. It really is depressing.

*in Marge voice* "It's not even supposed to be comedy anymore! It's NOT even supposed to be a joke anymore! The Bart Simpson Butterfingers commercials had more integrity than what the show is now!"

@beepbeeplettuce5890

2 жыл бұрын

Why is that in Marge's voice?

@ghhn4505

2 жыл бұрын

pretty gay reference you got there

@deoxyribomorph99

2 жыл бұрын

Hell yeah dude

@videogamenostalgia

2 жыл бұрын

"Hey Homer, who's that guy Adam?"

@WlatPziupp

2 жыл бұрын

@@ghhn4505 What does it reference?

The Simpsons will be remembered for shit like this by the next generation

@FastbenSupremoo

2 жыл бұрын

You won't be remembered at all by the next generation.

@MouldMadeMind

2 жыл бұрын

@@FastbenSupremoo why so salty?

@WillowJordan1979

2 жыл бұрын

@@FastbenSupremoo Are you just going around insulting people if they don't like the current Simpsons? That's pretty sad.

@pugasaurusrex8253

2 жыл бұрын

@@FastbenSupremoo Honestly fine by me Can’t say I have high hopes for the next ones

@nobodyyouexpected

2 жыл бұрын

No it won't. The current iteration of the show has no cultural relevancy. Most people who are still watching the show are doing so for nostalgic purposes. Every single person alive today is more likely to know about classic Simpsons than about anything that happened to the show since the Simpsons movie, even if they only know the Simpsons from the memes and jokes that spawned from the classic years.

Correction, this whole franchise needs to stop. It’s not more than a zombie of its former self

Fun Fact: Matt Groening actually wanted The Simpsons to end in 1997, but Fox refused, causing him to leave as showrunner… yeah…

@SunGodNika-bi2jr

7 ай бұрын

Here's what the compromise between Groening and Fox should have gone: The Simpsons ending in 1997 with a theatrical release having the franchise live off comic books,video games, TV specials etc.

@heyrakorzlar

3 ай бұрын

That's not fun at all .... also reminds me of Spongebob.

Every time Disney has something like these crossover shorts, it feels like they’re insulting the attention spans and taste of the viewers.

@chrisakaschulbus4903

2 жыл бұрын

The rick and morty couch gag was alright... but there was no real story and it doesn't last very long. So not much to screw up :D

@lanceuppercut_

2 жыл бұрын

@@chrisakaschulbus4903 That was in 2015, before the whole thing with Disney

@chrisakaschulbus4903

2 жыл бұрын

@@lanceuppercut_ "That was in 2015, before the whole thing with Disney" Because you only heard praises when it came to the quality of the simpsons in 2015... right? The "mapple" episode where lisa is basically shilling for apple was released in 2008...

@lanceuppercut_

2 жыл бұрын

@@chrisakaschulbus4903 You're right, I'm just saying you can't blame Disney for that

@chrisakaschulbus4903

2 жыл бұрын

​@@lanceuppercut_ I wasn't blaming disney for it. My point was that simpsons threw their "anti corporate greed"-values and all that out the window completely by themself... they have done it perfectly fine without disney. I forgot the context about the couch gag from my first comment... that's why it seemed like a random change of topic ^^

Worth mentioning with Krusty that how little respect he has for his audience depends on the episode. I mean, in Camp Krusty he made it up to the kids when he learned how his camp was being run. And he is definitely cynical, but I think like Homer he’s at his best when he’s portrayed as a jerk with a heart of gold rather than just a jerk

@mjwgames9812

2 жыл бұрын

In season 3 we learn that he has regular dinners with the Simpsons family as a thank you for Bart exposing sideshow bob. Krusty doesn't become the cynic asshole until s5

@daniellauricella5132

2 жыл бұрын

@@mjwgames9812 Yeah and even then, often a Jerk With a Heart of Gold.

@timesnewlogan2032

2 жыл бұрын

@@mjwgames9812 Hell, we learn in a flashback that he wanted to become a clown because he likes making people laugh.

@gadget00

2 жыл бұрын

frankly, when they invite Krusty to dinner and find out he was jewish, made me think he was a very complicated clown, I mean guy, and I started to 'care' for him. a Single scene, an amazing effect of sympathy for me

@futuregohan4837

2 жыл бұрын

Plus Krusty's Laugh Is Hilarious

Disney doesn’t see “The Simpsons”, Disney sees “the $ImPsons.”

So often writers don’t understand the difference between a parody & a reference So much of animated comedy in The Simpsons, Family Guy & to a slightly lesser extent American Dad is them showing you a reference to say a Star Wars or Marvel character & saying recognise this & laugh you sheep

@torstenscholz6243

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah, sadly the times ofpeople like Mel Brooks or Zucker-Abrahams-Zucker, who knew how to do parody right, are over - today it's way too often the Seltzer-Friedberg way of parody: Just reference something and that's already the whole joke.

@MrJoeyWheeler

10 ай бұрын

It worst part is that they don't even understand pastiche, either.

The anniversary short is absolutely a microcosm of how cynical and uncreative popular media has become, and a testament to how Disney is a modern monopoly but the government won't do anything about it.

@magentasky234

2 жыл бұрын

THIS

@mr.x2567

2 жыл бұрын

We’re gonna have to do something ourselves

@billy5642

2 жыл бұрын

Why would they do anything about Disney when Disney funds all their campaign’s

@bigol9223

2 жыл бұрын

Disney decides what the government does, not the other way around.

@gregmcgregginton574

2 жыл бұрын

Capitalism is destroying society and rest assured it will be getting progressively worse

I never felt like Disney Plus deserved to have The Simpsons. If anything that would be unthinkable for The Simpsons to be owned by Disney just a few years ago.

@narkenstein5303

2 жыл бұрын

I wonder if Disney had their sights on the Simpsons just because of that one joke from the 90s about this same thing.

@toitlefie4418

2 жыл бұрын

@@narkenstein5303 There was also the Simpsons movie where Bart mocks Mickey Mouse as the mascot of Disney. Unfortunately that joke hasn't aged well now.

@weston407

2 жыл бұрын

i agree but it is nice to have the first 9 seasons available for like $7 a month

@marcoparada6652

2 жыл бұрын

The Simpsons really has been the only show I've wanted to see on Disney +

@Paratet

2 жыл бұрын

They've basically used the Simpsons as Disney version of Family Guy which I'm sure is next on the chopping block to be neutered since Disney so aggressively marketed both shows together after the Fox acquisition.

Disney wants us to consume this entertainment. They're telling us to eat their shorts

The thing about the Disney Plus Simpsons Shorts that really gets under my skin is the fact that it feels like the polar opposite of what made The Simpsons, well... The Simpsons. The older seasons used to mock things like this, tear them apart until nothing was left, and it worked because of the entertainment climate of it's time. Now it's literally a parody of itself, and it's not that hard to see why so many people, including me, hate these shorts.

Not shocking at all. Disney as a company has less than zero self awareness. This is a company mocked by people and Disnry is like "Well at least they are talking about us!" As somebody who hasn't really enjoyed the Simpsons much in the last 20 years these do not interest me at all. Because they are 100% ads or commercials.

@Loremastrful

2 жыл бұрын

What company of Disney size has more self awareness?

@lonesavior

2 жыл бұрын

I remember one of the post-Disney episodes that takes place in the future has a gag about Disney overthrowing America. It's not funny when Disney says it. It just sounds threatening.

Disney: I don’t care for story or artistic freedom all I care for is money and I will do so with endless nostalgia and crossover

@FastbenSupremoo

2 жыл бұрын

Chad

@t84t748748t6

2 жыл бұрын

meh simpsons was that before disney bought fox last 2 simpsons i watched was the crossover whit family guy and futerama maby also treehouse of horror??? but i dont remember it at al so couldn't be that good

@crackedemerald4930

2 жыл бұрын

That has always been Disney's MO

@gadget00

2 жыл бұрын

why would they care for 'artistic freedom', when they own so many IP that they could tell you the same story for 50 more years and keep making money out of it(while you or your family 'love it'). Disney media has become just like the parks, a perpetual money-maker that only needs an oil change every now and then. If you want 'artistic freedom' or 'storytelling' you go where the artists are, i.e. somewhere else AAANNDD thats not a bad thing; I like Disney. But I do know what I'm getting out of it and don't expect them to change my life or do 'groundbreaking' anything these days

@jmac356

11 ай бұрын

What about new stories? Nostalgia was just a fad, DISNEY.

The Simpsons has been poor for 20 years.

At this point, The Simpsons has been bad for twice as long as it was good.

There’s a special place in Hell for the people that romanticized this entire godforsaken buyout.

@MouldMadeMind

2 жыл бұрын

-a special place in-

@jaschabull2365

2 жыл бұрын

Did anyone anywhere apart from those who stood to profit from it think it was a good idea? I don't think I've heard anyone say anything about it besides "you've gotta be kidding me" apart from the semi-self-delusional wishful thinking from a few Anastasia fans saying they finally get to call Anastasia a "Disney princess", despite Anastasia's never having been created or released by Disney in any way, shape or form.

@APinchofBazel

2 жыл бұрын

@@jaschabull2365 MCU stans hyped it up a ton when the news first broke.

@sitcomchristian6886

2 жыл бұрын

That seems excessive...and I didn't want the buyout either.

@APinchofBazel

2 жыл бұрын

@@sitcomchristian6886 Studios closed, films basically sent out to die after their marketing campaigns were screwed over, thousands of jobs lost, one of the biggest competitors in the industry just swallowed whole, and manchildren make it about their precious crossovers. Nah. Fuck ‘em.

If I'm seeing Elsa in Moe's bar I expect her to be drunk. And flirting with Carl.

@nicks4802

2 жыл бұрын

And having the voice of Barney

@Chameleonred5

2 жыл бұрын

I mean they could at least do a Spider-Man X Elsa joke. They own both properties and it'd have some ironic edge.

@BassiKun99

2 жыл бұрын

I think there were some restrictions regarding that, with one of them being that the Disney Princesses could not be shown drinking alcohol.

@GiulianaBruna

2 жыл бұрын

​@@BassiKun99 yeah, basically if this is so bland and edgeless is because they have restrictions. There are interviews with Phineas and Ferb creators about the restrictions and rewritings on their Marvel /star wars episodes, and its Phineas and ferb, how offensive can they be to the properties? The point is they shouldnt , they didnt asked Jesus or Bill Clinton how they wanted to be portrayed, they just made the funniest thing they could and thats was all. They put Elton John on a dog carrier! The show should be able to mock everyone that appears on an episode.

@EvilParagon4

2 жыл бұрын

@@Chameleonred5 They own Marvel but not Spider-Man, Sony owns Spider-Man. The Tom Holland movies we see produced are joint Sony-Disney properties.

Very well put, sad to see.

@bigchungus8287

2 жыл бұрын

Hey Brock, loved your impression videos

In the 80s, when Disney was back on the balls of their ass, we had so many good/classic films. Coincidence?

@randomguy6679

2 жыл бұрын

Disney was ALWAYS slimy and incompetent, theres just no hiding it anymore as people have gotten smarter. And they know it. So they dont even bother trying to hide it.

@wallywalrus

2 жыл бұрын

I think not

@jmac356

11 ай бұрын

We're trying to get Disney to fail so it can... not do that. Got it!

The Simpsons definitely became the very thing they used to mock and oppose, from both the Poochy joke and the Itch/Scratchy creator case episode. Now they're turning into what the minions were for a while. Just used for mindless advertisement and corporate IP reference ads.

@jeffreyriley8742

2 жыл бұрын

Canceling Apu would have been something they'd have mocked in an entire episode in the 90s. Now, they've sold themselves out willingly and they cancel gladly.

@WillowJordan1979

2 жыл бұрын

@@jeffreyriley8742 Apu wasn't "cancelled", an Indian person just wanted to raise discourse about it. He's fan of the show and didn't ask them to remove Apu. The reaction to it shows that any critique about social justice, no matter how reasonable, will be considered "canceling" and bad by definition. Mostly by people who didn't watch the documentary and don't care what it was saying.

@joedane8064

2 жыл бұрын

If you believe that it wasn't an attempt at canceling then I don't know what to tell you. It's called cancelling because that's what it is. Search up brain dump: apu to see why he was not a fan, because if he was he would know apu is more then a 1 dimensional stereotype.

@WillowJordan1979

2 жыл бұрын

@@joedane8064 I guess as an Indian person, he doesn't know what he's talking about and he should have asked white dudes first before sharing his opinion..

@joedane8064

2 жыл бұрын

@@WillowJordan1979 While you are obviously being sarcastic, yes, it is a good idea to know about the thing you are trying to cancel before you go and just blindly hate on it due to purely superficial reasons. Apu was an amazing character and in no way a harmful stereotype; he was a small business owner, a loving and doting husband, a great father to all his kids, and willing to work hard to succeed in a country that he moved to for better opportunities. Compare him to homer simpson, and his casual child abuse of Bart and lack of general caring towards his family, and you will see how dumb the critique of supposed racism is. In attempting to fight racism, the dude was being the racist one, by not bothering to dig deeper in the slightest and only bothering to note supposed bad surface characteristics. Was Apu made fun of? Sure, but not as badly as anyone else. I hope we may continue to be civil. I understand your point, but must disagree wholeheartedly. :)

I'll say it once, and say it again: The Simpsons Movie should have been the end of the franchise. Also, I do think the reason why they're not poking fun at Disney a lot more than they did with FOX is because Disney's too big now. Beating them up means shit because they're just going to swallow you anyway if your company goes bankrupt. Hell, the only time the show actually was hilarious is ironically when they brought the son of one of the original screenwriters on and his promotional ads for the episode mentioned Maggie dying. RIP Blue Sky.

@byron4545

2 жыл бұрын

Quality, shmality. If I had a TV show, I'd run that baby into the ground!

@eatatjoes6751

2 жыл бұрын

@@BurnEdOutOne Having watched it over and over unwillingly, it's O.K.

@CorazonMexica

2 жыл бұрын

Nah, The movie came too late. The show became garbage after season 10.

@GIJOEFAN-ys8gp

2 жыл бұрын

Besides, the movie really isn’t that good. I’ve only watched it three or four times compared to Beavis and Butthead Do America which I watched over 10 times.

@craftyhobbit7623

2 жыл бұрын

The last series which I thought was good was the year Trump became president, when on the Thanksgiving show they had on the opening credits 'This year a turkey will pardon the president.' There is the odd episode which is funny, but it's long since lost what made it great. (And even the series I've mentioned as being the last good one pales in comparison to the classic ones.)

I randomly caught the Loki short (which is the first time I've watched the Simpsons in probably 15 years) and found it painfully unfunny. My first thought was If this is how far it's fallen how is it still on the air? More surprising was the response to it I found online was mostly positive. People saying things like "Haha when Loki said "Noooo not Springfield" I nearly wet myself!". I get humour is subject but I genuinely struggle to see how even young kids would find that funny

@therunaway9515

2 жыл бұрын

Very concerning

"Disney needs to stop" Literally my thoughts everytimes Disney gets a new property from anyone. They own too much and eventually that's gonna cause issues.

“Simpsons shorts can eat my shorts!”

I honestly feel sorry for Simpsons and Sponge Bob Square Pants. At this point the only way they’ll ever be allowed to end will be when one of the voice actors dies and it’s too bad taste to replace them. That’s assuming studios and networks don’t try to replicate their voices with deep fake voices.

@nmy_watson

2 жыл бұрын

yea, unfortunately disney is currently working on deepfakes for the simpsons voice actors, which is depressing and terrifying to think about

@cosmosofinfinity

2 жыл бұрын

Disney has VERY bad taste, so I'm sure they WILL replace them

@ikept_the_jethryk2421

2 жыл бұрын

They already found political reasons to start replacing them. At some point they’ll just figure out that one of them is descended from slave owners or something

@Duncaster

2 жыл бұрын

@@nmy_watson no fucking way, where’d you hear this? That’s horrible if it’s true

@PlahaKumar

2 жыл бұрын

Both of those shows could've end but the studios just have to milk them.

That Disney+ episode felt like something you’d see in a North Korean recruitment propaganda video

Man this hits it’s perfectly with so many Disney IPs now. I keep asking myself, “why do you care so much about why all these remakes and sequels suck?” Maybe because it used to be something special but all that has been scooped out, like a dead comedian reanimated to sell products for a corporation. You see it, you feel that affinity, then seconds in you realize something is really really wrong.

I just cancelled my Disney+ subscription. I decided to try it because it was fairly priced, and I wanted to check out The Mandalorian and conveniently watch The Simpsons. But I noticed they censored some parts of the episodes (they edited the cliff-falling scene from Bart the Daredevil), and the fact that they removed the episode Stark Raving Dad because of that bullshit Leaving Neverland documentary is just disgusting.

@MidCentury43

2 жыл бұрын

To be fair, pulling “Stark Raving Dad” was the creators decision, not Disney’s.

@floofyt2008

2 жыл бұрын

Disney has removed a lot of different scenes from many different shows. It isn't just the Simpsons

@ccricers

2 жыл бұрын

How much did they cut out of the Simpsons episodes? Even watching it on network TV there were scenes cut out during syndication runs that were only shown the first time it aired.

@Attmay

2 жыл бұрын

@@MidCentury43 It's bullshit after the revelation that Matt Groening was on one of Epstein's planes. Anyone who believes he got just a massage must also still believe in Santa Claus.

@MidCentury43

2 жыл бұрын

@@Attmay what happened with the Epsiten thing? What’s it about

Between this, space jam 2, free guy, etc etc.. it really feels kinda insulting the way Hollywood writes for us now. Like “just show them a reference to something they know and call it a day”

@Attmay

2 жыл бұрын

*Space Jam 2* missed a golden opportunity to have Linda Lavin come back and play Alice and sing the national anthem.

@torstenscholz6243

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah, one might call it the Seltzer-Friedberg-Effect...

@zbr76

2 жыл бұрын

I disagree on Free Guy. Yes it looked like a typical run-of-the-mill superhero movie on the surface, but it DID have some nuance.

I like the show until season 8ish. And there were some hints of goodness from there until the movie, but they still have some dignity. Now, the dignity is gone. The amount lazy corporate stuff is overwhelming the clever and ironic humor that the show once had.

If I wanted to see a host of classic Disney characters enjoy a get together at an establishment, I'd watch House of Mouse. It was soo good, but isn't on disney+, like wtf?

A skit of Mickey telling a cynical Krusty to "get back to work" would have been a better joke.

Identity theft is not a joke Jim! Millions of families suffer every year! - Dwight

@James-bi9uy

2 жыл бұрын

MICHAEL!

It's sad to see how far this show has fallen. It's gone from a show my parents forbade me from watching as a kid in the 80s to now being whatever this garbage is.

Lisa being the one to advocate for Disney is exactly what they want from a certain perspective. That being that if Lisa of all people in the Simpsons family is cool with them, then surely they can't be all that bad.

Makes me wonder what would've happened if WB had bought Fox's animated properties.

@nizarhadeli9104

2 жыл бұрын

Given what they did with space jam 2, I doubt it would be any better

@bijikedelai

2 жыл бұрын

@@nizarhadeli9104 yep yep this is true they wont make it any better. However i do give em credit for at least creating adult swim. Thats the only good thing they ever do for animation or internet culture for the most part.

@greyhood6015

2 жыл бұрын

The same thing? I mean, Space Jam 2? Why? They are not different from each other.

@zeroelus

2 жыл бұрын

The same thing, but with DC characters.

@IcyDiamond

2 жыл бұрын

@@zeroelus We’d get The Good, The Bart, And The Joker on HBO Max

holy shit seeing loki drawn in the simpsons style reminds me of the shitty fanart you can buy of your family sitting on the simpson's couch I hate it so much

To quote a classic Simpsons episode from the 90's: "Stop! He's already dead!" 😭

@andykishore

2 жыл бұрын

I think I remember that.

To me, The Simpsons ended with "Behind the Laughter" as the season 11 finale, and series finale. I think I am happiest living in that fantasy.

Tge Simpsons have been called out for their decline in quality over the years, and Disney making them produce bland, hollow shorts with zero self-awareness only highlights that and them looking like a soulless company.

Remember the song "They'll Never Stop the Simpsons" from the end of Gump Roast? Well, now that our favorite family is in the hands of the Mouse, they probably really never will.

@Attmay

2 жыл бұрын

That was a threat.

The Simpsons need to stop altogether. The show is on a failing life support that is practically begging to have its plug pulled.

It was a real missed opportunity to not have Dan Castellaneta play the Genie again

@Attmay

2 жыл бұрын

He could also have played Elliott the Dragon and dug out his Charlie Callas impression from *The Old Man and the Key.*

@mrgiogio4079

2 жыл бұрын

"Missed opportunity" sums up a lot of modern media, if you ask me.

"Cheap Disney jokes, poorly written fake satire......Matt Groening must be rolling around in his grave."

@alcarbo8613

2 жыл бұрын

He's not dead

@alidaraie

2 жыл бұрын

@@alcarbo8613 He's dead inside

@b.m.933

2 жыл бұрын

@@alidaraie To be honest I am pretty sure Matt Groening is no longer involved with the show. He left to work on Futurama and then after Futurama finished he went to work on Disenchanted.

@jmac356

11 ай бұрын

@@b.m.933 Are they better? Yes.

6:19 how the hell did they fuck up Elsa's design so badly? I know she's drawn in the simpsons style, but not everyone in the simpsons is as ugly as Quazimodo

I really wish when Disney purchased Fox that they sold off The Simpsons. Universal always seemed like a suitable home for them.

Nothing sums up The Simpsons being owned by Disney better then the promo where each member of the family was dressed as a character from a different property and Homer threatened to hurt Bart if he didn’t fall in line.

The Simpsons needs to be canceled already It's literally the only thing these people know how to do and that's why they don't want to cancel it They don't know how to move on with their lives even though the show was objectively not as good as it used to be

@Guitar-Dog

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah man, Conan O'Brien would have no career if they canceled the simpsons

@immanuelsuleiman7550

2 жыл бұрын

@@Guitar-Dog Conan O'Brien hasn't written for the Simpsons since the '90s

@sindri1447

2 жыл бұрын

@@immanuelsuleiman7550 yeah I don't even know how somebody can know that Conan O'Brien used to write for the show and still not know that it was literally over 2 decades ago. Conan O'Brien's role in the Simpsons was extremely short lived too.

@Neogears1312

2 жыл бұрын

@@sindri1447 because they rather guilt trip you than think.

@KoolAidDinkyTV

2 жыл бұрын

I love the simpsons but tbh I agree with you cancel them i already seen enough

The Simpsons is a shell of what it used to be.

Like Aaron Eckhart said “You either die a hero or live long enough to see yourself become the villain” because that’s how I feel about post Disney Simpsons. These Disney+ shorts are basically long ads with plots.

For some reason, even bringing in new writers with fresh voices and new stories can’t seem to liven up or reverse the effects of shows that have succumbed to Flanderization. Just look at It’s Always Sunny. It’s Always Sad, but that’s why we need to learn to let go of things instead of clinging to them forever.

@Klonoahedgehog

2 жыл бұрын

Usually when That happens it's because the new writers are basing their work on the most recent stuff rather than trying to do their own thing or look back to the past to see what Works.

@SudoBurger

2 жыл бұрын

"New talent" probably equals "disposable talent." I'm imagining that in those situations, the writers are too afraid of ticking off their new bosses to try anything genuinely creative.

@andykishore

2 жыл бұрын

It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia is still running.

Just a minor correction, the Longest Daycare was from 2012, which was pre Disney and even nominated for an Oscar. But the Playdate with Destiny did play with Onward. At the time I thought cynically that it was a Maggie short because the simpsons team weren't given any money for voice actors so they made it a silent short in essence. It's wild to think that ended up forcing them to be more creative... unlike what's come since.

@WillowJordan1979

2 жыл бұрын

"Art thrives on limitations" -Dylan Marron

The Simpsons should have ended after season 10 and then just continue with the Treehouse Of Terror traditon as Halloween specials.

Its sad how bad the simpsons has gotten. I miss the old days when the episodes were based on relatable everyday family issues. Nowadays each episode feels like they need to be so out there

This was the logical extreme of how bad the last 15 years of the simpsons is. I dont even think we can blame Disney this time, Fox destropyed any credibility this show had

@Attmay

2 жыл бұрын

Fox killed it and Disney raped the corpse.

I feel like this is just a natural extension of what Simpsons has been doing already (with a heavy shove from Disney). For the past decade or whatever, whenever they satirize from property, and dress up their characters from characters in that property, I've found it's usually just been, "Hey, this simpsons character is dressed like that other character. That's pretty funny, huh?"

@Thomasmemoryscentral

2 жыл бұрын

Or maybe they just think it's funny because "hey the Simpsons has drawn this franchise character in this style! Laugh!"

These Disney+ Simpsons shorts are on par with the old Disney direct-to-video sequels released on VHS in the 90s.

The only thing I actually liked about the Plusiversary, is that it canonically confirms that Goofy is an alcoholic.

I'd seen them posted in Disney+ but could never be bothered to watch the shorts in the same way I don't want to see anything after season 10 of the Simpsons, thank you for your sacrifice in watching them for us, they're worse than what I expected. This...isn't the show that had such an impact on me on my teenage years, it's something else pretending to be them. Just let them go already.

@mindlander

2 жыл бұрын

I'm gonna guess you're in your 40s. At least I hope so.

@zeroelus

2 жыл бұрын

@@mindlander Lol yep. The specific reason I started watching the show again was that well, having it on a streaming service I could finally re-watch everything, and two, instead of being slightly older than Bart, I'm slightly older than Homer, and as baffling as it might sound old seasons Homer has a ton of good critique/satire and advice for a dad & husband like me. Whatever happens, he's a dad who will do what it takes to do his family right, in spite of being not too bright. As the seasons went on and he started more to just be a goofball and that was the main thing in the seasons I found myself skipping over more and more episodes until I just stopped watching.

@mindlander

2 жыл бұрын

@@zeroelus hot damn! My friend, you are so right. My wife and I don't have kids but Homer and Marge have wisdom concerning a married life I never recognized the first time around.

@wiskasIO

2 жыл бұрын

Same here. It all sucks now.

The Simpsons should have ended 20 years ago.

I still think funny how Family guy is still doing hard hitting jokes about Disney and I did like the joke where Homer said he has no idea what Goofy is suppose to be and called him a downer

“I’m the mascot of a evil corporation” hits different now

Lisa shilling for Disney is probably the most disappointed I've ever been for the character.

@SlyCooper1920

9 ай бұрын

She's a scab now

@Sundown_Clown474

9 ай бұрын

Even more than when tried to sabotage Allison for being smarter than her?

@LtheOriginal

9 ай бұрын

@@Sundown_Clown474 yes

@FernieCanto

8 ай бұрын

@@Sundown_Clown474Lisa's envy and insecurity in "Lisa's Rival" makes her more human and relatable, and shows she's a flawed character like everyone else in the Simpsons. It's a great, classic episode, and I love it as a huge Lisa fan. I love the fact that Lisa isn't perfect.

It's like seeing a jaguar with its teeth pulled out.

I once saw an old lady using a garden trowel as a hammer to fix a board in her fence. "You don't have a hammer for that?" I asked. "This does the job good enough," she says. Disney using the Simpsons IP to advertise their other products is like that old lady. The Simpsons is not supposed to be a marketing tool, but I guess they figure it does the job well enough. For the rich, everything they own is just a tool to make more money. If they own something that's not making them more money, they get rid of it.

Oh god, yes! Thank you! I've been watching old Simpsons seasons for the past few months, and whenever one of these shorts show up the contrast is palpable.