The Fall of The Simpsons: How it Happened
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Post by JDogindy JDoggityfield on 3 hours agoshare
Most arguments can easily begin with "Mike Scully", and it's been agreed on.
There's more to it than that, but once Scully became showrunner, his lax standards resulted in stuff like Homer getting molested by a panda, celebrities being brought in just to have them (this was common already with people like Johnny Unitas & the Cheers cast, but Joe Namath was the first "useless" guest star), and just not caring caused the series to have a sharp decline.
Al Jean swooping in, however, finished the job. For Seasons 13-21, Jean tried to turn the show into Family Guy Lite, and the past 7 seasons have been a really bizarre clash of styles with the Matt Selman episodes being the only consistent good ones.[/quote]
[quote]Post by BrodietheSlayer on about an hour ago
The show didn't have an end goal in sight, and because people were still religiously watching (and still do), it just kept going on and on, way past the point that it had anything new and/or interesting to say. It's kind of where FAMILY GUY has gotten to in the last season or so. It's still on. It's still funny enough to not be completely terrible, but for the most part it's just kind of....there. But people will continue to watch it for nostalgic purposes, as they remember when it used to be great, and hold out hope that it will be again...and not to say there there aren't episodes produced by both shows that aren't still decent at times, but they will never be what they were, as all the great episodes have been done. All the great stories have been told.