Toronto Mike

Nicely Said

The Simpsons

I thoroughly enjoyed The Observer's list of "300 Reasons We Love The Simpsons".  In particular, I appreciate #23 on their list.  I've reprinted it below.

Ideally, you should be able to watch each episode anew at five distinct stages in life. As a toddler, marvelling at all the bright colours; as a teenager, enjoying the tilts at authority; as a student, relishing the in-jokes and movie references; as an adult, musing on the truths about life, love and death; and in your dotage, marvelling at all the bright colours.

The Brits got it dead-on.  This explains why James and I share the same favourite show.  He's marvelling at all the bright colours while I'm musing on the truths about life, love and death.  There must be a bit of a student left in me as well, because I also relish the in-jokes and movie references.  And perhaps I'm still a teenager at heart because I do enjoy the tilts at authority.  I marvel at all the bright colours too.

By the way, tonight's episode, entitled "I, D'oh-Bot", is a new one.  Here's the description from simpsonsarchive.com: "Homer and Bart build a Robot Wars-style robot, but when they discover they don't know as much about building killer robots as they thought, Homer decides to get inside of it; Marge and Lisa are under the impression that Snowball II 'went to kitty heaven'".  Enjoy!

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