For what it's worth, when I was seeking out classic Simpsons box sets, Season 6 was the hardest to find at a decent price.
Eye of the tiger! Mouth of a teamster!
^This right here.It's my favourite, but I won't disagree with anyone that says any season between 4-7.
We had a skewed perspective back then based on a limited frame of reference. The back-half of Season 4 (post-clip show) and the early episodes of Season 5 were dragged through the mud quite a bit as well right after they aired.I prefer Season 7 personally, but Season 6 is probably the stronger year as a whole.
It's crazy to think about how people on Usenet and stuff were talking about what a decline Seasons 6 and 7 were. I get it if they were still looking at it through the lens of Seasons 2 or 3, how wacky it got. But to say it was a step down from 4 or 5 is weird.
Also, I don't like Bart's Girlfriend much as an episode, but it does contain this all-time classic moment:
"...it was, Marge. Admit it."I probably work "probably misses his old glasses" into a conversation at least once a week.
I'm a big fan of Mirkin, but that's possibly cos he's on a lot of the DVD commentaries.Seasons 3-8 are unequivocally the golden age of the Simpsons and any of those seasons could reasonably be considered the GOAT.
Would be more curious to know what the community feels was the strongest showrunner run from the big three:
-Jean and Reiss (seasons 3-4)
-Mirkin (seasons 5-6)
-Oakley and Weinstein (seasons 7-8)
I think I'd have to give it to the Oakley and Weinstein seasons (just narrowly).
It's funny... I have Season 6 as my all-time fave but I never seem to give Mirkin credit for how well it turned out. Last time I did showrunner regimes I had him ranked 5th... behind Oakley/Weinstein (7-8), Jean/Reiss (3-4), Selman (23+) and Groening/Brooks/Simon (1-2).Seasons 3-8 are unequivocally the golden age of the Simpsons and any of those seasons could reasonably be considered the GOAT.
Would be more curious to know what the community feels was the strongest showrunner run from the big three:
-Jean and Reiss (seasons 3-4)
-Mirkin (seasons 5-6)
-Oakley and Weinstein (seasons 7-8)
I think I'd have to give it to the Oakley and Weinstein seasons (just narrowly).
Oakley and Weinstein for me. I love the Mirkin era for sure and will obviously respect Jean and Reiss as a duo (solo Jean has burned me something fierce), but Season 7 is dang near perfect and season 8 is good despite all the issues it faced.Seasons 3-8 are unequivocally the golden age of the Simpsons and any of those seasons could reasonably be considered the GOAT.
Would be more curious to know what the community feels was the strongest showrunner run from the big three:
-Jean and Reiss (seasons 3-4)
-Mirkin (seasons 5-6)
-Oakley and Weinstein (seasons 7-8)
I think I'd have to give it to the Oakley and Weinstein seasons (just narrowly).
There are good episodes to be found in every season... and I will always recommend people make the effort to watch recommended episodes from a curated list piecemeal if they're curious about the show instead of jumping in on a random season number and watching everything.I hear the newest season (30?) is actually good. Can anyone confirm?
The delivery of that line gets me every time.