The Simpsons Shorts Just Keep Getting Worse
At a certain point, I have to blame myself. The Simpsons shorts just aren’t good, and it’s on me for getting my hopes up. Prior to the recent double header, the last short was a Billie Eilish vehicle, and while it had a couple of chuckles, it seemed wasted as a short. The Loki crossover which preceded it was, in my mind, the worst thing The Simpsons have ever put out. I know you all think The Simpsons is trash these days, but I also know you don’t watch it anymore. It wobbled in the mid-20 seasons, and it’s not Golden Age quality anymore, but it’s not the garbage it’s often dismissed as. Unfortunately, The Simpsons shorts are every inch as terrible as The Simpsons episodes that exist in your mind.
I’m not saying this to tear down The Simpsons, although I would love them to stop making the shorts. I’m a major Simpsons fan. I’ve seen every episode, and every episode bar the new season at least twice, while my viewing counters for seasons 1-15 are in double figures. I love this show, and I hate seeing it used as a marionette this way. It’s not as good as it once was, sure. But it was once the greatest show in television history. Season Eight can go against any season anywhere. It’s a punishingly high standard to hold it up against. The shorts, though, have no standards. And I have no idea why I’m still being subjected to them.
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Our most recent short is called Welcome to the Club, wherein Lisa teams up with some classic Disney villains. Stupid emotional obsessive little me, I got my hopes up. I love the Disney villains, and I thought this might be an interrogation of how Lisa has gradually shifted from the family’s moral compass to the show’s antagonist, often
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