That was the only funny line in that episode, wasn't it? I laughed (as you did) at that bit, but the rest of the show (and perhaps the last couple of series) has said to me that this show has lost it.

I realise it's very hard to keep up such wonderful humour for so long, but I am disappointed.

>That was the only funny line in that episode, wasn't it? I laughed (as you did) at that bit, but the rest of the show (and perhaps the last couple of series) has said to me that this show has lost it.
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>I realise it's very hard to keep up such wonderful humour for so long, but I am disappointed.

I laughed long and hard at that episode - especially Lenny asking Maya Angelou if the B2 bomber could operate in the rain. Moe: "Maya Angelou's black?"
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Some of the newer stuff just has classic lines tho - They are getting a little less cautious with their political bits - I like that.

>Some of the newer stuff just has classic lines tho - They are getting a little less cautious with their political bits - I like that.

The Goodies, which was very like The Simpsons in so many ways did that towards the end of it's run. It became more satirical and topical, I guess because it had run out of every day sort plots and had become known for the odd bit of incisive topical stuff that it decided to go the whole hog with it.

On reflection the topical/satirical later episodes of The Goodies aren't as good today, simply because they are no longer topical and also because the writers were running out of steam. You can see The Simpsons heading in the same way. It's a shame, but all good things must come to an end.

One new-ish ep of the The Simpsons I saw recently was fantastic. It was the one where Homer gets kidnapped by jockeys (who are really elves) and taken to their secret underground lair. They start to sing a song in freaky high-pitched voices:

"We are the jockeys, jockeys are we.
We live underground in a fibreglass tree."