Cartoon fans there are so few cartoons that can truly be called iconic and I think it's safe to say that one such series is the series i'm going to take a look at today it's also a series that really should have ended by now and that series is of course The Simpsons.
Here's something that will make you all feel really old the show has been on the air for nearly thirty years regardless of what you think about the show you have to admit that's impressive and what's even more impressive is the fact that the cast has stayed with the show from the very beginning when it was just a series of shorts for The Tracy Ullman Show.
Is there really any point in me telling you the plot of the show this show is so iconic that pretty much everyone knows the plot of the show but I have to say that I like the slice of life aspect to the show since it makes the show feel more true to life and it's obviously worked since the show has been running for years so as the saying goes if ain't broke don't fix it.
The voice cast at this point is pretty much all legends and they are Dan Castellaneta , Julie Kavner , Nancy Cartwright , Yeardley Smith , Hank Azaria and Harry Shearer. I would list any guest actors but the show has so many i'm just not going to and I will say that all of the actors are phenomenal most of the actors play more then one character and I have to say you cannot tell the difference for years I had no idea that the voice of Homer was also the same guy who plays Krusty and Santa's Little Helper.
I like the rest of the world was not only a huge fan of The Simpsons but I also watched the show growing up and not just on the weekends when new episodes would air but also during the week where the channel i was watching it on would play older episodes and they still do show older episodes every night at 6pm.
As well as watching the show on TV I also remember having The Simpsons Too Hot For TV on VHS which when looking back I realized there was really nothing too hot for TV about it it was pretty tame when you think it but I had fond memories watching it.
Even tho the show is freaking legendary I cannot find out who does the animation for this show since it's animated in Korea but I can say that the animation for me was a very mixed bag in it's early years but it gets better later on and it crushes me to say that since I raised on those early seasons but it's true at least for me but I will say that when the animation in those early years is good it's freaking fantastic.
While I was doing some research for this review I found out that apart from one or two games and the comic book series there was a brief magazine , two rides which are still running plus lots and lots of books it's truly nuts how big The Simpsons is and the fact that they are still pumping more merch into this franchise.
I even found out that the premier episode "Simpsons Roasting On An Fire" wasn't the first episode produced and it wasn't intended to be the first episode to air this episode was in fact the eighth episode to be produced I can't find out which episode was intended to air first but if I was to guess i'd say it was episode to Bart The Genius since that episode has the classic Simpsons opening.
I think we can all agree that even tho Homer does some really questionable things throughout the series run he is deep down a loving father and husband take for example the premier episode where he hides the fact that he didn't get a bonus this year from his family because he didn't want to ruin Christmas for them and I can some up another example with these words Do It For Her you all know what I mean.
Like the rest of the world I thought the writing in the earlier episodes was far better and the jokes where better i'm not saying there isn't some funny moments in the latter seasons but the jokes in the latter seasons aren't as good as those in the earlier episodes and I think that's the biggest downfall of the show being on for so long.
Overall guys there's nothing I can say about this show because of how legendary it is and the fact there's over 600 episodes proves that but the show does get a 9 out of 10 from me.