Ladies and gentlemen i've reviewed alot of thing when it comes to animation and given that i've had alot of fun this past week i've decided to continue this trend for the foreseeable future. Since doing these reviews of animated episodes has allowed me to take a look at things that I normally such as the case with this review i've never thought of taking a look at a Simpsons until now and so here is my review of season 6 episode 10 of The Simpsons called "Grampa vs. S****l Inadequacy" and yes I will be editing the name of the episode but still enjoy the review anyway guys and girls.
The plot of the episode is Marge and Homer are having marriage problems shall we say and Grampa gives Homer a Tonic which actually helps things and so the duo get the idea to sell the tonic but things aren't that simple. The plot I found to be rather enjoyable and at the same time it was exactly what I expected from an episode of The Simpsons when it was in it's prime but at the same time the subplot with Bart and the kids or Springfield trying to adjust to life without there parents goes nowhere and the overall plot does seem rushed which given the twenty two minuet running time is rather understandable but it's still an issue.
Starring in this episode is Dan Castellaneta as Homer Simpson , Joe Quimby , Grampa and Barney Gumble. Also starring in the episode is Julie Kavner as Marge Simpson , Nancy Cartwright as Bart Simpson , Nelson Muntz and Ralph Wiggum , Yeardley Smith as Lisa Simpson , Phil Hartman as Troy McClure , Harry Shearer as Al Gore , Ned Flanders and Dr. Hibbert , Hank Azaria as Raphael and Professor Frink , Maggie Roswell as Maude Flanders and Mrs. Frink and Pamela Hayden as Milhouse Van Houten.
Now I know that chances are I missed of a few actors and characters but the cast list and character list for even one episode is huge and so I had to cut it down. As for what I thought about the acting in this episode considering that all of these actors are legends due to this show it goes without saying that there performances are pretty spot on all of the main actors and even the guest actors in this episode do a really freaking good job.
Doing the episode for this episode and im assuming the entire series is Film Roman Productions who worked on the show between season 4 to season 27. Now im sucker for The Simpsons when it's in it's prime because I honestly feel that everything is better in those seasons and the same is true for the animation in this episode which while it's nowhere close to fantastic is alot better then animation seen when the show was dipping in quality.
Now I do kind of have a history when it comes to watching this episode because I started watching this episode along with a bunch of others when I was very young thanks to The Simpsons Too Hot For TV VHS. Which me and my younger brother watched alot growing up and so I know this episode inside out since for a long time it was the only Simpsons piece of home media that I had it's just a shame that I either lost or gave away that VHS tape because it must be worth a small fortune now.
This to me is a solid example of what the show was like when it was in it's prime because the episode is so well written and so so adult. I would honestly point to episodes like this if people needed proof that The Simpsons is an adult cartoon because the more recent seasons have made the show more kid friendly and that takes away from alot of what they can satire because there not aloud to put that much of there own spin on things now due to the fact that they've gone a more child friendly route which is a shame because when it wants to be The Simpsons can more adult then most adult cartoons out there which is really saying something in my own humble opinion.
This episode does try to introduce a conflict between Abe and Homer and while it is handled slightly well. The issue that I have with it is that not only does it come out nowhere it also gets resolved really quickly which is a shame because there conflict with Abe admitting that Homer was an accident is honestly shocking but it's something that comes out of nowhere with little to no build up and so what could have been a truly interesting as it is it's just there.
One of the biggest issues of this episode is something that i've already touched on earlier in the review and that's the fact that they drop a whole subplot involving Bart and the kids of Springfield trying to work out what's happening to the adults. This is honestly something that should have been wrapped up since alot of time is spent developing the plot line and so to see it get dropped entirely just make the scenes that advance that plot line seem pointless since it goes nowhere and adds up to nothing which is a shame because it could have been a funny subplot or at least I think it could have been a funny subplot anyways.
I like the fact that this episode showed us how good of a father Abe was to Homer since there are a ton of times where Homer says that Abe was bad father. As such it's nice to see an episode that tells us that that wasn't always the case Abe wasn't a bad father he was a good father who was just trying to do the best that he could which us something that I don't think we had seen up until this point in the shows history.
Now then since this is a comedy that does mean that we have to talk about the jokes that are in this episode. I honestly think that this episode was really funny there are alot of good jokes in this episode and alot of them work really well with my favourite joke being when there in the library Marge and Homer try and lie to there kids about the kind of books there looking at and they pick out books that you don't want kids to see or even some adults to see you reading which I just thought was really freaking funny.
Overall I don't think that it needs saying but I really did enjoy this episode nostalgia aside it was a really funny and well written episode. That doesn't make the episode perfect tho since as i've mentioned in this very review I did have some issues with this episode which is a shame because if these issues were fixed I would say that this is a perfect Simpsons episode but as it is this episode gets an 8 out of 10 from me.
All the images I used in this review where gathered from the official fandom wiki page for The Simpsons and nowhere else. I fully admit I wasn't expecting these images to be high definition and so I wasn't that shocked to see that alot of the images weren't high definition but since I only went to the official Simpsons fandom wiki page I have no choice but to recommend that website for images from either this episode , the show or anything to do with The Simpsons.