The Rise, Fall and Redemption of Simpsons Treehouse of Horror

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  • Опубликовано: 10 июл 2024
  • An analysis and review of some of the best and worst Simpsons Treehouse of Horror segments / Analysis and review of Treehouse of Horror 32 and 33.
    Zombie Simpsons: 00:00
    Mr and Mrs. Simpson: 03:41
    Terror at 5 1/2 Feet: 10:10
    Comparison of two segments: 18:32
    Awkward time capsule: 27:21
    Treehouse of Horror 32 is total trash: 29:20
    Treehouse of horror 33 is excellent: 33:38
    The Pookadook: 34:41
    Death Tome: 38:11
    Simpsons World: 52:17
    Happy Halloween!
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  • @DaShneeko
    @DaShneeko 8 месяцев назад +324

    I remember, my grandma used to tell me “ I don’t care what they tell you, The Simpsons used to be good”

    • @dannyknightblade4592
      @dannyknightblade4592 8 месяцев назад +38

      Unlike that granny from that awful Netflix Cleopatra "documentary," your grandma is actually right!

    • @adamimberti6948
      @adamimberti6948 6 месяцев назад +6

      The Simpsons is quite possibly the most sophisticated and well written television show of all time.

    • @erkl8823
      @erkl8823 5 месяцев назад +1

      My grandma loved Beavis & Butthead & always said she "just wants to spank their little fannies"... LoL

    • @tedytarrify
      @tedytarrify 4 месяца назад +3

      I approve this reference.

    • @casualcausalityy
      @casualcausalityy 4 месяца назад

      ​@@adamimberti6948*was

  • @KasperK-su9oz
    @KasperK-su9oz 8 месяцев назад +124

    "Right or wrong your behavior was still disruptive young man. Perhaps spending the remainder of your life in a mad house will teach you some manners" ... Classic Simpsons was comedy gold. The comedy works on so many levels. Using the wording "remainder of your life" about a boy, neglecting the fact that Bart was right for sheer manners, and believing putting him in an asylum is where he can be taught manners. Manners that are basically pointless as he is sentenced to spend the remainder of his life at the mad house anyway. Comedy gold.

  • @absolutelydegenerate1900
    @absolutelydegenerate1900 8 месяцев назад +209

    That tree house of horror with Willie as Freddy Kruger was so well done I still remember the bagpipe spider from when I saw it as a kid. That episode was terrifying

    • @absolutelydegenerate1900
      @absolutelydegenerate1900 8 месяцев назад +4

      @@Nexus_Hivesmy bad yes, I don’t watch horror movies so I am not familiar with names 😂 I’ll edit it now so there’s no confusion

    • @Bjorick
      @Bjorick 8 месяцев назад +5

      You've mastered a dead tongue, but can you handle a live one? Muhahahaha
      Oh, just get him out of here. Not into the kindergarten! Love that episode, but my favorite is "Dial Z for zombies, season 4 or 5, I believe, I think it's THOH 4?

    • @thor3279
      @thor3279 8 месяцев назад +1

      That darn Smarch weather!

    • @petrie911
      @petrie911 8 месяцев назад +3

      @@Bjorick Treehouse 3, from season 4. All the treehouse numbers are one less than the season number, which makes it annoying to keep them straight.

    • @caledunsmore
      @caledunsmore 8 месяцев назад +3

      Do Not Touch
      Willie- "Good Advice"

  • @JohnGardnerAlhadis
    @JohnGardnerAlhadis 8 месяцев назад +194

    *Fun fact:* if the Simpsons aged, Bart would be as old as Homer was when the series first started.

    • @robertmiles1603
      @robertmiles1603 7 месяцев назад +16

      Simpsons first appeared in 1987, on Tracey Ullman. Canonically Bart is 10 and Homer and Marge graduated high school the same year, making them about the same age. Marge first gave her age as 34. If Bart was therefore born in 1977, he'd be 46 when I typed this, so he'd be older than Homer.

    • @JohnGardnerAlhadis
      @JohnGardnerAlhadis 7 месяцев назад

      @@robertmiles1603 🤓

    • @normie2716
      @normie2716 5 месяцев назад +1

      Right. Bart would be quite a bit older at this point than Homer was at the beginning.

    • @erkl8823
      @erkl8823 5 месяцев назад +3

      ​@@robertmiles1603 I just wish you gave the instances of ...when marge said "34", when they said they graduated in '87, etc, so we could know for sure....

    • @DavidvonJones
      @DavidvonJones 5 месяцев назад

      No it would have been 10 years ago! In '87 Bart is 10 Homer is 36 so Bart is born in '77 meaning he was prob 36 in 2013. Obviously there are many inconsistencies added since but I think its accepted Homer is 36 - a year younger than Cristiano Ronaldo now. Bart would be entering 47th year in 2024

  • @jcruz5050
    @jcruz5050 4 месяца назад +29

    The "St0p! he's already dead" meme ironically sums up how producers killd the show years ago but continue to beat the Simpsons decayed bloated corpse for every last nickel they can get outta it!

    • @steves1015
      @steves1015 3 дня назад

      I still remember the classic line by Troy MacClure:
      "Who knows what adventures they'll have between now...
      and the time the show becomes unprofitable"

  • @gennelrizen178
    @gennelrizen178 8 месяцев назад +91

    The Simpsons was an event in our household, mostly because we had to keep it secret from our parents, who hated it. Even as a kid I knew this was genius. And treehouse episodes were really special. Thanks for this.

    • @erkl8823
      @erkl8823 5 месяцев назад +3

      I *wish* I had parents that cared what we watched...we could literally watch *anything* , & they'd just hurry & put their hands over our eyes when nudity was on screen...

  • @TbagsPS
    @TbagsPS 8 месяцев назад +60

    The Simpsons is probably the best example of censorship slowly eroding all of the heart and soul out of a show. S1-8 are so good, rewatchable and funny as hell, that's pretty much where the series ends for me.

    • @petrie911
      @petrie911 8 месяцев назад +12

      I don't think the decline after season 8 had anything to do with censorship. The show just kind of ran out of steam after a bunch of writers left.

    • @Jaco059
      @Jaco059 6 месяцев назад

      @@axm2044what?

  • @brianmurphy6480
    @brianmurphy6480 8 месяцев назад +46

    "Grinding Nemo"?
    Jesus, man. That killed me. 😂

  • @mdjambazky4968
    @mdjambazky4968 8 месяцев назад +49

    This channel is an absolute joy and the Despot is a treasure

    • @DespotofAntrim
      @DespotofAntrim  8 месяцев назад +8

      Thank you, I'm glad you enjoy the videos.

    • @kilssj2250
      @kilssj2250 8 месяцев назад +1

      ​@@DespotofAntrim I do like your channel but...
      You do realize the episode terror at at 5 1/2 feet was a parody of the episode terror at 20,000 feet from the Twilight Zone right?

    • @dragonmaster1360
      @dragonmaster1360 8 месяцев назад +3

      @kilssj2250
      You... Didn't watch the video, did you? He literally brings that up, at 18:51... Not even 1/3 of the way in!

  • @SlipdeGarcondeJour
    @SlipdeGarcondeJour 8 месяцев назад +30

    'Homer vs The Devil' is a wonderful homage to the criminally underrated 1940s movie 'The Devil & Daniel Webster', one of my all-time favourite films.

  • @MrJoeyWheeler
    @MrJoeyWheeler 8 месяцев назад +98

    Death Tome really is astonishing. They actually did something with the idea, instead of just "what if X popular thing, but with The Simpsons". Her motivations are original and fit her character, and they even went down a different route with the story. It's astonishing they actually had it in them.
    Also, fun fact; This is the second time that The Simpsons has done a Death Note story. The first was in Bongo Comics, where Krusty played Ryuk, Lisa played L, and Bart played Kira.

    • @petrie911
      @petrie911 8 месяцев назад +15

      The artist for the comic book one was originally a fan artist whose depiction of the Simpsons in anime style went viral. The creators were impressed enough with it they hired her to work on the comics. The Death Note segment was the only one she did in anime style, though.

    • @toweypat
      @toweypat 8 месяцев назад +1

      @@petrie911 Ah, nice infusion of fresh blood. Maybe there's hope!

    • @Lord_Numpty
      @Lord_Numpty 5 месяцев назад +2

      This one sounds better. Bart being a cold-blooded murderer just doesn't sound like him, whereas as we saw here, Lisa could probably do it if she was able to justify her kills as being 'for the greater good'.

  • @TheAltarOfKez
    @TheAltarOfKez 8 месяцев назад +31

    Worth noting that Mr. and Mrs. Smith was a comedy to begin with, creating a situation where the jokes in the movie are better than the ones in the Simpsons take.
    Also we need more analysis videos examining classic Simpsons, people need to remember.

    • @DespotofAntrim
      @DespotofAntrim  8 месяцев назад +11

      Excellent point, you can't parody a comedy.

    • @toweypat
      @toweypat 8 месяцев назад +5

      Unless it isn't funny. @@DespotofAntrim

  • @richardlafleur8389
    @richardlafleur8389 8 месяцев назад +26

    I always felt the Simpsons began down the path toward zombiedom with the death of Phil Hartman.

  • @frenchabortion
    @frenchabortion 4 месяца назад +7

    14:15 The Joke is Hans is driving an AMC Gremlin. It doesn’t sound like you understood the reference. They were notorious for their fires.

    • @baileymoore7779
      @baileymoore7779 2 месяца назад

      Thanks for explaining. That makes it even funnier. I thought when Bart said gremlin he was referring to Hans Moleman being a gremlin not the car.

  • @LindyWithAWhy
    @LindyWithAWhy 8 месяцев назад +25

    The Shinning?
    You mean The Shining?
    No. Shh! You wanna get sued?
    That was their best.

    • @absolutelydegenerate1900
      @absolutelydegenerate1900 8 месяцев назад +8

      The shining episode was amazing, especially the ending. “Urge to kill, rising” 😂

    • @LindyWithAWhy
      @LindyWithAWhy 8 месяцев назад +3

      @@absolutelydegenerate1900 😆 I still use that!

  • @MAGAMAN
    @MAGAMAN 8 месяцев назад +27

    "Just don't look. Just don't look."
    Me after season 10.

  • @grandarkfang_1482
    @grandarkfang_1482 8 месяцев назад +33

    I'm surprised Simpsons didn't screw up a Death Note parody.

  • @jonasirw1
    @jonasirw1 8 месяцев назад +149

    You’re a damn good writer. Easily the best in the hate-watcher category on RUclips.

    • @DespotofAntrim
      @DespotofAntrim  8 месяцев назад +37

      Thanks man, I appreciate it.

    • @1bridge11
      @1bridge11 8 месяцев назад

      When will you be a guest on Friday Night Tights? @@DespotofAntrim

    • @redjirachi1
      @redjirachi1 8 месяцев назад +3

      @@DespotofAntrim I know I've criticized you for being a part of the Fandom Menace. I apologize; you may share many of Nerdrotic or Doomcock's views but you don't make it your only personality trait

    • @Princess_Feona
      @Princess_Feona 8 месяцев назад +15

      He just spent 40 minutes gushing about a masterpiece and you call him I hate watcher?
      He is simply a critic and a great analyst. It’s hardly his fault that what he is analyzing is garbage.

    • @redjirachi1
      @redjirachi1 8 месяцев назад +1

      @@Princess_Feona I'm more referring to much of his other work being related to the culture war and complaining about "wokeness". This review was an exception to reviews skewed towards talking about the culture war

  • @jovenc4508
    @jovenc4508 8 месяцев назад +11

    The car blowing up is also a joke about the myth that Gremlin cars exploded on impact which was really atributed to the Ford Pinto. Both cars released around the same time.

  • @veteranredbeard6222
    @veteranredbeard6222 8 месяцев назад +14

    "If terror at 5 1/2 feet and mr. and mrs. Simpson were any more different, the universe itself would break when trying to accommodate them" is a genius line.

  • @JB-ti7bl
    @JB-ti7bl 8 месяцев назад +17

    Despot, you're a force of nature with these breakdowns.

  • @AshCosgrove
    @AshCosgrove 8 месяцев назад +42

    The Shinning will always be the best Treehouse of Horror sketch for me. Happy Halloween everybody!

    • @darrengordon-hill
      @darrengordon-hill 8 месяцев назад

      Monkey Paw

    • @robertmiles1603
      @robertmiles1603 7 месяцев назад +2

      Ohh, you mean "the SHINING." :)

    • @JaredConnell
      @JaredConnell 6 месяцев назад +2

      ​@@robertmiles1603quiet! Do you want to get us sued?

  • @PhattyBolger
    @PhattyBolger 6 месяцев назад +7

    Laughed my arse off at the "Sleve McDichael" meme in the Globo-Warm board of directors.

  • @kentlindal5422
    @kentlindal5422 8 месяцев назад +12

    Wish they'd do a "It" parody called "They/Them"

  • @fenrirtheicewolf2019
    @fenrirtheicewolf2019 8 месяцев назад +10

    Fun fact: In ancient rome actors, they were in the bottom class of society. Even prostitutes had a higher standing, rights, and power than them. A LOT of things evolved backwards since antiquity.

    • @DespotofAntrim
      @DespotofAntrim  8 месяцев назад +2

      Senators and Equestrians were banned from acting in Rome as it was considered beneath their social standing; Nero was despised by the elites for acting on stage.

    • @fenrirtheicewolf2019
      @fenrirtheicewolf2019 8 месяцев назад +1

      ​@DespotofAntrim God... truly, those were better times for culture. A more simple and civilized time.

  • @FatNorthernBigot
    @FatNorthernBigot 8 месяцев назад +19

    Very occasionally, The Simpsons produces a decent episode which serves as a sad reminder of better times.

  • @nettabeatty950
    @nettabeatty950 7 месяцев назад +5

    Omg you are a genius, the whole Subway Jared and Jussie smollett part omg too good

    • @DespotofAntrim
      @DespotofAntrim  7 месяцев назад +3

      Thanks, he won a couple of awards in my Worst of Woke Awards. Check it out if you haven't already.

  • @brockdavid
    @brockdavid 8 месяцев назад +21

    “There’s a ‘Gremlin’ on the side of the bus!”
    (Looks at Moleman driving a literal Gremlin.)
    “No problem Bart Dude… I’ll get rid of him.”
    I still like hatchbacks. Those cars were too good for this world.

    • @bring-out
      @bring-out 8 месяцев назад +5

      Ah I didn't know that. All this time I thought Otto thought Moleman was a gremlin as he kind of looks like one.

    •  4 месяца назад

      @@bring-out given the amount of drugs he was probably on, I would not be surprised if Otto really did think Moleman was an actual Gremlin.

  • @A.cozy.ghosty
    @A.cozy.ghosty 8 месяцев назад +5

    This was such a love letter to the old Halloween Specials. They were far more sophisticated than anyone gave them credit for, and still hold up to this day.

  • @Princess_Feona
    @Princess_Feona 8 месяцев назад +6

    I just watch you gosh about a masterpiece for 40 minutes. That people could still call you a hate watcher just boggles my mind. Are you are an excellent critic with an analytical mind. Nothing about your work implies “hate“. You were simply responding appropriately to stimulus.
    Do you have some of the best analysis on RUclips and you back it up with facts and examples that even a child could follow, even though a Disney employee might have some trouble.
    This particular video was brilliant and extremely enjoyable. Thank you.

  • @paulwilson6357
    @paulwilson6357 8 месяцев назад +10

    Please keep doing analysis videos, they're endlessly fascinating!

    • @DespotofAntrim
      @DespotofAntrim  8 месяцев назад +5

      Thank you, I will certainly be doing more propaganda analysis, this video was more of a passion project.

  • @emilyadams3228
    @emilyadams3228 6 месяцев назад +4

    My favorite part of Terror At 5 1/2 Feet is where Bart goes out the window to fight the gremlin, and Skinner grabs him, then he gets Willie to help him.
    Skinner: Pull harder, Willie!
    Willie: Ah'm düin' a' the pullin', ya blouse-wearrin' püdle walkairr!

  • @montanajackson3713
    @montanajackson3713 8 месяцев назад +6

    I hate how a lot of the segments are basically parodies of movies, wether they’re horror or not. Though the installment with the babadook, death note and west world parodies is amazing.

  • @bigbadseed7665
    @bigbadseed7665 8 месяцев назад +15

    There's another bit of brilliant symbolism in the ending of Simpsonsworld. When they show all the theme parks, all of the parks surrounding Simpsonsworld represent shows inspired or influenced by The Simpsons, but the one park not directly adjacent to Simpsonsworld, Spongebobworld, represents Spongebob, a show that arguably wasn't inspired by the Simpsons and yet has become just as popular.
    They didn't need to go out of their way to pay a compliment to Spongebob, but they did.

    • @AarturoSc
      @AarturoSc 7 месяцев назад

      Is not adjacent because it was on the water, as a nod to the show’s setting. That’s pretty much it.

    • @bigbadseed7665
      @bigbadseed7665 7 месяцев назад

      @@AarturoSc After watching Despot break down all the episode's visual symbolism, you really think there's no symbolism in the image I described?

    • @AarturoSc
      @AarturoSc 7 месяцев назад

      @@bigbadseed7665 You can find parallels on anything if you want, and I mean anything. He himself is guilty of it as well. He compared trading card gum to a vehicle.

    • @bigbadseed7665
      @bigbadseed7665 7 месяцев назад +1

      @AarturoSc Then answer me this. Why include Spongebob at all? Spongebob arguably didn't take any inspiration from The Simpsons in the slightest?
      Also, your argument about Spongebobworld being on the water doesn't hold up. The fact that Spongebobworld is on the water doesn't prevent it from being adjacent to Simpsonsworld. The artists could have placed Spongebobworld between Simpsonsworld and the water, but they chose not to.

    • @AarturoSc
      @AarturoSc 7 месяцев назад

      @@bigbadseed7665 It’s included because of the same reason others are; they are the biggest animated shows in the west, period.

  • @mrnobody4125
    @mrnobody4125 8 месяцев назад +6

    That Kim Basinger episode is exactly where I told my kids to stop watching. I have a couple select episodes in the brief span after it that I will occasionally allow us to visit. But generally that's where it all ended for me.

  • @WeirdWonderful
    @WeirdWonderful 7 месяцев назад +4

    Finally someone gives "Mr. and Mrs. Simpson" the critical smackdown it deserves. Not just for having nothing to do with Halloween, not just for being a segment long parody of a movie so forgettable that most people probably only remember it BECAUSE they parodied it on the Simpsons, but because once again, they don't even try to make Marge and Homer act in character, outside of lazy throaway jokes. They don't go "Well, what if Marge was a hitwoman", they go "what if this hitwoman looked like and had some surface level similarities to Marge".

  • @chriper77
    @chriper77 8 месяцев назад +13

    I think The Simpsons jumped the shark when they started bringing on big name celebrities. For me, it lost its original charm. I don't remember specifically when this was but I do remember an episode with Tony Blair and thinking to myself at the time 'I'm bored' then going outside

    • @petrie911
      @petrie911 8 месяцев назад +5

      I remember that episode. The Tony Blair and JK Rowling cameos each had a solid joke, but the actual storyline is tiresome.

    • @kyon813
      @kyon813 6 месяцев назад +6

      The change wasn't that they brought on big celebrities, they'd been doing that since the classic years (Barry White, Leonard Nimoy, James Woods, George Harrison, etc.) Like Despot said, they started _worshipping_ celebs. Instead of making a character or a joke for them, the joke became "hey everyone! It's (INSERT TOPICAL ACTOR/POP CULTURE FIGURE HERE)!", and never anything beyond that.

  • @Reading_the_comments
    @Reading_the_comments 8 месяцев назад +14

    Not really holloween related but its sad they took away Apu. I loved his catch phrase "Thank you come again" He was my favorite when i was a kid. He was a great father, worker and character.😢.

    • @DespotofAntrim
      @DespotofAntrim  8 месяцев назад +18

      That was the perfect opportunity for an adult in the room to say 'No!', instead, they bent the knee and gave in to absurd, illogical arguments of racialist scum.

    • @Reading_the_comments
      @Reading_the_comments 8 месяцев назад +9

      @@DespotofAntrimexactly 💯
      I've heard plenty of Indian immigrants who loved Apu. Sure some of the stereotypes were exaggerated but there was nothing about his character that was offensive or racist. I just wish we could go back to the 90s when we weren't so sensitive about everything!

    • @OuroborosChoked
      @OuroborosChoked 6 месяцев назад +3

      In writing out Apu, they also wrote out his wife, their kids, his brother, his brother's wife, his brother's kids... and replaced them with... nothing. They basically committed genocide against all Indian characters in the show.
      Diversity and representation is when you delete characters based on their ethnicity.

  • @TheShiftyMilkman96
    @TheShiftyMilkman96 8 месяцев назад +9

    You went from being relatively unknown to the channel who's analayses' I dig the most. Keep doing what you're doing despot! 💪

  • @thefourthcolor
    @thefourthcolor 8 месяцев назад +6

    The depth of analysis here is amazing. Awesome vid!

  • @ClaireCza
    @ClaireCza 8 месяцев назад +5

    The Simpsons was one of the only shows we all sat down to watch as a family. A lot of nostalgia there. 90s was peak tv in general. Its exciting to see they're trying to pull themselves back out of the doldrums. Would be sad to see it cancelled after so long.

  • @EastyyBlogspot
    @EastyyBlogspot 8 месяцев назад +8

    Do not touch Willie, still one of my fav gags and The Shinning one of my fav stories

  • @Flayne009
    @Flayne009 8 месяцев назад +5

    Despot, I say it almost every one of your videos but you are so damn good at your job. You make the most thoughtful, intelligent content out there. Keep it up and thanks.

  • @M167A1
    @M167A1 8 месяцев назад +8

    I got the impression Lisa was supporting the psychopaths not satirizing them

  • @JPVPointer
    @JPVPointer 8 месяцев назад +10

    I just discovered your channel. Please keep your content coming. Your the next critical drinker, nerderotic, and AIU all in one.

  • @joaogomes9405
    @joaogomes9405 7 месяцев назад +4

    I agree with a lot of what you said, but holy shit that spiel about the dream opening of Terror at 5 1/2 feet and the rest of the segment was the shakiest iffiest shit I've ever heard. You wouldn't see a bigger stretch at a warmup for an ollympic mile footrace.

  • @jamesclayton6315
    @jamesclayton6315 8 месяцев назад +7

    Excellent video!
    Honestly did not believe there was a Simpson’s episode worth watching past season 9.

    • @DespotofAntrim
      @DespotofAntrim  8 месяцев назад +1

      Thanks, it isn't but apparently season 34 has been a bit of a renaissance, Super eyepatch wolf did a good video on it.

    • @jamesclayton6315
      @jamesclayton6315 8 месяцев назад

      @@DespotofAntrim I never wanted to stop watching the Simpsons but the quality decline insisted I stop. Thanks for the recommendation bud. I’ll check it out!

  • @TheHoneyBadger-yh5vj
    @TheHoneyBadger-yh5vj 8 месяцев назад +5

    God bless you Despot,btw. I loved the South Park Pandervers 😂😂😂❤❤❤

  • @keegan4854
    @keegan4854 8 месяцев назад +6

    This is a pleasant surprise
    Any chance on doing Futurama content?

    • @DespotofAntrim
      @DespotofAntrim  8 месяцев назад +3

      Possibly in the future as a passion project video.

  • @garysmith9823
    @garysmith9823 8 месяцев назад +4

    Thank you so much for this take down. It was about season eight or nine when the original writers mostly left. I stuck it out until season twelve, but season ten is about where things really fell apart.

  • @miagvinjilia
    @miagvinjilia 8 месяцев назад +6

    "Grinding nemo"
    😂😂😂

  • @PelemusMcSoy
    @PelemusMcSoy 8 месяцев назад +3

    For me, Death Tome shows me how the anime style is far more visually appealing than the flat style of modern Fox animation (Simpsons, Family Guy, etc.).

  • @gamingshawnandjewel6233
    @gamingshawnandjewel6233 8 месяцев назад +4

    Terror at 5 1/2 feet was really good I forgot that’s the same episode. Homer sold his soul for a donut..the writing back then was next level

  • @kylehandschin5117
    @kylehandschin5117 4 месяца назад +3

    What a good video. I really enjoy your provision of good and bad examples juxtaposing the two in stark contrast to one another.

  • @joebro2670
    @joebro2670 3 месяца назад +2

    Death tome is also such a good simpsons adaption of death note, from the tone, themes, visuals, and even story to an extent

  • @aljobongo
    @aljobongo 8 месяцев назад +3

    Despot I am loving your content. You are the humour I need in this crazy time.

  • @LiveFreeOrDie2A
    @LiveFreeOrDie2A 2 месяца назад +1

    The final frame depicting the World’s for classic shows features: ‘The Simpson’s, South Park, Family Guy, Futurama, Bob’s Burgers, Rick & Morty, SpongeBob, and.. Big Mouth’?!? Damn man, that’s doing ‘King of the Hill’ DIRTY!!!

  • @hydraman007
    @hydraman007 8 месяцев назад +9

    Those memories of coming back home from school to watch a simpsons reruns.. I was always puzzled who kept on watching this show when they stopped being good..

    • @TbagsPS
      @TbagsPS 8 месяцев назад +2

      If only we knew how good we had it back in the 90s, when TV was still great.

    • @pigeonpoo1823
      @pigeonpoo1823 6 месяцев назад

      ​@@TbagsPSand movies, Gladiators, britpop and English football.
      Gloss over boybands and haircuts tho

  • @TheAyeAye1
    @TheAyeAye1 8 месяцев назад +5

    This was brilliant. The tree house of horror episode was the last thing I gave up watching, but that happened about season Thirteen or Fourteen. For nearly a decade, it was the best thing on T.V. It's continued existence as a zombie causes a little pain whenever I think about it.

  • @srksii
    @srksii 8 месяцев назад +4

    58 minutes?? Time to make popcorn!

  • @MAGAMAN
    @MAGAMAN 8 месяцев назад +5

    I feel like you may be reading more into the Bus episode than there really is. This was just a parody of the William Shatner Twilight Zone episode.
    Edit: and right after I type this, you start talking about the Twilight Zone episode. lol

    • @pachuko5192
      @pachuko5192 8 месяцев назад +2

      Yea but I sort of agree, these were the themes of the original Twilight Zone episode that just came through in the parody, however brilliantly constructed the parody was.

  • @frosty8724
    @frosty8724 4 месяца назад +2

    I honestly had no idea the Simpsons was still around. Damn I'm getting old.

  • @j.j.hayden9461
    @j.j.hayden9461 8 месяцев назад +5

    Yet another great vid. Cheers Despot.

  • @awkwardarcher1562
    @awkwardarcher1562 2 месяца назад +1

    Great essay!! Really wonderful analysis :)

  • @Sammy3Peat
    @Sammy3Peat 6 месяцев назад +2

    Your videos are so good it’s crazy

  • @slidetek
    @slidetek 8 месяцев назад +2

    Nice summation. I was about 30 when the Simpsons first popped up on the Tracy Ulman show, and I was a regular watcher for almost 10 years. But as the 90’s Drew to a close they definitely changed for the worst. It’s been over 20 years since I’ve seen a show. This particular segment looks interesting, but I won’t hold my breath in hopes of a turnaround. Thanks for risking it for us!

  • @BrawlerClaws67
    @BrawlerClaws67 8 месяцев назад +3

    I am absolutely stunned to see a parody of a Japanese anime by a modern-day American animation studio that genuinely tries to honor the original source material instead of just weakly prodding at those "weird asians and their big-eyed cartoons." Especially one of the greatest stories ever made, Death Note. I'll definitely have to give the episode a watch.

  • @fredkeeler4620
    @fredkeeler4620 Месяц назад +1

    My favorite episode is the spoof of The Twilight Zone episode about the little boy (In this case Bart Simpson) who can literally make anything happen simply by thinking about it holding all of the adults hostage, forcing them to think happy thoughts ALL the time, otherwise suffer the consequences.

  • @InfamyOrDeath-__-
    @InfamyOrDeath-__- 8 месяцев назад +3

    39:24 Wow that anime style looks incredible, so cool.

  • @BassPlayerAvailable
    @BassPlayerAvailable 8 месяцев назад +1

    Rrmember that episode where they suddenly decided Homer and Marge were at school during the 90s Grunge era? JEESH!!!

  • @Grandmastergav86
    @Grandmastergav86 6 месяцев назад

    Excellent video,Despot! The quality of your videos is exceptional!

  • @John.Angell
    @John.Angell 8 месяцев назад +4

    Treehouse of Horror was once great. The Homega Man wae among the best. It was still funny for me, and I looked forward to every episode, until probably 2002. The 90s Simpsons was absolute gold.

  • @a.williams1945
    @a.williams1945 8 месяцев назад +2

    Love your work Despot

  • @CinYinGo
    @CinYinGo 7 месяцев назад +3

    Hello, wonderful Despot. Just curious if you could please do more videos like this but only analyzing the good episodes? I could listen to you analyze prime Simpsons for eternity.

    • @DespotofAntrim
      @DespotofAntrim  7 месяцев назад +1

      I would like to and will definitely do another Simpsons video, though tbh Simpsons is just not a population topic with my audience.

    • @CinYinGo
      @CinYinGo 7 месяцев назад

      @@DespotofAntrim Looking forward to it. I must have seen the bus episode 20 times but never thought of any of that. Very cool. I understand about the audience, though. Thanks for letting me know!

  • @edburcham2303
    @edburcham2303 7 месяцев назад +1

    Somebody may have already mentioned this but why Moleman's car joke works is because it is an AMC Gremlin., which developed a bad reputation.

  • @jujutaylor2186
    @jujutaylor2186 7 месяцев назад +3

    Great essay. I signed the petition btw. Good luck! Lol

  • @toweypat
    @toweypat 8 месяцев назад +1

    Man, that first "Treehouse of Horror"! Me and my sister, sitting at home while Mom was out, expecting to see another episode of the goofy yet heartwarming new show on Fox, and along comes a descent into animated macabre. It was wonderful! One of the most special TV moments I've experienced.

  • @OpEditorial
    @OpEditorial 8 месяцев назад +2

    The Treehouse of Horror episodes were kind of a way for the writers and animators to let loose and have fun with dipping their toes into a flexible reality multiverse, before returning to business as usual. The reason Terror at 5 1/2 feet works is it's a satire of a remake of a remake (the gremlin also bears a passing resemblance to Homer) the Mr. & Mrs Smith adaptation doesn't work because aside from it being a reference to a time when "Bradgelina" was a thing, it has nothing to do with the horror genre. While the Simpsons has improved a little since the Disney acquisition of Fox it's still a show very much on its last legs.

  • @ThreadBareHope1234
    @ThreadBareHope1234 8 месяцев назад +3

    Everything you said about old fallen heroes being justly punished even with the last-minute change of heart is a very good point. It further illustrates that modern writer's and audiences' sense of morality is confused.
    It's why I hate being a Star Wars fan, including the more decent circles. They pretend Anakin was always in the right, somehow. And the revisionist sh*t that is Clone Wars 2008 has reinforced the idea that he was such a good man.🙄

    • @DespotofAntrim
      @DespotofAntrim  8 месяцев назад +2

      Great point, Anakin was a spoiled brat but Ahsoka portrays him as a wise man.

  • @Lallushe
    @Lallushe 8 месяцев назад +2

    How do you have only 50k subs. This channel is golden

  • @arnick2
    @arnick2 8 месяцев назад +4

    Thank you Despot!!!!! Long may you reign!
    As a life long Simpsons fan - it kills me to see the decaying unfunny corpse that the show has become - its unfunny and boring. Characters have been desecrated and eviscerated, story lines "woke," unoriginal and lame (starting to think that Kathleen Kennedy - the scourge of arts & entertainment - is also secretly involved with the Simpsons). Lastly, if there is one more woke Lisa-centric episode (the least funny and likeable character on the show), I'm going to puke.

  • @cyryc
    @cyryc 8 месяцев назад +5

    The Nightmare at 20,000 feet might not be that obscure at the time. You didn't mention the remake of the episode done as one of the parts of Twilight Zone: The Movie with John Lithgow in a much much more memorable performance of the William Shatner character role. That was 1983, this Treehouse of Terror was 1993, ten years later, definitely not a far fetch that the creators of this episode were younger / teens at the time of TZ: The Movie.

    • @JeffreyAllanBackowski
      @JeffreyAllanBackowski 8 месяцев назад +3

      Dang it, you beat me to it, my comment basically says the same thing, I sound like a mongoloid, plus you said it like x5 better. I'm going to leave my comment up so people can see how much better yours is by compare .

    • @JeffreyAllanBackowski
      @JeffreyAllanBackowski 8 месяцев назад +4

      John Lithgow did it SO much better.

    • @cyryc
      @cyryc 8 месяцев назад +3

      @@JeffreyAllanBackowski yeah the movie version is far superior, even down to the 'Gremlin' on the wing of the plane. It definitely felt more memorable, and as far as 'obscure', even Dragon Ball Z has a scene in the Cell saga directly homaging the movie version, with imperfect Cell standing on the plane of a wing with Krillin's head stuck through a window, proceeding to put his foot on Krillin's face and do the waving of the his finger.

    • @JeffreyAllanBackowski
      @JeffreyAllanBackowski 8 месяцев назад

      @@cyryc I just watch part of the original for the first time OMG it's so ghetto, but old the gremlin does look creepy as heck, that slow shuffling. Ugh now I no why I never watched it, Shatner was just awful in it, everyone's acting, the dumb broad that kept falling asleep and not seeing the gremlin "Oh, I took a sleeping pill", I'd slap her "B*tch, stay awake you druggie *hore, stay awake, look at the f*cking gremlin, look!". She was sitting right next to him, switch seats with the b*tch. That's probably why they remade it.

    • @JeffreyAllanBackowski
      @JeffreyAllanBackowski 8 месяцев назад +1

      @@cyryc "know"

  • @sjnm4944
    @sjnm4944 8 месяцев назад +3

    53:27 just to add one more thing to the analogue TV visual metaphor - the doors either side of the window look just likke the speakers on an old TV too.

  • @heeeeeresrossy
    @heeeeeresrossy 4 месяца назад

    Phenomenal! Subbed 🥰

  • @Coramelimane
    @Coramelimane 8 месяцев назад +3

    its because the simpsons are now owned by Disney

  • @randomcenturion7264
    @randomcenturion7264 8 месяцев назад +3

    Happy Halloween Despote. May your just and brutal tyranny reign a thousand years.

  • @karlospina81
    @karlospina81 8 месяцев назад +2

    The vehicle driven by Hans Moleman is a reference to the Ford Pinto

  • @user-vx6gs1ci1h
    @user-vx6gs1ci1h 8 месяцев назад +3

    I’m 22 years old right now and consider the Simpson a in my life I have even wait I any of it when I was 15
    So considering the series as a whole and the Halloween episodes I don’t have that much passion for it
    But I do have passion for SpongeBob cause that was the main cartoon I watch in my childhood and the favorite Halloween episode was scardey pants
    👻

  • @KTK44
    @KTK44 8 месяцев назад +4

    Classic Simpsons was peak television. Recent Simpsons is everything wrong about television.

  • @debeste7401
    @debeste7401 8 месяцев назад +1

    This is gold, congrats @despot of Antrim

  • @CrowRobo-Z
    @CrowRobo-Z 7 месяцев назад +1

    To add this note about terror at 5 and a half feet. It’s actually parodies 2 Twilight Zone episodes. The whole dream sequence where Bart predicts his demise is similar to the episode “Twenty-two”. Though the Simpsons way of parodying it was a bit more straightforward unlike TZ’s method to build up the character’s dreams that lead to the twist. Also, both the episode and “Terror at 20,000 feet” both involve airplane accidents. The latter being averted from becoming one and the former in which the character preventing her death by not entering the doomed plane.
    In a way, terror at 5 and a half feet kind of blends them together with Bart preventing his death (on the bus) by stoping the gremlin in the matter Shatner did in 20,000 feet. I love it when the simpsons parodies Twilight Zone & this is one of the best out of them.

  • @alisdairmckenzie
    @alisdairmckenzie 5 месяцев назад +1

    You don't mention The Twilight Zone movie with the Terror at ...with John Lithgow. Fans of The Simpsons, especially the season featuring this magic Treehouse segment would be a lot more familiar with, much more I think than the original TZ episode with Shatner. The memory of the movie, being screened on TV and home video enabled a lot more appreciation for the great references in the Treehouse episode. I stopped watching,,and haven't watched the Simpsons, since about season 14...and I watched the premiere of the first episode in the late 80s and used to watch the little segments on the Tracey Ullman show too. As Grandpa Simpson once said..." For shame !!!!!" Great video by the way...I've become quite a fan of your videos.

  • @IronDragon-2143
    @IronDragon-2143 8 месяцев назад +3

    Yay! The future tyrannical leader of Earth has uploaded another video!

  • @mrobert2707
    @mrobert2707 8 месяцев назад +2

    i think the gremlin exploding relates to the design flaw in the amc vehicle.

    • @DespotofAntrim
      @DespotofAntrim  8 месяцев назад +1

      Early Simpsons jokes were very multilayered, that was obviously part of the joke.

    • @mrobert2707
      @mrobert2707 7 месяцев назад

      @@DespotofAntrim thanks for the reply that is absolutely fair, and i think it was the pinto that was the exploder. i enjoy your work very much.

  • @NerdRahtio
    @NerdRahtio 7 месяцев назад +2

    Sadly, I worry the writers of the death note parody didn’t realize understand what they wrote, as parody often escapes those engaged in intense cognitive dissonance. Look at the Russo’s and the messaging of Winter Soldier.

  • @LyleVSXyle
    @LyleVSXyle 6 месяцев назад +1

    I would highly recommend Season 27’s Halloween of Horror. It’s the only episode of the Simpsons to be canonically set on Halloween rather than being a Treehouse of Horror episode.
    It wonderfully jabs at holiday pop up stores, safe spaces, and adult behaviours during the festivities. It also gives way to a wonderful subplot where Homer protects Lisa from a home invasion while Lisa overcomes her fear of Halloween by destroying her childhood crutch, which in turn saves them from the invaders.
    Chefs kiss.

    • @timewarpdrive77
      @timewarpdrive77 6 месяцев назад +1

      treehouse of horror I is pretty canonical and takes place on halloween

    • @LyleVSXyle
      @LyleVSXyle 6 месяцев назад

      @@timewarpdrive77 it’s the only episode outside of treehouse of horror that takes place on Halloween, don’t be pedantic.

    • @timewarpdrive77
      @timewarpdrive77 6 месяцев назад +1

      @@LyleVSXyle thats not being pedantic; your whole point was that it's the only episode and you were wrong....

  • @ProwlingTiger1
    @ProwlingTiger1 4 месяца назад +2

    I never really minded the Mr and Mrs Simpson segment- I did briefly wonder- why is that a Halloween episode but that soon past and I moved on, i guess its because I didn't really mind the movie all that much either- I didn't love it as in it was one of best movies ever but I didn't hate it either... I was pretty neutral but after watching this- i feel forced to contemplate my views and my life's choices... Dammit Despot- You made me think... and think hard...

  • @robertpaul50n
    @robertpaul50n 2 месяца назад

    If Jussie was the spokesman, the motto should be "this is Subway country!"

  • @brockdavid
    @brockdavid 8 месяцев назад +4

    The Simpson’s died with Phil Hartman… yes, I’m that old.

  • @OzonoOzono
    @OzonoOzono 8 месяцев назад +4

    50k soon you’ll get your own Silver Play Button, keep it up