Careful! They're ruffled!
I miss when cameos on Simpsons were just goofy shit like this and not modern actors and music stars shilling themselves because they've got a new movie or album dropping.
>>154613449>and music stars shilling themselves because they've got a new movie or album droppingoh wait they already did that with Krusty Gets Kancelled
>>154613152This scene was just straight cringe>hurr durr homer is le funny becuz he eat da chips in da spaceship and he fwoat awound in da space zero gwavity eating da chips wit his moufRetard tier humor.
>>154613542when i was 11 it was funny as fuck
>>154613542On the other hand, the ants arguing about which of them is the queen.
>>154613481See? Simpsons has ALWAYS been trash
>>154613152Mmm.. Ruffles...
>>154613152Could this be argued as the show's "Jumping the shark" moment?
>>154613152Space is scary...
>>154616838pussy
>>154615336Better than Lays imo
>>154613449Agreed
>>154613449That...sounds a lot like Paul McCartney's guest spot. He even roped Lisa into it all.
>>154613449Golden Era Simpsons definitely had some stinker ass celebrity cameos. Homerpalooza was probably the worst example
>>154613843>"Freedom! Horrible freedom!"
>>154615336This but with a burger.
>>154620222That might be a step too far for me, thank you very much.
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>>154622127i hate this shit
>>154613152>>154613449Unironic media Late Night-style is dead (I blame Jon Stewart) so the only way for famous people today to interact with popular culture is through jokeslop.
>>154622387same, it bothers me somethin fierce
lazy simpsons quote thread
>>154622127Simpsons guests look like Seth MacFarlane garbage
>>154613152You made me check, Buzz Aldrin is still alive
>>154613449Nimoy was the best guest star
>>154613152>I'll show him inanimate!
>>154613542I think it's the sort of joke that only really lands in the context of the original airing, the circumstance of a network tv event(that you might go years without seeing a rerun of), the writers relishing the spectacle and trying to craft an iconic moment. watching it 20 years after the fact of endless homer shenanigans it's a lot less impressive.
>>154622850Lol agreed
>>154622819You said that already.
>>154614736in fairness Tom Jones was a has-been by his own admission when he landed the Simpsons gig, it really rejuvenated his career (he was 54)>>154615922oh god no everybody knew it was Michael Jackson because he'd already done the Bartmanthis show was pushed hard by a billionaire-owned huge media conglomerate, it's more surprising they ever got episodes that weren't just straight up ads for whoever paid the highest
>>154613449Also the ones where the guest isn't playing themselves can be good.
>>154619535Paul McCartney was directly shilling his then-wife's range of vegetarian meals made from industrial runoff (eat them if you want but don't imagine you're eating healthy just because they don't have "a huge hunk of pork in them")he did also release a classical piece (A leaf) in 1995 and was on the War Child cover of Come Together which came out the month after this episode (but probably wasn't being promoted by it)however the same month this episode released the Beatles Anthology I was released (Anthology II and III released the following year), which was the first major release of Beatles in a long time and heavily promoted (making this episode excellent cross-promotion) with the single Free As A Bird, billed as the last Beatles single to have John Lennon on it (since he'd been dead for 15 years and the band broke up 10 years before that) released the following month
>>154622850how did a man who died in 2015 meet Bart and Lisa when they were 10 and 8 years old respectively
>>154613152>Simpsons celebrity cameos then>caricatures that fit within the art style>Simpsons celebrity cameos now>extremely detailed and shaded Al Jean loved sucking them off I guess
>>154624868anon was bitching about Trash of the Titans the other day because of the U2 cameo (which does at least openly mock them, even has them mocking each other), and I don't think anon even noticed that's Steve Martin's episodehis guest spot is one of the all-time best
>>154624978oh who doesn't love sucking people off you get a treat at the end
>>154624978>caricatures that fit within the art styleNah, celebrity guests on the Simpsons always looked horribly jarring and overdetailed
>>154622850>And that concludes our macabre tales>.....uh, Mr. Nimoy, we still have ten minutes left>oh....well, let me just grab something from my car [*thumping footsteps, engine starting, tires peeling away*]>................I don't think he's coming back
>>154622824On the contrary, I'd say MacFarlane's shows tend to do a better job capturing celebrities' distinct features while still feeling on-style and not TOO jarring.
>>154625004except Ringo
>>154626299Love this design, yes
>>154622850>They wanted George Takei to guest-star, but he refused because he's a very open supporter of public transportation and would not stand for any mockery of itFunny how he'll laugh off being made fun of over Star Trek, shitty movies, and being gay, but this is the one hill he'll die on.
>>154627813mocking yourself or your work is one thing, mocking what you see as a public good is quite another
>>154613449RIP
