the birth of the simpsonian institution

Main points from the article:

• The Simpsons is not only expected to come out with solid episodes each time, but full-on transcendent.
  - I personally disagree with this but I digress. I don't understand the appeal of the show.
• The show captures an entire crowd and actually provokes laughter because there is real comedy. This is "spontaneous" and "enormous," as well as nothing this author has ever seen before.
• Simpsons brings the audience together in a unity that has never been seen before.
• There is an overall agreement that the show is revolutionary and witty for the direction. The appeal is across all audiences.
• The Simpsons take what is already controversial and discussed in three minute pop songs, but does that in half hour shows.
• The show takes real life events such as the death of Kurt Cobain and adapts that into their show. Good way to commemorate but is this a marketing stunt?
• This author is really praising the fuck out of the show. "Not just a show you watched but a language you spoke, a worldview you adopted" ??? What? He sounds like a flat earther.
• The show IS a language!
• The show has a degree of freedom unparalleled in mainstream entertainment.
• More influential than rock and roll!

I can respect the author's appreciation of the series and the feat in which the show has accomplished but this author is really taking it to the next level just to get his paycheck early. I don't think the show is that serious and the author comes off as not wanting to take any criticisms at all. I never liked the show or met anyone that invested in it. The Simpsons is a show people watch when they are bored. Then again, I hate American cartoons like The Simpsons but stuff like Family Guy/King of the Hill as well. Actually, I think the author was born in the 90s and wanted to show off that he grew up in the 90s to show off how cool he is for living during the 90s. (He was born in the 70s but the rest of the sentence still applies)

Ancestors of the show: The Flintstones, SNL

Descendants of the show: Family Dog, South Park

Okay this isn't a show but a movie that is inspired by The Simpsons. It's called The Hangover and used an episode entitled "Viva Ned Flanders" in order to create a plot for the movie. This is really cool because a company can take one episode and then create a two hour movie using the plot! Although there aren't that many resemblances (of course), there are many bizarre shared elements between the two that are too coincidental to not associate.