The Top 25 Episodes of The Simpsons [12-1]
When the first official episode of The Simpsons, "Bart the Genius" aired on Fox on this day 25 years ago, it changed my life quite a bit. Through strife, laughter, and love, this series has done so much for me over the years. To honor the series' 25th Anniversary, I've listed my favorite 25 episodes of the series.
Picking up where I left off with the first half, there are just far too many episodes I want to talk about and so little time. It was near impossible to boil it down to 25 (and this half especially) but with a few hours of work I did just that. Enjoy!
Honorable Mentions: Treehouse of Horror V, Thank God, It's Doomsday, A Star is Burns, Gump Roast, Homer vs. The Eighteenth Amendment, Marge vs. The Monorail, Lemon of Troy, And Maggie Makes Three, I Married Marge, Marge Be Not Proud, Flaming Moe's, The Mansion Family, Brick Like Me, 'Round Springfield, 22 Short Films About Springfield, Homer the Whopper, Stark Raving Dad, Lisa the Beauty Queen, Homer's Phobia
The Top 25 Episodes of The Simpsons [25-13]
On January 14th, 1990, the first official episode of The Simpsons, "Bart the Genius," aired on the Fox network. Who knew that 25 years later, we'd still be getting brand new episodes every Sunday? While most folks see the show as an ailing series in steady decline (I won't lie, it was rough around Season 18), I've been hanging on for those 25 years. See, The Simpsons is a very, very special show to me. It started five months after I was born (the show and I are the same age), it was my first word (a garbled mix of Homer and Bart, sounding like "Hort"), and a little piece of me is going to break when it finally ends.
In honor of this monumental anniversary for my favorite TV series, I've perused my DVD sets and VHS tapes and formed a list of my Top 25 episodes. I've set no rules for myself (so unfortunately there's a lot of love for season six), and tried my hardest to fully utilize my experience as a Simpsons junkie. I've broken up this list into two parts, with the second half located here.
10 TV Shows to Avoid in 2015
Continuing from yesterday's list of the top TV shows to watch in 2015, these are my choices for the worst tv shows of the early part of 2015. With some returns, some new, and some scrutiny by me, these are the possible (and definite) stink bombs of the year. Enjoy.
Top 10 TV Shows to Watch in 2015
With the New Year approaching, TV fanatics are getting their recliners ready as January marks the beginning of fresh television. I’ve compiled a list of new seasons of your favorite tv shows with their air times as well as some new shows that may surprise you. Give ‘em a whirl.
Silicon Valley: Best Show on TV?
Silicon Valley was easily the best show of 2014. While I’m a little biased when it comes to HBO (I think I’m the only person who doesn’t care for Game of Thrones), the show has regained my faith in premium television since the end of Eastbound & Down.
Silicon Valley follows a small group of coding nerds who live in Silicon Valley, California. Living in a technological world, most people don’t see the faces behind the screen. Lo and behold, they are just as nerdy as you could’ve imagined them to be; and cynical to boot. The main character, Richard, bands his friends together to start Pied Piper; an internet startup of many different functions. In the beginning, the app is used for one thing that leads to another idea to a different use and so on and so forth. Along the way to finding success he loses money, networking opportunities, friends, lawsuits, and at times, his sanity. Behind Pied Piper stands two of Richard’s favorite tech companies who fight the whole season over who will lay claim to Pied Piper’s upcoming fame.
Encompassing the real life struggles of many HTMLers, Java Script geniuses, CSS freaks, and C++ dorks, the show is comically flawless. Finding any lull in dry wit will prove to be impossible as the show’s creator Mike Judge is a master of comedy. With years of Beavis and Butt-head under his belt as well as King of the Hill, Judge proves taking a different route pays off tenfold. Judge takes backburner comics like T.J. Miller, Kumail Nanjiani, and Martin Starr to the center stage (where they so rightfully belong) to whip the audience with their quick wit and well-seasoned stand-up worthy material. While still using the grab bag of lowbrow comedy (e.g. drug use, dick jokes, little kids cursing), Judge ties the show together by following the dynamic relationships of the group. Like everything else good on television, this show is definitely underrated for what it puts out. Also, the second coming of Martin Starr (Bill Haverchuck from Freaks and Geeks) is a prime example of why this show rules. Check out a trailer from the first season below.
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Take that, Big Bang Theory.
[NYCC 2014 Photos] Bob's Burgers Roundtables
During the first day of New York Comic Con 2014, I had the chance to take part in roundtable interviews with the cast and crew of the ever-popular Bob's Burgers. While the videos of those interviews will be incoming, I took some photos of the various roundtables featuring Kristen Schaal, H. Jon Benjamin, Loren Bouchard, John Roberts, Eugene Lirman, Larry Murphy, and Bobby Tisdale, which you can see below. Expect more from the Bob's Burgers roundtables next week, and be sure to keep it tuned to Ruby Hornet for more from New York Comic Con 2014.
You can check out some more of my behind the scenes Bob's Burgers roundtable interview photos on my Flickr.
