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(Not) Shameful Confession
Apr. 17th, 2013 06:24 pmThis entry on My World of Flops led me to revisit The Simpsons. I gave up on that show when its quality first started to slide in the late 90s (seriously, I remember complaining about stupid Homer-centric plots before "Jerkass Homer" was coined), but looking back I have to admit that yeah, it was really great and really influential in ways that slipped past people in the early 90s. Good stuff. Yep.
That said, I always preferred Life in Hell.
THAT said, for my money the most heart-breakingly awesome prime-time cartoon show of that era was The Critic. My GOD, that show was memorable. I'm glad it's acquired a cult following in the end because at the time I just couldn't believe that almost nobody watched it or liked it. I rewatched the Siskel & Ebert "love scene" for kicks plus a few other sequences last night and man, it really holds up even now. So does the best of The Simpsons, but that's "teh most influential and greatest longest-running blah blah blah" and The Critic is a sad little flopperoo in the night.
Take that, Guernica.
That said, I always preferred Life in Hell.
THAT said, for my money the most heart-breakingly awesome prime-time cartoon show of that era was The Critic. My GOD, that show was memorable. I'm glad it's acquired a cult following in the end because at the time I just couldn't believe that almost nobody watched it or liked it. I rewatched the Siskel & Ebert "love scene" for kicks plus a few other sequences last night and man, it really holds up even now. So does the best of The Simpsons, but that's "teh most influential and greatest longest-running blah blah blah" and The Critic is a sad little flopperoo in the night.
Take that, Guernica.
