Mmmm ... Simpsons Episodes ...
Spurred on by Matt, I am creating a list of favorite episodes. However, this is to be no ordinary list. This will be a list of my top 100 episodes counted down on a wifli basis, something akin to daily, probably. So for those of you tired of the politics (or tired of the lack of new posts), this should keep you all busy. It'll keep me busy, at least.
However, I came up with a few groundrules. First, clip shows are not eligible. Behind the Laughter would probably make the list otherwise, but I discount clip shows from my least favorite episodes, so I'm doing it here, too. Second, no three-part shows/shows outside the "Simpsons universe" -- i.e., the Treehouse of Horror episodes and others such as the Simpsons Spinoff Showcase and Simpsons Bible Stories are not eligible. 22 Short Films About Springfield and Trilogy of Error are eligible, however, as the first is something of a Pulp Fiction knock-off, and in the second all three parts are part of one story, plus both are part of the "Simpsons universe" rather than departures from it. So I eliminated around thirty shows form the running.
I went through the list of episodes and I've nominated 154 shows for the running (yeah, I realize that it's a bit odd for me to nominate shows for myself, but deal with it). All of the shows on Matt's list were automatically entered. For other top lists, this page lists the No Homers Club top 100 (as decided before the start of the 16th season), the Simpsons Archive top 10 (as decided sometime before the 300th episode), and Matt Groening's top 10 (as published in Entertainment Weekly in the January 14, 2000 issue, so probably as of late 1999).
Number 100 on my list should be coming up later today, though possibly not until tomorrow (I have some whittling to do to the list and such first).
Update: Whittling has turned out to be a bit harder than I imagined; several episodes which evoked thoughts of "oh, that's a classic" when I was going through episode lists, compiling my nominees, have turned out to just not be top 100 material, which i think is a testament to how great the show has been.
Update, Again: I decided that the top 100 list will include at least one show from each of the first 15 seasons, though not the sixteenth; I still haven't seen every episode from the sixteenth, but none of the ones I did see really meritted inclusion.
However, I came up with a few groundrules. First, clip shows are not eligible. Behind the Laughter would probably make the list otherwise, but I discount clip shows from my least favorite episodes, so I'm doing it here, too. Second, no three-part shows/shows outside the "Simpsons universe" -- i.e., the Treehouse of Horror episodes and others such as the Simpsons Spinoff Showcase and Simpsons Bible Stories are not eligible. 22 Short Films About Springfield and Trilogy of Error are eligible, however, as the first is something of a Pulp Fiction knock-off, and in the second all three parts are part of one story, plus both are part of the "Simpsons universe" rather than departures from it. So I eliminated around thirty shows form the running.
I went through the list of episodes and I've nominated 154 shows for the running (yeah, I realize that it's a bit odd for me to nominate shows for myself, but deal with it). All of the shows on Matt's list were automatically entered. For other top lists, this page lists the No Homers Club top 100 (as decided before the start of the 16th season), the Simpsons Archive top 10 (as decided sometime before the 300th episode), and Matt Groening's top 10 (as published in Entertainment Weekly in the January 14, 2000 issue, so probably as of late 1999).
Number 100 on my list should be coming up later today, though possibly not until tomorrow (I have some whittling to do to the list and such first).
Update: Whittling has turned out to be a bit harder than I imagined; several episodes which evoked thoughts of "oh, that's a classic" when I was going through episode lists, compiling my nominees, have turned out to just not be top 100 material, which i think is a testament to how great the show has been.
Update, Again: I decided that the top 100 list will include at least one show from each of the first 15 seasons, though not the sixteenth; I still haven't seen every episode from the sixteenth, but none of the ones I did see really meritted inclusion.
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