It’s amazing how a TV series can be so old, yet still have such a huge following. The Simpsons and Friends are always good for a quick laugh if you need something to watch, and the jokes don’t seem to get old (probably because there are so many of them). They are still two programs that I look for in the evenings when I have a free moment and nothing else is on.
Even so, I still think it’s time that The Simpsons calls it a day. The episodes are still funny, but it’s been on a downward trend for some time now. It would be a shame to keep going until it eventually became a joke itself. The show has been brilliant at poking fun at people along the way, but the jokes have become progressively less funny.
If they don’t want to stop the show, then perhaps they should think about its direction and give it a bit of a makeover. I’m not talking about going 3D or anything, but a shake up (perhaps in the writing department) could make a difference. You can tell the show is in a bit of trouble when it seems to rely on guest stars to sell itself rather than just hte quality of the episodes.
The same can be said for Scrubs, which seems to have become a pure money making scheme, without most of the original cast.
