maximumyuks:
I watched The Simpsons with my family every week. For some reason in my memories, we also always ordered pizza but that might not have been fact. We watched in the downstairs living room where there was a working fireplace and this red rug that has soooo many spills on it but because it was patterned you couldn’t tell. Until I was maybe 12, I thought the show was called Bart.
With all the 500 episodes hoopla I went and re-watched some early episodes. I’ll admit it, I cried at 5/8 of them. I can’t believe how strong of an emotional punch I get when Homer feels like Lisa is ashamed of him because he isn’t as smart as her, or when Bart stays in on a snow day to study and still gets an F, or when Marge tells Lisa it’s okay to be sad sometimes. Like holy shit, what a phenomenal show.
I don’t watch it regularly anymore, but I can still sing the songs and make references to season 1-14 with the best of them. And I’m so glad there was a show that let little Danielle know that being smart and opinionated was not only an okay thing to be, but an awesome thing to be- all the while being hysterical and brightly coloured.
Moments that always make me want to cry in The Simpsons:
1. The birthday song for Lisa in ‘Stark Raving Dad’
2. The flashback montage of Lisa and Bart as little kids in ‘Lisa on Ice’
3. The note that says You are Lisa Simpson in Lisa’s Substitute (especially this one)
4. When Marge sings ‘You Are So Beautiful’ to Homer after he tells her he’s afraid she won’t love him now that he’ll always be bald.
That’s four times more tearing up than any other show for me. The Simpsons own that record, the record for the show with the most quotes/moments I can reference, and probably a bunch of other records I haven’t made up yet. Hands down, my favorite show of all time.
