I was like 13 when this episode came out, and for whatever reason I was always trying to be as critical as I could about the (then) newer Simpsons, since I thought the Who Shot Mr. Burns episodes, the 138th Episode Spectacular and the Spin Off Showcase were all pretty shark jumpy, and a signal that the show was about to end. If only I could go back in time 20 years and give myself a wedgie.

Yeah, these days they've really taken the [CLING CLANG AHOOOGAH!] out of Springfield.

You know, there was like an "old style Simpsons" that aired about a couple of months ago. It was the one where Bart has a crush on his sexy teacher, played by Sophia Vergara.

Could you imagine one, just one Simpsons-related video going online without some visionary iconoclast remarking how, say, has anyone else noticed newer episodes of The Simpsons are not as good as older ones? Is it just me, or has there been a.....well, gosh, a decline in quality? Am I the only person to notice this???

Can we, as a species, just universally agree that observation has been run into the ground harder than the show itself and that there is absolutely no reason for any human being from now until the death of the last star to say "Modern Simspons is less funny than classic Simpsons"?