Homer's expressions here are great. His expression change when Bart says the name of the teacher, then he frowns when he realises Bart's story is actually painful for Bart
@@crimsonlanceman7882 I’ve noticed that season 13 was a slight resurgence from Mike Scully’s era. although that might just be based on the few clips and handful of episodes I’ve seen.
@@cowboyluigi5275 It's not like the moment the season started they began deliberately writing the show badly. Even a mediocre season is still going to have genuinely funny moments, like how even the best seasons have episodes that aren't so great.
@@MythicFox I totally agree with that but the drop in quality is a bit more sudden than one would expect. As much as I love season 8, I think that’s when the show started to dip.
@@Davtwan The funny thing is, Homer in the earlier seasons, would've listened, it took post season 9 Homer, for his mouth to be shut, for him to pat any attention, instead of acting like a dumbass jerk lol
Bart’s attitude confused me at first but I think I understand now. He loves joking around for the joy it brings him, but once that’s what you’re known for, in fact it’s suddenly *expected* of you, it’s profoundly limiting. Bart is my least favorite Simpson when being a rapscallion is all he is, but he makes for one of the aces up the sleeve of the show when he has problems of his own.
No only when it shows he has problems of his own but also when he is doing something nice or well meaning because he comes off as the most genuine next to Marge. Even the status quo ending to the Jazz drumming episode where he gives up his surgery money and gives it to start an animal sanctuary for Lisa it didn't feel forced
@@DarkhalfBreed I can absolutely see the argument for him being the most genuine alongside his mom. Lisa and Homer are only my favorite child-parent dynamic on the show because Bart and Marge don’t have as many episodes featuring that, but Marge Be Not Proud is one of my favorites for this reason. It’s so heartwarming but beyond that so very interesting how Bart goes about being the kind of kid Marge wants and deserves.
Well, the biggest issue here is that he still doesn't change, so even though he says it "sickens" him, it's obviously doesn't sicken him enough to want to change.
Krusty is an exception for Bart. I hypothesis he's considered a children's entertainer or comedian. Sort of how culturally Ronald McDonald isn't perceived as a clown either.
Bart's talking like it's 30 minutes into his hour-long podcast and he's full swing in his childhood trauma story that was totally unprompted by his cohost.
@@TheReaverOfDarkness I've always felt there are some meh early episodes, but seasons 1-8 the great episodes *far* outweigh the bad. At season 9 the great episodes were fewer but the mediums outnumbered the bad. Then season 13 the mediums and greats equaled the bad. Then season 14 had the requiem of a dream ribwich parody for 2 min and it was meh city there on out.
This scene shows that even in the years of quality declining the Simpsons can have genuine moments of brilliance. The way Bart shows actual realization that he's considered just a joke and Homer pausing what he was doing and the look of concern on his face as his son has a existential crisis, it's all reminiscent of golden era Simpsons. The writers aren't purposefully writing bad episodes, it's that they've been doing this for over 30 years, everything you COULD write about has already been done so creatively the show is tapped. Fox wouldn't let the show die and now that Disney owns them the show will probably go on forever regardless of quality
Gee and here I thought Bart would enjoy this sort of thing because he's known to be a prankster and a trouble maker. And now he's sick of being a class clown? I'm not buying Bart's Story.
You'll find that you'll eventually lose sight of something you love when other people have expectations for you to be the best at it 'say the line, bart' also captures this frustration perfectly
@@InfinitelyMasked Yeah but Bart does nothing to change that when he said he's sick of being a class clown and it shows as the seasons progress. So basically he lied about it.
@@adamwelch4336 He'd been fed up with all the movie previews at the theater they were at and angered the ushers leaving him fleeing from them when he ran into a golden statue of Dredrick Tatum.
The kid is a notorious prankster, why is class clown an unwelcome title? Isn’t that like going off to war and being upset that people call you a soldier?
It's more the realisation that he has become the laughing stock of his class, which he does not want for himself. Shame later episodes keep him as such
The Earth's biosphere. Over many millions of years, the remains of our ancestors gradually become buried under us as we climb ever higher as the ~100 tons of dust that the Earth collects every day settles and is pressed down under our feet. Yet somehow, the Earth never seems to get any bigger.
Nothing before or after this suggests that being a class clown sickens him. Sentimental learning moment that came from nowhere and led nowhere just because some writer thought it had depth.
