Yeah, that's one of the many problems with a show that's almost 25 years old. Take Skinner, for example. The guy is supposed to be in his forties, but they still say he's a "vietnam veteran". But guys who fought in Vietnam are now in their sixties, correct me if I'm wrong...
Plus they changed Homer and Marge's back story so many times it's not even funny! "That 90's show" is certainly a contender for Worst Episode Ever! I'm on an episode marathon, soon I'm going to catch up with the current season, and I gotta tell you, I can really see them get worse and worse. Gags, gags, gags, not all of them worth the time and the animation, mind you. And some of them are not only stupid, but tasteless, take for example that episode where Ned was chasing Homer, and they both do this incredibly elaborate and impossible parkour sequence. That's stupid. Now take that episode that begins with Homer having the "best dream ever", which apparently was a homage/ripoff from a Sopranos episode, in which he dreamt he killed his father. The first time I saw it I was shocked, and still don't like it to this day, because I can't help but feel that isn't the same Homer Simpson that, 20 years ago, upon learning he was going to die soon, decided to spend a day with his dad, even if he didn't like him that much. The characters no longer resemble their former selves. Homer went from a loving father, just a little slow, to an annoying dimwit who will do incredibly stupid things just because the writers think it's funny.
And whose bright idea was it to bring Lunchlady Doris back? If you retire a character because the voice actor is dead, don't change your mind!
I'm glad they didn't do the same with any of the Phil Hartman characters. Man, Hartman was incredible, and incredibly funny! You guys seen his SNL audition on Youtube?
Now I gotta stop or I'll ramble incoherently til they are forced to unplug this goddamned computer. Stupid hangover, why won't you stop???
Smell ya later.
