I like this show, but...
Matt Groening and company really got carried away with the celebrity cameos. I watch "The Simpsons" for its FANTASY element, because it takes place in a world that never was - not so I can see yellow-skinned, lipless versions of the REAL world's movers and shakers.
Tony Bennett, Aerosmith, Linda Ronstadt, Adam West, Leonard Nimoy, George Harrison, Johnny Carson, Elizabeth Taylor, Luke Perry, Mel Brooks, Bono from U2, Ron Howard, Mel Gibson, Britney Spears...arrggh! It's not that I don't like these people, but their overexposed mugs belong in live action and not in cartoons! I watch "The Simpsons" as a means of escape from reality, so it's frustrating that I get reality shoved right in my face about 75 percent of the time when I watch this show.
The really annoying episodes are the ones where the celebrity's name is said over and over and we're supposed to be entertained just because that person is famous. "Gasp! It's James Woods!" "Oh my God, it's Kim Basinger!" "Wow! It's 'N Sync!" (actually said TWICE, by Milhouse) Give me a freaking break! True, celebrities have made cameos on other cartoon shows; but at least then they had the good taste to play satirical versions of themselves (like "Ann Margrock" on "The Flintstones").
In closing, let me just say that "The Simpsons" would be a perfect show if it weren't for all these celebrities shamelessly self-promoting themselves. I don't mind the celebrities, but I wish they would play fictional characters and not themselves. Then the pristine atmosphere of Springfield could be protected from the incursions of modern American life. "The Simpsons" is a fantasy - and it should remain that way.
Oh, and one more thing: I wish they would shut up about what state Springfield is in! NOBODY CARES!
All that aside...I really like "The Simpsons."
Matt Groening and company really got carried away with the celebrity cameos. I watch "The Simpsons" for its FANTASY element, because it takes place in a world that never was - not so I can see yellow-skinned, lipless versions of the REAL world's movers and shakers.
Tony Bennett, Aerosmith, Linda Ronstadt, Adam West, Leonard Nimoy, George Harrison, Johnny Carson, Elizabeth Taylor, Luke Perry, Mel Brooks, Bono from U2, Ron Howard, Mel Gibson, Britney Spears...arrggh! It's not that I don't like these people, but their overexposed mugs belong in live action and not in cartoons! I watch "The Simpsons" as a means of escape from reality, so it's frustrating that I get reality shoved right in my face about 75 percent of the time when I watch this show.
The really annoying episodes are the ones where the celebrity's name is said over and over and we're supposed to be entertained just because that person is famous. "Gasp! It's James Woods!" "Oh my God, it's Kim Basinger!" "Wow! It's 'N Sync!" (actually said TWICE, by Milhouse) Give me a freaking break! True, celebrities have made cameos on other cartoon shows; but at least then they had the good taste to play satirical versions of themselves (like "Ann Margrock" on "The Flintstones").
In closing, let me just say that "The Simpsons" would be a perfect show if it weren't for all these celebrities shamelessly self-promoting themselves. I don't mind the celebrities, but I wish they would play fictional characters and not themselves. Then the pristine atmosphere of Springfield could be protected from the incursions of modern American life. "The Simpsons" is a fantasy - and it should remain that way.
Oh, and one more thing: I wish they would shut up about what state Springfield is in! NOBODY CARES!
All that aside...I really like "The Simpsons."