Ever since saturday night, I've been watching Simpsons - mainly seasons 9 and 10. It is really funny how those guys manage to twist seemingly normal behavior. For example take the following conversation.

Homer:	Hey, that's super.  See you later.
Lisa:	Dad, don't you remember?  It's our special Saturday.
Marge:	You agreed to spend one Saturday a month doing something 
	with the kids.
Homer:	Ohhh.  [slaps forehead]
.....
Homer: Okay, Bart, it's your turn to pick, where are we headed?  
	Bowling?  Demolition derby?  P. J. O'Harrigan's? 
Bart:	Hysterical, but I traded my turn to Lisa for her dessert.
Homer:	D'oh!  But we did a Lisa thing last month -- [notices 
	Marge glaring at him, and changes to a happier tone of 
	voice] -- and I'm glad we did.  But now I think we should 
	do something that normal people would like.
Lisa:	Why do you assume that I won't pick something fun?  Let's 
	see ... [leafs through newspaper] Oh, this looks very 
	educational.
Homer:	[groans]
.....
Homer:	[to Bart] This is all your fault for trading away your 
	turn.  Just for that, no dessert tonight.
Bart:	[to Lisa] Trade you my next turn for your dessert.
Lisa:	Deal.
Homer:	D'oh!

These guys are just amazing. Also they get all kinds of people to do voices for them. For example , in the episode with the superbowl - they had Rupert Murdoch and Dolly Parton give voice as themselves.

Truly amazing stuff. Stuff like in the episode with the Bi-Mon Sci-Fi Con , you can find kids wearing Futurama tshirts, the police box from Doctor Who - even Tom Baker (the ever loved doctor). Not to mention the favourite - Luke Skywalker (Mark Hamill) actually endorsing Sprint over AT & T on stage with light saber instead of a laser pointer (oh, how the mighty have fallen, that..). To top it off we see Mark Hammil sing Luke, be a jedi tonight in a top hat (with a light saber instead of the typical vaudeville walking stick).

Simpsons used to air at 5:30 pm every day - which meant that I only got a sparing dose of the cynical satire and that too only on days when I got home on 5. But seeing two or three a day has really kicked it up into high gear. The part that is very interesting about the stories is that half the humor is referential - same things we see in real life , but only from a different perspective.

If Douglas Adams had lived, I think he'd have enjoyed Simpsons. Call it wishful thinking, but I think he himself would have worked on a H2G2 spoof episode with Matt Groening. Even I can imagine how that would go - but I like to be surprised.

Simpsons is the best cartoon series for adults that I've EVER seen.

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