Nothing says the mid-teen seasons of The Simpsons like going through the motions, and damn, if 'Tis the Fifteenth Season’ isn't just lumbering through those motions. A Springfield Summer Christmas for Christmas. S32, Ep5 ‘Lisa’s Wedding’ still remains the show’s best glimpse into what’s to come, this is easily one of the funniest Simpsons of the twenty-first century. The John Lewis Christmas advert pigeons and hedgehog are getting people very emotional. News. The three-story format has since been adopted for other other non-Halloween editions, like this Christmas special. Ultimately, “‘Tis the Fifteenth Season” acts as a tribute to Christmas specials of the past, which inspire Homer to change his greedy ways. Oh, and Rev. Just look at the ending, where Bart excitedly opens his present, and we think he is finally going to get the violent game he wants – only for it to be revealed to be boring-ass golf sim Lee Carvallo’s Putting Challenge. Posted: 17 December 2020 6:23 pm. Menu. There hadn’t been a successful animated show in primetime since The Flintstones, and smart anarchic sitcoms like Community, Arrested Development and 30 Rock were still over a decade away. It's nice that they're trying to do something more grounded and character-based, but in terms of Homer-Marge marital strife episodes, it is no 'Secrets of a Successful Marriage'. And it is... not good. He confesses to the family, who then has to share some of the guilt, and ultimately gets found out as a fraud when Kent Brockman’s crew uncovers the frozen Christmas blob where Bart buried it under snow. The second attempt to do a Christmas 'Treehouse of Horror' is an improvement of King Sized Homer proportions. Miracle on Evergreen Terrace. The Simpsons have always loved to feature episodes in which they tell various stories within one episode.The Treehouse of Horror specials famously do this and in their 17th season, they attempted to recreate it with a Christmas episode. The Simpsons only started really doing Christmas episodes towards the end of the 1990s – hence there’s not many from the shows golden era. McGrew’s Christmas Carol”—a not-so-subtle parody of a similar Mr. Magoo cartoon—Homer vows to be the nicest guy in Springfield, putting even Ned Flanders to shame. It’s a great punchline, but it is also so perfect. Springfield becomes a tourist spot after its the only town in America, so the Simpsons' open up their house to annoying Canadians and Lisa frets about the true meaning of buying presents. The best – and complete – list of Simpsons Christmas Episodes was shared by the official Simpsons license-holding promo group. The main plot, about Homer and Ned trying to out-good-deed each other, doesn’t really kick in until the last ten minutes, and it’s mostly just a rag-tag collection of festive jokes and skits. The Simpsons Movie, a feature-length film, was released in theaters worldwide on July 26 and 27, 2007 and grossed US$526.2 million worldwide. She of Little Faith. ‘Twas the night before Christmas, and all through the town, not a creature was stirring – not even Krusty the Clown. Check out the special version of The Simpsons opening credits made for the December 15th episode, "White Christmas Blues." But you’ve got to put yourself in the headspace of what it was like watching the show’s first episode back in 1989. Irish ban on travel from United Kingdom likely to be extended this week, Matt Hancock criticises "totally irresponsible behaviour" of people fleeing London for Christmas. The brand new football show from Joe Cole and Tom Davis. Go watch that King of the Hill Christmas special where Bill ends up wearing his ex-wife's dress instead. The future jokes come thick and fast, and t it almost feels like an episode of Futurama than The Simpsons. However, Homer and the kids surprise Marge with a vacation to a Florida resort. Yup, really. Katy Perry turns up in a vinyl dress I can't believe got past Fox's standards and practices, and the episode ends with the Moe puppet appearing to perform cunnilingus on Perry. If you’re looking to watch some holiday appropriate Simpsons episodes in this, the season of nog, you can’t go wrong with our top five. “Bart ruins Christmas” seems to be a common thread throughout these holiday Simpsons episodes. Before The Simpsons was a show, it was a series of animated bumpers and skits on late-1980s variety show The Tracey Ullman Show. More than anything, “Marge Be Not Proud” hammers home the message that nothing feels more miserable than truly disappointing the people who love and trust you. 'Tis the Fifteenth Season. Or... well, you see where I'm going with this. It is exactly the sort of terrible game your mum would get you. "Simpsons Christmas Stories" tells three separate holiday stories. Which was strange, as even though it is my favourite TV show of all time, like many people I haven't kept up with the newer series. Club, Gamasutra, USgamer, and many others. “Roasting on an Open Fire” doesn’t quite have the same energy as the more quoted episodes, but as an introduction to 30 years of The Simpsons, it certainly does a great job. Even though “Holidays of Future Passed” contains plenty of Futurama-style jokes about things to come, the pure emotionality shines through and gives the series a nice sense of closure. This episode had such a big impact and was so well crafted that it was nomi… After a misunderstanding, Marge kicks Homer out on Christmas Eve. The Simpsons is an Emmy Award-, Annie Award- and Peabody Award-winning animated comedy. The holiday everyone might associate with “The Simpsons” is Halloween, after all, “The Treehouse of Horror” series is classic, but you should know The Simpsons have a long history of Christmas episodes. Ergo, bottom of the list. Urgh. The town then takes its revenge on The Simpsons by looting their home, leaving them a solitary washcloth that Homer, Marge, Bart, and Lisa playfully fight over as the episode comes to a close. Where do I stream The Simpsons Christmas online? ‘Miracle on Evergreen Terrace’ comes at the tail end of it, a tad below the show’s very best moments, but still very solid. It’s a nice satire on a media circus, if not quite 'Homer Badman', with the family essentially getting milkshake ducked after losing all their possessions on Christmas Eve. Marge Be Not Proud. (Though Lisa deserves better than to just end up with Milhouse). This one of the Christmas themed Simpsons episodes that revolves around Lisa, and in this notable instance she decides to become a Buddhist after realizing how commercialized Christmas has become. Homer’s plan backfires, though, when he misinterprets some Buddhist advice from Lisa and steals the townspeople’s gifts with the intent of burning them in the town square. 13. However, over the show's current 32 season span, it has had 15 Christmas episodes, with a new one set to be released 13th December. It might not hit the heights the show would in the years to come, but it remains a reassuring warm blanket of an episode, filled with fond memories, and that’s what a Christmas special should be. The 31st annual Simpsons Halloween special includes a frightening look at the 2020 election, parodies of Pixar and Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse and a ninth birthday Lisa just can't get over. Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire. 10) The Fight Before Christmas (Season 22, Episode … For this particular Christmas, Bart has his eyes set on Bonestorm: An uber-violent take on Mortal Kombat that honestly doesn’t feel that ridiculous 20 years later. It's basically just a half-arsed collection of story ideas the writers threw at a dartboard. This well-stuffed stocking of Simpsons Holiday Treats includes classic tales of the season, from Simpsons seasons one through seventeen. The series first aired on December 17, 1989. “‘Tis the Fifteenth Season” may not hit the same heights as other Christmas Simpsons, but its dark ending—where Springfieldians mistake a rescue flare shot by a dying Hans Moleman for a vision of god—ties an appropriately cynical bow on this holiday episode. Principal Skinner is one of The Simpsons' most wonderful characters. 'Grift of the Magi' basically comes at the ur-point when The Simpsons went bad. 'Dude, Where's My Ranch?' And despite being a possible series finale, this episode doesn’t focus on The Simpsons we know and love. The Simpsons are renowned for their annual Halloween episode, which usually ends up being the best moment from recent seasons. This episode was famously written as a potential finale for the show – though, of course, we all know now The Simpsons will never, never end. Here are all the 10 best Christmas episodes of The Simpsons, ranked. Hilariously, Gere teaches her about being Buddhist while Marge works on bribing her back into celebrating Christmas. And then, the episode itself has nothing to do with Christmas, being a Sideshow Bob story with Bart trapped down a well (didn’t they already do that?). Let it snow in Springfield, and enjoy the best The Simpsons Christmas episodes. “‘Tis the Fifteenth Season” shows Homer at both his worst and his best in this memorable Christmas Simpsons. Many shows have done the “presents don’t matter” holiday message before, but only The Simpsons would deploy this moral using mob justice. It just so happens that Springfield has its own Buddhist temple, and there she meets Carl, Lenny, and Richard Gere. Instead, it jumps 30 years into the future for a glimpse at where Marge and Homer’s parenting have brought Lisa, Bart, and Maggie. Damn, modern Simpsons can be lazy. Ironically, the top-ranking Simpsons holiday episode isn't really about Christmas. You how every so often, someone will tell you The Simpsons has gotten good again in recent years? It originally aired on the Fox network in the United States on December 18, 2005. It is delightful. Release Calendar DVD & Blu-ray Releases Top Rated Movies Most Popular Movies Browse Movies by Genre Top Box Office Showtimes & Tickets Showtimes & Tickets In Theaters Coming Soon Coming Soon … But, to be fair, Bart’s Christmas-ruining in “Miracle on Evergreen Terrace” comes about as a complete accident—though one fueled by selfishness. The Way of the Dog. The bit about Lenny getting pudding in his eye is funny though. It is hard to overstate how revolutionary this first episode would have felt, with its elaborate tattoo removal lasers and parade of deadbeat Santas. Alexandra Plesa . In the third segment, US domestic goddess and white collar felony Martha Stewart guests, and show strips over itself to make lame sycophantic jokes. The Simpsons saved three Christmases, ruined eight, and two were kind of a draw. starts with three minutes of Homer trying to write a new Christmas carol, before flipping to a completely un-festive episode about the family moving to holiday ranch and guesting starring Talking Head's David Byrne. While most year-long TV series typically produce an annual holiday episode, The Simpsons tends to be much choosier when it comes to Christmas content. What made the classic era of The Simpsons so great wasn’t just that it was hilarious – it was that it told tightly plotted 22-minutes stories that could that could really hit you. But a mishap with a remote control fire truck soon turns the tree and the gifts beneath into a congealed mass of melted plastic. It was kind of like hanging around with someone you were best mates with in year seven, but now they are weird and really into World of Warcraft and samurai swords, and it's just not the same. QUIZ: How well do you remember the football that happened in 2020? The hit ratio of the gags is pretty solid though, and it’s improved by the addition of two short stop-motion animation sequences. Tis the 30th Season "Tis the 30th Season" is the tenth episode of Season 30. If an episode even mentioned Christmas it was thrown on this DVD. It's just another middling mid-00s episode that's not very good, but you'll watch it if comes on Channel 4. Two brand new Mrs. Brown’s Boys Christmas specials are coming to your TV this Christmas. As such, we’re about to get in the holiday mood, Disney+ style. 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