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The Principal and the pauper (fake principal Skinner)


Considered the point that the show went downhill by disenfranchising it's viewers by rewriting who principal Skinner is.

Even though I get how it pissed people off, I actually find it a pretty entertaining episode.

What's your thoughts on it?

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"Up yours children!!!" ~ Armin Tamzarian

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What season/episode is that? I probably haven't got that far yet. It was pretty good with some plot holes I think, but that's quite an old memory by now.

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Google the title, not hard.

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That's true. I'm glad you know that.

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I love how this exchange quickly took a sharp passive aggressive turn for no reason. lol!
Anyway the episode itself was "fine" as far as the humor is concerned but the entire premise was dumb and pointless. Retconning a major supporting character to the point of contradicting things established in prior seasons for the sake of aone off episode was idiotic and insulting.

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Its not that bad, people point to it as a jump the shark moment. But The Simpsons never really had one. It was a gradual decline.

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It is because the ratings, both in terms of viewership and reviews saw a decline afterwards.

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Viewership went up during season 9 and dropped badly for season 10, so I don´t think it can all be blamed on that episode which was only the 2nd episode that season.

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I thought it was a pretty good episode.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KqFNbCcyFkk

Think you will enjoy this. Summarizes the downfall of the Simpsons.

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Seen it, hence my post.

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I think its an okay episode. I think it's good.

Its funny that his name goes back to Skinner at the end of the episode and anyone who mentions his real name gets in trouble, lol.

In a season 15 episode (I, [Annoyed Grunt] Bot), Snowball II dies and then Lisa replaces her with another cat. That cat is named Snowball III and she also dies! Lisa replaces her with Snowball IV and Snowball IV also dies. Lisa gets another cat and names the cat "Snowball II", as if the events of the episode did not matter! Skinner comments on this and then Lisa calls him "Principal Tamzarian" as a comeback, lol.

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Really? That's funny.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6rxdhKRODLw

Hahahaha...Skinner's reaction.

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