The 50 Best “Simpsons” Episodes Of All Time
By Jason Serafino | Feb 17, 2012 | 11:03 am | Permalink
Since its debut in 1989, The Simpsons has revolutionized the way the world views animated shows. Taking cartoons out of their Saturday morning rut, the long-running Fox hit brings sophisticated plots, intelligent humor, and memorable characters into our living rooms every week. And throughout its history, creator Matt Groening's landmark series has racked up more awards and accolades than almost any other television show in history.
Each new Simpsons episode is filled with quotable lines and phrases that have become part of the American lexicon over the years, and seemingly everybody has their own opinions on which one is the best. But for a show that has been on for 23 seasons, picking one favorite episode is almost impossible.
This Sunday marks the latest milestone for America’s favorite family as The Simpsons will air its 500th episode, which will debut on Fox at 8pm EST. To celebrate this occasion, we’re taking a look back at The 50 Best Simpsons Episodes Of All Time.
Written by Jason Serafino (@Serafinoj1)
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JC February 17th, 2012 at 11:23 AM
And where is the episode "The City of New York vs. Homer Simpson"????
John February 17th, 2012 at 01:59 PM
great point JC.
ren February 17th, 2012 at 04:20 PM
which is the episode where he smokes weed?
P4L February 18th, 2012 at 03:14 AM
I know it's the overwhelming opinion that The Simpsons haven't done anything great since 2000, I would really like to differ. Some of their BEST episodes have come in the past decade or so, they're just a lot less consistently brilliant as they were for the first 10 years of the series' history "A Tale of Two Springfields" "Homer Vs. Dignity" "HOMr" "Jaws Wired Shut" "Blame It On Lisa" "I Am Furious Yello" "Midnight RX" "You Kent Always Say What You Want" and one that aired a few weeks ago, "Politically Inept, with Homer Simpson", is one of the best they EVER DONE. It's easy to just write off the past 12 years of the shows history, but they still do great shows.
kieron February 18th, 2012 at 06:47 PM
homer vs dignity is one of the worst episodes of the series...what the hell are you talking about?!
D February 19th, 2012 at 09:07 AM
I thought "Camp Crusty" and the episode where The Simpsons participated in the foreign exchange program should have made the list.
London Calling March 13th, 2012 at 07:47 PM
YES! Another great episode!!!
Mac February 19th, 2012 at 05:41 PM
What about when Homer goes to Clown College?
James Dalelio February 19th, 2012 at 06:29 PM
well there are definitely more than 50 great Simpsons episodes but how can the leave off the Australia episode
Chris Bodley February 19th, 2012 at 07:21 PM
Sure and maggie makes 3 doesn't even get a mention
Ian McG February 19th, 2012 at 07:45 PM
yeah, and where's Homer to the max.....