>>61820542Same here. Actually I remember the EXACT episode I watched (after many duds in the middle of some gems) and realized
>yeah, this is some other show, the Simpsons I used to watch no longer existsIt was this episode right here
>Simpsons Tide - Season 9 ep 19Again, this was not the first episode that sucked or even the worst episode of the era or of the seasons
>that one that Skinner is revealed to be Tamzarian is from the same season and even more retardedbut it departed so hard from the general vibe of the show
>Homer as a well-intentioned man and family loving husband and father but too dumb and incapable of choosing the correct decision without aidthat it made it unbearable to watch it.
It was that moment that they fully transformed him into a mean spirited dumb as a rock Mary Sue that never suffers any permanent consequence to any of his actions and the show never recovered from it
>because people LOVED the dumbing down of the humorJoke is on them because the next generation of cartoons
>South Park, Family Guy, American Dadtook that formula and CRANKED IT UP TO ELEVEN and smothered any chance of Simpsons to prosper with that format