I give a helluva lota props to the Simpsons...their Halloween episodes probably beat anything Spongebob has punched out. If you want to compare best episodes, it would be the Simpsons hands down...but overall, i have to give the nod to Spongebob.
Spongebob is such a great character. He's just one of those guys who floats through life and is somehow protected from it's evils with a shell of innocent obliviousness. He's like a naive Bugs Bunny. And Patrick! His stupidity puts Homer's to shame.
I guess what i like most about Spongebob...and don't get me wrong, i love the Simpsons...but i think why i like SB better, is that it's so devoid of pretensions...so bereft of any kind of formula or strategy to make one laugh. Like, they can have an entire episode about the stupidest little thing and it's just so effortlessly hilarious...just by being there in Bikini Bottom and watching them do nothing.
And SB is someone that i can totally sympathize with. I mean, i really want things to work out well for him. I'm not sure i can say that about anyone in the Simpsons.
And Ren and Stimpy, Ziggy...for shame...for shame. Never in my life did i so much as crack a smile at that show that just seems to try so desperately hard to be funny...to be sheik...to be clever...but it's just so...so...so stupid. Family Guy and Futurama are kind of amusing at times, although i don't watch them that much.
Anyway, that's all...i just hope no one puts in a vote for Fraggle Rock.
s.
Spongebob is such a great character. He's just one of those guys who floats through life and is somehow protected from it's evils with a shell of innocent obliviousness. He's like a naive Bugs Bunny. And Patrick! His stupidity puts Homer's to shame.
I guess what i like most about Spongebob...and don't get me wrong, i love the Simpsons...but i think why i like SB better, is that it's so devoid of pretensions...so bereft of any kind of formula or strategy to make one laugh. Like, they can have an entire episode about the stupidest little thing and it's just so effortlessly hilarious...just by being there in Bikini Bottom and watching them do nothing.
And SB is someone that i can totally sympathize with. I mean, i really want things to work out well for him. I'm not sure i can say that about anyone in the Simpsons.
And Ren and Stimpy, Ziggy...for shame...for shame. Never in my life did i so much as crack a smile at that show that just seems to try so desperately hard to be funny...to be sheik...to be clever...but it's just so...so...so stupid. Family Guy and Futurama are kind of amusing at times, although i don't watch them that much.
Anyway, that's all...i just hope no one puts in a vote for Fraggle Rock.
s.
