Cult TV Blog

Next on Loch Ness (Monster) Week we have this Simpsons show. I think it would be true to say that the reviews are mixed and as far as I can see the consensus is that where it's good it's really good but it is only good in parts and the other bits are problematic. I have read that this was inspired by the Simpsons writing team who wanted a whole episode about Mr Burns. The problem immediately arises that a fairly peripheral character has been moved to a position of importance which screws up the whole internal consistency of the show. It also screws up the character of Monty Burns, although I'm a bit ambivalent about that. The whole point of Mr Burns is that he isn't popular, doesn't want to be popular, is a monster, and is a representation of Corporate America. I suppose it is true that when current billionaires aren't flying to space, not buying Twitter and not riding fairground rides on their own, they may have the insight to reflect on where their wealth has ...

I have come incredibly late to the cult of The Simpsons - for some strange reason I took an instant dislike to them in the nineties, but now they make me roar with laughter. I make no apologies for blogging about an episode here, since I think The Simpsons are now venerable enough to be considered Cult, and they're also not the newest show I've written about here. This episode in particular fits in to this blog because it is the famous one which parodies The Prisoner and has a guest appearance by Patrick McGoohan, so is definitely suitable a cult TV blog. The first thing to say about this show is that I think you should ignore many of the reviews for the season twelve boxed set, which say that the packaging is impossible, and you inevitably damage the discs removing them. To get that out of the way, the way to get one disc out is to squeeze the flaps containing the discs you don't want and turn it upside down until the disc you want starts to slide out and grab it. There...