The Simpson’s Premiere sucked.

Considering the decline that the show has seen over the past few years, this was not entirely surprising. The problem that I had with the episode is that it was more of the same old crap.

Problem #1 - Two guest stars in the season premiere: Lionel Richie and Stephen Colbert. And the first appearance of one of the guest stars occurs within the first three or four minutes of the episode. It was actually rather pitiful.

Problem #2 - The whole “I’ve got a taste of richness and I like it” storyline already played itself out in full when Homer was left in charge of Burn’s mansion. Everyone remembers that episode where Homer takes Mr. Burn’s yacht out into International waters, and they get attacked by pirates. Yeah. It is kind of like that episode…again.

Problem #3 - I was actually kind of annoyed when I saw them use the “We didn’t have faith in you gag” again. Remember when Marge applied to be a realtor. Yeah. She came home and informed her children that she passed, and Bart spun around a sign that said “Better luck next time” to reveal a sign that said “Congratulations”. When Homer returns home from his job interview (which would have extended Homer’s resume to house 102 potential job entries), Bart has a cake that has a similar “Better luck next time”-esque message scrawled on the top in pink icing. The bit is stale.

There were many other problems with the premiere. All in all, the best part was the opening segment/couch gag, which shows a Springfield recovering from the effects of the events of The Simpsons Movie. It was humorous to see pieces of broken glass, as well as the town being cleaned up and rebuilt by many notable residents. Furthermore, the Simpson’s home was unfinished, further reminding people of the events of the movie. This part was good. Everything else sucked balls.

Perhaps you can truly appreciate the lack of humour when I tell you that I laughed more at a commercial for a Dominoes Oreo Dessert Pizza that aired during the episode than I did at the episode’s actual content.