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Last night’s episode of The Simpsons featured a Ke$ha lip-dub tribute opening credits sequence for some reason:
So, does this mean that we’re done with The Simpsons? Please?
Look, no one loved The Simpsons harder than me (not entirely true). I wore my Bart Simpson “Cowabunga” t-shirt until it was so hole-ridden and stained that it was more like a Bart Simpson “Cowabunga” hand towel (I kind of wanted the Bart Simpson “Eat My Shorts” t-shirt more, but I knew that my mom would not find it suitable attire for a GENTLEMAN). But, look, I am turning 65 this year. I don’t know how much longer I can keep doing this. All I want is for this show to exit gracefully so that I can know peace before I enter the next life.
And what is this anyways? And why is this anyways? Is the Ke$ha opening credits an attempt to win a whole new audience of young people to the show? That would be reasonable enough, I guess. It would be like that episode of Gunsmoke when the Sheriff of Dodge City was played by Joan Jett. But Ke$ha? KE$HA? Did Matt Groening lose a bet with a 14-year-old? I’m just not sure the world needs a The Simpsons: Next Generation that is designed to appeal to Ke$ha fans. I’m not sure the world needs anything to do with Ke$ha whatsoever. At the very least, if they wanted to appeal to younger viewers without alienating human beings with brains and eyes, they could have done an opening credits lip-dub tribute to Cobra Starship. (Just kidding.)
No, I’m pretty sure this means we are done with The Simpsons. Bye, The Simpsons! I will continue to not have watched you in years!
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Yep, officially jumped the $hark.
The Fonz thought this was a great opening.
This has nothing to do with your comment, settlesun, but the video’s removed, so here’s another link which will probably be removed by the time I finish typing. Anyways, here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nvh8QpcuBqY
Yawn. Wake me up when Bieber takes over the 60 Minutes clock.
Yeah, 2002 called and it wants it’s Simpsons tantrum ba…you know what? Keep it.
I accidentally down-voted you. I beg for your forgiveness because what you do is strictly awesome.
I think we have all known it was over years ago, but never had the power to admit it. It was like a married couple sticking together for the kids. I never thought i would say this but….thank you Kesha you gave us a reason to put ourselves first.
“I am turning 65 this year. I don’t know how much longer I can keep doing this.”
TWSS (senescence)
Tragedy: Whither Sam Simon?
Is this the first time ever that the original theme song was not played at the opening? ohhh wait sorry guys i thought i was typing that in google. nm
Here, let me help:
http://lmgtfy.com/?q=Is+this+the+first+time+ever+that+the+original+theme+song+was+not+played+at+the+opening%3F
Whaaaa?
Your comment is impossible to up or down-vote because of some formatting error. You’ve discovered invulnerability.
Between this and reading Nick Madson’s response to Patton Oswalt, I just want to leave this place. This place being Earth. Just got to brush my teeth first. I use Cruzan.
I brush my teeth with toothpaste and water. OMG am I doing it wrong?
Actually Fox is to blame for the opening credits. All week they’re forcing awkward musical numbers into all their shows as part of ‘Fox Rocks’ week. It’s stupid. Besides the intro it was actually a really great episode.
I know! Plus, it’s not like this show has ever been known for making original (and sometimes funny) musical numbers.
The mere fact that you call it a “really great episode” means that you’re not ready for primetime television.
How so?
Ok, but can we agree that this is as terrible as that time Bart did the Bartman?
Really? Maybe ya’ll need to rewatch ‘Do the Bartman’. You will be embarrassed for a cartoon character!
Maybe she got a Simpsons tattoo and in exchange she got to be on the show, kinda?
Your comment made me curious about the amount of Simpsons tattoos in the world, so I Googled “Simpsons tattoos,” and you might be surprised how many people have Lenny and Carl’s faces on their butt…
Speaking of butts…
Tell us what it was like Gabe. When people used turn on their radios enjoy this well-written show. Please tell us.
Forget it Gabe, it’s Ke$ha-town.
I started watching the Simpsons when I was too young to understand all the references and humor and now… now I am too old. An ancient crone who shakes her fist and starts sentences with, “Back in my day…”
Off to brush my teeth with a bottle of arsenic…
I just want to mention that I paused the Radiohead song I was listening to so that I could watch this.
It was a mistake.
Not if Kesha was singing the Radiohead song.
Oh, you like radiohead too?
I own every single season of the Simpsons on DVD. That’s seasons 1-10. I like to think of everything post season 10 as a lackluster spin-off, akin to EP177, The Simpsons Spin-Off Showcase.
I do, too! And I bought that season 20 special edition set and could barely get through it. One of the dvd’s didn’t work, and I didn’t even care enough to exchange it for one that did. But I got a nifty little calendar I keep on my desk at work, so, yay?
Hey, if you keep telling yourself something, eventually you’ll believe it!
Gabe, stop indulging in her. It’s Kesha. Don’t call her Ke$ha.
The Simpsons has been dead to me for 10 years now. I haven’t seen one episode in that time, skipped the movie, blah, blah. At this point they could make an official simpsons porno and i wouldn’t give a crap. I’ll just go pet my seasons 1-10 DVDs now.
I’m pretty sure Kesha is from Shelbyville. So fuck her, is what I say.
“South Park–We’d Stand Behind You If We Weren’t So Scared.”
“Ke$ha–We’ll Stand Behind You, Just to Blight Everyone’s Eyes and Ears.”
Every single one of my 3,224 facebook friends have had “Wake up in the morning feeling like P. Diddy” as their status at some point. This video is the first time I have understood the context. The Simpsons just INTRODUCED me to Ke$ha. They jumped me over the shark. (Am I doing that right?) Thanks Matt.
Yikes. You might need some new Facebook friends.
Look, guys, it’s not like the Simpsons wasn’t heading downhill before. And it could be a lot worse. They could have had Green Day on an– They had Green Day on episode? Shit.
$htupid.
I’m disappointed, but not nearly as disappointed as Ke$ha’s dentist.
How could you $impsons? I’d never lend my name to an inferior product.
PS. I’m on Twitter
I still love how mildly joyful they all were as they drunk themselves into stupors and drove cars into bars and all that. I for one enjoyed seeing a visual representation of how stupid that song is.
Lisa would NEVER sing Ke$ha! stop it, Fox, Stop it!
Is this really any more obnoxious than “Do the Bartman”? Yes, it is. But I hate K£$h∆™ just as much as any human with ears and a soul, so, naturally, when I saw this last night I cried all over my Simpsons season 6 dvds and fell asleep. When I woke up, I felt like P-Diddy.
They’ve truly come full circle. [gravelly voice] Who wants cookies? [/gravelly voice]
I blame Glee! Actually, it is Glee’s fault, Fox is putting musical numbers in all their shows, hence the lousy musical episode of Fringe and why Dr. House will sing Lady Gaga’s “Bad Romance” during his attempts to diagnose his patient this week.
My mortal enemy Ryan Murphy strikes again! (Eat, Pray, Love in theaters this August!…blech)
Dr. House will sing “Bad Romance”? Gotta go set my DVR now!
Just kidding, I don’t have a DVR.
I will, however, be setting my gramophone to record.
Since the Simpsons is way past it’s prime please go back to covering Treme! It’s a new show so I’m sure they won’t do a Ke$ha lip-dub anytime soon.
The good news is that David Simon now has a new tragedy to make a TV show about after Treme ends.
a shanda
is it okay if we still watch old reruns, cause there are some pretty funny episodes, even if they are a hundred years old
The Simpsons has sucked for a long time but this is really a new low. I’m so disappointed.
Poochie redeems all
Start your down voting… but honestly, it wasn’t that bad. Yes, Simpsons will never be as good as it once was (even though I wouldn’t exactly call it terrible) – but I thought the Kesha intro was, dare I say, kind of cute…ish. I don’t have strong feelings about it, one way or the other. Really not worth it… They had a good time…leave it be. The only thing that I was puzzled by is the fact that Simpsons could probs get any song they wanted… So why Kesha? Now I’m not an angst-y teen who’s ready to tell the whole inter-world why “I HATE KESHA SO MUCH!” – personally, I don’t think she’s that bad…but she’s not that great either. So why Kesha, Simpsons?