The Death of Treehouse of Horror

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  • @EntertainTheElk
    @EntertainTheElk  Рік тому +25

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  • @SamtheBravesFan
    @SamtheBravesFan Рік тому +382

    I know it's a little OT, but what I love about Homer's wish for a turkey sandwich is that he has enough foresight to demand that nothing bad happens. And yet he's freaked out by the dry turkey. It's genius.

  • @KalCounty
    @KalCounty Рік тому +288

    Seeing Martin die violently and in agony, only for a beat to go by with him lying totally still, and then Nelson to still go "Ha ha!" is one of the funniest moments in the show's history and it gets me everytime.

    • @EntertainTheElk
      @EntertainTheElk  Рік тому +41

      To then being rolled into the kindergarten class.

    • @jogymogy3691
      @jogymogy3691 Рік тому +11

      I also love when Milhouse died when he stumled in the mixer

    • @MovieFan1912
      @MovieFan1912 4 місяці тому

      @@EntertainTheElkI especially like Skinner’s dialogue in that scene.

  • @wstine79
    @wstine79 Рік тому +216

    Even when the show dropped in quality, I still watch the Treehouse of Horror each year. III through VI are my favorites. The stage play story in XX and the Guillermo del Toro opener were creative.

    • @anubusx
      @anubusx Рік тому +17

      The Death Note one was really well done.

    • @nitsuj182
      @nitsuj182 Рік тому +4

      Same! :) I love them every year !

    • @luckyDancer100
      @luckyDancer100 Рік тому +4

      Same! Every year. It’s the only episode I don’t miss.

  • @nrrork
    @nrrork Рік тому +36

    The only disagreement I might have, is I think their golden age started in season 2, not 3.
    If I were to pinpoint a moment the show's golden age began: it'd be Homer at Springfield Gorge.
    So perfectly constructed. Homer and Bart have their heartwarming moment, and then Homer starts slowly rolling out of frame.
    Terrified at first, and he looks like he's gonna make it, but then his momentum arc just.... stops.... and he plumments and you hear every impact and see him get bloodied and bruised.
    They could've ended it there.
    But then he's shown getting lifted put helicopter and they keep banging his head.
    They could've ended it there.
    But they have him get loaded onto an ambulance (why not just airlift him the whole way?) and it immediately crashes and he falls down AGAIN.
    When he falls the second time, the golden age begins.

    • @joetowers4804
      @joetowers4804 6 місяців тому +1

      I agree with you wholeheartedly. And him getting hit by the gurney after his second fall is real, cruel and absolutely hilarious.

    • @Frogstomp27
      @Frogstomp27 Місяць тому

      ​@@joetowers4804it's strangely funny, that gurney bit

  • @skrotosd
    @skrotosd Рік тому +105

    i'm Italian, and my favourite one is the italian version of the raven, from the first special. the italian voice of Homer was (he passed away) Tonino Accolla, one of the best in italian history, he was directly chosen by Matt Groening and was so good of an actor that voiced not only Homer Simpson, but Eddie Murphy and Jim Carrey in all of 90s classic movies. give it a try even if you don't understand italian.

    • @EntertainTheElk
      @EntertainTheElk  Рік тому +23

      That's so awesome. Thanks for sharing this information. And hello Italy!

    • @keithaunn
      @keithaunn Рік тому +9

      hi, I'm also a fan from Italy and there is a UA-camr called "il canale del chaddone" who took the script of the video and translated it exactly without giving you credits.
      the video is called “il declino dello speciale di natale de i simpson”

    • @EntertainTheElk
      @EntertainTheElk  Рік тому +8

      Wow wow wow. That sucks.@@keithaunn

  • @999darkhorse
    @999darkhorse Рік тому +16

    i think wiggums "we got a complaint from an anonymous ""neighborino"" about an elaborately choreographed high octane ultra fight" line from Mr. and Mrs. Simpson is one of the best lines from any treehouse of horror idk why it always just really gets me

    • @lmoore3567
      @lmoore3567 10 місяців тому +1

      I love this line, too. It almost makes up for the fact that "Mr. And Mrs. Simpson" isn't actually horror.

  • @niteowl9491
    @niteowl9491 Рік тому +5

    I always loved the alien Citizen Kang episode and the Thing and I -- plus that old "How to Cook Humans/for Humans/Forty Humans" gag always gets me lol

  • @hinkage
    @hinkage Рік тому +19

    7:48 that's one of the funniest scenes because of Nelson's reaction. The scene you played before it, from the same episode, does the same sort of gag where Bart wakes up screaming.
    Homer yells "Bart, is that you?"
    Bart: "Yes."
    Homer: "Take out the garbage."
    I thought the scariest scenes were when Goldilocks gets mauled to death by the three bears, and when the gremlin holds up Flanders' decapitated head.

  • @jbcatz5
    @jbcatz5 Рік тому +65

    The quality drop off can also be seen in when the THoHs stopped doing framing sequences around the stories. Things like having the segments as nightmares from too much candy or Bart setting the scene through a picture gallery made it something a bit more.

    • @Chris-mc2dt
      @Chris-mc2dt 4 місяці тому +2

      I don’t know if I fully agree with that. Treehouse V was the one where they dropped the framing devices, and V is arguably the best of the whole lot.

  • @Zeta9966
    @Zeta9966 Рік тому +39

    Nelson laughing at Martin obviously dying is pure gold

  • @deerinheadlights9169
    @deerinheadlights9169 Рік тому +42

    Probably the scariest Treehouse of horror segment for me would have been "Bad Dream House" from the second season. The music and the house's voice creeped me out as a kid.

  • @alleycatcannabis
    @alleycatcannabis Рік тому +56

    The Raven sketch is maybe one of the best pieces of television ever to air, ever. Beautiful and brilliant, and bone chillingly haunting, it really was an exceptional retelling

    • @RightsForZombies
      @RightsForZombies Рік тому +2

      Totally agree. It was amazing.

    • @Attmay
      @Attmay Рік тому +2

      None of the big three networks would ever have taken a chance on something like that.

    • @grant9637
      @grant9637 Рік тому

      Tbh ive never really gotten the appeal. It doesn’t seem to add anything more than any other dramatic reading of the poem

  • @StephenLeGresley
    @StephenLeGresley Рік тому +56

    The Raven is only one that is actually kind of unnerving. They really did a fantastic job of adapting Allen Poe's work to the point where it's not so much funny as it is unsettling to watch someone go slowly insane.

  • @OfficialRedTeamReview
    @OfficialRedTeamReview Рік тому +26

    I disagree on the scariest moments in the Simpsons. The creepiness came more with Mr.Burns as the weird alien walking through the forest. The design of that was just so jarring. Same with the camping episode where Bart, Homer and Flanders are stuck on a raft but the rest of the campers are following through and the episode ends with them being stalked by a monster and it attacks them. Super dark ending.

  • @josh8901
    @josh8901 Рік тому +3

    I was so surprised from last years Treehouse of Horror. I usually go in with the mindset "yea, it will probably be bad, maybe scary at best", but oh boy was I caught of guard from the first segment. Really had me frozen on my sofa.
    Interesting that you didn't mention "Thanksgiving of Horror". It's not a typical Treehouse of Horror, but it follows the same formular. It's pretty bloody tho. If you hadn't watch it yet, then it's still worth a watch.
    For none Halloween episodes you might want to check out Pixelated and Afraid from season 33. It's a beautiful Homer and Marge story.

  • @C_M_R
    @C_M_R Рік тому +93

    I’ve been watching The Simpsons since it first aired, and I will say that the last 3 seasons have been surprisingly good. Not as great as the golden years, but going above cheap jokes by using interesting narrative devices to given more depth to existing character and also expanding the Simpsons universe.

    • @NeutralGloomBot
      @NeutralGloomBot Рік тому +17

      I feel like after this long if they really have no intention of ending it, I would love to see a time jump. Get Bart and Lisa in high shool and an older Marge and Homer could revitalize the show a bit. Or destroy it but either way its a gamble I would take. Its needs something for sure.

    • @felix_forrester
      @felix_forrester Рік тому

      TOH XXXIII was insanely good. I'm still blown away.

    • @YellowBriefs
      @YellowBriefs Рік тому +18

      Been hearing that since season 26 or so, but when I go and watch it it's still bad.

    • @Highstar25
      @Highstar25 Рік тому +6

      @@YellowBriefs 33 and 34 are the actually good ones. 30 is the absolute nadir. Rock Bottom.

    • @dodgsonwevegotdodgsonhere9970
      @dodgsonwevegotdodgsonhere9970 Рік тому +2

      It'd be awesome to know from what alternate Earth you come from, because in this planet the last 3 seasons are still unfunny horrible shit.

  • @TheConspiracyPossum
    @TheConspiracyPossum Рік тому +26

    Horror and comedy can really work off one another. The ending of The Thing and I messed with me as a kid because I couldn't decide if it was funny or cruel.

    • @EntertainTheElk
      @EntertainTheElk  Рік тому +3

      Yeah very off-putting.

    • @Attmay
      @Attmay Рік тому

      At least it didn’t actually happen in-universe.

  • @VIGLounge
    @VIGLounge Рік тому +26

    I genuinely enjoyed the Halloween episodes up until Hommerzilla. Even some of the more bland segments were tolerable, and some segments were even memorable. Tree House of Horrors and the parodies of stories i.e. Simpsons Tall Tales even had their moments. I even liked the concept of a more recent THOH segment where Lisa had an imaginary best friend, but the writers ruinted it when they introduced Homer's best friend who was a hot dog. This video has inspired me to check out the most recent THOH, so I thank you for that, and it's nice to have an essay format echoing the sentiments of the fans of the Simpsons who truly appreicated when show was at its peak.

    • @EntertainTheElk
      @EntertainTheElk  Рік тому +1

      Absolutely! Glad you liked the video. Simpsons S3-6 will always be my favorite TV period.

  • @R3TR0J4N
    @R3TR0J4N Рік тому +5

    4:21 these episodes are like a what-if spin offs or whats it called today, its a rare traditional episode, so its special to me i hold dearly.

  • @valerychang3637
    @valerychang3637 Рік тому +2

    Although I am not a religious fan of The Simpsons, I occasionally watch it with my family. It is interesting how nicely you broke down the shows as I have a deeper appreciation for it. I especially love how you dive into the interrelationships of horror and comedy. It's truly quite fascinating how two separate genres can be so intertwined! Love your videos!

  • @ColinMacDaniels
    @ColinMacDaniels Рік тому +15

    I consider the start of the golden age of The Simpsons to be season 2. There are a handful of episodes, maybe 5, that feel like they could have been in season 1, but the majority, I believe, fall into the absolute classic category.

    • @EntertainTheElk
      @EntertainTheElk  Рік тому +2

      Lisa's Substitute is a classic.

    • @ItsHailee7
      @ItsHailee7 Рік тому +5

      Definitely. Still wonder why season 2 doesn't get the love it rightfully deserves. Frankly, I consider the golden age to consist of seasons 2-9.

    • @Vivi_9
      @Vivi_9 Рік тому

      @@ItsHailee7 agreed, even 10 has more classic than not episodes, I'm on 11 right now and struggling to get through it

    • @ItsHailee7
      @ItsHailee7 Рік тому +2

      @@Vivi_9 Season 10 was the first season where I saw cracks on a large scale. To be fair, seasons 8 an 9 had them too but they were either small or confined to a few episodes at most. However, that being said, the series was still watchable even after the golden age. Well, until season 22 for me. I could sit through a "middle Simpsons" episode, knowing very well that the A* quality was no longer there but still contained moments that were enjoyable.

    • @Vivi_9
      @Vivi_9 Рік тому

      @@ItsHailee7 I remember first starting to really not care about the show I think around season 13 with their trip to England, season 16 was when I gave up, that was garbage, but when the movie came out which I loved, I think it gave a good kick up the backside for the show but it never came close to being more than just watchable IMO

  • @wstine79
    @wstine79 Рік тому +16

    "All work and no 'Entertain The Elk' video make Homer something something."

  • @CoachJohnMcGuirk
    @CoachJohnMcGuirk Рік тому +15

    We got to watch the raven segment in english class in high school. One of the only times the class payed attention.

    • @EntertainTheElk
      @EntertainTheElk  Рік тому +4

      My wife is an English teacher and she shows it every year.

  • @28hipster
    @28hipster Рік тому +6

    For me the treehouse of horror with Hugo will always be my favourite but I randomly remember the one with snakes hair making homer be a killer being a childhood favourite😂 incredible video as always🎉

  • @leviathan370
    @leviathan370 Рік тому +4

    I love how in-depth he goes into each of the episodes. It's very interesting how much the Simpsons' treehouse of Horror declines throughout the years.

  • @jposensei
    @jposensei Рік тому +5

    I think the evil stealing baby sitter in like the first season actually scared me a little.

  • @jimbolic0809
    @jimbolic0809 Рік тому +5

    Thanks to this video, I watched Treehouse of Horror XXXIII and shed a tear with the first mini-episode with Maggie and Marge. Thank you for telling us how amazing it is. On a side note, it's a little jarring hearing Marge's voice actress sounding to scratchy. I'm sure the cast has aged over the decades, but I'm glad she gets the role that is so iconic still.

    • @Benjiesbeenbetter.
      @Benjiesbeenbetter. Рік тому +2

      On one youtube video, someone said that 30 years of doing Marge's voice had ruined Julie Kavnar's vocal chords.

  • @TheTastyPancake
    @TheTastyPancake Рік тому +4

    You really know how to put these things into words. I've been off of youtube for quite a while but so glad to see you're still making these. I hope you still love making them too

  • @williameckerle4113
    @williameckerle4113 Рік тому +3

    Thank you for pointing out last year's Treehouse of Horror. It was the best one in DECADES, right up there with classic Simpsons!

  • @redsnake188
    @redsnake188 Рік тому +2

    The one where homer angers a leprechaun genuinely scared me as a kid. I can name the exact moment that did it. It was when bart gave up and drowned in his cereal, wasnt overly dramatic the joke was just the leprechaun danced on his head after he died. Something about how casual bart gave up and chose to die was terrified me as a kid.

    • @jakerittlinger440
      @jakerittlinger440 Рік тому +2

      How did Bart choose to die? I always interpreted it that the weight of his head finally overcame him and he drowned in his own cereal bowl in a completely helpless manner.
      What always jarred me about it though, was he drowned in like 1.5 seconds. Moreover, no reaction from his family whatsoever who were right in front of him.

    • @timo4463
      @timo4463 11 місяців тому

      i saw it as him dropping but the Leprechaun drowning him by standing on top of him

  • @KRAFTWERK2K6
    @KRAFTWERK2K6 Рік тому +3

    i STILLLL vividly remember the first time i ever watched the very first Treehouse of Horror episode. it felt sooo special and eerie. Just as it started with Marge stepping out from the curtain really set the tone. I was a lil kid who watched that show since the initial run on German TV somewhere around late 1990 or 1991 and was instantly a fan of it. And i remember how much of an impression that very first Halloween episode had. Didn't even know what Halloween was but i loved that take on telling 3 creepy and well animates stories, which had such a strong atmosphere. It still felt like a regular Episode but with the difference of having 3 mini episodes being shown that took some liberty in terms of setting and continuity. That worked amazingly great. But after season 6 onwards it really became VERY very dull, pointless and just too forced and generic. They just wanted to parody movies without having actual original stories and they just wanted to become more extreme and gross.

  • @HorrorDox
    @HorrorDox Рік тому +6

    I think the real message about the Simpsons tree house of horror becoming worse is just that things become worse overtime. For as long as the show has gone on for your never gonna have enough out of the park home-run style segements that can take a dark story into the Simpson life that gives the original story new life. Your most likely gonna get cheap Simpson parodies of current dark media or cheap action gags.

  • @LeslieCoggs
    @LeslieCoggs 2 місяці тому +1

    Life long memory:showing my husband the episode with the death note parody and then us watching next year's episode together for the 1st time. We were soooo hopeful and soooo disappointed. NFTs are NOT funny....or scary.

  • @anna_d_
    @anna_d_ Рік тому +3

    I really enjoyed the analysis in this video. It was quite interesting to see the comparisons between the new and old episodes, and see what caused the decline of the episodes over the years.

  • @cousinted
    @cousinted 24 дні тому

    Another thing that really stands out when you compare the Homerzilla segment to the King Homer one is the difference in familiarity the writers of these segments had with the source material they were riffing on. In addition to following all the major plot beats of King Kong, King Homer goes out of its way to re-create shots from the original movie, even in ways that don't draw attention to themselves (The way Homer slowly beats his chest in the clip at 13:46 being a good example, since it's a direct imitation of the way the stop motion Kong model moved in the original film).
    Meanwhile Homerzilla not only doesn't follow any of the plot beats of the original film (And the plot they do have ends up being kind of low key racist and based mainly on stereotypes about Japan), but even the way the film is talked about within that segment betrays a complete lack of familiarity with the source material. They make a bunch of gags about the effects and production of the movie being shoddy and even describe it as a low budget B-movie, which I think anyone familiar with the original Godzilla and its production will immediately recognize as completely off-base. While the man-in-rubber suit effects in the original Godzilla perhaps look a bit unconvincing to the modern eye, they were pretty damned good for the day and a lot of care and work was put into them, with the movie having a decent, if not extravagant budget for a Japanese film of the era. Also as pretty much any Godzilla fan knows, the original film was actually a fairly serious piece of film making with very timely and pointed commentary on the politics of nuclear weapons. It was the parade of sequels to the film that were low budget and goofy.
    The other major tell that the writers of the Homerzilla segment had no familiarity with the source material is that they didnt make any jokes about Raymond Burr being awkwardly spliced into the action - If you're making a parody of the original Godzilla that shit writes itself!

  • @eatatjoes6751
    @eatatjoes6751 Рік тому +5

    I for one wish they brought Devil Flanders back, because he was cool and/or the most memorable thing about the Treehouse of Horror in my eyes next to Kang/Kodos.

  • @docjoe86
    @docjoe86 Рік тому

    7:44 “Nightmare on Evergreen Terrace” made me afraid of Groundskeeper Willie for years.

  • @a2n131
    @a2n131 Рік тому +3

    In addition to everything you said I'd like to give another thing, that to me make sthe older episodes better. Its the animation style AND detail!
    Older episodes were slower animated and did not have so much detail (especially people) in the background, resulting in a more solitude environment, which - in my opinion - added something to the creepy atmosphere, as it was somewhat uncanny.

  • @ChrisSeltzer
    @ChrisSeltzer Рік тому +30

    Last season's Treehouse of Horror with The Babadook, Death Note, and Westworld was arguably one of if not the best Treehouse of Horror episodes they've done. Among the best Simpsons episodes they've done.

    • @realdragon
      @realdragon 7 місяців тому

      TBH I didn't like westworld tree house of horror that much

  • @hypernovaD
    @hypernovaD Рік тому

    3:33.. yup.. exactly what I thought.. I watched that episode so much i memorised the entire thing and shocked my Older cousin when i spoke the episode out word for word while reading a comic while emulating all the voices involved (not perfectly mind you)..

  • @sammy19
    @sammy19 Рік тому +2

    I really enjoyed the analysis, it brings back memories I loved watching these when I was younger. And I'm so excited to see people still analyzing I looove treehouse of horror episodes❤❤

  • @Calmewhauwant
    @Calmewhauwant Рік тому +2

    I’d always been watching Simpsons with my cousin in our childhood, but I never watched the treehouse episodes since i grew up in China and i think they block these “disturbing” episodes. However, in my pov this illustration of the halloween Simpsons episodes is time worthy to watch and i really feel him when it comes to there would be more concept than characters in the future cuz i watched almost 20seasons w my cousin and i consider the old ones are legendary.

  • @mathieuleader8601
    @mathieuleader8601 Рік тому +7

    Simpsonsworld felt like it would have been a great sequel to the Simpsons Movie

    • @EntertainTheElk
      @EntertainTheElk  Рік тому +1

      I wanted more from that segment. Such a good idea.

    • @snowyyzoe
      @snowyyzoe Рік тому +1

      I'm torn on that because while I loved the short and love TOH I also really like how the first movie felt like it could fit into the series. I worry that if it was made into a movie it would've felt almost detached from the rest of the show

  • @TheLetsgonuts
    @TheLetsgonuts Рік тому +3

    Anyone else feel bad for the voice actors ?
    Whenever i hear how they sound now i just want them to go home and rest.

    • @Attmay
      @Attmay Рік тому

      Julie Kavner’s current voice is just heartbreaking to listen to. Marge now sounds like her mother!

  •  Рік тому +1

    I agree, for the new ones, Tree House of Horror XXXIII was outstandingly good. One thing I disagree about with you and many other commentators is that some of my favorite type of episodes are the big concept ones, where you get to see what happens to all the ensemble characters. Some examples of this are the island where they all turn to animals and the witch curse where they turn into their costumes. It's just so much fun to watch. I really love the sight gags.

  • @worldpeace-rq2sl
    @worldpeace-rq2sl Рік тому +2

    the parasite spoof was unbearable dude. I only got a laugh out of the one line where they try to kill Lisa. Absolutely concept over character. They didn’t even spoof the one scary shot from that movie!

  • @jamesabernethy7896
    @jamesabernethy7896 Рік тому +3

    Although I stopped following the Simpsons a while ago, the Treehouse of Horror were real highlights. Concisely constructed but with a really friendly presentation. Really enjoyed this.

  • @nicoleoliver607
    @nicoleoliver607 Рік тому +1

    Mr. And Mrs. Simpson is not my favorite segment but it's one I will go back to frequently because it has the funniest one liners. The best part for me is when his brain is talking to him and telling him not to eat the lasagna and he keeps eating it. Finally his brain says "you moron just kill her," and then out loud he says, "I'll kill her after dessert."

  • @thomasmartin4281
    @thomasmartin4281 6 місяців тому +1

    The Death Note and Thanksgiving of Horror episodes were refreshingly good

  • @tirex3673
    @tirex3673 10 місяців тому +1

    Personally, I thing treehouse of horror episodes took a few years after the golden age to really take a dip in quality. Like THOH XVII.

  • @carlosalmonacid8958
    @carlosalmonacid8958 Рік тому +8

    Wiz Kids wasn't bad actually (IMO), and it had a heartwarming ending with Bart and Lisa reconciling. JKR herself liked it for what it's worth. You also ignored the fact that the Bart Simpson's Dracula segment was mainly a spoof of Coppola's Dracula film, so the idea of TOH segments spoofing modern works isn't a recent phenomenon.

    • @lateralhistory
      @lateralhistory Рік тому +1

      Smithers the snake sobbing as he swallows Burns still feels iconic to me

  • @lmoore3567
    @lmoore3567 10 місяців тому

    Nightmare Cafeteria scared me. Especially when they fall into the giant food processor at the end, right before they wake up.

  • @slashbash1347
    @slashbash1347 Рік тому

    I like the Del Toro intro because it shows Ray Bradbury scribbling on the Illustrated Man while Richard Matheson looks on disapprovingly.

  • @nrrork
    @nrrork Рік тому +1

    I _thought_ we were gonna have a worthy succesor to The Simpsons with Rick and Morty, but it just fizzled so bad after the first couple seasons, and they took ages to produce them. Just didn't pan out.
    As long as this stupid serialization and season story arc model remains the prevailing format, we're never gonna have TV like it used to be.
    The current model has killed the shared experience of TV.
    Like, you never heard someone say "Oh, don't spoil anything, I'm not caught up!" when you were talking about last night's Third Rock From The Sun back in the 90s. An awesome show that's not remembered enough.
    People too young to remember the millennium piss and moan that episodic TV was full of "filler espisodes", because they fail to realize there was no story to advance. That was never the point.
    The point was to watch an amusing 22-minute play with characters you knew. And next week, they'd be performing another one. And if you haven't watched the show in awhile, or it's your first time watching altogether, you'll pick up the premise pretty quick.

  • @SMA2343
    @SMA2343 Рік тому +3

    Easiest way I’ve explained it, they went from real horror to parody and meta.
    Instead of using like a good idea (like the teachers eating the kids) and instead used a horror movie from the past like The grudge and made it meta.

  • @annthedivinewitch8776
    @annthedivinewitch8776 Рік тому +1

    No question it’s the Krusty doll segment but that whole episode is gold

  • @Natedawg38
    @Natedawg38 Рік тому +1

    Basically any Halloween special from the 90s was always brilliant. Tho i do love the vampires one and zombies one just because they were perfect.

  • @EzRida04
    @EzRida04 Рік тому +2

    "Lisa! That was very selfish of you!"
    Gold! 😂

    • @camelopardalis84
      @camelopardalis84 Рік тому +1

      I like that there's logic to Homer's sentiment. Lisa did just take the monkey paw and use it without asking. Without considering they had only four or five wishes in total. Of course, the wish itself being not selfish at all is the joke and it still works 100%.

    • @Attmay
      @Attmay Рік тому

      She failed to consider how the Earth would defend itself against an alien invasion. That invasion just ended up happening.

  • @joetowers4804
    @joetowers4804 6 місяців тому

    I used to teach English as a second language. Around Halloween, I always had a sesssion where we analyzed The Raven as a story. Playing the Simpsons version always helped understand it a bit more and make it less pretentious and boring for my students. Some of them told me they enjoyed the class very much. It is one of my fond memories as a teacher.

  • @BudderAsassin
    @BudderAsassin 2 місяці тому

    16:00 hey, we're in a new golden age right now, almost every episode in the recent seasons have been absolute bangers with a few meh episodes here and there

  • @SlipdeGarcondeJour
    @SlipdeGarcondeJour Рік тому +2

    The Devil segment is inspired by classic but hugely underrated 1941 movie "The Devil and Daniel Webster".

    • @Attmay
      @Attmay Рік тому

      And it is now owned by the studio that made the not-exactly-classic-but-prescient-in-hindsight because of the casting 1981 movie *The Devil and Max Devlin.* The guy they cast later had a TV show that was up against this one.

  • @iododendron3416
    @iododendron3416 Рік тому +3

    The very first Simpsons episode I ever watched was the Treehouse of Horror episode with Nightmare on Evergreen Terrace. I had never heard much about the Simpson before so I thought that all episodes contained three stories and that Willy was always a bad guy trying to kill the children.

    • @EntertainTheElk
      @EntertainTheElk  Рік тому +2

      What an interesting introduction to the series.

    • @iododendron3416
      @iododendron3416 Рік тому

      @@EntertainTheElk It was certainly weird, especially since that episode also has an exaggerated animation style like in a scene where Bart screams and his mouth opens extremely wide.

    • @alixconnor8129
      @alixconnor8129 Рік тому

      Do you remember what was the second episode you saw? Was it confusing for you, that it was so different?

    • @iododendron3416
      @iododendron3416 Рік тому

      @@alixconnor8129 it wasn't a Treehouse of Horror episode but I expected one. I think I didn't even watch the first episode from the start and thus didn't have a chance to realise it's a special episose.

  • @RightsForZombies
    @RightsForZombies Рік тому

    I was too young to watch the first Treehouse of Horror when I was a kid (plus I wasn’t allowed to watch the show since my mum, a teacher, had heard all the early-mid nineties moral panic about it) but as a 10-year-old I read The Raven myself in a trilogy of Poe stories from my school library. I loved it immensely, even if I was a bit too young to fully grasp the complexity.
    When I started watching The Simpsons despite my parents hating it they re-aired that first THoH and by then I’d read the story myself and was a little older and understood it better. The show did such a magnificent job with it. It was honestly flawless.

  • @antisora13
    @antisora13 Рік тому

    The Homerzilla segment is a commentary on how America keeps trying to remake Godzilla and keeps fucking up every time.

  • @William1w1
    @William1w1 Рік тому +4

    There must be something going on with The Simpsons if both you and Super Eyepatch Wolf dropped similarly themed videos at pretty much exactly the same time.

    • @EntertainTheElk
      @EntertainTheElk  Рік тому +2

      Crazy coincidence. Both our channels had popular Simpsons vids about 6 years ago.

  • @RosesTeaAndASD
    @RosesTeaAndASD Рік тому

    Nightmare on Evergreen Terrace traumatised me for YEARS as a kid.
    I'm 39 now but damn that was scary as heck!

  • @elichilton7031
    @elichilton7031 Рік тому +2

    Outstanding! A most excellent analysis based on the Halloween specials and the long decline. One of my favorite segments of TSHS would have to be HS # IV and Bart Simpson's Dracula. Classic.

  • @chrisxx5583
    @chrisxx5583 Рік тому +2

    I think the problem is the lack of resource and drop off of the mainstream horror genre.
    Treehouse of Horror is at its best when it’s parodying big horror franchises like Shining, King Kong, Nightmare on Elm Street.
    When they started doing superhero skits and Harry Potter you could tell the horror genre had ran dry.

    • @anubusx
      @anubusx Рік тому +1

      Time and Punishment is science fiction but is still reallly good.

    • @CyberLance26
      @CyberLance26 Рік тому +2

      There are hundreds of horror movies, horror TV shows, horror video games, horror comics and other stuff they could have done episodes about.
      But yea it was not interesting anymore when they stopped focusing on horror.

    • @jbcatz5
      @jbcatz5 Рік тому +1

      They stopped tapping into the Twilight Zone, which was inspiration for some great THoH episodes.

    • @snowyyzoe
      @snowyyzoe Рік тому

      @@CyberLance26 I think they're moving back to doing horror though. Last year's treehouse was basically all horror based

    • @Attmay
      @Attmay Рік тому

      Eventually, they ran out of episodes that anybody remembers outside of hardcore fans.
      Also, *Futurama* stole their thunder with *The Scary Door.*

  • @Monkeyfuzz
    @Monkeyfuzz Рік тому +1

    The Shinning is always the one I think of first. Then there's the 3D Homer that comes to the real world. I remember when it first aired here kids at my school were saying it was the end of The Simpsons and Futurama was taking over as it was about to premiere.

  • @holepunch
    @holepunch Рік тому +2

    I absolutely hated the Diving Bell and the Butterball, burping has always been a cornerstone of the Simpsons and instead they chose farting, and Homer shooting spider silk from his behind is just weird.

    • @Attmay
      @Attmay Рік тому

      It would have worked on *Family Guy.*

  • @sonofsocrates9899
    @sonofsocrates9899 Рік тому +3

    I always enjoy your channel and informative insight on things. Keep up the great work 👍🏾
    Attack of the 50 foot eyesore was my favorite tree house segment

    • @EntertainTheElk
      @EntertainTheElk  Рік тому +2

      Just don't look. Just don't look. Thanks for watching! :)

    • @lilpetz500
      @lilpetz500 Рік тому

      Right? That was a weirdly useful idea to have learned as a kid from that episode that I still think about to this day. About how the weakness of advertisers and media really is disengagement.

  • @mikeyfn-a6684
    @mikeyfn-a6684 Рік тому +1

    Why am I under the impression that you've never seen any 'Twilight Zone' episodes? Seems like you'd mention the inspiration for half of the early episodes. Btw 13:36 is where one of my ABSOLUTE FAVORITE clips comes from, When Burns lamely tosses the gas grenade and winds up doing a "I was strolling through the gas one daaaay" 😂🤣

    • @EntertainTheElk
      @EntertainTheElk  Рік тому

      I've seen a good amount of TZ but certainly know that's where a lot of the inspiration came from. I mention that they're inspired by novels, TV shows and films. Didn't feel like I needed to stop down and give them a specific mention. But yes, TZ is a huge inspiration.

  • @MrAdamFC
    @MrAdamFC Рік тому +2

    Personally what seems to stick out in modern Simpsons vs the golden age is the abandonment of clever comedy writing, there's jokes from the 90s up to the early 2000's which were risky and went over my head as a child. But that wit and deadpan comedy disappeared and has since been replaced by the very obvious- let me spell it out for you- comedy. Or jokes that dissolve into kissing some celebrities/ tech giants ass. Nothing makes that point more than the lizzo episode they put out into this world in much the same way a cat puts out a hairball.

  • @felix_forrester
    @felix_forrester Рік тому +2

    Super Eyepatch Wolf's "The Simpsons Are Good Now" video that just came out convinced me to watch Treehouse of Horror XXXIII yesterday. It's one of the best in the entire history of the show, and if you're interested it's highly recommended to go in blind.

  • @adamfrey4920
    @adamfrey4920 Рік тому

    A little late here, but I would highly recommend the Treehouse of Horror comic books from the now defunct Bongo Comics. I'm cautioning that they're very much written for a comic book audience rather than a TV audience.
    They did the "Death Note" parody before the television show did.
    Mark Hamill wrote one of the stories.

  • @mathieuleader8601
    @mathieuleader8601 Рік тому +1

    if I did a canon horror themed Simpsons episode I would have created a prequel episode about Marge's Uncle Arthur alluded to in a throwaway line from the episode The Boy Who Knew Too Much and we see him getting taken by those marshals.

  • @montanajackson3713
    @montanajackson3713 Рік тому

    “The raven”, “The devil and Homer Simpson” and “The shinning” are some of the best TOH segments. Even though I don’t like or don’t care about the modern installments, there are some segments from them I like such as “Death tome”.

  • @otisw.8687
    @otisw.8687 Рік тому

    SO SOLID elk. Makes me want to dig more into the Simpsons, especially those newer episodes you mentioned towards the ends.

  • @Dan_d00d
    @Dan_d00d Рік тому

    Its like supereyepatchwolf lite . I got worried when it was only toting the 'golden age is so far behind us' line, without also acknowledging that the world and show structure we expect anymore is so changed. But it stuck the landing by mentioning last years good Treehouse episode.

  • @bleuscorpio
    @bleuscorpio Рік тому +1

    Hm, I wonder if the idea for The Bart Zone comes from that segment of The Twiligth zone movie (1983) where Nancy Cartwright plays the sister to the boy with similair powers.

    • @sollamander2206
      @sollamander2206 Рік тому

      That was also an episode in the original series

  • @kit2770
    @kit2770 Рік тому

    I'm a huge Simpsons fan (or I was... whatever, you understand), and i was so lucky as a kid because the golden era of the Simpsons was right when i was like 8, 9, 10 years-old. It was perfect. I remember watching every week and just being in love with the show. And those great Treehouse of Horror episodes really were a fun part of my Halloween. Looking back, I really appreciate how great it all was. By the way, i really enjoyed your video. Great job.

  • @kenetik13
    @kenetik13 Рік тому +1

    All the real ones still get creeped out with the raven episode

  • @happyMOO5
    @happyMOO5 Рік тому +1

    i love that scream martin does when he dies. it makes me laugh so hard because its played straight and the death is so realistic. its shocking

    • @EntertainTheElk
      @EntertainTheElk  Рік тому

      Yeah it's terrifying.

    • @jbcatz5
      @jbcatz5 Рік тому

      Then there’s the gag of his dead body being on display by accident, first to his class then the kindergarten.

  • @SanFran51
    @SanFran51 Рік тому

    "I see you mastered the dead tongue. LET'S SEE IF YOU CAN HANDLE A LIVE ONE!"

  • @pferreira1983
    @pferreira1983 Рік тому

    5:18 One of the best exchanges in The Simpsons full stop! 😂

  • @isbestlizard
    @isbestlizard Рік тому +1

    6:06 the gremlin is so cute I just want to pet it o.o

  • @CybershamanX
    @CybershamanX Рік тому +2

    Eek! RAYCON! Ho, man! You scared me with the worst headphones ever! 😜😉🙃

  • @BrokamaGay
    @BrokamaGay Рік тому

    Can we talk about how several TOH episodes centered around Lisa either being a killer or getting involved with paranormal force have fallen flat? With the exception of Death Tome, it worked well. I did like Coralisa but it might have been the animation that won me rather than the story.

  • @ericgaskins571
    @ericgaskins571 Рік тому

    "Homer forgot to put the foglights in" ha ha if you get this quote you eat way too much cereal like me

  • @dudekidhairwhite
    @dudekidhairwhite Рік тому +1

    Of all the political satire in The Simpsons Kang and Kodos as presidential candidates is still my favourite: "Abortions for all. Boooooo. Very well. No abortions for anyone. Boooooo. Hmm. Abortions for some, miniature American flags for others."
    Followed by "don't blame me I voted for Kodos"

  • @chiming_in
    @chiming_in Рік тому

    Does anyone have a link to buy all the Treehouse of Horror episodes on DVD? I know I can probably find them on YT, but I like having a treasured memento like a DVD boxset. ??

  • @MisanthropicOcellus
    @MisanthropicOcellus 10 місяців тому +1

    Toy gory is the only memorable modern toh

  • @DeadFishFactory
    @DeadFishFactory Рік тому +1

    The Treehouse of Horror was always parodying movies or books from horror, thriller, etc. New movies/books from those genres have been declining in quality as well, so when Simpsons parodies them, they're also not good.

  • @Khan-dell-Orda-d-Argento
    @Khan-dell-Orda-d-Argento Рік тому +1

    Treehouse of horror 33
    Meh. The second segment is nice from a visual point of view, but as a re-narration of Simpsonized Death Note it's not that great, and the third starts from an excellent premise, but is narrated too quickly. Indeed, let's even say that, rather than three segments (which all seemed extremely sped up and inconclusive to me) it would have been far better to have two, but longer: the third, I repeat, would have been much more beautiful if it had started as a normal old-fashioned episode, gradually introducing more suspicious elements which then revealed the final surprise... so it's really badly cut with a blunt axe.
    The first is really not received, dull and boring.

  • @schadenfreude000
    @schadenfreude000 Рік тому

    It's amazing watching this video after just seeing the Treehouse of Horror from season 34, which was recommended to me because of the good reviews. This video is almost prophetic; it's like they watched this video before writing it. Season 34's Treehouse of Horror is actually funny and explores the character's relationships (Marge's "demon" i.e. resentment at feeling ignored vs. her love for her family; the ethical slippery slope of Lisa justifying violence based on her political idealism vs. her love for Bart; the concept of the Simpsons having turned into a parody of itself). It was an excellent episode which somehow addressed every point you just made.

  • @somedudewhodraws9377
    @somedudewhodraws9377 Рік тому +1

    I kinda have to agree here. See after the movie the show dropped in quality as alot of the writers who worked on the show at that time left and newer writers came in and kinda ruined the characters already established personalities. Modern Simpsons is bad like painfully bad. Marge Homer Bart and Lisa have all changed drastically in personality Homer is dumber then ever Marge is more naive and oblivious to her husbands dumbness. Bart is a little monster who only cares about himself. And Lisa became even more ultra liberal and ruins everything for her political beliefs now.
    The show Im sorry needs to die as Fox is milking it to kingdom come as some longtime voice actors like Harry Shear and Hank Azaria I think left the show cuz they didnt like what was happening to it.At least thats what I heard but im not entirely sure on that last part.I get it newer generation of audiences and all but nothing is thier for longtime fans who have been with it since 1989.

  • @adamh9660
    @adamh9660 Рік тому +2

    Every year I try to watch ALL of the TOH episodes. But I always burn out by XXIII. I mean the first segment is just them throwing stuff into a hole for a piss-poor Microsoft Zune slam. I always end up just going back and watching the first 8-10 over and over.
    In all honesty, my fave segment IS "The Raven". Pretentious? Sure. But it is just so well done.

    • @eatatjoes6751
      @eatatjoes6751 Рік тому

      My favorite segment will always be The Devil and Homer Simpson because of how memorable it is and - yeah, I hate the hole episode too because they took an unprompted slam toward *Butterfinger* and completely severed their working, dormant relationship.

    • @EntertainTheElk
      @EntertainTheElk  Рік тому

      I don't think it's pretentious. It's fantastic. I think people just shy away from sincerity.

    • @EntertainTheElk
      @EntertainTheElk  Рік тому

      Wait, what's the Butterfinger drama? Haven't heard about this.

    • @camelopardalis84
      @camelopardalis84 Рік тому

      @@EntertainTheElk Are you aware of the Butterfinger ad from ca. 1988? Not sure if it's this ad (not even sure if there are more than just one) in which Milhouse is introduced. I haven't watched the whole video yet, but this seems to be a compilation of several Simpsons Butterfinger ads:
      https: //www. youtube . com/watch?v=QMxqUku71qs (added gaps to avoid auto-deletion)
      I do remember a scene in which Homer(?) or Wiggum(?) throw a Butterfinger into the fire and that character says something like "Not even the fire likes them". I think it's from an episode of the first ten seasons.
      Trying to put two and two together, I think that there was a business relationship going on between The Simpsons and Butterfinger until 2001 without it officially ending and then the writers of The Simpsons taking a(nother, apparently) at the product they used to promote.

    • @eatatjoes6751
      @eatatjoes6751 Рік тому

      @@EntertainTheElk There was a scene in one of the Treehouse of Horrors or something where Wiggum throws a Butterfinger into a fire and burns it saying that not even fire would like it.

  • @brandongovreau9218
    @brandongovreau9218 Рік тому +14

    the problem is The Simpsons got more family-friendly over the years

  • @DestinyPifer
    @DestinyPifer Рік тому +1

    All I know is that I just watched the latest episode of Treehouse of Horror and found it to be really stupid. For me that is sad because I have watched since day 1 and loved the first few treehouses of horror but now it sees like the writers have just given up.