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Music section is missing reference to "The Yellow Album,' a compilation of non-TV show songs.
Perhaps add information about the direction.
Perhaps add information about music on the show..
The final sentence of the opening paragraph reads as if it breaks the flow of the rest of the structured content. It should probably be moved to the "declining quality" section.
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In the para Opening Sequence the reference to the chalkboard gag states that Bart "writes different things on the school chalkboard". The whole point of the gag is that he is 'doing lines' at the insistence of a teacher as a punishment for a prior misdemeanour". Doing lines was a traditional punishment with the hope that multiple repetition would make the pupil remember better what they had done wrong.
In summary, my request is:
Replace
"writes different things on the school chalkboard"
with
"is having to write lines on the school chalkboard as a punishment, demonstrating a prior wrong-doing and giving a clue to his behaviour"
Not done: This phrase refers to things changing between episodes. He writes lines on the chalkboard every episode, but they are different things between episodes. I was considering replacing with "writes different lines on the school chalkboard as a punishment", but found it too wordy. casualdejekyll02:29, 2 February 2022 (UTC)
Graggle
the article should have mention of graggle simspon or atleast a section regarding the impact of the simpsons on internet culture (including graggle) 82.14.229.17 (talk) 22:16, 2 June 2022 (UTC)
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"Either remove, or add a reference, to the claim that "'D'oh' has been adopted into the English language." Right now this claim is unsupported/unverified. Snowballone (talk) 07:56, 22 August 2022 (UTC)
In "Perceived decline in quality", at the end it says "The series' ratings have also declined; while the first season enjoyed an average of 13.4 million viewing households per episode in the U.S., the twenty-first season had an average of 7.2 million viewers." What's the use for quoting the views it had more than a decade ago, and not use last year's 33rd season's ratings? 167.250.55.182 (talk) 20:16, 25 November 2022 (UTC)
Furthermore: The Simpsons debuted at a time when live viewing of linear broadcast television was still the dominant form of episodic content consumption. 43% of households had no cable in 1989 and DVR and streaming didn't exist. Every spot on the broadcast schedule has markedly declined in relative ratings year-by-year since 1989; any one of the Top 30 shows of 1989 had more viewers than the most-watched show today. Discussing metrics such as profitability, share of broadcast audience, or ranking compared to other shows would give a more informative picture of how the show's popularity has changed. Predestiprestidigitation (talk) 20:40, 25 November 2022 (UTC)
Not done: This phrase refers to things changing between episodes. He writes lines on the chalkboard every episode, but they are different things between episodes. I was considering replacing with "writes different lines on the school chalkboard as a punishment", but found it too wordy. casualdejekyll 02:29, 2 February 2022 (UTC)
Done