Watch Oscar Nominated THE SIMPSONS Short ("Maggie Simpson In The Longest Daycare")

I saw this in fox hd yesterday.

Yup Gusto is famous!

it's a commentary on ayn rand and her god awful philosophies, particularly the ones in atlas shrugged

i given up with the simpsons a long time ago.

Not too shabby, but I think the big problem with the Simpsons these days is that they're trying too damn hard to be sincere. I own seasons three through twelve on DVD, and it seems to me that back when the series was on a roll, they didn't take themselves so darn seriously. Old Simpsons episodes had an edge of cynicism and irreverence that the new ones just don't; sure, they'd usually end on an upbeat note, but they didn't bother sugar-coating everything like the new ones do.

The exact same thing happened to Ghostbusters. When it was just a straight satire and they didn't care about anything but making you laugh, they put out a movie that was hilarious from beginning to end. But when it turned into a franchise, they started taking the premise too seriously, turning the Ghostbusters into superheroes and cutting back on the jokes at their expense. The result was a lackluster sequel that's kept the franchise dead and buried for twenty-four years now.

As for this specific short, the background gags were pretty funny, but the main plot of this was just a bit too saccharine for me. Also, a lot of the charm of the original is lost when you use such high-quality animation to do it. Decent, but not great.

Z

Bring on THE SIMPSONS MOVIE 2!!!

too sweet

I saw it on Sunday and thought it was great. The bow gag got me.

Simpsons are the greatest.

Video doesn't work for me either