This reflects a change in the media cultural milieu. We've become a society that watches former reality TV stars on new reality shows. In other words, it was once enough to comment on a bad movie or a pop-culture meme within an episode, but now animation shows must fully parody these phenomena. In...

Plus, one can't really argue with the show's success -- 23 seasons and 491 episodes. Nevertheless, one can't help but to look back fondly at those early years and appreciate those self-contained, family-centered narratives that are as relevant now as they were back then.