>Nowadays a well-liked episode among Simpsons fans for the ending scene in particular, And Maggie Makes Three was not very enthusiastically received when it aired in early 1995. The first episode written by newly-hired Jennifer Crittenden, the show's first female writer (if Mimi Pond is discounted), it was panned for generally having sloppy construction and disregarding continuity with previous flashback episodes I Married Marge and Lisa's First Word, as well as being overall more wacky than its predecessors. Some reviews below:
>I'm not usually one to dump on OFF, but last night's episode was a real disappointment. While it must be hard for the writers to contain the overpowering urge to play up Maggie's mind-boggling cuteness, I think they went a bit overboard. I say it's the tackiest episode ever. Not a real laugh grabber either.
>First they did a great flashback episode about Homer and Marge meeting; then a very good one about Bart as an infant; then a fairly good one about Lisa as an infant; now a truly awful one about Maggie as an infant. I'm going to start a collection so the writers can BUY an original damn idea! GRADE: F.
>This whole season, there has been at least one continuity error per episode, but this one was the worst, with at least six that I can think of offhand. I laugh, but then I'm ashamed to have been sucked in when the jokes are so weak.
>Tonight's episode pales next to the four other flashback episodes OFF have done...except for Dr. Hibbert's hair, there wasn't enough in the episode to give you a flavor of the times that they are describing.
>the show's first female writer (if Mimi Pond is discounted) Why discounting that one?
Robert Powell
>if Mimi Pond is discounted why is she discounted???
Jaxon Perry
So that we can call Jennifer Crittenden the first female writer on the Simpsons.
Alexander Young
Wasn't retained on the writing staff because Sam Simon had...issues.
Aaron Mitchell
every time I read posts made by Simpsons fans back in the nineties I can't help but feel like the Comic Book Guy stereotype wasn't completely unjustified
Jackson Morgan
>This whole season, there has been at least one continuity error per episode, but this one was the worst
I fucking hate deep lore fags.
Ian Martin
Didn't Mike Scully say they never worried much about continuity and would readily discard it so a joke or the plot would work?
Jacob Jenkins
Details?
Nicholas White
>This whole season, there has been at least one continuity error per episode
She wrote the Christmas special but Sam Simon had gotten a divorce recently so he was so mad at women that he banned the show from having any female writers. So there weren't any until Jennifer Crittenden was picked up by Dave Mirkin after Simon was no longer actively involved with the show.
Christopher Edwards
I mean, the picky usenet fandom is brought up a lot in the classic season commentaries. This seems par for the course for fan reviews of the time.
James Perry
It is pretty sloppy and one could blame that on Ms. Crittenden's inexperience--she was only 23 and had never written any full length TV script before.
Justin Nelson
Also if you haven't seen her Twitter, don't. I'm not kidding.
Colton Sanchez
It honestly isn't a very funny episode for being in season 6.
Are we grading on a curve because the writer had a vagina?
Aiden Foster
Homie the Clown is my personal favorite of Season 6.
Alexander Morris
this doesnt seem true
Aiden Evans
A vaginal curve.
Christian Robinson
LOLI NIPPLES I SEE LOLI NIPPLES I SEE TODDLERCON NIPPLES
Dominic Davis
okay we get it you're aroused
Adam Morales
I wonder how many of those Usenet posters still watch the Simpsons. Some of them deserve the 2010's seasons.
Colton Sullivan
Some must have died from autistic rage with the joke in Homer the Great about the Power Plant's parking lot being right next to Homer's house.
Angel Brooks
> OFF
Holy shit, I totally forgot about this acronym. It's been at least 15 years
Juan Ward
We know that tranny nigger Cordless does.
Eli Butler
What does it stand for?
Oliver Howard
or that gag where moe's is on the same block as the Simpsons house
Jason Foster
Isn't that in a much later episode?
Brody Gray
Is there like, an essential Simpsons list I can see? I’ve seen less than five episodes in my life, and I know a majority of it sucks, but nobody can agree upon when it truly goes to shit. Is there a best of the best list anybody can share?
Jaxon Wood
Just watch the first nine seasons. Nearly everything from 2-9 are some of the best comedy television ever made.
