"The Boys of Bummer"

Originally Aired: April 29, 2007

Doesn't Homer already have a job?

Did anybody even bother to watch?

Come on, this is like the 33rd season

Homers had a million jobs

I saw like the last 10 minutes. Seemed pretty bad.

It is odd. I wish Homer would stick around at the plant. The old stuff with him, Mr. Burns, and Smithers were great. Although the Sprawl-Mart episode was good.

This episode was ok but the ending was terrible.

This season has been pretty good so far, but this was the weakest episode in a while.

Another weak episode.

BTW, I just caught the episode in a rerun where Homer has the repressed memory about finding the body in the drainpipe and he can't stop screaming. That was a very funny episode, and it's only 5-6 years old. I don't know what happened between then and now...new writers?

By far the worst episode of the season

The whole baseball thing with Bart was tedious and unfunny to say the least. Not a good episode.

Not to pile on, but this was a pretty unfunny episode.

I could really use the return of Sideshow Bob right about now.

Why would they return the mattress to Homer's house, and not the store?

When you notice things like that, it means that there wasn't enough funny going on.

At this rate they'll get to episode 400 with a great big "SO WHAT?"

You guys can be so hard on this show. I mean, come on:

i thought the j. giles band joke with bart taking down the posters was hilarious. Second time there's been a J. Giles joke on the show (crazy texan wanting to write a musical about them)
Lenny's mystery novel was pretty funny too "The Murderer Did it"

The Steve Bartman joke with Homer was really, really funny.

That's astounding, because everyone is absolutely convinced that everything after season 7 is junk.

Then again, I remember reading usenet reviews of season two episodes that were scathing because the show "lost its heart".

Season two was a lot different than season one, so I could see how someone who really liked the first episodes would think this. However, I think the show found it's heart after the first 13 crude episodes.

For me the show started feeling weak around season 10. The thing is that there are still a few gems every season. I do wish they would retire this show however.

I didn't hate the episode. Pretty much standard fare for a Simpsons.