Panic on the Streets of Springfield

I noticed that they are now using a thicker line and lower frame rate in animation. You even get those silly en face frames of characters that make you just want to rewind and hit pause at the right moment to look at those silly frontal faces. Well, none of this is bringing the old gold back with this incredibly bad writing and off-putting political agenda happening at the same time.

Just stop making the show.

I'm 63 now and was in my 20's in the 1980's - this was a bizarre trek back into that decade.

The concert scene was pretty funny and gave me pause as how we were and how we are now.

If you're old enough, watch and enjoy!

I have zero interest in Morrissey and his nonsense, but my God, even I found this episode embarrassing.

Shall we talk about the concert scene? I'd rather scrub it from my mind, but I'll give my thoughts in brief.

It wasn't funny. It wasn't even comedy. Morrissey's parody character just gave an itemised list of the man's beliefs and behaviour. There was no subtlety, no attempt to spin any of it in a humorous way - it may as well have been narrated by a robot.

Considering how quick and sharp The Simpsons can be at its best, this was hard watching.

Best quip:

"But old Sting is bloody gorgeous... and he knows it."

I'm an old geezer and an original Smiths fan from the North West of England.

This was a perfect take on what it meant to be a teenager when The Smiths were a new band but also encapsulated how it feels seeing Morrissey now.

Morrissey's lack of humour about himself and reaction to this episode will surely have a 'Streisand' effect on the viewing figures for it.

The writers nailed it completely and the songs could only have been written from a place of love for the band. Cumberbatch did sterling work, great to see a truly excellent modern era Simpsons episode.

Marge yells at Homer for buying a truck and says that he's never "towed or hauled" anything. However in Season 19 Ep.3 "Midnight Towboy" Homer meets Louie and buys his tow truck from him and starts "Homer's Towing".

Honorable Homer Truck mention: Season 4 Ep.9 "Mr. Plow".

So, Marge saying Homer isn't a truck guy is historically inaccurate. Loved the Morrissey character! Very well done!