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Was somehow surprised at The Simpsons winning when I added up the points

thanks for running this btw (also leee and thinwall)

Thermo and Sibly deserve the bulk of the thanks!

I didn’t think I was so invested in the Simpsons anymore and then found I couldn’t put it anywhere in my ballot but really high. It’s rare that the reach of a show becomes so massive it actually shapes the cultures its parodying.

Thank you all pollrunners! This has been a very entertaining poll. The images were great and there’s loads to check out

Yes thanks Silby and Leee!

+Thermo

*cough*

yes thanks y'all

Thank you! This was fun.

great poll everyone thx 4 the good times

should we post ballots or nah

There’s like 30 voters so I suggest a ballot thread

Thx to the poll runners!

I really need to properly run through all the classic Simpsons seasons again. That shit was an event at its peak. It got to the point where I started telling people to not even bother trying to call me between 8-8:30 Sunday nights cuz I wasn't gonna answer that shizz.

Oop sorry Dys :D

I put Simpsons last on my ballot because 1. I knew it didn't need points, and 2. the drastic quality decrease after production season 8. (I added "production" there because the NYC episode is obviously a classic.)

Decent Zombie Simpsons episodes: Holidays of Future Passed, Barthood, Brick Like Me

I've come around a bit to the opinion of those OG writers who feel that the show was strongest just before it transformed into an unstoppable gag juggernaut. I'm not sure I agree completely, but I'm more kindly disposed toward those warmer early episodes than I was when I expected The Simpsons to provide reliable yuks.

https://www.ratingraph.com/tv_shows/the_simpsons-52128/

Wow, I don't know who these people are that still tune in. I check it out every couple years when someone cool is doing a voice or whatever and...it's just sad. It's like watching someone you used to admire drinking themselves to death.

that's a graph of user ratings on imdb. a viewer count is halfway down on this page: https://toddwschneider.com/posts/the-simpsons-by-the-data/

Surely a ratings graph over a long time period is messed with by the fact no one watches free to air tv anymore though?

yes, that page mentions it right below the graph

Here's my series ballot. Thinking about it again, I should have included Morel Orel somewhere near the bottom -- I should have cut Reboot or Tintin instead. Ones that didn't make it in the top 77 are in bold.

1
Over the Garden Wall #30
Bojack Horseman #2
Steven Universe #19
Bee and Puppycat #48
Beavis and Butt-Head #8
Space Ghost Coast to Coast #11
Mickey Mouse (2013-)
Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist #53
SpongeBob SquarePants #16
Gravity Falls #28

FLCL (original run) #24
Aqua Teen Hunger Force #42
DuckTales (1987-1990) #56
Hilda #38
Batman: The Animated Series #13
Neon Genesis Evangelion #7
Wonderful Wizard of Oz, The (1986-1987)
Astro Boy (1980-1981) #74
Animaniacs #18
She-Ra and the Princesses of Power #60

Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated
Reboot
Tintin, The Adventures of (1991-1992)
Rick and Morty #5
Simpsons, The #1
25

can someone post a complete results list?

my ballot:
1. Simpsons
South Park
Mission Hill
Bob's Burgers
Invader Zim
Adventure Time
Sponge Bob Square Pants
Aqua Teen Hunger Force
Harvey Birdman: Attorney at Law
Futurama
King of The Hill
Ren & Stimpy
Bojack Horseman
Rick and Morty
Family Guy
One Punch Man
Big Mouth
Metalocalypse
Tick: The Animated Series
The Max
Venture Bros
Undergrads
Archer
Clerks (The Animated Series)
25. Clone High

my ballot

Adventure Time
Rick and Morty
Neon Genesis Evangelion
The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle and Friends
Gravity Falls
Moral Orel
Metalocalypse
Bob’s Burgers
Archer
Daria
Stephen Universe
Animaniacs
The Venture Bros
Bojack Horseman
Space Dandy
Over the Garden Wall
Batman: The Animated Series
Legend of the Galactic Heroes
Bee and Puppycat
Cowboy Bebop
King of the Hill
Futurama
X-Men
A Place Further Than the Universe
Big Mouth

here's mine

Gumby
Danger Mouse (1981-1992)
The Raccoons
Bob's Burgers
Daria
Garfield and Friends
Bee and Puppycat
Sailor Moon
Adventure Time
Doug (Nickelodeon and ABC)
Jetsons, The
Ulysses 31
Jem (aka Jem and the Holograms)
Count Duckula
Bojack Horseman
DuckTales (1987-1990)
Over the Garden Wall
Futurama

I’ll post a recap sometime, bear with me

Here's my ballot:

Steven Universe
Avatar: The Last Airbender
Downtown
She-Ra and the Princesses of Power
Legend of Korra, The
Maxx, The
Hilda
Bojack Horseman
Daria
Aeon Flux
Beavis and Butt-Head
Archer
Doctor Snuggles
Transformers, The (1984-1987)
Sci-Fi West Saga Starzinger
DuckTales (1987-1990)
He-Man and the Masters of the Universe
Pingu
Tintin, The Adventures of (1991-1992)
She-Ra: Princess of Power (1985-1986)
Simpsons, The

I think this is the first ILX poll ever where the entirety of my top 10 has placed! I was a bit surprised by the lack of Transformers tho, I guess not that many of you were voting based on childhood nostalgia?

what the hell is Adventure Time?

It's the triumph of anti-folk.

I guess the moral here is that no-one is saying "Oh what's the Simpsons?" or "I should check that out" - placing somewhere in nearly everyone's ballot will see you out.

Mine included a lot of crappy old nostalgia-fest stuff that didnt get a placing at all:

Futurama
Ren & Stimpy Show, The
Simpsons, The
Bojack Horseman
Science Ninja Team Gatchaman (including Battle of the Planets and G-Force: Guardians of Space)
Astro Boy (1980-1981)
Flintstones, The
Big Mouth
Daria
Bob's Burgers
Archer
Metalocalypse
Harvey Birdman: Attorney at Law
Brak Show, The
Rocky and Bullwinkle and Friends, The Adventures of
Gravity Falls
Cool McCool
Wacky Races (1968-1969)
Marine Boy (Undersea Boy Marine)
Beatles, The
Jetsons, The
Trap Door, The
Roger Ramjet

I gotta say I was very suprised astro boy and the flintstones didnt get a look in.

Flintstones seems to have mostly disappeared from popular consciousness, no? There's been no TV reboots, and even though the first live-action movie was popular, that was 25 years ago, and the eventual sequel was a flop. IIRC there was/is a new comic book published by DC, but I can't imagine it being very popular.

Also, I'm pretty sure the rather explicit sexism of the original series makes it a bit harder to appreciate than some other cartoons from the same era?

Did Looney Tunes place?

Or Tom & Jerry?

Surely a ratings graph over a long time period is messed with by the fact no one watches free to air tv anymore though?

nb: Broadcast television is still watched by massively more people than any other source of ~content~ (other than K-pop labels on youtube, probably). The declines in program ratings are more attributable to the number of channels available: when Fox launched, the US went from 3 to 4 national FTA networks. There are now hundreds of FTA channels in major markets.

Did Looney Tunes place?

this poll is for TV series, not theatrical shorts

Ah yeah dumb of me to mix them up

nah I'm sure everyone itt has seen them at least as often in TV compilations as in cinemas, easy half-mistake / elision to make

not if you know histo… oh

None of my college history courses invoked Looney Tunes at all. I want my money back.

mine did!

we did Pepe Le Pew in French class tho

My fairly embarrassing ballot - would probably have voted for a lot of other stuff had I seen it.

Willo the Wisp (#72)
Simpsons, The (#1)
Rex the Runt (#37)
Wacky Races (1968-1969) (#46)
Bananaman
Beavis and Butt-Head (#8)
American Dad
Danger Mouse (1981-1992) (#22)
Hey Dugee (#69)
Futurama (#4)
Dastardly and Muttley in Their Flying Machines
King of the Hill (#12)
Mr Benn (#70)
Animaniacs (#18)
Harvey Birdman: Attorney at Law (#49)
Count Duckula
Ren & Stimpy Show, The (#14)
Pigeon Street
Henry's Cat
Roobarb
Stressed Eric
Inspector Gadget
Tiny Toon Adventures
Powerpuff Girls, The (#36)
King Rollo

Thanks for running the poll! Any plans for the theme song rollout?

realistically I'm going to sum them up at some arbitrary time in the next 7 days and dump them with youtube links in pretty short order, not sure how many total ballots or consensus I'm likely to find in there!

― president of deluded fruitcakes anonymous (silby), Tuesday, 17 September 2019 22:48 (yesterday) bookmarkflaglink

Would be good to have a general theme song poll. Easy to check out as short, easy to find video links too.