The Simpsons quality article I ve thought for a long time that the information here for such an influential series and one of my all time favourites although I m not letting this bias me and think that many spinoff articles should be created One considering the relatively tiny amount of info on this topic atm despite the considerable contribution it has made to our culture would be Cultural impact of The Simpsons Another is on the changing quality of The Simpsons over the years I made edits but reverted them after realising I had given the article undue weight I am really commited to getting this article off the ground and already have a bunch of sources I want to add Your help would be awesome Please analyse the edits I made below and give me advice on how to proceed with this article subsections etc quotation Critics reviews of early Simpsons episodes praised the show for its wit realism and intelligence In the late 1990s around the airing of season ten the tone and emphasis of the show began to change Some critics started calling the show tired By 2000 some long term fans had become disillusioned with the show and pointed to its shift from character driven plots to what they perceived as an overemphasis on zany antics The BBC noted the common consensus is that The Simpsons golden era ended after season nine while Todd Leopold of CNN in an article looking at its perceived decline stated for many fans the glory days are long past Jim Schembri of the The Sydney Morning Herald called the show a cultural touchstone for at least two possibly three generations of couch potatoes but claimed that the show has declined in quality He attributed this decline in quality to an abandonment of character driven storylines in favour of and overuse of celebrity cameo appearances and references to popular culture Schembri wrote The central tragedy of The Simpsons is that it has gone from commanding attention to merely being attention seeking It began by proving that cartoon characters don t have to be caricatures they can be invested with real emotions Now the show has in essence fermented into a limp parody of itself Memorable story arcs have been sacrificed for the sake of celebrity walk ons and punchline hungry dialogue cite news url spoofs no longer the main draw work The Sydney Morning Herald accessdate 2011 1