The newer episodes tend to make me laugh more. I know The Simpsons isn't the funnies (as in laughing with it) cartoon, but the amount of background jokes, or just smart jokes is really refreshing as opposed to some thing in South Park or Family Guy (though then on the other hand they are refreshing from intelligence ^.^)
Too bad it's over now, and even lamer they all run at the same time and then stop at the same time.
