User blog:Simpson29/Lisa Goes Gaga-Episode Review

Overall, I didn't really like this episode very much. For one thing, I'm not a big fan of Lady Gaga. If anyone's a die hard fan of Lady Gaga and The Simpsons, then they would probably like this episode, if they could get past the lack of good jokes. To me, this episode seemed like The Simpsons writers were just trying to make the show seem current, which hasn't worked out well for them. It seems that in recent years they have more and more jokes involving references to texting and social networking, and the jokes usually never work.

But besides all of this there were a few decent gags in the episode, such as Homer trying to eat Lady Gaga's meat outfit, however, these moments were few and far between. This episode also tried to be emotional, which didn't quite work. The good emotional episodes don't have to be super funny, like Lisa's Substitute, but if they aren't, it shouldn't seem like they're trying to be funny, and it doesn't work. It ruins any emotion when a dumb joke comes up. If the joke suceeds, it's nice, because it avoids becoming too syrupy, but it's good to have a little heart in an episode once in a while. This one failed in the jokes, and therefore failed in the emotion.

Overall Grade: C

Season Grades:

Politically Inept, with Homer Simpson: A-

Ned 'N Edna's Blend  A-

Bart Stops to Smell the Roosevelts  B+

The Man in the Blue Flannel Pants  B+

The Book Job  B+

The Spy Who Learned Me  B

How I Wet Your Mother  B

The Falcon and the D'ohman  B

Exit Through the Kwik-E-Mart  B-

The Food Wife  B-

Them, Robot  C+

Beware My Cheating Bart  C+

Treehouse of Horror XXII  C+

The Daughter Also Rises  C+

A Totally Fun Thing That Bart Will Never Do Again C

Holidays of Futures Past  C

Lisa Goes Gaga  C

At Long Last Leave  C

The D'ohcial Network  C

The Ten-Per-Cent Solution C-

Replacable You  C-

Moe Goes From Rags to Riches  C-