Oh my god. Everyone drop what you're doing, go out, and buy the Simpsons on DVD. There's a commentary on every single episode, and they are incredible.
Remember the episode "The Principal and the Pauper?" It was the one that revealed that Principal Skinner is actually Arman Tanzarian, and the real Seymour Skinner comes back and takes over. The town and his mother decide they liked the old Seymour better, so they run the real Seymour Skinner out of town on a rail and have a judge declare that Arman is now Seymour Skinner and that nobody will ever mention this again.
It's a terrific ending that serves as a great commentary on the never changing world of Springfield, but apparently a great many people hated it when it first aired. Even my brother confided that the ending kinda bothers him. But you see... Springfield is a town that likes things the way they are, and doesn't respond well to change. So are the fans who got angry at the changes to Skinner.
The episode is about the people who hate it.
Good god. Buy those DVDs, folks.
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I remember that episode. I liked early skinner when his mom was never shown and at one point a Psycho reference was made when he looked out his office and had a imaginary conversation with his mother.
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