[5/10] The gag here is pretty mild, and the bits about the quirks of families watching TV aren’t especially well-observed. But you can still see the roots of some later gags. Lisa yelling at Bart to change the channel feels akin to their “touch of death” exchange later in the series. The repetitiveness of the back and forth presages “Can we have a pool dad?” And hey, it’s the first time the Simpsons all sit on a couch together! This one’s interesting in an almost anthropological sense for Simpsons fans, but not much in the way of chuckles on its own.
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[5/10] The gag here is pretty mild, and the bits about the quirks of families watching TV aren’t especially well-observed. But you can still see the roots of some later gags. Lisa yelling at Bart to change the channel feels akin to their “touch of death” exchange later in the series. The repetitiveness of the back and forth presages “Can we have a pool dad?” And hey, it’s the first time the Simpsons all sit on a couch together! This one’s interesting in an almost anthropological sense for Simpsons fans, but not much in the way of chuckles on its own.