Right and he did great work. He also had Mike Reiss helping him. He was also only on two seasons. I can't speak for anybody else but the reason I want him out as show-runner now is because he's simply been doing it too long. Six seasons is the longest run as a show-runner in the history of the show. It helped keep things fresh when they switched show-runners more often. If you notice, most of the old ones only did two seasons and there was a reason for that.
I point you to Mike Scully. His first two seasons were great. Seasons 9 and 10 are often included in the classic seasons. But almost all of us hate seasons 11 and 12. Quite frankly, he overstayed his welcome as show-runner. Things got stale, the writing went downhill.
Now look to seasons 13 and 14. While not classic seasons, they were a step up from what Scully was producing at the end of his run and it's not as bad as what we have today. However, by season 15 it was stale. It's been stale ever since. I didn't hate season 18 and this season is passable so far. But I really think it would be best if the show got a new perspective. Are we ever going to see classic episodes like the classic seasons again? No. There's just no way to do that anymore. The movie was an exception. The movie was, in my opinion, a lost episode from the classic seasons. As for the show? Not a chance. But the Simpsons still has life left in it to be an entertaining show. Maybe not the best show on television like it used to be but not abysmal like much of it is nowdays. What it needs is somebody to bring some new ideas to the table and somebody that will cut the crap. That's not Al Jean. Al Jean has been running the show too long to do that anymore. That's my problem with Al Jean.
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