Okay, it's an obvious one but it's still up there in the TV Comedy Pantheon. 'The Simpsons', a great alternative to the nightly drip-drip of depressing and exasperating recession-filled news, helps us laugh at our daily woes, reminds us of the power of humour and makes us feel smart without feeling smug. Never afraid to tilt at politicians, celebrities and human foibles in general, the series provides, to paraphrase Homer, a welcome distraction from the twin drudgeries of work and family. Very few TV shows have lasted more than twenty years; it is testimony to the quality of the writing, universality of the characters and bite of some of the wittiest writing on TV that audiences are still loving this brilliant series. Yes, some episodes are funnier than others but 'thetvreviewguy' has always felt that the least funny 'Simpsons' episode is superior to the best of what has passed for TV comedy in the last two decades. Homer is Everyman and the older one gets, the more hilarious he seems. It is, by now, an American cultural icon. Here's to another twenty years of comedy gold.
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