I only found myself drifting into this show because one of our party felt cold and it was the first thing on offer in our vicinity, so expectations weren't high. But even they weren't met.
It's basically a vehicle for showing clips, quotes and pictures that come from or are related to the well known cartoon. With some attempt to make it seem relevant to real life. His enthusiasm appears genuine though, and goes down well with others in the audience who shared his knowledge. Which didn't leave much for the rest of us.
Yes, the show title does give a strong hint about the subject matter, but it's still not asking much to cater for those who haven't spent half their life cartoon watching (although there was one good Donald Trump joke). However he does rely heavily on there being some ignorance in the audience, as this provides him with a stooge. It's a technique many comedians use, but most have the grace and decency to thank their 'victim' for taking part and apologies for 'using' them. Not Yianni, who continually picked on one person, trying (not very effectively) to make out their ignorance of yellow made up people was some kind of character flaw, and not coping well when receiving comeback. I can't have been alone in thinking he made for a pathetic figure at times, a victim of his own insecurities.
Best avoided unless you've watched every single episode of The Simpsons at least twice. And don't have much of a life.
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