I've bought a few of The Simpsons' box-sets so far, partly for the commentaries and partly for nostalgic value. It's funny though - after watching the more 'classic' episodes, I find it hard to watch any of the new episodes. It's clear to me that there has been a significant drop in the quality of writing and the delivery of jokes on The Simpsons, but it's hard to blame the showrunners for this gradual decline. After all, almost every topic and issue has been covered in the past 18 seasons, so the stretch for originality must be that much harder.

But I digress - The Simpsons has been such a great series that I've decided to try my hand at a Top Ten list of my favorite Simpsons episodes.

I'll be doing one episode at a time as time permits, but feel free to agree or disagree as much as you want - ten is far too small a number to cover everyone's favorites.