Americans have switched from using the short i sound to the short e sound. The words "him" and "discover" use the short i sound. The vowel switch is done only for some words for some reason, so at least it is done for the word "since". It, uh, doesn't make sense to me.
 

What if you took a bunch of shows, chose the best episode from each show, and made a package out of this, maybe a dozen hours? Get the best episodes of the shows you like, your genre. Or .. maybe a variety of shows, broaden your horizons, only one episode.

Let's look at the practical side of this, if one were to actually do it.
 
 

One episode per show. On the other hand, The Simpsons can throw its weight around. Star Trek is a big sprawling franchise. Friends, The Big Bang Theory and certainly Seinfeld have a lot of muscle. Doctor Who has the excuse that there is a number of doctors in that long-running show. Choosing a best episode might require a King Solomon decision, involving dilemmas, sacrifices and differences of opinion. Having more than one episode would solve problems.

So you've got the shows you like. Also the shows that are not for you; variety is good. And Ralph wants to have his anime show. Ehhh .. The list of programs could become a ballooning mess. How do we control that? I'm thinking use numbers to put a ceiling on things.

You will wind up with x number of episodes, say 42, no more. You have y number of people (a variety?) selecting episodes, say 7. These selectors, presumably fans of shows, would start the process of staking claims to shows, particularly the heavyweights. Each selector can select z, say six, episodes, from ~ z shows. Since the selector has freedom to choose shows, especially the less popular ones, Dad's Army is not out of the question. All of these things can be negotiated and decided, so someone should be in charge of this swirling mess.

One person is responsible for choosing the best episode for a specific show. Does that mean that Jamie selects Jamie's favourite episode? Not necessarilly. Jamie could get it from A) Jamie's personal favourite B) opinions from "the group", whatever that means and C) hitting Google to find out what is considered the best episode is allowed. But Jamie is the individual responsible for the final answer.

To start to get an idea of what this would involve, there would be north of thirty television shows.
Ten or more sitcoms, cop and crime shows, and dramas.
Ten or fewer speculative fiction shows. Speculative fiction covers a wide range of science fiction, paranormal, superhero, horror, fantasy and magic.
Six animated shows.
Four miscellaneous (food, The Amazing Race, kids, non fiction).
Probably closer to fifty episodes. It would take a week to chew through.
 
 

So you've assembled a list of episodes. You plop it out there somewhere. Realistically you and your people would watch it, or claim they will watch it, by themselves when convenient.

Movies, animation shorts, Youtube videos are out. Miniseries, with all their quality, are probably out. Variety shows (Muppets, Carol Burnett) and sketch shows (Saturday Night Live) are out. Concatenating nice clips, bits of movies and shows is fascinating, but will have to wait for another day.

So get the best episodes of the shows you like, your genre. Or .. maybe a variety of shows, broaden your horizons, only one episode. A fairly fun viewing party?

Let's start with my viewing habits (not that this revolves around me). I went through a phase where I liked certain animated programs, so that's my area of expertise. There's going to be a focus on spacey science fiction shows, but I'm not a Star Trek watcher. I've run into some kids shows. There have been countless sitcoms and cop shows in my time. I'm the only person in the world who has never cared about sitcoms and cop shows.

I used to consider making a list of all the productions that everyone else was talking about but I never touched (movies are out of scope here). Never a big Seinfeld watcher, and I didn't catch that Sopranos that everyone was talking about (I did watch clips years later). Mad Men, Walking Dead, never saw any Breaking Bad. You name it, I didn't watch it, like X-files and Twin Peaks, Firefly, Buffy the Fluffy. It was many years before someone dragged me into watching some Game of Thrones, then I stopped. Not saying it's bad, but for some reason no.
Anyway
 
 
 

I can think of good shows I like, but not the best episode. I can think of standout episodes from shows that I do not love.
 
 
 

I avoided Family Guy for years. I wasn't happy about the cultural phenomenon of negativity, shock becoming popular. Since then I definitely became a fan. The best episode of Family Guy is the one where they flash back to the past, including the 1920s (not to be confused with the Great Gatsby episode, which is also worth watching).
 

The best episode of Ren and Stimpy is Ren's Retirement, where Ren suddenly becomes old. In fact, I think this is the best episode of any animated show. The Monkey See Monkey Do episode where they wind up in a zoo is very good too. The Royal Canadian Kilted Yaksmen provides entertainment.
 

My most beloved animated show is the semi-scripted Home Movies. The best episode is Renaissance Fair.
 

So what is the best episode of The Simpsons? People will have different opinions. Humour is subjective. I do have an answer for which is the best episode, in my opinion. After that it gets fuzzier.
I think the best episode of The Simpsons is the bigfoot one in Season One. I like the first season.
The clown college one doesn't exactly have depth and character development, but it's a funny Dan Castellaneta fest. Lisa the Vegetarian doesn't land heavy punches, but there is an accumulation of nice little bits. The one where Homer stays in bed rather than church is appealing. Actually with The Simpsons, and most of these animated shows, it's often a matter of nice little clips rather than a whole episode. I have a soft spot for the Treehouse of Horror bit where they make clones of Homer. Even the bigfoot episode is good in the last two thirds.
 

There is a Mission Hill episode that certainly gets the thumbs up from me. That's the one where the brothers go to a science fiction convention with a girl. The girl is wearing a Geordi La Forge band over her eyes, so you don't know her reaction to the two competing brothers.
 

There was an episode of Duck Dodgers that I figured was best. They are on vacation and play laser tag in a cave. I believe this is Till Doom Do Us Part.
 
 
 

I'm not exactly glued to the television watching Spongebob Squarepants (originally Spongebob Squareboy). One episode stood out as funny. That was when Patrick started working for the burger joint, and was prone to eating burgers. There was also a notable episode with the Texas squirrel about stereotyping.
 

Do you remember Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends? Squeakerboxxx, where boo is envious of someone who has a squeaky toy, is a standout episode for me.