What made The Simpsons so special was the ability to go from being funny, to emotional straight away. One episode, that did actually have me on the verge of tears was Homer telling the story of Maggie being born, and why there was no pictures of her in the Family photo album. And, right at the end there you see Homers desk at the plant with a montage of Maggie covering up a sign, to spell out "Do It For Her". Such emotion from a cartoon like that, is unique. Which makes it all the more sad to see Simpsons becoming crap. They should end it, before they start to destroy the brand.
And Maggie Makes Three? Yeah, one of my favourite episodes ever. They used to have great endings like that, then through later seasons it was usually Homer in pain or some ridiculous plot line.
. I'm a really massive fan of that album though, I can't be without it for more than a week - and that's been the case for years.