Although “The King of Nice” does a decent job of satirizing the alleged behind-the-scenes toxicity on “Ellen,” many fans on social media still found this entire storyline to be extremely outdated. “An ellen parody? what is this, snl circa 2020?” wrote u/sleepyotter92. “This [episode] is horrible,” echoed u/CrazyaboutSpongebob. “Ellen jokes 2 years too late.”
Although some users were more lenient about these extremely outdated references to the “Ellen” controversies (explaining that it takes “about a year” for each episode to be completed from start to finish), others, such as u/i-pet-tiny-dogs, pointed out that the episode also includes several topical references to celebrity daytime talk shows, such as “The Kelly Clarkson Show.”
As if this extremely outdated storyline wasn’t enough, this isn’t even the first time that “The Simpsons” had lampooned DeGeneres or her talk show, as the Season 32 episode “Yokel Hero” featured a rather blunt satire of “Ellen” named “The Elin Degenerous Show” — which saw Elin Degenerous (Tress MacNeille) removing her entire studio audience when they refused to obey her commands.
In any case, it’s clear that many fans consider “The Simpsons” parody of “Ellen” to have come far too late after the real-life controversy surrounding the show, on top of the fact that the entire parody is retreading old ground from prior “The Simpsons” episodes.
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