The Disney Plus streaming service has been out in the wild for a month now, providing its more than 10 million subscribers with a veritable galaxy of offerings from branded multiverses such as "Star Wars" and Marvel, and animation classics from "Snow White" to "The Simpsons."

Yes, you read that right: "The Simpsons." If you've been living under a rock and haven't heard the aspect-ratio complaints yet, more than 660 episodes of America's funniest dysfunctional family are available to binge for the first time.

That's 30 full seasons - yet if you were to ask certain discerning fans, such as those who run the Toronto edition of WooHoo! trivia night, the initial 11 years of TV's longest-running sitcom are all that matter. Even Bill Oakley, the writer responsible for the "Skinner and the Superintendent" story in "22 Short Films About Springfield" - and hence the man responsible for all of those "Steamed Hams" memes you've seen - readily admits he may have seen just one or two episodes since Season 9.

Does all this mean there hasn't been anything worth watching out of Springfield in the 21st century? Surely not, but that's 400 episodes from the post-greatness era for you to hunt through; you might as well binge-watch "Gunsmoke."

Happily, there's help on hand. Before you resort to "Boy Meets World" or "High School Musical: The Musical: The Series" on Disney Plus, the Star has compiled a list of the 22 best Simpson half-hours - a year's worth - from Seasons 12 to 30, which may not be as ha-ha funny as the show's perceived heyday but are definitely not the Worst. Episodes. Ever!

"The Computer Wore Menace Shoes" (Season 12, Episode 6)

Forget that occasion when the show predicted how a future President Trump would bankrupt the United States. Homer all but invents the notion of fake news in the year 2000 when he posts made-up "Grade-A bull flop" for pre-Buzzfeed website hits. Yes, he does win a Pulitzer Prize as enigmatic bag-wearer Mr. X for his "journalistic dynamite" reporting that exposes boss C. Montgomery Burns. Inadvertently uncovering that minds are being controlled through flu shots given just before Christmas gets him kidnapped to a secret island and possibly gives birth to the real-life anti-vaxxer movement.

"New Kids on the Blecch" (Season 12, Episode 14)

Boy bands were all the rage in the early 2000s, so having NSYNC guest star made total sense. Their choreographed cameos whenever Milhouse mentions them will never stop being entertaining to me, as is the thought of Bart, Nelson Muntz, Ralph Wiggum and Milhouse forming an almost as popular group. Party Posse's vocal deficiencies are ably aided by NASA technology, although the ulterior motive of manager Lieutenant L.T. Smash is for the song lyric "Yvan eht nioj" to become a more powerful recruiting tool than the KISS Army apparently was in the '70s.

"I Am Furious (Yellow)" (Season 13, Episode 18)

A cartoon-within-a-cartoon type deal where a school guest speaker inspires Bart to get rich quick by badly drawing Homer and constantly sending him "into one of his trademark fits," with Stan the Man Lee himself watching. The spiky-haired rapscallion quickly learns that internet bubbles can burst, although in my opinion it was all worth it for the 8-bit-sounding "womp womp" sound effect from one of his Bartoon-produced shorts. Just don't bother with the "Angry Dad: The Movie" dud a few years later.

"How I Spent My Strummer Vacation" (Season 14, Episode 2)

If you're going to watch one rock star-starring "Simpsons," make sure it's this one in which Homer comes up with an axe-slinging stage move while spending a week at Mick Jagger's and Keith Richards' Rock 'n' Roll Fantasy Camp. Features the image-conscious Elvis Costello, a bit part from a betrayed Kenny Loggins plus rockabilly-turned-swing bandleader Brian Setzer and late, great, public school advocate Tom Petty. Don't worry, Lenny Kravitz, your crotch-stuffing secret is safe with me.

"Marge vs. Singles, Seniors, Childless Couples and Teens and Gays" (Season 15, Episode 8)

A classically structured "Simpsons" where the first act has very little to do with the rest of the half-hour. A "Roofi" concert gone awry propels Marge to head an organization named after a disease of the brain stem that everyone in town seems to oppose with the exception of proud parents like herself. A framed picture of Rudy Giuliani plays a role too (please don't ask), but the Raffi-inspired "One, Two, Tie Your Shoe" Maggie obsessed over earlier thankfully isn't heard from again.

"All's Fair in Oven War" (Season 16, Episode 2)

Marge became the focal point of several still-stellar scripts in the 2000s. She comes up with a sweetly creative recipe and enters it in a baking competition to be more than just the best chef in her family. The usually admirable mother of three cheats to make it to the grand finale but ultimately fesses up and relinquishes the chance to be the new face of Auntie Ovenfresh brand flour, not to mention run away with "Godfather"-era James Caan.

"See Homer Run" (Season 17, Episode 6)

There is something endearingly comical about Homer trying to win back his daughter's love by wearing a Safety Salamander suit and perhaps finding out what a mayor does at the same time with Lisa as his campaign manager via a recall election. Diamond Joe Quimby survives again, sorry for the spoiler.

"Homer, Don't Hammer 'Em" (Season 18, Episode 3)

The title is a play on an MC Hammer album, but didn't Homer buy the flash-in-the-pan rapper's mansion in "Behind the Laughter"? Anyway, Marge proves to be quite the handywoman after Homer buys a DIY book series, but she can't get any freelance work in misogynistic Springfield without her husband as the figurehead of Simpson Carpentry. Homer delusionally starts thinking he does all the work, to the point where he thinks he can restore an antique roller-coaster without her. He apologizes eventually, a little late as usual.

"Revenge Is a Dish Best Served Three Times" (Season 18, Episode 11)

One of the better non-Treehouse of Horror efforts to tell three themed stories over a single episode. Wanting to bash the Rich Texan's bull-horned Cadillac with a baseball bat after he cuts the Simpsons off, Homer is forced to listen to how scores don't always get settled in "The Count of Monte Fatso," "Revenge of the Geeks" and "Bartman Begins." Homer ignores them all, naturally, so things stay the same as they've always been.

"Any Given Sundance" (Season 19, Episode 18)

I've never understood why "Lisa episodes" are frequently looked down upon. This production in which a documentary she makes on her quirky home life gets into the Sundance festival (where she rubs elbows with indie darlings Jim Jarmusch and John C. Reilly) is a wonderful example of her wanting to be recognized for caring creativity, while conflicted by the hereditary nature of how each Simpson is willing to throw another under the bus to get ahead.

"Father Knows Worst" (Season 20, Episode 18)

Granted, the B-story - Marge discovering a long-lost sauna at home - doesn't really go anywhere. Luckily Homer's overparenting in response to problems Bart and Lisa are having at school produces more than enough guffaws. And the ghost of Oscar Wilde flitting around Westminster Abbey Tinkerbell-style at the end turned out to be one of the more ominous harbingers regarding Disney's acquisition ofthe show's streaming rights.

"Homer the Whopper" (Season 21, Episode 1)

As Marvel was ramping up its onslaught of superpowered heroes, "The Simpsons" counterpunched with Everyman, the brainchild of Comic Book Guy who "absorbs the powers of every superhero whose comic book he touches." Homer brings the caped crusader to life with the help of a high-priced, talk-behind-other-clients'-backs trainer to the stars voiced by Seth Rogen.

"Homer the Father" (Season 22, Episode 12)

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Don't let the weak title throw you off. Some quality jabs are thrown at the sitcom "The Simpsons" beat in the ratings war 20 years ago when it was on Thursday nights. If the fictional "Thicker Than Waters" dad operating a medical practice in his home wasn't enough of a dead giveaway, how about that crazy Huxtable-like sweater Homer starts wearing in homage to his retro TV-parenting mentor? Oh, and for want of a minibike, Bart nearly sells out his country to the CIA, i.e. Chinese Intelligence in America.

"The Book Job" (Season 23, Episode 6)

Who would have thunk celebrated author Neil Gaiman was in fact a criminal mastermind despite the handicap of not knowing how to read? "British Fonzie," as Homer dubs him, is part of a seven-person crew who group-write a prospective bestseller in a fast-paced heist spoof in which Andy Garcia portrays an even better one-off villain than Hank Scorpio. The message at the heart of this episode is that pride of ownership is more important than money . even a cool million.

"The Day the Earth Stood Cool" (Season 24, Episode 7)

Besides hilarity ensuing, what would happen if Pacific Northwest hipsters with a sarcastic son named T-Rex were to invade America's crudhole of Springfield? Former slaughterhouses being repurposed as kids' birthday-party locations, for one. Oversized devil doughnuts with crazy toppings like gummy worms and churro chunks. Showing how organic, all-natural lifestyles don't always mix with the rest of the world.

"Gorgeous Grampa" (Season 24, Episode 14)

Episodes primarily about Abe Simpson are among the most underrated of the series. This one where his family finds out he was golden age wrestler Glamorous Godfrey is no exception; not even a musical interlude can bring it down. The end is touching when Grampa renounces his heelish ways to turn tag-team partner with baby face Beautiful Bart. The segment in which Homer scans through 17 made-up reality shows to Lisa's disdain - including "Porn Hoarders" and "Porn Hoarders Texas" - is one of my all-time favourite sight gags.

"Brick Like Me" (Season 25, Episode 20)

What should have been dismissed as gimmicky filler is quite the laudable endeavour to LEGO-ize animation's most well-known universe. Everything may not be awesome at all times in Springfield, but this memorable instalment's core message of letting go as a parent and allowing kids to grow up in a world where they conceivably never age is a pretty big step on behalf of "The Simpsons."

"Simpsorama" (Season 26, Episode 6)

This generation's Flintstones finally meet the Jetsons. The premise of Bart tainting a time capsule with his snotty DNA is believable enough to not pick too many holes in its plot, even if it falls short of being the most ambitious crossover event in history. Now I guess we wait for a reason for the "Simpsons" to find themselves in Dreamland from Matt Groening's "Disenchantment."

"Simprovised" (Season 27, Episode 21)

Of all the jobs Homer has had - hysterically listed in Season 13's "Poppa's Got a Brand New Badge" - it's hard to believe improv troupe member wasn't one of them until another 14 seasons later. This episode is also notable for Homer answering audience questions live at the end; the Disney Plus version has Dan Castellaneta riffing on U.S. politics for three minutes, monologue-style.

"Looking for Mr. Goodbart" (Season 28, Episode 20)

For a show that's subsisted for so long on comedy, it can be easy to overlook the instances where "The Simpsons" carried as much emotional weight as, say, "This Is Us." The episode choked me up as I saw Bart actually help someone elderly on the verge of suicide. Leave it to Homer thinking an AR mobile game is a form of exercise to balance the heavy material.

"No Good Read Goes Unpunished" (Season 29, Episode 15)

Few programs on TV possess the power to anger viewers likethis show can, 30years on. On the surface this is a pretty ho-hum episode, Daniel Radcliffe guest spot notwithstanding. Longtime Springfielder Apu Nahasapeemapetilon is alluded to in a short, fourth wall-breaking speech by Lisa about something that's now considered politically incorrect that wasn't a problem before. Her "What can you do?" didn't sit well with Hari Kondabolu, whose documentary"The Problem With Apu" argues the Indian character is a racist stereotype.

"D'oh Canada" (Season 30, Episode 21)

Since its full-length inception, "The Simpsons" has lovingly poked fun at the country "all tucked away down there." Here the TV franchise's obsession with Canada literally went over the falls in a barrel. American viewers were no doubt scratching their heads wondering why anyone would groan about having to cheer for the Ottawa Senators, what kind of food could possibly be served at Swiss Chalet, and what's the deal with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau planking out of a window instead of answering Lisa's question on the SNC-Lavalin affair.