Simpsons vs. Zombie Simpsons

The above is a perfect example of the difference between Simpsons and Zombie Simpsons.  That is a screen grab from Season 7's "Sideshow Bob's Last Gleaming".  Bart and Lisa are in the airbase and the gate is closed; Homer and Marge are trying to get inside.  The shot pans down from the top of a razor wire fence and all we see is Marge bandaging Homer's hands while he says, "Okay, so we can't go over the fence."  That's it.  The whole thing takes four seconds, we know exactly what Homer did, and all we need to see is the aftermath.  

If this same gag were done in Zombie Simpsons (though for all I know it has been) it would take seven times as long, involve Homer shouting (first in defiance, then in pain) and end with "hilarious" amounts of blood.  Instead, a funny idea (Homer trying to climb a razor wire fence with his bare hands) is inserted quickly and subtley into the episode.  It doesn't become an action sequence in and of itself and things keep right on moving.  

This is exactly what I'm talking about when I say that Zombie Simpsons is "thin", the same way orange drink becomes thin if you water it down too much.  Zombie Simpsons plays for time, The Simpsons overflows with jokes.