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43 Bits of ‘Simpsons’ Trivia to Haphazardously Throw Into A Glass and Set Ablaze

October 18, 2024

This 'Simpsons' episode opens on Homer sitting down to a massive plate of facts. He pops open the syrup, motions to dump it on his plate, but only a single drop oozes out. As Marge walks in, he whines that they're out of syrup, and Marge responds, “Oh Homie, these facts are sweet enough as is.” She walks away, and after he mumbles, “Stupid dry facts,” he takes a bite and realizes just how right she was! A ton of these have to do with him, and he likes that. The ones about stupid sexy Flanders though… Not so much. Roll credits. Sorry… Roll facts!

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Farmville

CRACKED.COM YARD WORK SIMULATOR The Simpsons made a FarmVille joke years before Farm Ville. Wouldn't it be silly if people pretended to tend to plants in a computer? The Simpsons thought so in 1998, a full decade before the real thing. — Source

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Alan Moore and Thomas Pynchon

ETT Alan Moore & Thomas Pynchon Alan Moore, famed despiser of all adaptations of his work, played himself on The Simpsons. So did Thomas Pynchon. ? HOMAS ICHON IOUSE CRACKED.COM

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JAMESEARL JONES was almost Sideshow Bob CRACKED COM Show runners originally wrote the role of Sideshow Bob for Jones. Though the famous voice guested several other times, he was unable to make the Bob commitment. That opened the door for what Kelsey Grammar calls his best role ever. — The Things

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RICHARDSIMMONS longed to be human Simmons was down for a guest spot until he learned producers wanted him to play a robot Richard Simmons. The scene was cut and the Sweatin' With the Oldies star never got to visit Springfield. — DVD commentary, The Simpsons: The Complete Fifth Season

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The Critic

43 Bits of ‘Simpsons’ Trivia to Haphazardously Throw Into A Glass and Set Ablaze

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Gwen Stefani's brother Eric left NO Doubt to become an animator for The Simpsons. The pair actually wrote Don't speak together. CRACKED.COM

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The Arabic version of The Simpsons was almost a completely different show. VvU Ma Drnt CACT PId 277 The beer-swilling, bacon-loving lout that is Homer

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COVID

THE SIMPSONS DIDN'T PREDICT COVID-19. VIRUS aan CORONA The Simpsons scares me. This episode aired 27 years ago in 1993 #CoronaVirus While The Simpsons

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Easter Eggs The Simpsons There's an entire McBain film (think Rambo meets Beverly Hills Cop) playing in the background of The Simpsons episodes through the years. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Portlandia

FRED ARMISEN got Groening back to his Portland roots DEVIL CRACKED.COM After Fred and Carrie Brownstein guested on the Simpsons, Matt Groening returned the favor by appearing on Portlandia. The Simpsons creator sued Armisen's character for his line of bootleg Bart Ska-mson t-shirts. — Source

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KRISTEN WIIG gets up close and personal with Homer ©FBI CRACKED.COM FBI Agent Annie (Wiig) is going to get to the bottom of Homer's strange behavior. I can torture you. I can give you incredible sex or you can just tell me what I want to know. Homer considers. What was the first one again? — Source

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CECILY STRONG BILL HADER CRACKED.COM Strong is a billionaire art collector whose painting might have been stolen by Homer. She enlists the help of SNL castmate Hader, appearing as Polish-American Detective Manacek. The lady-killer private eye would show up in other episodes to wrestle Cletus and arrest Professor Frink. — Source

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KATE MCKINNON is a homeless folk singer CRACKED.CON When Bart accidentally trashes Hettie's shopping cart full of belongings, he invites her home to live in his closet. McKinnon voices Hettie's speaking voice, but her twangy singin' is provided by Dixie Chick Natalie Maines. — Source

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RACHEL DRATCH brings the Boston accent GRACKED COM In an all-Boston episode, Dratch is a doctor who has to dislodge a Pedro Martinez bobblehead stuck in Homer's airway. And because of our state's socialized health care, no matter how much your husband abuses his body, someone else will pay for it. — Source

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God

God always has five fingers Unlike everyone else in the Simpsons universe, God (and sometimes Jesus) has five fingers. CRACKED.COM — Source

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It takes 6-8 months to make one episode From pitch to production, one episode of The Simpsons takes a little less time than making a baby. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Matt Groening first thought of Bart in high school In high school, he wrote a book about a kid named Bart Simpson whose father Homer would get mad at him. CRACKED.COM — Source

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The Simpsons

Comic Book Guy has a name Love you It's Jeffrey Jeff Albertson. Worst name ever? CRACKED.COM — Source

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The show is a spin-off of The Tracey Ullman Show The Simpson family was first featured in a series of interstitial cartoon shorts on the FOX sketch comedy show. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Maggie’s Voice

Elizabeth Taylor was the voice of Maggie's first word Matt Groening said, We did 24 takes, but they were always too sexual. CRACKED.COM — Source

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The voice actors make good money 100 When the show began, the unknown actors were paid $30,000 per episode. Nowadays, they make $400,000 an episode. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Rusty Nails was the real-life inspiration behind Krusty The Portland entertainer was a very sweet clown, says Matt Groening, who would have grown up watching him. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Matt Groening removed his name from one episode DEVELOPED By JAMES L. BROOKS Sam SiMAN Groening was so upset with The Critic crossover inclusion in A Star is Burns that his name doesn't appear in the opening credits. CRACKED.COM — Source

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The Simpsons

Our favorite yellow family has broken a lot of records THE ОчFF BOOK OF WORLD RECORDS It holds the records for longest-running animated sitcom, the most Emmy Awards won for an animated TV series, the most guest stars featured in an animated series, the most People's Choice Awards by an animated series, and the most liked TV show on Facebook. CRACKED.COM — Source

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666

6 2 66 THe SIMPSONS In the episode Bart Star - CRACKED.COM the numbers on the religious Rod and Todd's football jerseys are '66' and '6.'

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So Maude Flanders wasn’t killed off for story purposes?!

CRACKED Pettiness killed Maude Flanders! Maggie Roswell voiced Maude from 1990-1999, but only made $1,500 to $2,000 per episode - which didn't even cover her travel. She asked for $6,000 and was killed off (by a t-shirt cannon, no less.) THE SIMPSONS — LA Times / Youtube

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John Swartzwelder

The weirdest and most reclusive Simpsons writer is a patient at Calmwood Mental Hospital. John Swartzwelder, the writer responsible for some of the greatest and strangest Simpsons episodes, pops up in Hurricane Neddy. When the Simpsons go to meet Ned Flanders in the psychiatric ward, Swartzwelder is shown as they walk by. FREE *When Flanders comes JOHN back home, SWARTZWELDER a Free John Swartzwelder sign can be seen in the crowd. CRACKED.COM — Source: 12 Creators Who Had Brilliant Cameos in Their Own Work

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Flanders

WEIRD WORLD In Springfield, Oregon, they put up what's known as Ned Flanders Crossing. It's a pedestrian and bicycle bridge that features a pretty big sign with Ned Flanders cheerfully saying Hi-diddly-ho Neighborinos! CRACKED.COM — Source: KGW.com

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Ned Flanders

Oh, that's where the term Flanderization comes from. THE SIMPSONS HOLY BIBLE CRACKED COM Not overly religious, and even a bit spicy in The Simpsons pilot, Flanders quickly became religion-obsessed. Writers said that he was deliberately changed to satirize the growing influence of Christianity in politics at the time. — CBR

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Small Town Dicks: Solving Crimes with a Side of Humor.

Celebrity Side Hustles Yeardley Smith Podcaster Famous for voicing Lisa Simpson, Smith and her husband Detective Dan host the popular true crime podcast Small Town Dicks. It's had 11 series, including trips to Australia and the UK to look into small-town crimes, with Smith adding humor. CRACKED — s_bukley/Shutterstock,
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Fictional Presidents PRESIDENT The Simpsons Lisa Simpson The episode Bart to the Future didn't just predict that Donald Trump would be president, but Lisa's outfit resembles what Kamala Harris wore to her VP inauguration. CRACKED.COM — Source: CNN

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Lisa’s Influence

Lisa Simpson made young girls crazy for CRACKED.COM saxophones. ENRIELO ILEVATARY When The Simpsons started airing, lots of pre-teen girls started pla

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For A Streetcar Named Marge, the producers couldn't secure the rights to Tennessee Williams' A Streetcar Named Desire - so instead of a straight staging, the play was made a musical, as derivative songs were allowable (and also funnier). CRACKED COM — Source: Two Marshmallows

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The Pilot

COMEDY NERD The Simpsons pilot was a kinda-strange, one-off Christmas special. Homer and Marge have voices that feel off if you're used to today's versions, and some characters - like Maggie and Ned Flanders - are fairly different. CRACKED.COM — Source: 13 Sitcoms Whose Pilots Were Different From Later Episodes

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Marge Simpson's Hair

Pop Culture Looks You Couldn't Pull Off The Simpsons Marge Simpson's extra-tall beehive hair The beehive was never as tall as Marge's even in its heyday, and that was 70 years ago. It's rare for anyone to pull off this look today, not just because of the style but because of all the low-clearance bridges in CRACKED.COM

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Marge’s Hair

Marge Simpson has huge hair because she was originally going to be secretly rabbit. a Matt Groening had planned to reveal that Marge was hiding rabbit

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The Simpsons

Number of Jobs held by Homer Simpson: 188 in the first 400 episodes CRACKED.COM — Source

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Homer Groening

Matt Groening's dad's name is Homer Groening explains, I thought Simpson was a funny name in that it had the word 'simp' in it, which is short for 'simpleton'-I just went with it. CRACKED.COM — Source: Smithsonian

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The Origins of ‘D’oh’!

HOMER SIMPSON d'oh The 1940s BBC radio comedy It's That Man Again was really popular for its catchphrases like Don't mind if I do, and D'oh!, which was used decades before Homer Simpson made it famous. GRACKED — 20th Television,
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Homer and Krusty

COMEDY NERD Homer Simpson was originally going to be revealed to be Krusty the Clown. The original idea behind Krusty the Clown was that he was Homer in disguise, but Homer still couldn't get any respect from his son, who worshipped Krusty, said Matt Groening. CRACKED.COM — Source

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The Rashomon Effect

The Simpsons: Season 10, episode 23, Thirty Minutes Over Tokyo Marge: Come on, Homer. Japan will be fun. You liked Rashomon. Homer: That's not ho

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Easter Eggs

DO NOT ACCEPT CHECKS FROM: CHIEF WIGGUM REVEREND LOVEJOY HOMER J. SIMPSON HOMER S. SIMPSON H.J. SIMPSON CRACKED.COM HOMOR SIMPSON HOMER J. FONG SIMPSONS tHe In the episode Homer and Apu, this sign in the Kwik- E-Mart is a treat for observant viewers. — Source

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