# 12/8 Simpsons Narration Joke

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/12-8-simpsons-narration-joke/141509>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [December 9, 2002, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/12-8-simpsons-narration-joke/141509 "2002-12-09T14:31:55Z")\
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**Post date:** [December 10, 2002, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/12-8-simpsons-narration-joke/141509/21 "2002-12-10T02:46:04Z")

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> \*Originally posted by 3waygeek \*  
> \*\*of course, this is the same network that broadcasts crap like _Alien Autopsy_ and _Joe Millionaire_, so integrity isn’t their strong suit. \*\*

Now now, they haven’t **yet** broadcast _Joe Millionaire_.

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**Post date:** [December 10, 2002, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/12-8-simpsons-narration-joke/141509/22 "2002-12-10T02:50:05Z")

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> \*Originally posted by Larry Mudd \*  
> **It seems to me that, in North America, PBS was the only major broadcaster who made regular use of the SAP channel until pretty recently.**

Other North American stations have been broadcasting on SAP for a couple of decades now – however, the SAP channel has usually been used for a bilingual (read: Spanish) dubbing of the dialog.

It was kinda weird to tune into an episode of _Knight Rider_ with SAP turned on and hear David Hasselhoff talking like a Mexican D.J…

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**Post date:** [December 10, 2002, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/12-8-simpsons-narration-joke/141509/23 "2002-12-10T14:10:13Z")

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Thank you for clearing that up for me.  
I went and checked, and my son Had had on the SAP.  
Case closed.  
But it really was funny to hear it that way.

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