# A Fun Simpsons Fact! **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** cartoons-animation\ **Created:** [December 7, 2022, 12:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-fun-simpsons-fact/976139 "2022-12-07T12:32:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2022, 12:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-fun-simpsons-fact/976139/1 "2022-12-07T12:32:39Z")
The Simpsons episode where Homer joins Lollapalooza because Bart and Lisa think he’s lame for liking Grand Funk Railroad is 26 years old which makes it as old as Grand Funk Railroad was at that time. Let us all now drift out to sea on our ice floes. ---
**Author:** ![Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/q.q.switcheroo/32/5713_2.png) [@Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.Q.Switcheroo)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2022, 12:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-fun-simpsons-fact/976139/2 "2022-12-07T12:55:20Z")
[![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/5DlTexEXxLQ/hqdefault.jpg "The Simpsons - I Used To Be With It (Abe Simpson Rant)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5DlTexEXxLQ) ---
**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2022, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-fun-simpsons-fact/976139/3 "2022-12-07T13:57:50Z")
Uh, he joins the Hullabalooza music festival not Lollapalooza. Worst OP ever. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2022, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-fun-simpsons-fact/976139/4 "2022-12-07T17:39:38Z")
Oh, I’ve wasted my life. ---
**Author:** ![Fair\_Rarity](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fair_rarity/32/153_2.png) [@Fair\_Rarity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fair_Rarity)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2022, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-fun-simpsons-fact/976139/5 "2022-12-07T23:58:36Z")
It’s been quite the wild ride for me, being about Bart’s age watching Tracey Ullman, now well past Homer and Marge’s ages. My kid and I started watching them from the beginning and I preface the episodes with “And this is about when I first got my permit,” or “Your uncle was born this week.” ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2022, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-fun-simpsons-fact/976139/6 "2022-12-08T00:48:13Z")
> [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](#): > > Worst OP ever. Are you being sarcastic, dude? ---
**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2022, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-fun-simpsons-fact/976139/7 "2022-12-08T00:49:52Z")
I don’t even know anymore. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.E](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mr.e/32/8932_2.png) [@Mr.E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.E)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2022, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-fun-simpsons-fact/976139/8 "2022-12-08T01:04:37Z")
I mean, it’s pretty bad, but not in the qualitative sense. ---
**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2022, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-fun-simpsons-fact/976139/9 "2022-12-08T01:46:36Z")
As for that mistake, a wizard did it! ---
**Author:** ![hogarth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hogarth/32/1773_2.png) [@hogarth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hogarth)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2022, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-fun-simpsons-fact/976139/10 "2022-12-08T01:48:56Z")
> [@Mr.E](#): > > I mean, it’s pretty bad, but not in the qualitative sense. When kids these days say “bad,” they mean “good.” And to “shake your booty” means “to wiggle one’s butt”. ---
**Author:** ![Kropotkin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kropotkin/32/18045_2.png) [@Kropotkin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kropotkin)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2022, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-fun-simpsons-fact/976139/11 "2022-12-08T02:01:48Z")
I graduated high the same year Homer did, but I am now 30 years older than he is. ---
**Author:** ![WildaBeast](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wildabeast/32/6_2.png) [@WildaBeast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WildaBeast)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2022, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-fun-simpsons-fact/976139/12 "2022-12-08T02:07:57Z")
> [@Fair\_Rarity](#): > > It’s been quite the wild ride for me, being about Bart’s age watching Tracey Ullman… I was in the 4th grade when the The Simpsons got their own show, the same grade Bart is supposed to be in. Now I’m a few years older than Homer. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Winston\_OBoogie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.winston_oboogie/32/2945_2.png) [@Dr.Winston\_OBoogie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Winston_OBoogie)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2022, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-fun-simpsons-fact/976139/13 "2022-12-08T02:23:52Z")
Julie Kavner’s voice is starting to show her age. She was older than Marge when she started doing the voice, and that was 33 years ago! ---
**Author:** ![Mr.E](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mr.e/32/8932_2.png) [@Mr.E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.E)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2022, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-fun-simpsons-fact/976139/14 "2022-12-08T02:26:03Z")
When The Simpsons first started, it was totally reasonable for a family of five to own a house and live off the income of one parent. Today, actually that’s still pretty reasonable. All joking aside, it’s hard to make less than six figures for a technical role at a nuclear plant. Homer may be wildly unqualified for his position but he still gets paid for it just like everyone else. ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2022, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-fun-simpsons-fact/976139/15 "2022-12-08T02:51:09Z")
> [@Mr.E](#): > > Today, actually that’s still pretty reasonable. All joking aside, it’s hard to make less than six figures for a technical role at a nuclear plant. Homer may be wildly unqualified for his position but he still gets paid for it just like everyone else. Meanwhile I live in an apartment above a bowling alley and below another bowling alley. ---
**Author:** ![Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/son_of_a_rich/32/5439_2.png) [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2022, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-fun-simpsons-fact/976139/16 "2022-12-08T02:56:23Z")
Wow!! ---
**Author:** ![Lancia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lancia/32/17174_2.png) [@Lancia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lancia)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2022, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-fun-simpsons-fact/976139/17 "2022-12-08T03:03:12Z")
> [@Mr.E](#): > > Today, actually that’s still pretty reasonable. All joking aside, it’s hard to make less than six figures for a technical role at a nuclear plant. Homer may be wildly unqualified for his position but he still gets paid for it just like everyone else And they hardly live a middle-class lifestyle. Yeah, they have a mortgage but they drive an old shit station wagon that’s likely not worth more than its scrap value, do not have a savings account, cannot afford traditionally higher-cost food like steak, and in one noteworthy episode Homer chose to steal cable because he couldn’t afford to get it the honest way (noteworthy because it was Phil Hartman’s first guest appearance). Bart has to use an old extention cord for a belt and that crack in the kitchen wall and the oil stain on the driveway have both been there for over three decades. Duff is clearly the cheapest beer available in Springfield. So yeah, at least until the post season 8 silliness began and all accepted canon went out the window, the fact that the Simpsons lived the lifestyle they did was one of the more realistic aspects of the show. ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2022, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-fun-simpsons-fact/976139/18 "2022-12-08T03:22:34Z")
I was a the Universal theme park in Orlando a couple weeks ago, and part off it has a Simpsons theme. I checked the gift shop; no personalized license plates. They did have personalized shot glasses, though. ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2022, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-fun-simpsons-fact/976139/19 "2022-12-08T03:23:06Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > They did have personalized shot glasses, though. Were they all out of Bort shot glasses? ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2022, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-fun-simpsons-fact/976139/20 "2022-12-08T03:54:21Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > Were they all out of Bort shot glasses? They had quite a few; must have just restocked. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-fun-simpsons-fact/976139.md?page=2)