# A "Simpsons" episode taken off the air? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [June 1, 2002, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-simpsons-episode-taken-off-the-air/111955 "2002-06-01T23:50:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![NHL7890](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/c4cdca/32.png) [@NHL7890](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NHL7890)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2002, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-simpsons-episode-taken-off-the-air/111955/1 "2002-06-01T23:50:34Z")
Now, this could just be an oversight on my part, but I couldn’t help but ask this question that’s been burning inside me for quite some time. There is a particular Simpsons episode in which The Simpsons visit New York City (one of my favorites). In one part Homer ends up at the World Trade Center, and several scenes with the Twin Towers ensue. But, ever since 9/11 I haven’t seen this episode, and believe me I catch the re-runs daily. Was this episode removed from rotation just temporarily or permanetly, or have I just lost my mind? 😕 ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2002, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-simpsons-episode-taken-off-the-air/111955/2 "2002-06-02T00:45:15Z")
I saw it just a couple of weeks ago. It’s probably just a coincidence. ---
**Author:** ![capybara](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/capybara/32/202_2.png) [@capybara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/capybara)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2002, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-simpsons-episode-taken-off-the-air/111955/3 "2002-06-02T01:16:43Z")
I saw it a few weeks ago, too. It was actually a little bit nostalgic and cathartic. ---
**Author:** ![dead0man](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/edb3f5/32.png) [@dead0man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dead0man)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2002, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-simpsons-episode-taken-off-the-air/111955/4 "2002-06-02T01:48:19Z")
I have also seen it since 9/11. I’m glad they didnt remove it. It is a very funny episode. dead0man ---
**Author:** ![GopherGod72](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/f0a364/32.png) [@GopherGod72](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GopherGod72)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2002, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-simpsons-episode-taken-off-the-air/111955/5 "2002-06-02T02:01:17Z")
I’ll take the crabjuice! ---
**Author:** ![Amp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Amp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amp)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2002, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-simpsons-episode-taken-off-the-air/111955/6 "2002-06-02T02:09:16Z")
Seen it twice since 9/11. I’m glad they didn’t bow down to pressure and pull it. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2002, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-simpsons-episode-taken-off-the-air/111955/7 "2002-06-02T02:10:35Z")
It would be a shame to remove this episode from the rotation. It was, IMHO, one the THE funniest episodes ever. From what New Yorkers have endured in the past nine months, it’s doubtful a TV show will upset them. ---
**Author:** ![friedo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8edcca/32.png) [@friedo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/friedo)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2002, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-simpsons-episode-taken-off-the-air/111955/8 "2002-06-02T02:51:55Z")
My favorite part was the “Men’s room out of order. Use other tower” sign. 😃 Ah, I love that episode. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2002, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-simpsons-episode-taken-off-the-air/111955/9 "2002-06-02T03:07:40Z")
Go, Secretariat! ---
**Author:** ![Phouchg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/41988e/32.png) [@Phouchg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Phouchg)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2002, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-simpsons-episode-taken-off-the-air/111955/10 "2002-06-02T03:28:32Z")
I am a program director at a FOX station that carries two reruns of “The Simpsons” a day. On Sept. 14 we got a list from the syndicator listing episodes we may want to use discretion on scheduling - they had scenes of “bombs” and questionable material (like the one where Sideshow Bob threatens Springfield with a nuke) but we never got an order to permanently pull any episode. Just recently I ran one of the ones listed (the one where they accidentally bomb the Mad magazine building)…nobody batted an eyelash. YJAN EHT NIOJ Phouchg Lovable Rogue ---
**Author:** ![Phouchg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/41988e/32.png) [@Phouchg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Phouchg)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2002, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-simpsons-episode-taken-off-the-air/111955/11 "2002-06-02T03:31:10Z")
oops that should be YVAN EHT NIOJ 😃 ---
**Author:** ![pldennison](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/9fc29f/32.png) [@pldennison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pldennison)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2002, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-simpsons-episode-taken-off-the-air/111955/12 "2002-06-02T04:08:38Z")
Oh, now you tell me, Phouchg, after I just called my local Najy recruiter. ---
**Author:** ![Ruffian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/71e660/32.png) [@Ruffian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ruffian)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2002, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-simpsons-episode-taken-off-the-air/111955/13 "2002-06-02T04:55:07Z")
**KALKABOSH!** ---
**Author:** ![Ottoerotic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/6de8d8/32.png) [@Ottoerotic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ottoerotic)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2002, 5:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-simpsons-episode-taken-off-the-air/111955/14 "2002-06-02T05:22:11Z")
Was the episode aired in its entirity? I remember talking about this episode on 9/11 and we figured that if they ever did play it they would at least cut out the line that goes something like “They stick all of the jerks in tower one” Was this line cut or aired. ---
**Author:** ![diku](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/4af34b/32.png) [@diku](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/diku)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2002, 6:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-simpsons-episode-taken-off-the-air/111955/15 "2002-06-02T06:12:47Z")
Nope, no lines cut. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2002, 6:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-simpsons-episode-taken-off-the-air/111955/16 "2002-06-02T06:17:57Z")
“And that’s when the CHUD’s attacked.” ---
**Author:** ![clayton\_e](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c57346/32.png) [@clayton\_e](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/clayton_e)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2002, 6:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-simpsons-episode-taken-off-the-air/111955/17 "2002-06-02T06:54:28Z")
They didn’t air it for a while, several months. Then I saw it again, nothing edited. I doubt they’d air it september 15th or something… but not America has gone back to it’s consumer state of stupor. ---
**Author:** ![David\_Simmons](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9de053/32.png) [@David\_Simmons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/David_Simmons)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2002, 7:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-simpsons-episode-taken-off-the-air/111955/18 "2002-06-02T07:01:44Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Phouchg \* > \*\*I am a program director at a FOX station that carries two reruns of “The Simpsons” a day. On Sept. 14 we got a list from the syndicator listing episodes we may want to use discretion on scheduling - they had scenes of “bombs” and questionable material (like the one where Sideshow Bob threatens Springfield with a nuke) but we never got an order to permanently pull any episode. Just recently I ran one of the ones listed (the one where they accidentally bomb the Mad magazine building)…nobody batted an eyelash. > > YJAN EHT NIOJ > > Phouchg > Lovable Rogue \*\* This kind of thing, even if it happened, would be nothing new. During the great depression of the 1930’s radio stations stopped playing the song _Happy Days Are Here Again_, so Roosevelt made it the theme song of his campaign for President. ---
**Author:** ![Markxxx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5daacb/32.png) [@Markxxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Markxxx)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2002, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-simpsons-episode-taken-off-the-air/111955/19 "2002-06-02T15:50:34Z")
They cut out the WTC on Barney Miller ---
**Author:** ![Big\_Kahuna\_Burger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e0b2c6/32.png) [@Big\_Kahuna\_Burger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Big_Kahuna_Burger)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2002, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-simpsons-episode-taken-off-the-air/111955/20 "2002-06-02T17:24:52Z")
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