# Homer Simpson Live **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 17, 2016, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/homer-simpson-live/746364 "2016-02-17T19:01:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Diceman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/22d042/32.png) [@Diceman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diceman)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2016, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/homer-simpson-live/746364/1 "2016-02-17T19:01:31Z")
[Story here.](http://money.cnn.com/2016/02/16/media/the-simpsons-live-homer-simpson-fox/) So, a segment of _The Simpsons_ that’s going to air in May will feature a “live” Homer Simpson talking about current events. I’m thinking that _The Simpsons_ has finally had its “jump the shark” moment. ---
**Author:** ![AlsoNamedBort](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alsonamedbort/32/3213_2.png) [@AlsoNamedBort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AlsoNamedBort)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2016, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/homer-simpson-live/746364/2 "2016-02-17T19:19:53Z")
Isn’t that a terrible strain on the animators’ wrists? ---
**Author:** ![Locrian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/locrian/32/14146_2.png) [@Locrian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Locrian)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2016, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/homer-simpson-live/746364/3 "2016-02-17T20:53:35Z")
I wonder what question to post to live Homer. Maybe, “Do you miss Frank Grimes, or Grimey, as he liked to be called?” ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2016, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/homer-simpson-live/746364/4 "2016-02-18T00:15:03Z")
The shark that The Simpsons jumped has been dead for a few years. ---
**Author:** ![snfaulkner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snfaulkner/32/433_2.png) [@snfaulkner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snfaulkner)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2016, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/homer-simpson-live/746364/5 "2016-02-18T00:30:43Z")
I still love The Simpsons, and watch it all the time at work. However I think they have jumped many many sharks throughout the years. ---
**Author:** ![Gretchion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/8edcca/32.png) [@Gretchion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gretchion)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2016, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/homer-simpson-live/746364/6 "2016-02-18T00:30:55Z")
> [@Typo\_Negative](#): > > The shark that The Simpsons jumped has been dead for a few years. Yes, it died years after it also jumped a shark. ---
**Author:** ![Diceman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/22d042/32.png) [@Diceman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diceman)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2016, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/homer-simpson-live/746364/7 "2016-02-18T13:42:35Z")
Maybe we can make a list of the Simpson’s shark-jumping moments? Let’s see, before this, didn’t they show Bart’s dick once? ---
**Author:** ![Hail\_Ants](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/dc4da7/32.png) [@Hail\_Ants](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hail_Ants)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2016, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/homer-simpson-live/746364/8 "2016-02-18T22:39:33Z")
> [@Diceman](#): > > I’m thinking that _The Simpsons_ has finally had its “jump the shark” moment. After checking to make doubly sure this isn’t a zombie- You can’t be serious?!? I forget where it was from but a few years ago there was a video about shows past their prime and to paraphrase they quickly mentioned how _The Simpsons_- _ **“…had not only jumped the shark, but killed it, cut it up, eaten it, shit it back out again, then jumped the shit…”** _ It’s in its, what, 27[sup]th[/sup] season?!? It hasn’t been remotely good much past season 10 or 11 (and that’s being kind). ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2016, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/homer-simpson-live/746364/9 "2016-02-18T22:42:56Z")
> [@Diceman](#): > > Let’s see, before this, didn’t they show Bart’s dick once? That was the movie.