# "The Simpsons" series finale - no info **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [November 30, 2001, 9:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simpsons-series-finale-no-info/96100 "2001-11-30T09:15:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![More\_Cowbell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b5a626/32.png) [@More\_Cowbell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/More_Cowbell)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2001, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simpsons-series-finale-no-info/96100/21 "2001-12-01T00:10:40Z")
I agree, there is no continuity and Sprigfield is simply Springfield, U.S.A… It’s every town called Springfield and yet it’s none of them. But somewhere, down deep inside, I want to think that the writers have given us all the clues through the years and it really IS an actual place and they want us to figure it out. And I’m partial to the Missouri reference because my mom was actually born in Springfield, Missouri. But to be perfectly honest, I just wanted to slip a “Super Nintendo Chalmers” in there. 😃 But enough of the hijack. As for the perfect season finale, I don’t care to think about it until after the movie comes out. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Frink](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/977dab/32.png) [@Mr.Frink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Frink)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2001, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simpsons-series-finale-no-info/96100/22 "2001-12-01T00:13:36Z")
Yeah, **The Simpsons** is so “meta”, I think the only ending that would do it justice is for the entire series to have been just a dream: “I just had the strangest dream,” Bob Newhart says, turning on the lamp. “Go back to sleep Bob,” his wife, Suzanne Pleshette mumbles… FADE OUT ---
**Author:** ![SPOOFE](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c5a1d2/32.png) [@SPOOFE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SPOOFE)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2001, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simpsons-series-finale-no-info/96100/23 "2001-12-01T00:40:30Z")
> [@](#): > > I don’t think there’s any way to pinpoint where The Simpsons are. There have been far too many things that would make you say “well they must not live there.” I heard through the rumor grapevine that the writers provide deliberately contradictory evidence about Springfield’s location… sometimes it’s near an ocean, sometimes it’s near a gorge, sometimes it’s in the middle of the country… etc. My opinion? Springfield represents every mid-sized burg in the country, filled with the local celebrities, bumpkins, drunks, and all-around an odd assortment of folks that provide color to the place. ---
**Author:** ![Neidhart](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Neidhart](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Neidhart)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2001, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simpsons-series-finale-no-info/96100/24 "2001-12-01T00:50:12Z")
> [@](#): > > The writers have thrown continuity issues like that out the window already Like the fact that Bart was born on April 1, 1981, but remains ten years old even though the current year is 2001? Makes your head hurt to even think about that. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Spudo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbce88/32.png) [@Spudo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spudo)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2001, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simpsons-series-finale-no-info/96100/25 "2001-12-01T02:04:13Z")
They are all against me… they all must die… Err, right, the only reason I’d watch the series finale is to make sure it’s over. The last two seasons have been a mockery of what was one the most brilliant show on TV. The only way they could possibly end it would be to kill everyone, which would still piss me off cause then it would be like a quick way out. I’ve been really disappointed with the Simpsons lately, they should’ve ended the season before last. ---
**Author:** ![friedo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8edcca/32.png) [@friedo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/friedo)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2001, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simpsons-series-finale-no-info/96100/26 "2001-12-01T02:32:40Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by SPOOFE \* > \*\* > > > [@](#): > > > > I don’t think there’s any way to pinpoint where The Simpsons are. There have been far too many things that would make you say “well they must not live there.” > > I heard through the rumor grapevine that the writers provide deliberately contradictory evidence about Springfield’s location… sometimes it’s near an ocean, sometimes it’s near a gorge, sometimes it’s in the middle of the country… etc. Indeed. In fact, in the “Edison Museum” episode that just aired on my local Fox station yesterday, when they’re driving down the highway, you see a sign that says, “Exit 57, New Jersey, Texas, and North Dakota.” Or something like that. A group of very non-contiguous states, anyway. ---
**Author:** ![Fern\_Forest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/71c47a/32.png) [@Fern\_Forest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fern_Forest)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2001, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simpsons-series-finale-no-info/96100/27 "2001-12-01T02:55:38Z")
How about if they did it like SOAP? -Homer about to get killed in a accident at the plant. -Marge about to be shot (she supposedly still has the handgun right?) -Bart about to get sent up for vandalism -Lisa gets captured by Canadians at the US National Spelling Bee in Ontario. Set us right up for the movie where they’re all sitting at home saying “Boy, I never thought we’d get out of that!” ---
**Author:** ![Sam\_Stone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Sam\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sam_Stone)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2001, 4:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simpsons-series-finale-no-info/96100/28 "2001-12-01T04:53:33Z")
Whatever it is, it should be narrated by Maggie. (-: ---
**Author:** ![ITR\_champion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c67d28/32.png) [@ITR\_champion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ITR_champion)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2001, 6:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simpsons-series-finale-no-info/96100/29 "2001-12-01T06:02:04Z")
It should be an hour-long collection of clips from earlier episodes, done in such a way as to parody other shows that have ended like that. ---
**Author:** ![Weirddave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/919ad9/32.png) [@Weirddave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Weirddave)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2001, 6:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simpsons-series-finale-no-info/96100/30 "2001-12-01T06:17:09Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Spudo \* > \*\*They are all against me… they all must die… Err, right, the only reason I’d watch the series finale is to make sure it’s over. The last two seasons have been a mockery of what was one the most brilliant show on TV. The only way they could possibly end it would be to kill everyone, which would still piss me off cause then it would be like a quick way out. I’ve been really disappointed with the Simpsons lately, they should’ve ended the season before last. \*\* Oh, you’re a poo. “Not as good as it used to be” Dosen’t preclude “Better than everything else on TV”(except Family Guy) ---
**Author:** ![Eternal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ecb155/32.png) [@Eternal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eternal)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2001, 9:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simpsons-series-finale-no-info/96100/31 "2001-12-01T09:05:04Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by ITR champion \* > \*\*It should be an hour-long collection of clips from earlier episodes, done in such a way as to parody other shows that have ended like that. \*\* Hell no. They’ve done enough of that crap already. ---
**Author:** ![SPOOFE](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c5a1d2/32.png) [@SPOOFE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SPOOFE)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2001, 11:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simpsons-series-finale-no-info/96100/32 "2001-12-01T11:05:04Z")
I HAVE IT!!! I know exactly how the series should end!!! The Simpsons family, leading the entire population of Springfield, launch an attack on the nuclear power plant! They’re all charging, screaming, swinging their swords, mimes, and squishees… when, suddenly, Chief Wiggum pulls up with a couple dozen squad cars and intercepts the group! He then arrests the ringleaders - Homer, Marge, Lisa, Bart, and Maggie - and then forces his hand into the camera, thus ending the series!! That would be great. ---
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2001, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simpsons-series-finale-no-info/96100/33 "2001-12-01T17:33:16Z")
It definitely is an Everytown. They can drive to both Las Vegas, Nevada and take the bus for what, six dollars each, to New York City. That’s the convenience of it all. And remember, they can’t live in Delaware, they visited there, didn’t they? ---
**Author:** ![waterj2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/858c86/32.png) [@waterj2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/waterj2)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2001, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simpsons-series-finale-no-info/96100/34 "2001-12-01T17:42:57Z")
> [@](#): > > (Fox would happily run the Simpsons until 2525 if they could.) … if man is still alive, if woman can survive, that is. ---
**Author:** ![SPOOFE](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c5a1d2/32.png) [@SPOOFE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SPOOFE)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2001, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simpsons-series-finale-no-info/96100/35 "2001-12-01T23:15:07Z")
[quote] And remember, they can’t live in Delaware, they visited there, didn’t they?[/quote I’ve visited California, and I live there. Basically, Springfield is everywhere… and it is nowhere. ---
**Author:** ![ignatzmouse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b2d939/32.png) [@ignatzmouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ignatzmouse)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2001, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simpsons-series-finale-no-info/96100/36 "2001-12-01T23:46:00Z")
You’ve all missed the most obvious way to figure out what state they live in. The capital of their state is Capital City. Now just a moment while I get out my atlas… ---
**Author:** ![Dijon\_Warlock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a9a28c/32.png) [@Dijon\_Warlock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dijon_Warlock)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2001, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simpsons-series-finale-no-info/96100/37 "2001-12-02T04:46:21Z")
According to [this episode summary](http://www.snpp.com/episodes/8F16.html), one of the letters delivered to the Simpson household is addressed as follows: Lisa Simpson 94 Evergreen Terrace Springfield, USA 00913 So the mystery is solved. 00913 is one of the zip codes for San Juan, Puerto Rico. But don’t they live at _742_ Evergreen Terrace? Curiouser and curiouser… ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2001, 5:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simpsons-series-finale-no-info/96100/38 "2001-12-02T05:19:26Z")
Does anyone remember an episode where the Simpsons visited the grave of Thoreau? That would put them in Massachusetts. ---
**Author:** ![lel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8797f3/32.png) [@lel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lel)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2001, 6:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simpsons-series-finale-no-info/96100/39 "2001-12-02T06:10:37Z")
Slight aside, [this guide](http://www.snpp.com/guides/lisa-3.html#3.1.1) says that 742 Evergreen Terrace is probably correct, but there have been many addresses mentioned on the Simpsons. As for the finale, I’d like all the Simpsons to grab umbrellas, fly and be sucked into jet engines. ---
**Author:** ![Chief\_Crunch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e8c25b/32.png) [@Chief\_Crunch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chief_Crunch)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2001, 11:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simpsons-series-finale-no-info/96100/40 "2001-12-02T11:53:53Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by yojimboguy \* > \*\*Does anyone remember an episode where the Simpsons visited the grave of Thoreau? That would put them in Massachusetts. \*\* Of course, after feigning his death, Homer mistook Walt Witman’s grave for his mother’s. Witman is buried in Camden, New Jersey. 🙂 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simpsons-series-finale-no-info/96100.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simpsons-series-finale-no-info/96100.md?page=3)