# Topics that haven't been covered on either Seinfeld or The Simpsons **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 6, 2007, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topics-that-havent-been-covered-on-either-seinfeld-or-the-simpsons/410755 "2007-07-06T16:52:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Moriarty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/moriarty/32/49_2.png) [@Moriarty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moriarty)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2007, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topics-that-havent-been-covered-on-either-seinfeld-or-the-simpsons/410755/21 "2007-07-06T22:19:02Z")
Incest! ---
**Author:** ![Antinor01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecae2f/32.png) [@Antinor01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antinor01)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2007, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topics-that-havent-been-covered-on-either-seinfeld-or-the-simpsons/410755/22 "2007-07-06T22:27:22Z")
[QUOTE=Atomicktom] Incest! [/QUOTE] It was said in at least one episode that Cletus and Brandine are related in more ways than just husband and wife. (I can’t recall the exact quote at the moment) ETA - ah Wikipedia to the rescue! In “Alone Again, Natura-Diddily” at an auto racing event, Brandine remarks “Dang, Cletus! Why’d you have to park so close to my parents?” to which Cletus responds, “Now honey, they’s mah parents too!” In the Season 16 episode, “There’s Something About Marrying”, Homer (ordained over the Internet as a minister) is preparing to marry Cletus and Brandine. Looking at a form, he asks “Wait a minute… are you two brother and sister?” Brandine coyly replies, “We’s all kindsa thangs.” To complicate the issue further, Brandine remarks to Cletus in another episode (“The Italian Bob”) “Yer tha best husband – and son – I’ve ever had.” ---
**Author:** ![Pashnish\_Ewing](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8797f3/32.png) [@Pashnish\_Ewing](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pashnish_Ewing)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2007, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topics-that-havent-been-covered-on-either-seinfeld-or-the-simpsons/410755/23 "2007-07-07T00:34:08Z")
[QUOTE=tdn] Muslims? [/QUOTE] Seinfeld had a character named “Sal Bass”, who may\* or may not have been [Salman Rushdie](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salman_Rushdie) in disguse (due to the fatwa). \*They were real, after all. Pash ---
**Author:** ![Tangent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tangent/32/3098_2.png) [@Tangent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tangent)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2007, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topics-that-havent-been-covered-on-either-seinfeld-or-the-simpsons/410755/24 "2007-07-07T00:59:22Z")
[QUOTE=Atomicktom] Incest! [/QUOTE] An episode of _Seinfeld_ had George trying to get his parents’ attention by going on a date with his cousin. ---
**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:** [July 7, 2007, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topics-that-havent-been-covered-on-either-seinfeld-or-the-simpsons/410755/25 "2007-07-07T01:10:00Z")
While the topic of muslims on The Simpsons has been covered, there is one more that I can think of. Krusty used to have a Sideshow Rahim who Krusty remembered as an “angry, angry young man.” ---
**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:** [July 7, 2007, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topics-that-havent-been-covered-on-either-seinfeld-or-the-simpsons/410755/26 "2007-07-07T01:23:28Z")
[QUOTE=adam yax] Krusty used to have a Sideshow Rahim who Krusty remembered as an “angry, angry young man.” [/QUOTE] In addition, Krusty once wished his audience “a merry Christmas, happy Chanukah, kwazy Kwanza, a tip-top Tet, and a solemn, dignified Ramadan.” ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2007, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topics-that-havent-been-covered-on-either-seinfeld-or-the-simpsons/410755/27 "2007-07-07T02:07:47Z")
South Africa? ---
**Author:** ![interface2x](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c0e974/32.png) [@interface2x](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/interface2x)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2007, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topics-that-havent-been-covered-on-either-seinfeld-or-the-simpsons/410755/28 "2007-07-07T04:02:46Z")
[QUOTE=Bosda Di’Chi of Tricor] South Africa? [/QUOTE] Elaine’s white boyfriend was from South Africa. > [@](#): > > Elaine: “Oh, wow, these are nice. Do they have any cultural significance?” > Darryl: “They’re… African.” > Elaine: “Right. African.” > Darryl: “Well, not Africa, actually. South Africa.” > Elaine: “South Africa.” > Darryl: “My family used to live there, but, uh, we got out years ago, for > obvious reasons. You know how it is.” > Elaine: “…maybe.” ---
**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2007, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topics-that-havent-been-covered-on-either-seinfeld-or-the-simpsons/410755/29 "2007-07-07T04:20:32Z")
Richard Gere and the gerbil? South Park? Gay divorce? ---
**Author:** ![bouv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bc8723/32.png) [@bouv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bouv)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2007, 4:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topics-that-havent-been-covered-on-either-seinfeld-or-the-simpsons/410755/30 "2007-07-07T04:47:20Z")
[QUOTE=Tuckerfan] Richard Gere and the gerbil? South Park? Gay divorce? [/QUOTE] There was an episode of The Simpsons where Homer comments about something to Bart, who is watching South Park (or a parody thereof) And while not actually gay divorce, there was the episode where Homer started marrying gay couples, and Patty almost married, but then backed out (because her lesbian lover was actually a dude.) ---
**Author:** ![Antinor01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecae2f/32.png) [@Antinor01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antinor01)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2007, 4:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topics-that-havent-been-covered-on-either-seinfeld-or-the-simpsons/410755/31 "2007-07-07T04:47:35Z")
[QUOTE=Tuckerfan] South Park? [/QUOTE] I don’t know if this is true or not, but from [this site](http://www.eeggs.com/items/35986.html) > [@](#): > > Go to the part of the episode where Bart and Millhouse are closing up shop. Turn on the closed captions. We hear Millhouse say something like “I finished stocking the shelves” or something like that. But on the closed captions it says “I finished marking down the South Park stuff.” Then Bart says “Better mark it down again. Keep marking it down until it sells.” Amusing little secret, unless you’re deaf, then you already knew about it. > > Special Requirements: > TV and/or VCR and episode of Simpson’s where Bart and Millhouse take over comic book store ---
**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:** [July 7, 2007, 5:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topics-that-havent-been-covered-on-either-seinfeld-or-the-simpsons/410755/32 "2007-07-07T05:02:47Z")
EVERYONE IS TIRED OF THAT RICHARD GERE STORY was the blackboard gag in episode 5F01: “The Cartridge Family”. ---
**Author:** ![Sitnam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Sitnam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sitnam)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2007, 5:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topics-that-havent-been-covered-on-either-seinfeld-or-the-simpsons/410755/33 "2007-07-07T05:04:54Z")
The Holocaust, 60 years later and it’s still not any funnier. ---
**Author:** ![Beware\_of\_Doug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/278dde/32.png) [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2007, 5:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topics-that-havent-been-covered-on-either-seinfeld-or-the-simpsons/410755/34 "2007-07-07T05:10:49Z")
[Steampunk.](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steampunk) ---
**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:** [July 7, 2007, 5:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topics-that-havent-been-covered-on-either-seinfeld-or-the-simpsons/410755/35 "2007-07-07T05:30:45Z")
[QUOTE=Beware of Doug] [Steampunk.](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steampunk) [/QUOTE] “More dogs!” ---
**Author:** ![Wisp00](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/977dab/32.png) [@Wisp00](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wisp00)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2007, 7:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topics-that-havent-been-covered-on-either-seinfeld-or-the-simpsons/410755/36 "2007-07-07T07:29:33Z")
[QUOTE=Sitnam] The Holocaust, 60 years later and it’s still not any funnier. [/QUOTE] Well, Jerry did get caught making out with his girlfriend while at the theater watching _Schindler’s List_ ---
**Author:** ![bouv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bc8723/32.png) [@bouv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bouv)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2007, 7:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topics-that-havent-been-covered-on-either-seinfeld-or-the-simpsons/410755/37 "2007-07-07T07:44:28Z")
[QUOTE=Bryan Ekers] “More dogs!” [/QUOTE] And don’t forget: “You there, fill it up with petroleum distillate! And re vulcanize my tires, post haste!” ---
**Author:** ![Rigamarole](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/77aa72/32.png) [@Rigamarole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rigamarole)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2007, 7:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topics-that-havent-been-covered-on-either-seinfeld-or-the-simpsons/410755/38 "2007-07-07T07:50:30Z")
[QUOTE=Wisp00] Well, Jerry did get caught making out with his girlfriend while at the theater watching _Schindler’s List_ [/QUOTE] Not to mention the time he and George were abducted by Neo-Nazis. It’s not a direct reference to the Holocaust, but at least they were Nazis (or were they just white supremacists? I can’t remember exactly now that I think about it) ---
**Author:** ![Wisp00](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/977dab/32.png) [@Wisp00](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wisp00)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2007, 7:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topics-that-havent-been-covered-on-either-seinfeld-or-the-simpsons/410755/39 "2007-07-07T07:57:16Z")
[QUOTE=Rigamarole] Not to mention the time he and George were abducted by Neo-Nazis. It’s not a direct reference to the Holocaust, but at least they were Nazis (or were they just white supremacists? I can’t remember exactly now that I think about it) [/QUOTE] They were from the Ayran Union.. so yeah, Nazis. Oh, Plus there was a Soup Nazi! ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2007, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topics-that-havent-been-covered-on-either-seinfeld-or-the-simpsons/410755/40 "2007-07-07T13:38:00Z")
In the Simpsons episode where Abe Simpson (Homer’s father) was going to marry Jacqueline Bouvier (Marge’s mother), Homer said (paraphased) “If my father marries your mother, that will make us brother and sister. And our children will be freaks with pink skin and five fingers.” He then looked at Bart, Lisa and Maggie, who morphed into normal looking children, and he shuddered. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topics-that-havent-been-covered-on-either-seinfeld-or-the-simpsons/410755.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topics-that-havent-been-covered-on-either-seinfeld-or-the-simpsons/410755.md?page=3)