# Working with the Simpsons! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 12, 2001, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/working-with-the-simpsons/72247 "2001-07-12T18:36:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2001, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/working-with-the-simpsons/72247/1 "2001-07-12T18:36:49Z")
Yet another Simpsons thread, won’t it be fun? I was trying to think last night of all the different jobs we’ve seen various members of the family hold. So far I’ve come up with: Maggie: Fish gutter, TV star Lisa: Baby sitter, screenwriter, financial consultant, fish gutter, President of the United States, TV star Marge: Homemaker (even though since she doesn’t get paid it’s not a real job), police officer, pretzel wagon proprietress, fish gutter, TV star Bart: Hall monitor, screenwriter, Mafia bartender, comic book store manager, courior, treehouse casino manager, construction/demolition worker, Chief Justice of the United States, fish gutter, TV star Homer: Technical supervisor, safety officer, union head, personal assistant to Montgomery Burns, baseball mascot (Dancin’ Homer), Mid-management person for supervillain, Kwik-e-Mart counterman, Gulp-N-Blow worker, astronaut, recording artist, pin monkey at Barney’s Bowl-a-rama, snowplow driver, fish gutter, TV star, TV producer/writer/director, automobile designer, elephant ride proprietor, food critic, mayor, sanitation commissioner No doubt there are others, especially for Homer. Help me fill in the blanks? In thinking of these jobs, I tried to include anything that somebody might actually get paid for doing. I included “future” jobs but didn’t list anything that might have come from “Treehouse of Horror” episodes. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Big\_Cheese](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8baadc/32.png) [@The\_Big\_Cheese](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Big_Cheese)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2001, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/working-with-the-simpsons/72247/2 "2001-07-12T18:54:35Z")
Bart worked at the whorehouse too, he had lots of duties there. And owned an obsolete factory, factory manager?? ---
**Author:** ![Protesilaus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/82dd89/32.png) [@Protesilaus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Protesilaus)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2001, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/working-with-the-simpsons/72247/3 "2001-07-12T18:56:24Z")
Homer and Bart were carnival workers, and Homer also worked on a movie with Mel Gibson, and as an assistant for Alec Baldwin and Kim Basinger. ---
**Author:** ![tiny\_ham](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a183cd/32.png) [@tiny\_ham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tiny_ham)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2001, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/working-with-the-simpsons/72247/4 "2001-07-12T19:03:15Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Protesilaus \* > assistant for Alec Baldwin and Kim Basinger. Alec Baldwin: And this time…it’s personal…well it is!..HE’S GOT OUR UNDERPANTS ---
**Author:** ![Purd\_Werfect](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e47c2d/32.png) [@Purd\_Werfect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Purd_Werfect)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2001, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/working-with-the-simpsons/72247/5 "2001-07-12T19:07:10Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by jarbabyj \* > \*\* > > > [@](#): > > > > \*Originally posted by Protesilaus \* > > assistant for Alec Baldwin and Kim Basinger. > > Alec Baldwin: And this time…it’s personal…well it is!..HE’S GOT OUR UNDERPANTS \*\* Ron Howard: Homer, we’re out of vodka! Homer was also a college student. ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2001, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/working-with-the-simpsons/72247/6 "2001-07-12T19:09:15Z")
Homer and Abe spent some quality time on the road together as snakeoil/magic tonic salemen. ---
**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2001, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/working-with-the-simpsons/72247/7 "2001-07-12T19:11:15Z")
> [@](#): > > Bart worked at the whorehouse too, he had lots of duties there. Oh right. And marge worked there too, to pay off the damages she caused with the bulldozer. ---
**Author:** ![theendisnear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a4c791/32.png) [@theendisnear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/theendisnear)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2001, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/working-with-the-simpsons/72247/8 "2001-07-12T19:19:10Z")
Bart was also doorman for a “house of ill repute” after breaking one of their gargoyles i believe. ---
**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 12, 2001, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/working-with-the-simpsons/72247/9 "2001-07-12T19:23:55Z")
Wasn’t Bart a personal assistant to Crusty the Clown for a while? ---
**Author:** ![Protesilaus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/82dd89/32.png) [@Protesilaus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Protesilaus)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2001, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/working-with-the-simpsons/72247/10 "2001-07-12T21:00:09Z")
Homer also sold sugar, worked as a farmer and ran a stand selling tomato/tobacco hybrids, ran a day-care center, and became a baby safety contractor. ---
**Author:** ![Protesilaus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/82dd89/32.png) [@Protesilaus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Protesilaus)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2001, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/working-with-the-simpsons/72247/11 "2001-07-12T21:08:38Z")
And was also a blackjack dealer, a voice actor (Poochie), a freak show exhibit, and a trucker. He also worked with the FBI. Marge also worked as the Listen Lady, but as a volunteer. ---
**Author:** ![undecided](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/b5ac83/32.png) [@undecided](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/undecided)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2001, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/working-with-the-simpsons/72247/12 "2001-07-12T21:29:39Z")
Marge was a real estate agent in one episode. If I remember right she sold Ned Flanders a haunted house. ---
**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:** [July 13, 2001, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/working-with-the-simpsons/72247/13 "2001-07-13T00:04:04Z")
Don’t for get Homer’s telemarketing scam. ---
**Author:** ![GingerOfTheNorth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/cdc98d/32.png) [@GingerOfTheNorth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GingerOfTheNorth)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2001, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/working-with-the-simpsons/72247/14 "2001-07-13T00:24:58Z")
Bart also worked for the Springfield Mafia. ---
**Author:** ![Weird\_AL\_Einstein](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c67d28/32.png) [@Weird\_AL\_Einstein](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Weird_AL_Einstein)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2001, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/working-with-the-simpsons/72247/15 "2001-07-13T01:10:01Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by tlmtlm59 \* > **Bart worked at the whorehouse too, he had lots of duties there.** [stupid nitpick] Burlesque House. [/stupid nitpick] … What? What??? ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Bird](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Little\_Bird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Bird)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2001, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/working-with-the-simpsons/72247/16 "2001-07-13T01:42:16Z")
Marge was a slot-jockey. 🙂 > [@](#): > > Homer: Lisa, your mom still loves you. It’s just that she has a career now. She’s a slot-jockey. ---
**Author:** ![cykrider](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f19dbf/32.png) [@cykrider](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cykrider)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2001, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/working-with-the-simpsons/72247/17 "2001-07-13T01:49:31Z")
Homer was also a teacher. I’m not sure exactly what he was supposed to teach, but he spilled all of his and marge’s love secrets. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Lao](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/2bfe46/32.png) [@Dr.Lao](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Lao)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2001, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/working-with-the-simpsons/72247/18 "2001-07-13T02:07:22Z")
Homer was supposed to teach how to build a successful marriage. Lisa: Are you going to work from a standardized text, or are you using the Socratic method of classroom participation. Homer: Yes, honey, daddy’s a teacher. ---
**Author:** ![SouprChckn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5f9b8f/32.png) [@SouprChckn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SouprChckn)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2001, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/working-with-the-simpsons/72247/19 "2001-07-13T04:17:45Z")
Homer was a boxer. That episode was on today. ---
**Author:** ![nick112](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ecc23a/32.png) [@nick112](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nick112)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2001, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/working-with-the-simpsons/72247/20 "2001-07-13T04:25:57Z")
“Bang Bang” Bart, he was a stripper, when maggie became when lisa became president. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/working-with-the-simpsons/72247.md?page=2)