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Throughout 35 seasons with more to comeThe Simpsonshas served up hundreds of thousands of jokes.
Whether it’s luck or uncanny foresight, here are 21 timesThe Simpsonspredicted the future.
Not surprisingly, Washington wins.
Homer and Marge laying in bed with virtual reality glasses in the season 28 episode ‘Friends and Family’.Credit:Fox/Disney+
(Dallas defeated Buffalo.)
Once again, Dallas bested Buffalo.
the God Particle, when it was discovered in 2012.
Mr. Burns (right) benching Don Mattingly in ‘Homer at the Bat’.FOX
“It’s kind of amazing as Homer makes this prediction 14 years before it was discovered.”
And in the U.S., there were multiplesightings of the extremely deadly Asian giant hornets.
Six times, actually.
Clockwise from left: Sen-Dog, B-Real, Deejay Muggs and Homer Simspon in ‘Homerpalooza’.20th Century Fox Film Corp./Courtesy Everett Collection
Between two indictments that year, 30 FIFA officials were indicted, and eventually,27 pleaded guilty.
What then happened in real life:In 2016, Trump was elected president.
(And to be fair, he had considered runs for POTUS back when the episode was written.)
Mr. Burns using virtual reality glasses in ‘Friends and Family’.Fox/Disney+
At the time, her set was the most-watched musical performance in Super Bowl history.
What then happened in real life:Though not Starr, another Beatles member made a similar gesture.
“Hey, Adrienne.
Homer and Lisa watching football in ‘Lisa the Greek’.Fox
Listen, it’s Paul.
I saw your video,” he said in a video shared onTikTokandInstagram.
“I’m in Brooklyn now.
Ernst being attacked by a white tiger in ‘$pringfield (Or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Legalized Gambling)'.FOX
I’m in New York.
I finally got here.
We got an exhibition, a photo exhibition.
Homer and Bart stealing grease from Krusty Burger in ‘Lard of the Dance’.FOX
Come along and see it.”
What then happened in real life:In 2018, Canada legalized recreational marijuana.
Lisa (right) talking to Marge on Picture Phone in ‘Lisa’s Wedding’.FOX
Homer solving an equation in ‘The Wizard of Evergreen Terrace’.FOX
Kent Brockman reporting about the Osaka Flu in ‘Marge in Chains’.Fox/Disney+
Homer using an electronic voting machine in ‘Treehouse of Horror XIX’.FOX
The NSA listening to conversations in America in ‘The Simpsons Movie’ (2007).FOX
Executive VP of World Football Federation (right) getting arrested in ‘You Don’t Have to Live Like a Referee’.FOX
Homer (right) talking to newscasters in ‘Politically Inept, With Homer Simpson’.FOX
Homer in an underwater submersible in ‘Homer’s Paternity Coot’.Fox/Disney+
Martin showing the betting pool for Nobel Prize winners in ‘Elementary School Musical’.FOX
Lisa in the Oval Office in ‘Bart to the Future’.FOX
Lady Gaga flying over a crowd in ‘Lisa Goes Gaga’.FOX
A giant sign of 20th Century Fox in ‘When You Dish Upon a Star’.FOX
Ringo Starr reading fanmail in ‘Brush With Greatness’.Fox/Disney+
Marge and Homer winning gold medals in ‘Boy Meets Curl’.20th Century Fox
Homer (left) watching Ned Flanders being offered Canadian pot in ‘Midnight Rx’.FOX
