When life imitates animated art.
Europe trying to get rid of Greece
The financial crisis in Greece rumbled on in 2015, hogging headlines for weeks, but the long-running US show saw things going awry there years before: just witness this small, subtle gag in 2013 episode ‘Politically Inept, With Homer Simpson’. As Springfield’s most loveable buffoon is being interviewed on TV, a news ticker flashes on the screen below with the headline: “Europe puts Greece on eBay.”
The #Simpsons had it right all along ; #Greece #ThisIsACoup #Fascism #EU #ECB #IMF http://t.co/lf7ZxeBHpu pic.twitter.com/ppkRQ3ZrM6
— Greg Smith
(@Greg_5mith) July 14, 2015
Uncanny stuff.
The Rolling Stones to keep on rocking into old age
In the 1995 episode ‘Lisa’s Wedding’, set in the future, her fiancee has a poster in her room claiming that The Rolling Stones will still be on tour in 2010 on “The Steel Wheelchair Tour.” The same episode, by the way, sees characters communicate via snazzy electronic watches. Wherever might Apple have got their idea from…
Y Los Simpsons ya anticipaban el tour de Los Rolling Stones en 2016 pic.twitter.com/rMz52Bqhps
— ernesto garratt (@ernestogarratt) November 5, 2016
