The Simpsons The series has returned to the spotlight, with fans quick to point out that the show has predicted the future once again thanks to an episode in the show's eleventh season that caught viewers' attention. The Uncanny Similarities Between Lisa Simpson and Vice President Kamala HarrisThe long-running animated sitcom has a history of predicting everything from Lady Gaga's Super Bowl appearance to the legalization of marijuana in Canada, and this time, The Simpsons He returned to the political arena with the show. It is possible to predict the next president of the United States.This prompted veteran writer and former producer of the series, Al Jean, to intervene in the matter.
It all started when current US President Joe Biden dropped out of the presidential race, making the shock announcement that he would not seek a second term. He then threw his support behind current Vice President Harris, the front-runner to replace him as the Democratic nominee and face Republican candidate and convicted felon Donald Trump in November. That’s when Biden’s fans started screaming. The Simpsons I dug deep into the archives to pull up a photo of Lisa Simpson from an episode called “Bart to the Future,” which aired on March 19, 2000.
In the episode, Bart is caught trying to sneak into a casino and is taken to the principal’s office for a reprimand. A glimpse into his future is shown, which depicts him as an aspiring rock star living with Ralph Wiggum. His sister Lisa is the current President of the United States, and this is where the parallels to the current events begin. Not only is Lisa wearing a purple suit, a string of pearls, and matching pearl earrings, but she’s also trying to get the country back on track after the economy was left in shambles by Donald Trump’s presidency. Yep, The Simpsons And expect that too.
Fans pointed out that the photo of Lisa Simpson standing behind the podium looks exactly like Harris during her inauguration as vice president in 2021. This prompted Jean, an original member of the The SimpsonsWriting staff, to share on social media (via Entertainment Weekly) This is one of the predictions he made. “Proud to be a part of.” Watch it below.
No, the Simpsons can't predict the future.
While it’s fun to think that an animated sitcom that pokes fun at not only itself but the world we live in could predict the future, current producer Matt Selman says that when it comes down to it, it’s really just two things: math and history. Selman has joined the writing team on the series. The Simpsons In 1997, he has now won six Emmy Awards for his work on the series, slowly rising through the ranks over the past twenty-seven years.
Salman explains that with a series of over 760 episodes, it would be impossible not to eventually come to fruition. He says it's not about magic as much as it is about common sense and human superstition.
“A lot of people in our society have become obsessed with the idea that
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Personally, I don't believe in magic. But the one place where magic is definitely real is in the minds of human beings. In fact, the Simpsons' predictions can be attributed to a basic understanding of two subjects: history and mathematics.“If you study history, you can ‘predict’ the future because human folly is repetitive. If you study mathematics, you know that if a show literally has thousands of jokes over the course of nearly 800 episodes, it would be statistically impossible not to create material that would interfere with what would happen later in real life. But people prefer the simpler answer: magic.”
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whether The Simpsons He accurately predicted who the next US President would be, and it remains to be seen, as fans will have to Wait until the November elections to find out.But one thing is for sure, everyone's favorite family's longevity shows no signs of slowing down.
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