FWIW (Episode 4F22)

There was a discussion recently about the syndication status of episode 4F22, "The City of New York vs. Homer Simpson." For what it's worth, "Star India" (an Indian TV station, natch) showed it yesterday. As usual, they showed it uncut. I can't exactly see what the problem is. Are we supposed to shelve every movie and TV show filmed in New York between 1973 and 2001? Since the Simpsons takes place in the 1980's, it would have been more surprising if the WTC *hadn't* been shown.

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I agree with what you're saying (obvious as it is) but OFF is NOT set in the 1980's. Thats not the way the Simpsons universe works. If that was the case Bill Clinton wouldn't have appeared as president etc. I don't think many stations are keeping it shelved anyway. We're getting it tommorow.

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I don't think this needs to be mentioned, but SIMPSONS doesn't "take place" in the 80's.

Now, it is true that Homer and Marge seem to have been in high school in the mid 70's, and gotten married around 1980 (Marge being pregnant with Bart).

After the birth of Maggie in 1988 or so, sometime around 1990, the Simpsons seem to be in some weird time bubble where the children don't age (not just The Simpson children themselves, but most of the surrounding Springfield kids.... although, as someone pointed out, there are obvious exceptions, like Apu's kids, who seem to be aging at a faster, though still slower than normal, rate).

However, time otherwise passes; so that current topical things are known; for example, presidents, the current tv and movie and rock stars, or, 10 years ago, Patty and Selma were big fans of MacGyver, although they don't mention it much these days; now their taste runs to SEX IN THE CITY, that show about 4 New York gay men played by 4 women.

---- I've been waiting for a line where Bart says something like, "It seems like I've been 10 years old forever!"

Whenever they do finally wrap THE SIMPSONS up, I think the kids should age like the guy in INDIANA JONES AND THE LAST CRUSADE who drinks from the Holy Grail.

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I haven't seen the most recent seasons (Star India is currently showing Season Nine, and Israel TV is showing Season Eleven), so I didn't know about the "Sex and the City" reference, but "MacGyver" was first shown in 1985. I would assume that the references are fewer and further between because, since it's been a decade since the show was on, fewer people would recognize the reference.

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(in my best CBG voice) Please to note, it was not Sex in the City but Nooky in New York that was watched in "Half Decent Proposal"

"Three wars back we called saurkraut Liberty Cabbage, and we called Liberty Cabbage Super Slaw! Back then a suitcase was known as a Swedish Luchbox... Anyway; long story short, is a phrase whose origin is complicated and rambling." Abraham Simpson

Imagine Springfield as being in some sort of "time bubble" where time progresses at a glacial pace, yet keeps up with popular culture outside of Springfield. Also, I hope to see the WTC episode again, but what you have to realize is that the images of those buildings coming down in flames are still very vivid in most Americans' minds. Would you like to see a show that took place at the site of some terrible terrorist attack only a few months after it occurred? I'm sure that it would bring back some painful memories, and many people in the US aren't exactly ready for that.