Simpsons 12/7 Episode

If anyone caught "the Simpsons" episode tonight, Homer had a rather odd line. "I'm not fat. It's genetic." Hmmm, is MG watching South Park?

Maybe he is. But, as a Simpsons fan, this is not the first time I've heard that line or something very similar being used. Wouldn't it make more sense that its the other way around? Trey & Matt have been watching Simpsons?

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In article , [email] (MOWBIE) wrote:

He says, "it's glandular."

On a MST3K, one of the lines the robots said during a movie was "I'm not corpulent, I'm big boned."

[email]

"Cartoons kick (butt!)" - Cartman

The fat/big boned joke has been around long before SP. The godawful hippos on "Animaniacs" used it for their catch phrase, for one thing.

J.F.

I'm sure he is. Actually the line was "It's glandular", but that's just nitpicking.

George

I said the same thing to myself. They showed that clip on a commercial also. --- See ya, Richard Hunt

"Move it povs, I'm an American!!!" Eric Cartman "My weinies won't cook!" Also E.C.

no cartman says

"i'm not fat i'm big boned"

big boned and genetically fat are too different things

homer is admitting to be fat but it is something he has no control over cartman just down right denies it

AM wrote in article ...

"If anyone caught "the Simpsons" episode tonight, Homer had a rather odd line. "I'm not fat. It's genetic." Hmmm, is MG watching South Park?"

People have been saying they're big boned or have gland probs long before Cartman or Homer hit the animated screen.

That episode of the Simpsons most likely was written over a year and a half ago. I don't think they're trying to rip anything off of South Park...

And, Matt doesn't write the Simpons any more. In fact I don't think he has written an entire episode of the Simpsons since the Tracey Ulhman days...

The Usenet Cabal (there is no cabal) would like you to believe that on Mon, 08 Dec 1997 23:25:09 GMT, Jeremy J. Fadner posted an article to alt.tv.southpark saying:

@ >"If anyone caught "the Simpsons" episode tonight, Homer had a rather odd @ >line. "I'm not fat. It's genetic." Hmmm, is MG watching South Park?" @ >

@ That episode of the Simpsons most likely was written over a year and a half @ ago. I don't think they're trying to rip anything off of South Park...

@ And, Matt doesn't write the Simpons any more. In fact I don't think he has @ written an entire episode of the Simpsons since the Tracey Ulhman days...

Actually, he wrote the episode where Homer meets the country singer.

Agreed. Besides, I bet that episode was written LOOOONG before South Park debuted.

Later, Cyd

On 9 Dec 1997 00:54:49 GMT, [email] (Cyd 007) offered this unto Shub-Internet:

No, it was a new episode.

In article , [email] (Cyd 007) wrote:

What makes you think there is any great lag-time for the Simpsons at all?

I know that when George Bush commented that American families should be, "more like the Waltons and less like the Simpsons," it took two weeks for a joke to slipstream in, "We are just like the Waltons -- waiting for the end of a recession" and less than four months for a full episode making fun of George Bush and how much he hated Bart.

--Elocutus

The George Bush thing you are refering to was done by taking some old animation lying around and dubbing the voices over the old track. Kind of like South Park does for an entire episode.

Doubtful. It takes a pretty long time to create a Simpsons episode. The writing, artwork, and voices are done in the US, then it's sent overseas to be animated. Most likely that particular episode was written at least six months ago if not a year. Not to mention that MG (Matt Groening) has next to nothing to do with the Simpsons TV show anymore. (sad but true)...

Maybe it's just a coincidence, or am I stupid for even suggesting that.

Who cares if its funny they will watch