The simpsons correctly and shockingly predicted donald trump would be americas president in an episode aired way back in 2000, where lisa. Loyal viewers of the simpsons believe the animated fox comedy warned the world about coronavirus decades ago. The simpsons might have already predicted the events of 2020. The simpsons, created by matt groening, is one of the longest running series in world television history. The simpsons made donald trump president 16 years ago as a. The simpsons pokes fun at trumps canine hair, tiny hands. The simpsons predicted a trump presidency 16 years ago. The image has been shared widely on social media, with many claiming that the simpsons is predicting trumps death in office. Episodes of the simpsons have won dozens of awards, including 31 emmys ten for outstanding animated program, 30 annies, and a peabody. Homer is outside eating ice cream when a man in a suit approaches him.
Bart to the future, simpsons episode predicts donald trump as. But, not even i remembered that the show had predicted the idea of president donald trump way back in 2000. The most recent example of something predicted on the simpsons coming true is the disneyfox deal. Sep 24, 2015 the animated series did feature a joke about donald trumps becoming president in a 2000 episode entitled bart to the future, but since trump had been flirting with the idea of making a. But the animated show has never aired an episode with such a storyline.
Jan 18, 2018 from correctly predicting the presidency of donald trump to disneys acquisition of 21st century fox, the simpsons, yes the longestrunning animated tv show ever, has correctly predicted a bunch. First broadcast in december 1989, it is due to run through at least a 30th season, breaking a record held by western drama gunsmoke for the primetime scripted series with the most episodes. From trump becoming president to game of thrones spoilers, here are the predictions simpsons writers have made which actually came. The simpsons, once a bastion of wit and humor, may have gone full cringe as its latest episode features donald trump in a musical number running in fear from the squad then having a danceoff with the 2020 democratic candidates. The simpsons pokes fun at trumps canine hair, tiny. The parody, though, is not when the simpsons managed to correctly predict that trump would one day become the president of the united states. The simpsons correctly called president trumpdid it. The simpsons predicted the outbreak of the deadly coronavirus 27 years ago, fans of the cartoon have claimed in an episode from 1993 a virus called osaka flu spreads through springfield after. The simpsons create cringeworthy antitrump segment where.
The simpsons mock trump with west side story parody with. In season 11, the simpsons predicted a donald trump presidency in the 2000 episode bart to the future. It originally aired on the fox network in the united states on march 19, 2000. It does not, however, count towards the series official episode count. Aug 21, 2019 the simpsons are once again going after president donald trump with a west side storyinspired musical number featuring democratic congresswomen alexandria ocasiocortez, rashida tlaib, ayanna.
The donald trump simpsons episode was eerily close to. Jan 31, 2020 the simpsons, created by matt groening, is one of the longest running series in world television history. When youre a comedy tv show that runs for a staggering 27 seasons at least, youre bound to run into some jokes that look downright brilliant in retrospect, even a little predictive. A march 19, 2000, episode of foxs longrunning animated series the simpsons essentially predicted donald trumps impending tenure as president of the united states in the season 11 episode.
The simpsons bart to the future tv episode 2000 imdb. The simpsons predicted president trump way back in 2000. The simpsons predicted donald trump presidency in episode. In a short feature last year, homer appeared at a trump rally. On 19 march, 2000, 16 years before donald trump was elected president, the simpsons aired an episode in which donald trump is elected president. Nov 10, 2016 on 19 march, 2000, 16 years before donald trump was elected president, the simpsons aired an episode in which donald trump is elected president. Simpsons writer says president trump episode was warning. Simpsons writer says president trump episode was warning to.
Sep 30, 2015 the donald trump simpsons episode was eerily close to what could happen if he became president. Several designs were made by the animators for future bart, but greaney did not think they matched. Today the simpsons saw the most absurd prediction in its 27year history come true correctly forecasting donald trump would be president. So, fans can add this to the number of the simpsons accurate predictions, including donald trump. The simpsons predictions for the year 2020 xperimental hamid. Adam driver is up for an oscar this year for marriage story. An episode of the simpsons that aired on march 19, 2000, predicted that donald trump would be president of the united states. President donald trumps racist attacks on four freshman congresswomen of color have gotten the simpsons treatment in a new clip from foxs animated series, which returns sept. It is the longestrunning primetime animated series and longestrunning sitcom in the united states. On february 19, 2012, the simpsons reached its 500th episode in the twentythird season. Neither episode focuses on a coronavirus spreading from china. The simpsons predicted donald trump would be president back.
The donald trump simpsons episode was eerily close to what. A grimacing bart simpson scrawls the phrase over and over again on a classroom chalkboard in the open to the latest episode of the simpsons. A fake viral image claims the simpsons predicted trumps. Writer of bart to the future episode, aired almost exactly 16 years ago, says idea was. Bart to the future, simpsons episode predicts donald trump. An image showing a cartoon donald trump in a coffin was purportedly featured on the simpsons animated tv series. Mar 17, 2016 simpsons writer says president trump episode was warning to us this article is more than 4 years old. Bart to the future is the seventeenth episode of the eleventh season of the american animated television sitcom the simpsons. Did the simpsons really predict the coronavirus outbreak. Nov 09, 2016 it was a throwaway joke in a simpsons episode 16 years ago, but that joke has just become americas reality. In february 2017, an image purportedly showing a still shot from an episode of the longrunning animated television series the simpsons, featuring a depiction of president donald trump lying in a. The simpsons has predicted a number of world events and an internet rumor said the show predicted the death of donald trump.
The animated series did feature a joke about donald trumps becoming president in a 2000 episode entitled bart to the future, but since trump had been flirting with the idea of making a. Newest simpsons features a white house unraveled in 100. The episode which aired in 2000 shows a grown up lisa simpson taking over at the white house in the aftermath of a trump presidency. The animated series did feature a joke about donald trump s becoming president in a 2000 episode entitled bart to the future, but since trump had been flirting with the idea of making a. But, not even i remembered that the show had predicted the idea of. As proof, theyre citing a 1993 episode of the series, which featured a.
The former began airing september 29, 2019 and will conclude on may 17, 2020, and the latter of which will contain the 700th episode. Donald john trump born june 14, 1946 is the 45th elected president of the united. Mar 17, 2016 it was somewhat of a throwaway line at the time, but make no mistake, it was included very much on purpose. The simpsons predicted coronavirus outbreak in 1993. With composer danny elfman suggesting that the simpsons could be about to end, here is our pick of the five greatest episodes in the shows 30. A scene purported to be from a the simpsons episode in 2000 showing trump on an escalator waving to supporters and onlookers was actually from footage taken in 2015, after he had announced. I always knew the simpsons was a show ahead of its time. Donald trumps bid for the white house and ascendancy in the polls has surprised many but the simpsons called it 15 years ago the cartoon foretold a. There, bart is prevented from entering because of his age. Bart to the future was the second episode of the simpsons to be set in the future, following lisas wedding. But it was the recentlydiscovered prediction of gop frontrunner donald trumps presidency in one of the episodes of the animated sitcom that made fans rewatch it from season 1 to find more predictions of the future. Bart gets a glimpse of the future while the family is on vacation at an indian casino.
The simpsons guy a family guy episode, which aired immediately after clown in the dumps, was assigned production number bacx22bacx23 and technically counts as a component of the 25th production season of the simpsons and the th broadcast season of family guy. Nov 09, 2016 the simpsons predicted a trump presidency 16 years ago. Donald john trump born june 14, 1946 is the 45th elected president of the united states. It was a throwaway joke in a simpsons episode 16 years ago, but that joke has just become americas reality. Since its debut on december 17, 1989, the simpsons has broadcast 673 episodes. Nov 09, 2016 in january, well officially get to call him president donald trump. Catch an allnew episode of the simpsons on sun at 87c on fox. The simpsons was renewed on february 6, 2019 for a thirtyfirst and thirtysecond season. In the episode, after their picnic in the park is cut short due to a mosquito infestation, the simpsons stop by at an indian casino. A tale of two trumps season 29 the simpsons youtube. He manages to sneak in but is caught by the guards and sent to the casino managers office. Donald trump, kobe bryants death and now coronavirus. The episode was directed by michael marcantel and written by dan greaney, who wanted to explore what barts life would end up like. Fans claim the simpsons predicted coronavirus outbreak in.
The simpsons correctly predicted a donald trump would be. Apr 29, 2017 the simpsons, which has 32 emmys and famously predicted a trump presidency in an episode aired in 2000, is nearing the end of its 28th season. He is pushed on the escalator behind donald trump and is mesmerized by trumps hair. Back in 2000, the seventeenth episode of season 11, titled bart to the future, saw the show explore the future through bart. Heres the scariest thing about the simpsons episode. The simpsons is a joint production by gracie films and 20th century fox television and syndicated by 20th television. The simpsons also predicted the election of donald trump, the discovery.
Simpsons depicts trump escalator scene in 2000, 15 yrs before the actual event predictive programming it seems ive been duped with some disinformation. Apr 14, 2017 the fox sitcom allegedly predicted the syrian civil warin an episode that was reputedly part of a massive international conspiracy to foment mayhem in the arab world. The simpsons correctly called president trumpdid it just. Aug 10, 2015 donald trump s bid for the white house and ascendancy in the polls has surprised many but the simpsons called it 15 years ago the cartoon foretold a trump presidency in a surreal episode where. The episode also touched on how crypto is the money of the future.
But 16 years ago, on a nowprescient episode of the simpsons, the legendary animated series predicted president trump would. Aug 21, 2019 the simpsons, once a bastion of wit and humor, may have gone full cringe as its latest episode features donald trump in a musical number running in fear from the squad then having a danceoff with the 2020 democratic candidates. The simpsons are once again going after president donald trump with a west side storyinspired musical number featuring democratic congresswomen alexandria ocasiocortez, rashida tlaib. Apr 28, 2016 the simpsons have made a number of uncannily accurate predictions during the shows nearly three decades on air, according to the daily star. The series, which aired its first episode on december 17, 1989, is still ongoing and the number of episodes has exceeded 600.
Trump presidency predicted by the simpsons cnn video. Simpsons writer reveals how he predicted the presidency of donald. The simpsons predicted donald trumps presidential win 16 years. The simpsons create cringeworthy antitrump segment where he. Feb 09, 2017 the simpsons has predicted a number of world events and an internet rumor said the show predicted the death of donald trump.
Did the simpsons predict the china coronavirus in 1993. Did the simpsons predict a donald trump presidency. Homer and marge talk politics and skewer the donald in the process. The simpsons guest star jim parsons explains cryptocurrency. Which simpsons episode predicted president donald trump. Did a 15yearold simpsons episode really predict the future in amazing detail. He also opened the trump taj mahal in atlantic city on monday april 2, 1990. Lets start with the most widely circulated prediction. In hardly kirking, trump is revealed to have written a childrens book titled youre tired, based on his. Since its debut on december 17, 1989, the simpsons has broadcast 680 episodes. Every episode of the simpsons, ranked a list of 678 titles created 14 oct 20 everything ive seen a list of 9990 titles created 25 aug 2011 see all related lists.
The simpsons correctly and shockingly predicted donald trump would be americas president in an episode aired way back in 2000, where. Nov 09, 2016 an episode of the simpsons that aired on march 19, 2000, predicted that donald trump would be president of the united states. The simpsons mock trump with west side story parody. A number of pictures from old episodes of the animated comedy show have been circulating on the internet suggesting that the simpsons predicted the outbreak of the virus over two decades in advance. Over the shows 30year run the simpsons have correctly predicted donald trump becoming u. From correctly predicting the presidency of donald trump to disneys acquisition of 21st century fox, the simpsons, yes the longestrunning animated tv show ever, has correctly predicted a. In fact, throughout its more than 600 episodes, creator matt groening and his team have been so on top of the countrys cultural pulse, theyve even managed to predict several major historical events along with a few less momentous happenings. The simpsons predicted the future once again when donald trump was elected president of the united states. From correctly predicting the presidency of donald trump to disneys acquisition of 21st century fox, the simpsons, yes the longestrunning. The episode attracted renewed attention in the events leading up to the 2016 presidential election, because of a reference to the presidency of donald trump. And this wasnt the only time the writers have managed to. The donald trump simpsons episode was eerily close to what could happen if he became president.
A new episode of the simpsons on sunday portrays the white house as a reality television show as it depicts president trump rounding out his first 100 days in office. The simpsons, which has 32 emmys and famously predicted a trump presidency in an episode aired in 2000, is nearing the end of its 28th season. A 2017 episode of the cartoon also seemed to preempt daenerys. This episode of the simpsons predicted a president trump. Prior to his election, trump had been a successful businessman, tv host of the apprentice and real estate developer. The show holds several american television longevity records. Simpsons writer says president trump episode was warning to us this article is more than 4 years old. Some viewers believe the animated comedy series has accurately predicted future events on a number of occasions, including the walt disney company owning 20th century fox and donald trump becoming president, according to business insider. The episode is named bart to the future and in it, lisa is the president of the usa and is attempting to rebuild the economy after donald trump ruined it during. Lisa simpson apandrew harnikfox salon heres the scariest thing about the simpsons episode that predicted president.
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