How Do The Writers Of The Simpsons Predict The Future
That s remarkable in and of itself but how about its uncanny ability to predict the future.
How do the writers of the simpsons predict the future. The simpsons has proved itself to be the nostradamus of network television over the years accurately predicting numerous political and cultural happenings. Simpsons writers have always been cynical. The simpsons is as famous for predicting the future as it is for it s incredible list of celebrity cameos. However perhaps we should have been paying more attention all these years as it is clear the writers of the show know something we don t as the simpsons has correctly predicted the future countless times without the viewers even knowing.
When watching an episode of the simpsons most people don t take things too seriously many simply consider it to be a fun cartoon. A cartoon show can do more predicting about the future than some staged tv drama certainly dramas set up in the past simon said. The future can be forecast better than one might think said al jean one of the show s original writers and its showrunner since 1998. There have been a staggering 30 seasons and over 650 episodes of the simpsons as a general rule the show is mostly concerned.
The simpsons with its impressive three decade history is one of the most successful and enduring sitcoms ever the longest running primetime scripted series period in fact. Maybe we re sort of a modern day nostradamuses or nostradami she laughs. Yeardley yard lee smith has voiced lisa simpson since the simpsons was just a series of janky looking animated shorts that ran on the tracey ullman show in 1987. And this wasn t the only time the writers have managed to predict the future.
19 years ago an episode of the simpsons predicted that donald trump would one day become us president.