The Simpsons Predicted Walking
This week it was announced that disney had agreed a deal to buy a large chunk of 21st century fox something the simpsons prophesied.
The simpsons predicted walking. Happy 30th birthday to the simpsons which first aired on dec 17 1989. Longtime the simpsons writer bill oakley finally admitted that they predicted the future and well we can t really say he didn t at this point. Oakley also opined that there are very few cases where the simpsons predicted something. The simpsons has proved itself to be the nostradamus of network television over the years accurately predicting numerous political and cultural happenings.
19 years ago an episode of the simpsons predicted that donald trump would one day become us president. The folks behind the simpsons are basically fortune tellers. In the episode lisa s wedding the public can see lisa talking with her mother in a video call with a screen attached to a phone. However the simpsons already predicted the main changes in technological devices that people would have years later.
The simpsons predicted the horror show that is 2020 way back in 1993. Here are some other examples of the show s supernatural powers of prediction. And this wasn t the only time the writers have managed to predict the future. Back when the coronavirus prediction was making.
In 2007 episode please homer don t hammer em the simpsons family is walking through a mall when marge excitedly exclaims.