Post by TheInfiniteSadness on Jun 9, 2024 19:13:13 GMT -5
A fugitive flight into Canada made Saskatchewan a part of the history behind The Simpsons
Imagine this: After war breaks out, Abe claims Mennonite exemption and flees from the military to Saskatchewan, where Homer becomes a Canadian citizen.
That's not the synopsis for an unaired episode of The Simpsons. That's what really happened to the real-life inspirations for the long-running animated show before they became big, yellow stars.
Matt Groening may or may not know about his ancestors' criminal connection to Saskatchewan. If he is aware, he seems not to have used it on the show.
"Had I known that The Simpsons would turn into the series, I wouldn't have subjected my family to the humiliation of having some of the characters named after them," Groening told the Toronto Star in 1990 during the show's red-hot first season.
A few years earlier, he had quickly sketched the characters for a meeting with producer James L. Brooks, using his own family's real names, including the nod to his father, Homer.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatchewan/simpsons-draft-dodging-saskatchewan-connection-1.7225686
Who knew.
Imagine this: After war breaks out, Abe claims Mennonite exemption and flees from the military to Saskatchewan, where Homer becomes a Canadian citizen.
That's not the synopsis for an unaired episode of The Simpsons. That's what really happened to the real-life inspirations for the long-running animated show before they became big, yellow stars.
Matt Groening may or may not know about his ancestors' criminal connection to Saskatchewan. If he is aware, he seems not to have used it on the show.
"Had I known that The Simpsons would turn into the series, I wouldn't have subjected my family to the humiliation of having some of the characters named after them," Groening told the Toronto Star in 1990 during the show's red-hot first season.
A few years earlier, he had quickly sketched the characters for a meeting with producer James L. Brooks, using his own family's real names, including the nod to his father, Homer.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatchewan/simpsons-draft-dodging-saskatchewan-connection-1.7225686
Who knew.