Ok, so I'm a history freak...

Why The Simpsons still rule

Published on May 9, 2004 By Draginol In World War II

So tonight we're watching The Simpsons. Tonight they had two episodes, one of which was about a campaign to make Springfield an un-kid friendly place.

About half-way through, they have a scene of them changing the Toy's R Us logo and show kids crying including Milhouse grimacing. It was just for a couple of seconds. But apparently I'm not the only world war II history freak out there. One of the writers there made a reference to a World War II image of a sad French man in a crowd as the Nazi's walked triumphantly through Paris.

The Simpsons

Original reference

What's impressive is the detail. They have the lady with the hat on the left, the dark haired woman peaking out from behind, etc. It's just another example of why The Simpsons is so great. It's full of these kinds of references. For every one we catch, one wonders how many go right by.

Comments (Page 2)

latour999

on Oct 18, 2005

^^^ Someone kill the anon troll ^^^

latour999

on Oct 18, 2005

But seriously, I recently bought a WW2 grand strategy game called Hearts of Iron 2, and that picture seems familiar in the game. I don't know where it was in the game, though. I think it was in the background somewhere in the main menu.

stevendedalus

on Aug 18, 2008

Brad, any tips as to how I keep getting this error on the forum?

Cannot find server or DNS Error
Internet Explorer

How times have changed in France.

stevefrank

on Sep 12, 2012

It's in funny look. nice.

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