The Simpsons creator Matt Groening jokingly made predictions about Elon Musk, the Statue of Liberty and Republican mother and father at San Diego Comedian-Con.
On Saturday, July 26, Groening joined The Simpsons producers Matt Selman and Mike Value, director Matt Faughnan and consulting producer/director David Silverman for a panel discussing Season 37 of the Fox animated sequence.
In the course of the chat, Selman responded to a deepfake meme about The Simpsons predicting the viral Coldplay kiss cam second. (It didn’t.)
“Who could possibly be so dumb?” Selman identified per Selection. “Of all our 800 episodes we did, that these two dumb white of us — I don’t what to name, the takes are performed — like, who may assume, who has such little reactive intelligence that that is in The Simpsons? And naturally, the reply is a whole bunch and a whole bunch of tens of millions of individuals!”
He then suggested followers, “While you see one thing that claims to be a Simpsons prediction, simply assume for one second. Might which have presumably been on the present? That’s all, simply assume one second after which touch upon the factor, ‘They’re magic, they’re wizards, they did it once more.’”
Moreover, Groening weighed in on faux claims of The Simpsons predicting sure occasions.
“We’re time vacationers,” he quipped, earlier than issuing a sequence of untamed forecasts.
“The Simpsons predicts Elon Musk would be the first man to land on Mars,” he joked. “Amazingly, he’ll crash land on Mars. However he’ll radio again that he’s marooned there eternally. And most emotionally of all, he’ll be capable of hear the cheering all the best way.”
On high of that, Groening comically predicted, “America will return the Statue of Liberty to France and North America remembers what the phrase Liberty means.”
He additionally declared, “The Simpsons predicts youngsters throughout America will liberate their Republican mother and father from the cult of MAGA. And right here’s the way you do it. Seize the TV distant, go to menu, go to controls, vertical controls, search for channel listing and delete Fox Information.”
Fortunately for followers, Groening shared there’s “no finish in sight” in relation to The Simpsons. Season 37 will kick off in fall 2025, though a premiere date has not but been introduced. The present has already been renewed via Season 40.
“We’re going to go till someone dies,” he stated. “When who dies, The Simpsons predicts there will likely be dancing within the streets. Besides President [JD] Vance will ban dancing.”
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