The Simpsons celebrate 500
But when the show is The Simpsons, about the anarchic family from Springfield who have tickled funny bones from Ballina to Beijing over the past 25 years, it’s appropriate. A few more birthday candles will surely be added.
In the 14th episode of the 23rd season, already shown in the US but due to be screened by Sky this summer, the citizens of Springfield have reached the end of their tether with Homer’s ‘drunken shenanigans’ and Bart’s pranks, and rise up to banish the Simpsons from the town. Being forcefully ejected from Springfield is nothing new to Homer & Co. It previously happened in a Halloween episode, a Christmas special and in The Simpsons Movie. Cast out as social pariahs, they end up living in a down-and-out community beyond the city limits called The Outlands — with none other than Julian Assange as their neighbour.
