Inside Jokes on the Simpsons

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<p>I love the ongoing joke on the Simpsons about Harvard/Yale rivalries, anyone else catch any? Here's a few I've noticed:</p>

<p>In the episode where Bart and Lisa write Itchy and Scratchy cartoons, one of the writers is a Harvard alum who is abused and fired by the show's producer. The producer calls the alum to make him sing "Fair Harvard", then throws a paperweight at his head, prompting him to say, "You, sir, have the boorish manners of a Yalie"</p>

<p>In the episode where the Simpsons get Laddie the amazing dog, Burns peers at Laddie and says something like "Smithers, I believe this dog was in Skull and Bones."</p>

<p>Homer's half brother Herm, says "I don't know why I hired you Harvard dead heads anyway..." in a meeting about what new cars his engineers were designing. One of them replies, "Because you went there sir." </p>

<p>Mr. Burns meets his long-lost son. In the begging of the episode he is returning from a Harvard-Yale football game in which Yale looses. He says “Harvard can have its sports and academics, Yale will always be first in gentlemanly club life.”</p>

<p>On the episode when Homer starts the bowling team. After They have to kick Otto off for Mr. burns he is trying to win a Harvard diploma out of the machine.</p>

<p>Then, jokes about other schools:</p>

<p>When the Simpsons go to jail, and Bart says, "Lisa is going to Stanford! Lisa is going to Stanford!" Because her record will be tarnished. Lisa is very upset. Homer joins in and him and Bart chant it twice. Marge than says "Nobody is going to Stanford!"</p>

<p>In the episode in which Lisa cheats on a test, she is offered the answers by Nelson while undergoing a moral struggle. A Harvard man pops up out of one of the stalls saying something to this effect:</p>

<p>Harvard Man: Your failing of this test closes the doors of Harvard to you forever but we'll make sure to pass your application along to (shudder) Brown.</p>

<p>Bart: Hey Otto, didn't you go to Brown?</p>

<p>Otto: Ya man, I almost got tenure. </p>

<p>I unearthed some of these online, wonder if there are more...</p>

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<p>I actually heard that most of the original Simpsons writers were Harvard grads, and that's why they made the evil characters Yalies, like Mr. Burns. One you missed (I forget the exact contact that caused Principal Skinner to bring this up): </p>

<p>Principal Skinner: Brown. Mmm hmmm... fine school. Hey Otto, you went to Brown.
Otto: Yeah, and now I'm DRIVING the buses!</p>

<p>good times</p>

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<p>Ivy League references on the simpsons:</p>

<p><a href="http://www.snpp.com/guides/ivy.html%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.snpp.com/guides/ivy.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

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<p>I feel like they're looking too far into it a few times on that site, ex: Book author says she she got her special to be a writer at a class at the "Y", Yale University.</p>

<p>I'm pretty sure the reference is actually to the YMCA.</p>

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<p>They played an episode today. When Homer becomes an agent and helps Lisa win, he writes a crappy song so his client can lose. The kid says something like</p>

<p>"... and I'm going to Yale because I'm a legacy..."</p>

<p>What about that episode when Bart and Lisa's future is foretold by the scientist. In the future, Lisa attends Yale, but it's owned by McDonald's.</p>

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<p>Oh yeah i saw that lol... Johnny Rainbow...</p>