The Simpsons’ 35-Year-Old Drawing Of Homer Strangling Bart Shared By Director (& Promises More)

A Simpsons director shares a 35-year-old image of Homer strangling Bart, and promises there will be more to come. For viewers of Fox’s most venerable animated comedy series, the sight of Homer Simpson getting angry at his mischievous son Bart and strangling him has long been a familiar if (to some) upsetting sight. However, it appeared the show was finally set to retire the controversial running joke when in season 35, episode 3 “McMansion & Wife,” Homer seemed to promise an end to the strangling with an admission that “times have changed.” Series co-creator James L. Brooks later spoke out to assure that, indeed, the show will not be retiring its long-running joke, despite Homer’s seeming change of heart.