The Simpsons Finally Addresses The Oldest Homer & Bart Controversy (& It’s Better Than You’d Expect)

The Simpsons season 35, episode 3 referenced one of the show’s oldest controversies and managed to touch on this sensitive topic with a surprising level of grace. The Simpsons might not be anywhere near as controversial as the show once was in its early days, but it’s not immune to bad publicity. Where classic early episodes of The Simpsons were considered too vulgar or crude for prime time TV audiences, the show now has the opposite problem thanks to its many years on the air. Some of the oldest running jokes in The Simpsons don’t align with current cultural norms and can seem badly outdated to contemporary viewers.