There’s a episode for everything. In keeping with the popular internet meme about the long-running supposedly predicting the future, the latest instance has been sparked by President Biden ending his re-election bid over the weekend and endorsing Kamala Harris for the Democratic presidential nomination. A writer for even took to social media to remark on the show’s supposed foreshadowing of Harris.
It dates back to an episode from March of 2000, titled “Bart to the Future,” in which Lisa Simpson becomes the first female president of the US. During the episode, Lisa can be seen wearing the same purple suit, along with a pearl necklace and earrings, that Harris won during her 2021 swearing-in. And because so many fans pointed to that coincidence, writer Al Jean took to X/Twitter to express his pride at the entirely coincidental similarity.
. “prediction” I’m proud to be a part of. Personally, I think this kind of thing is pretty silly.
Every woman who wears a purple suit with pearls in the context of a political situation is not an automatic reference to Vice President Harris. Nevertheless, the juxtaposition of the two images on social media went pretty viral, so much so that writer Al Jean weighed in (as you can see above). Sign up for the most interesting tech & entertainment news out there.
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