Talking Simpsons - Homer's Odyssey (Revisited) With Andrew Jupin
Added 2020-01-15 03:59:59 +0000 UTCWe welcome back on Andrew Jupin from the awesome We Hate Movies podcast! to help us return to another season one favorite! Homer loses his job and is driven to suicidal depression in this very odd early episode. Listen now to hear about the mutants of Springfield, a different Smithers, how Hank Azaria joined the cast, and so much more!
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When I read an article in 1989 that announced the premier of the Simpsons and said Homer would be working at a nuclear power plant, I laughed outloud, knowing it was a perfectly dark funny job for him. For those growing up in the 70s and 80s nuclear power was always something that made us nervous. One of my earliest memories about the TV news were the various reports about 3 Mile Island in 1979 which was about 30 miles away. Flash forward to the late 80s, we had moved and nearby was another nuclear plant with a reputation for safety problems. When I was 14 or so we went on one those tours and they showed us a propaganda short pretty similar to Smiling Joe Fission. Afterward I asked the tour guide, who was boasting about how clean nuclear power was, some pointed questions about how clean it would really be if there was a serious accident. He tried to reassure us that an accident was very very unlikely. When I tried to say it could still happen and if it did the environmental damage would be pretty bad, he stopped calling on me and moved the tour along.
Stephen C. Nedell
2020-01-26 16:44:13 +0000 UTC
