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August 26, 2024 12:31 PM

‘The Simpsons’: 34 Times the Fox Comedy Successfully Predicted the Future or, 50 Predictions From 'The Simpsons' That Came True or, The Simpsons 17 Predictions for 2024 Is Insane!. However, don't forget The Simpsons conspiracy theories that AREN’T TRUE including False ‘Simpsons’ prediction resurfaces after Trump shooting
posted by chavenet (5 comments total)

D'oh! ...Newsletter
posted by chavenet at 12:32 PM on August 26

A blink-and-you'll-miss-it shot shows a familiar-looking pointy building behind Tower Bridge, which is recognizable to many London locals and tourists who know it today as The Shard. The only issue? The Shard hadn't been built yet at the time the episode aired, as it would only start being constructed in 2009, making its spot-on location and silhouette just a few of the weird predictions from this particular 1995 episode. Of course, that may be reading too much into a random building drawn by one of the artists from the show, but it's fun to see it that way anyway!

til: the shard was actually designed on a restaurant napkin [guardian]
posted by HearHere at 1:35 PM on August 26 [4 favorites]

Oh Lisa, you and your stories. "'The Simpsons' predicts the future." "Beer kills brain cells." Now let's go back to that...building, thingy...where our beds and TV. Is.
posted by Greg_Ace at 7:40 PM on August 26 [5 favorites]

Many of the predictions are things that exist that The Simpsons copied. Also put out enough material, and you'll probably predict the future a time or two too.
posted by The_Vegetables at 8:36 AM on August 27

Disappointingly light on details about what the RAND Corporation, the Saucer People, and the Reverse Vampires are really up to..
posted by Nerd of the North at 3:00 PM on August 27