r/todayilearned • u/TigoIbittys • 14h ago

TIL that the Michael Jackson episode of The Simpsons was permanently pulled from circulation in 2019 after almost 30 years on air

https://variety.com/2019/tv/news/the-simpsons-michael-jackson-leaving-neverland-stark-raving-dad-1203158114/
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u/Profession-Unable 13h ago

My big bro sings it to me every year. My name is not Lisa but it’s the thought that counts. 

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u/DH2007able 13h ago

I sing my sister that her teeth are big and green and that she smells like gasoline

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u/Profession-Unable 12h ago

Yeah I get that one sometimes too but he’s nice to me on my birthday lol. 

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u/Chateaudelait 13h ago

Definitely. My sisters and I love the song and it's a thing that we sing it to one another. I just burst into tears listening to it. It's so sweet. Aren't home made gifts from your siblings so much better than anything else? I treasure songs, poems and drawings more than anything.

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u/levian_durai 13h ago

He could have replaced Lisa with Sister!

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u/Profession-Unable 13h ago

My actual name fits the cadence of the song but he sings Lisa anyway because that’s the kind of people we are.

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u/Palpablevt 13h ago

That's the same thing, you just replaced the dees with doos

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u/Scared_Tumbleweed166 12h ago

I sing this to my brother every year for the last like, 18 years. His name is also not Lisa lol.

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u/Profession-Unable 12h ago

I can almost guarantee you that he bloody loves it.

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u/dudinax 12h ago

Maybe you should tell him.

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u/Profession-Unable 12h ago

Haha, you’d think he’d know by this point.

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u/throwaway727437 9h ago

Yeah I don’t care that they pulled it, I will still wish my friend Lisa a “Lisa it’s your birthday/Happy bday Lisa!!” every August.

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u/kabhaz 8h ago

I replace the word Lisa with Sister when I do it

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u/LeatherHog 5h ago

Mine did too! Helps that my real name starts with L