Episode 17: Two Cars in Every Garage and Two Eyes on Every Fish; and Politics in Every Podcast
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And so, my fellow expat Dan Lebofsky and I sit down to talk about "Two Cars in Every Garage and Three Eyes on Every Fish," which originally aired in the US on November 1, 1990.
And so, inevitably, the first outwardly political episode of The Simpsons takes us to a highly political place more focused on the current environment, which includes a global pandemic and the worldwide protests in solidarity with the victim of a brutal murder at the hands of a police officer in gross violation of his code and severe abuse of his authority.
So maybe this one is not that fun, let me be honest. But maybe it can be cathartic. One of the great values of The Simpsons as a series is how - in being keyed to the zeitgeist - it can be a reflection of the society that spawned it. It can inspire provocative discourse. And the themes that were relevant thirty years ago remain relevant today.
So join us, and perhaps we'll provoke a valuable discussion in your own circle.
TRIGGER WARNING: We do talk about Donald Trump. And we are certainly not kind to him.
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