Hes a duffswilling slob like his father, but his sister lisa has grown. This article from the guardian the episode of the simpsons that in 2000 foresaw such a laughable outcome has begun looking unnervingly prescient. Up until a few weeks ago, we werent taking the possibility threat of donald trump becoming president seriously. Bart to the future, aired in march 2000, shows a glimpse of 2030 just weeks after trump vacated the white house. A simpsons episode that aired in march 2000 and predicted donald trump would become president was intended as a warning, its writer has said. The simpsons predicted donald trump presidency in 2000. Simpsons writer who predicted trump presidency in 2000. While aware of the rumors, simpsons showrunners have always claimed to have no foreknowledge of. On 19 march, 2000, 16 years before donald trump was elected president, the simpsons aired an episode in which donald trump is elected president. The simpsons warned america that donald trump would one day assume the highest office in the land back in 2000. Trump presidency predicted by the simpsons youtube. Last night, america made that prediction come true.
Donald trump presidency in an episode from 2000 titled bart to the future that flashes forward to the future, lisa becomes president and takes over after donald trump, apparently, ruined the. The simpsons predicted a trump presidency in 2000 springfield was it always an inevitability. The simpsons acknowledge predicting president donald trump. The simpsons predicted a trump presidency back in 2000. Like many of its futurelooking episodes over the years, the simpsons has proved uncannily, if scarily, prescient. The simpsons predicted donald trump would be president. In the episode bart to the future, which originally aired in march 2000, lisa simpson is set. How the simpsons predicted the trump presidency in 2000. Back in 2000, in an episode titled bart to the future, the simpsons correctly predicted donald trump would become president of the united states in the future. Dont have a cow man, the simpsons saw president trump coming a long time ago.
But, not even i remembered that the show had predicted the idea of president. On march 19, 2000, the simpsons aired an episode that took a peek into the future. An episode of the simpsons that aired on march 19, 2000, predicted that donald trump would be president of the united states. The simpsons predicted a donald trump presidency 16 years ago. In the episode, bart to the futurewhich first aired in the us in march 2000lisa simpson is. In an unnervingly prescient episode of the iconic fox show from march 19. The episode that aired in 2000 shows a grown up lisa simpson taking over oval office in the aftermath of a trump presidency. I always knew the simpsons was a show ahead of its time. If predicting trumps rise in 2015 was tough, imagine doing it in 2000. The 2000 episode of the simpsons predicting a president donald trump was a vision of america going insane, according to the writer who created the storyline. Simpsons 2000 episode trump buying the us presidential. The simpsons, however, predicted a president trump all the way back in 2000, when fox aired an episode entitled bart to the future.
Did the simpsons predict a donald trump presidency. The simpsons likes to poke fun at everything, and sometimes the show makes a few predictions. The writers were looking for a celebrity name that would sound slyly absurdist. In an episode called bart to the future, bart gets a glimpse at his adult self. Bart to the future, simpsons episode predicts donald trump. And donald trump was first acknowledged as the president of the united states on the show in the 2000 episode bart to the future, over 15 years before being he was elected. Bart to the future is the seventeenth episode of the eleventh season of the american animated television sitcom the simpsons. The simpsons predicted president trump in 2000 that scene, as loyal simpsons fans like myself remember, comes from an episode called bart to the future in which the show jumps ahead 30 years. It just seemed like the logical last stop before hitting bottom, dan greaney recalls. Lisa simpson inherits the white house but the nation is broke. With dan castellaneta, julie kavner, nancy cartwright, yeardley smith. We look back at an episode from 2000 that imagines what would happen under a donald trump presidency.
Trump was just the right comedic fit at the time, episode writer dan greaney recently told the posts michael cavna. Bart to the future, simpsons year 2000 episode predicted trump being elected as president. It was an allusion to a prediction made in a 2000 episode, which featured lisa as the nations first. The real estate mogul didnt make an appearance, but his presidency is. In 2000, the show had an episode titled bart to the future in which it joked about barts sister, lisa, becoming president after president trump, but reports that the show foresaw an image of. Simpsons writer on 2000 episode predicting donald trump. How the simpsons predicted trump intellectual takeout. Bart gets a glimpse of the future while the family is on vacation at an indian casino. The nowinfamous bart to the future episode of the simpsons, which aired almost exactly 16 years ago, on march 19, 2000, predicted a donald. How the simpsons predicted the trump presidency in 2000 from the episode bart to the future where lisa simpson becomes president of the united states.
In february 2017, an image purportedly showing a still shot from an episode of the longrunning animated television series the simpsons, featuring a depiction of president donald trump lying in a. The now infamous bart to the future episode of the simpsons, which aired almost exactly 16 years ago, on march 19, 2000, predicted a donald. The simpsons predicted donald trump presidency in episode. Bart sees his future in a vision where his band plays a gig for popcorn shrimp and lisa becomes the first straight female president of the united states. There, bart is prevented from entering because of his age. Another example of the simpsons predicting the future. It originally aired on the fox network in the united states on march 19, 2000. Donald trump became president predicted by the simpsons in 2000 trump simpsons president. The simpsons predicted president trump way back in 2000 the.
That time the simpsons predicted president donald trump. Matt groeningap the writers impression of trump in. In the episode, after their picnic in the park is cut short due to a mosquito infestation, the simpsons stop by at an indian casino. A simpsons episode in the year 2000 predicted donald trumps. S ixteen years ago, the simpsons predicted that donald trump would be president of the united states. The simpsons predicted president trump becoming the us president. Titled bart to the future, the episode shows bart a vision of what his adult life will be like.
Watch the simpsons predict president trump in 2000. The animated series did feature a joke about donald trumps becoming president in a 2000 episode entitled bart to the future, but since trump had been flirting with the idea of making a. Did the simpsons predict the donald trump presidency. Watch the simpsons predict president trump in 2000 almost exactly 16 years ago, the simpsons joked trump would become president, bankrupting the country. Sixteen years ago almost to the day the simpsons did just that. The simpsons predicted a donald trump presidency in 2000. The simpsons predicted president trump way back in 2000. This episode of the simpsons predicted a president trump. Which simpsons episode predicted president donald trump. Writer of bart to the future episode, aired almost exactly 16 years ago, says idea was consistent with vision of us going insane. In 2000, bart to the future, an episode of the simpsons in which bart imagines his coming years, showed lisa simpson taking over as americas first straight female president from an. Hillary clinton won americas popular vote, echoing al gores failed 2000 run.
The simpsons predicted donald trumps presidency time. Images from the the simpsons showing donald trumps announcement of his presidential candidacy are from 2015, not 2000. The sitcoms bart to the future episode aired march 19, 2000, almost exactly 16 years ago. The simpsons exists in the futurama universe as a tv show the parody, though, is not when the simpsons managed to correctly predict that trump would one day become the president of the united states. The simpsons predicted donald trumps presidential win 16 years. But, not even i remembered that the show had predicted the idea of. The simpsons are not thrilled that they predicted president trump in 2000. Simpsons depicts trump escalator scene in 2000, 15 yrs before the actual event predictive programming it seems ive been duped with some disinformation. Simpsons writer says president trump episode was warning to us so, i just looked up 2000 simpsons and trump popped up. The simpsons depicted donald trump as president of the u. It doesnt end well for the trump though, as he fails the nation by leaving it in a huge amount of debt, relying on china to bail the u. The simpsons bart to the future tv episode 2000 imdb. On march 19, 2000, the simpsons alluded to a future donald trump presidency in an episode titled bart to the future.
The episode which aired in 2000 shows a grown up lisa simpson taking over at the white house in the aftermath of a trump presidency. The simpsons predicted a trump presidency 16 years ago. The simpsons ability to predict the future has struck again, as an episode from the year 2000 has surfaced which features donald trump winning a campaign to become president of the united states. Back in 2000, the seventeenth episode of season 11, titled bart to the future, saw the show explore the future through bart. Time travel episode from 2000 featured broke nation reliant on aid from china episode called bart to the future. Simpsons writer says president trump episode was warning to us. The simpsons eerily predicted donald trump would be president 16 years ago read. Simpsons writer dan greaney says that comedy even deserves the blame for a serious trump candidacy.
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