please don't tell the supervisor I have
the flu I've been working with the
shattered pelvis for three weeks back in
1993 in an episode of The Simpsons
titled margin chains we'll it featured
the residents of Springfield dealing
with a viral outbreak known as the Osaka
flu now this caused the number of the
characters to get seriously sick I
bought you a new juicer good lord
flu germs entering every orifice in my
head no no that's just one example of a
handful of this Simpsons episodes that
seem to predict this pandemic that we're
currently dealing with I mean check out
this clip from another episode titled
the full monty this is from season 22
episode sixth we do have standards
this can't be a made-up disease we do
have something we've been holding on to
but it hasn't been tested
get over here NBC oh well we certainly
believe in testing but in 2007 and they
had a Tom Hanks cameo and in there he
made a loose statement about self
isolation this is Tom Hanks saying if
you see me in person please leave me be
once again the fine folks at the
Simpsons they're being praised as being
fortune tellers predicting the future
now some of these they're a far stretch
while others they're bang on the money
I'm gonna walk you through all the
Simpson references related to the recent
pandemic here for you on famous news my
name of course is Michael cretin and we
actually haven't done one of these in a
couple of months now if you like this
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I'm in the hospital
now that was another clip from the 1993
episode titled margin chains now many of
Springfield's residents they purchased
these juice loose iners and they got him
through the mail which were manufactured
in Osaka Japan
now one worker he copped in homers box
before it was sent for delivery and all
of Springfield they got infected by a
fast spreading flu oh my goose loosener
is never gonna come hey dad just came
for you in the mail mother get an extra
special hug ready I bought you a new
juicer good lord
flu germs entering every orifice in my
head
now Homer he was hit first follow my
principles Skinner Principal Skinner
cracks me up
then Patty and Selma Otto chief Wiggum
literally no one was safe no there's
also in this photo of Kent Brockman
reporting about the virus but this was
proven to be a hoax someone made this
image now this is from The Full Monty
which we're going to talk about in just
a minute but the words virus they were
added to the top of this image
originally it read apocalypse meow now
the spread of the Osaka flu is pretty
bang on with the spread of CV but the
location of it it's a little off no The
Simpsons they chose Osaka Japan which is
more than 2,000 kilometres away from
move on China which is the origin spot
of kur
you know this right if you know you
should check out my before they're
famous on the coronavirus sorry we keep
getting orders to let the virus win must
be a school day lay down your arms all
right let's mix and puffs know people
are chalking this up is another big
prediction from The Simpsons but there
have been plenty of historic examples of
contagious flu spreading throughout
history I'm talking the Spanish flu the
Hong Kong flu and the Asian flu now
perhaps the episodes writers bill Oakley
and Josh Weinstein while they were
taking from the past rather than
predicting the future in fact bill
Oakley he spoke with The Hollywood
Reporter and the
this to say I don't like it being used
for nefarious purposes
the idea that anyone misappropriates it
to make CV seem like an Asian plot is
terrible in terms of trying to place
blame on Asia I think that it is gross
he continued it was meant to be absurd
that someone could cough into a box and
the virus would survive for six to eight
weeks in the box
it is cartoonish we intentionally made a
cartoonish because we want it to be
silly and not scary and not carry any of
these bad associations along with it
which is why the virus itself was acting
like a cartoon character and behaving an
extremely unrealistic ways here I'm sure
he's referring the part where the cloud
like the virus and waits at a red light
and then another cloud it goes by it a
green light it's pretty cartoonish all
right so that's one episode out of the
way but we got plenty more to get
through let's take a look at Epic Six
from season 22 titled The Full Monty Wow
Wow oh yeah so we've got our deadly
disease no you just have to blame it on
something that's in every household
something that people are a little bit
afraid of already house cat flu is
coming people the Center for Disease
disinformation predicts with some degree
of probability that the house cat flu
might spread in the following
hypothetical outbreak pattern so there
you have that photo of Kent Brockman and
apocalypse meow now in this episode
written by Michael price well TV
representatives they created a mass
panic in an effort to boost viewers and
ratings so they created the cat flu and
this was with the help of the Center for
Disease misinformation that would also
features mr. Burnes in this episode
attempting to put the entire town under
a dome which is actually pretty similar
to mass quarantine ticking an idea I got
from a Stephen King book I'm going to
cover this town with a dome now this one
is pretty bang on now it's hard to deny
that they weren't right on the money
with this one but to me it's just like
the product of great writing in the
actual world it's a little more surreal
than a cartoon okay we're not even done
yet there was another episode and this
one it dealt with another pandemic this
is General William Sullivan with an
emergency message I'm speaking to you
from a CDC clean zone outbreak of the
deadly Pandora virus is spreading
rapidly unprecedented threat requires a
worldwide quarantine
this is from season 23 episode 19 titled
a totally fun thing that Bart will never
do again no Bart he decided to trick the
crew and the passengers on a ship that
the world is coming to an end back on
land because of a pandemic and that the
ship therefore has to say out at sea we
managed to do this with the help of a
large television screen on which she
displays a scene from the film the
Pandora strain that features a general
named William Sullivan warning humanity
about a deadly virus all ships must
remain at sea until today humanity must
and you're buying it they're buying it
this clearly has a lot in common with
the diamond princess and the Sapphire
princess two British cruise ships that
underwent quarantine in February of this
year and this was due to a Seavey
outbreak now at least 696 out of the
3700 eleven passengers and crew while
they tested positive for the virus and
the death count it reached the total of
seven now again this one it's pretty
bang on the money
now the episode it initially aired in
2012 and although cruise ship outbreaks
have happened in the past well the
episode is based on a movie about this
happening I'm still gonna count it as
The Simpsons predicting an event that
wants to happen how do they do this time
after time I finally we got to take a
look at Tom Hanks and its 2007
appearance hello I'm Tom Hanks the US
government has lost its credibility so
it's borrowing some of mine so my ear
and mr. heggs
sure things I know the 2007 the Simpson
movie did you ever see it did you like
it let me know in the comments down
below it's you featured a giant dome I
lock warranty what do I do I don't know
what to do I say I'm trapped if I leave
Oh God then there we have Hanks making a
cameo appearance advertising a new Grand
Canyon because the main one well it's
been getting boring no fans they believe
that the writers they foretold that the
actor Tom Hanks well he would have to
self isolate himself one day and as news
broke that the Hollywood star and his
wife Rita Wilson caught Cove in nineteen
well everyone was like The Simpsons had
already predicted this I don't know what
do you think oh come true crazy old man
in church was right
well this theory is somewhat of a
stretch to me hardcore The Simpsons fans
they're happily adding this to the
ever-growing list of Simpsons
predictions which ones do you think
we're bang on or which one do you think
are a bit of a stretch I'd love to hear
what you guys have to say in the
comments down below all right so there
you have it what are your thoughts on
all this I'll be reading your comments I
got a new guy on my team he's helping me
sort through what you guys have to say
so we'll be getting back to you and that
did the Simpsons writers have a crystal
ball or is this outbreak something that
was easy to predict I'm really
interested to hear what you have to say
I actually find this all super
fascinating and I'd love to make more
videos about the Simpsons predicting
stuff that's happened in fact they
actually predicted the death of Donald
Trump but thankfully we didn't have to
include that in today's video you know
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my name's michael crichton thanks so
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there stay safe just stay home watch
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tinder that's all I'm gonna say okay
