Simpson poses nude for Playboy

[The Wormhole]

So, is this evidence of Simpsons jumping the shark, or of Playboy jumping the shark?

 

[Christopher]

Are there any sharks The Simpsons haven't already jumped? They haven't just jumped the shark, they've gotten it pregnant, married it, and settled down to raise a family with it.




(Do sharks get pregnant? Well, they are oviparous, but most sharks' eggs do develop and hatch within their bodies, so it's sort of like pregnancy. Besides, it's a metaphorical shark anyway.)

 

[Gil T.Azell]

I wonder what Bart will do when he gets his hands on this issue...

The words "Ay carumba" spring to mind...

Hey, it might be cute if the show did a tie-in episode for this issue, a story wherein Marge (for some reason) decides to pose for Playboy. Kinda like how "Homer and Lisa Exchange Cross Words" featured a New York Times Sunday crossword with a hidden message from Homer to Lisa (encoded acrostically in the first letters of the clues), and the actual NYT Sunday crossword published the day that episode aired was the exact same one seen in the episode and actually did contain that message.

I was just going to mention something along this line, I wouldn't be a bit surprised to see the slide this into an episode some where

 

[Trekker4747]

Are there any sharks The Simpsons haven't already jumped? They haven't just jumped the shark, they've gotten it pregnant, married it, and settled down to raise a family with it.

They then jumped their baby shark/Simpson hybrids.

 

[Zulu Romeo]

Are there any sharks The Simpsons haven't already jumped? They haven't just jumped the shark, they've gotten it pregnant, married it, and settled down to raise a family with it.

They then jumped their baby shark/Simpson hybrids.

The baby sharks then got killed by attempting to jump other baby sharks, then got replaced by similar-looking sharks while everyone else pretended nothing ever happened.

 

[Trekker4747]

All the sharks also had frickin' laser beams on their heads.

 

[Captaindemotion]

We need some Bart-shark repellent.

 

[Gil T.Azell]

So who's going to breakdown and buy this edition just for the "Collectible" value?

 

[Peach Wookiee]

Uh... don't you guys mean 3-eyed sharks?

 

[nx1701g]

Uh... don't you guys mean 3-eyed sharks?

After The Simpsons Movie its million eyed sharks.

 

[siskokid888]

Playboy was once the single greatest short fiction market in America, even over The New Yorker. That was long time ago.

Of course, Penthouse once had great journalism, too--along with photos that were erotic in a way Playboy couldn't touch and artistic in a way Hustler wasn't remotely interested in. Hell, Penthouse spawned Omni, one of the greatest SF magazines that ever existed.

Man, I miss Omni. I loved that magazine.