Writer Josh Weinstein finally learns the deeper meaning behind a heavily-memed joke from The Simpsons 30 years after it first aired on TV.
A series of Twitter exchanges see The Simpsons writer Josh Weinstein learn the hidden meaning behind one of the show's most heavily-memed jokes. First airing on Fox in 1989, The Simpsons just recently concluded season 34. The show has featured countless memorable jokes over the years, including one bit in season 4 in which Homer buys a foreign car and is told to "Put it in 'H'" as the salesman pushes the vehicle off the lot.
Now, after looking back fondly on the decades-old Simpsons joke, Weinstein has been informed on Twitter that the "H" in the "Put it in 'H'" line is actually a reference to the Cyrillic alphabet, in which the letter would be "N" for "Neutral". SCREENRANT VIDEO OF THE DAY SCROLL TO CONTINUE WITH CONTENT While Weinstein still believes the line is a coincidence, an earlier part of the scene does clearly show other Cyrillic letters representing the different car gears and the salesman also speaks with a heavy Eastern European accent. Until another writer who was there during the creation of the episode chimes in, however, it will seemingly remain unclear whether the correlation was intentional or not.
The basic setup is that the uber-friendly Hank, Homer's new boss at Globex Corporation, asks whether Homer likes his moccasins. "Don't like them? Then neither do I!", Hank says enthusiastically, tossing his shoes out the door with a farewell remark. "Ever seen a guy say goodbye to a shoe?" Hank asks, to which Homer infamously replies, "Yes, once.
While Homer's voice actor subsequently weighed in on the controversy, revealing that his "Yes, once" line was improvised and that, in his mind, he was referring to a past Homer experience , the beauty is that both sides can still be right. If one meaning of the joke is funnier to a particular audience member, then it doesn't really matter what the intention was.
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