The Best Long-Running Jokes On The Simpsons

The Simpsons has been around for a very long time, and while every episode brings with it new jokes, some gags have been recurring again and again for years. From odd geography to embarrassing photos, here are the best long-running jokes on The Simpsons.

The Simpsons is a satirical comedy, which means that to strike as broadly as possible, it has to be set in the most average-seeming place imaginable. So, writers came up with Springfield, a mediocre town that's also full of goofballs and weirdos. So as to not impose any regional characteristics on the mid-sized city and keep it as down-the-middle and relatable as possible, the state where Springfield sits has aggressively never been revealed. All viewers really know is that its capital city is literally named Capital City and that the governor is named Mary Bailey.

Diligent Simpsons fans have looked for contextual clues for years, trying to pinpoint Springfield's exact location, but they'll likely never find it - it's physically and geographically impossible for Springfield to be a real place. Information about its locale is purposely contradictory, and it's one of the show's best prolonged gags. In the Behind the Music parody episode "Behind the Laughter," Springfield's location is given as both northern Kentucky and southern Missouri. In The Simpsons Movie, Ned Flanders says the town is nestled in between such far-flung states as Ohio, Maine, and Nevada.

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Springfield's location | 0:00
Troy McClure's filmography | 1:22
Homer's lifelong dreams | 2:34
The missing arm | 3:30
Hold music | 4:30
"One day away…" | 5:15
Hooray for pennants | 6:27
Lenny's eye | 7:11
Who's Homer Simpson? | 8:16
Bart's prank calls | 9:27
Homer Simpson file photos| 10:31

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