On last night's episode of The Simpsons, Ned Flanders became the Simpsons' landlord and, when he evicted them, was portrayed as the devil, wearing a "Detroit Lions Fan" shirt.
Now, I don't want to be an oversensitive Detroiter here, but why, exactly, is the devil a Detroit Lions fan? Wouldn't the devil admire ruthless and conniving sports teams who want to win at all costs, like the New England Patriots or New York Yankees?
OK, so maybe the idea is that the Patriots and Yankees are successful, and the devil should be associated with a bad team, and they want to make jokes at the Lions' expense after an 0-16 season. But I still think the Simpsons' writers missed the boat here. If they wanted to associate Flanders with evil, they shouldn't have had him morph into a Lions fan. They should have had him turn into Matt Millen.
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3-09-2009 @ 9:45AM
mike said...
That was a lazy joke by The Simpsons writers, which has been par for the course the last five years or so.
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3-09-2009 @ 11:17AM
rwing said...
The futility of the Lions over the past decades is not the players fault. They've had POOR coaching, LOUSY management and a SENILE OWNER WHO DOESN'T CARE. Not much into football myself, but for the sake of the Lions fans, William Clay Ford, COULD YOU JUST SELL THE TEAM to someone who CARES and get out of Dodge so to speak. PLEASE, PRETTY PLEASE. The guy should have been wearing a T-shirt with Ford and Millen on it. Ford and (thank God, the erstwhile GM) Millen take the cake for STUPIDITY and INEPTITUDE, while all the while lining their own fat pockets at the expense of the long-suffering, but ever hopeful Lions fans. Please Ford, DO EVERYONE A FAVOR and just LEAVE!!!!!
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3-09-2009 @ 1:26PM
gernjewels24 said...
You'd think a Detroit Lions Fan could take a joke!!!
I mean c'mon...they pay to SEE one 16 times a year!!!
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3-09-2009 @ 5:38PM
Dr Huxtable said...
There are only 8 home games chief. Nice try though.
3-09-2009 @ 4:31PM
Sitek said...
a joke my ass...gonna take a stab at us because we stick behind our team? ive been a simpsons fan since day one and i now boycott anything to do with the show and its writers. ill show to all 8 home games next year in devil horns and a "simpsons writer" t shirt.
LIONS IN 09!
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3-09-2009 @ 8:07PM
John said...
Please MR, Ilitch would you buy the lions and bring us fans a winner???
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3-09-2009 @ 8:09PM
John said...
Hey doc Huxtable,,,,,,you mean you dont go to the pre-season games?? they are the only ones the lions won last year,,,,,,,,that makes it 10 HOME games
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3-09-2009 @ 9:09PM
becarefulangel said...
Oh wow! Those mean old Patriots are just SO ruthless and conniving! They certainly win at every cost! That's how they got into the playoffs this year and won the Super Bowl, right? Oh, wait...
(And I say this as a loyal Pats fan.)
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3-10-2009 @ 12:32AM
gernjewels24 said...
That's true I should've said 8 times a year...their fans don't travel well...
I actually do wish the team, and their fans a successful turn-around...
I'm just pissed they never got Barry Sanders any help!
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3-10-2009 @ 12:37AM
gernjewels24 said...
Dude relax, the joke was not about Lion fans...
The premise of the joke is that the Devil Himself is a Lions Fan...and therefore the 0-16 season, get it?
Geez, it ain't funny if ya gotta explain it...Duh!
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