In 1998, the sitcom predicted that The Walt Disney Company would buy 21st Century Fox. In other episodes, the show also has forecasted the presidency of Donald Trump and a Super Bowl halftime show ...
In a November 1998 episode, it predicted Disney’s acquisition of what is now 21st Century Fox, a $71.3 billion deal that was finalized Wednesday. Al Jean, a writer for the show, told the New York ...
Like so many other things that happen in popular culture, The Simpsons predicted that the Disney/Fox deal would happen way before the world did. As you can see above, a 1998 episode of the show titled ...
Rich Appel, who wrote the episode in 1998, points out that even back then, it was clear that Disney was poised for world dominance. In the 1998 episode “When You Dish Upon a Star,” Homer becomes the ...
Doh! Another prediction comes true on the long-running “The Simpsons” animated sitcom. In 1998, the sitcom predicted that The Walt Disney Company would buy 21st Century Fox. In other episodes, the ...
In 1998, the sitcom predicted that The Walt Disney Company would buy 21st Century Fox. In other episodes, the show also has forecasted the presidency of Donald Trump and a Super Bowl halftime show ...