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A Simpsons fan, Rob Baur of Lake Oswego, Oregon, was inspired by the episode. Remembering the article in a textbook, Baur cultivated real tomacco in 2003. The plant produced offspring that looked like a normal tomato, but Baur suspected that it contained a lethal amount of nicotine and thus would be inedible.
A Simpsons fan, Rob Baur of Lake Oswego, Oregon, was inspired by the episode. Remembering the article in a textbook, Baur cultivated a tomacco in 2003 by grafting together tobacco and tomato plants. The plant produced fruit that looked like a normal tomato, but Baur suspected that it contained a lethal amount of nicotine and thus would be inedible.
The second tomacco was given to and eaten by Simpsons co-executive producer Ian Maxtone-Graham, who wrote "E-I-E-I-(Annoyed Grunt)". The third was sold on eBay , the fourth was eaten by a Xerox engineer who suffered no apparent ill effects from the tomacco, and the last was given to Portland talk show host Rick Emerson .
3. Keebler Fudge Magic Middles. Neither the chocolate fudge cream inside a shortbread cookie nor versions with peanut butter or chocolate chip crusts survived.
The site has been featured in many publications, including the UK magazine WebUser, in which the site ranked #3 in their list of the "Top 100 TV Websites" back in 2002, and several unofficial Simpsons books including the analytical Planet Simpson by Chris Turner and the UK-issued episode guides The Pocket Essentials: The Simpsons by Peter Mann and I Can't Believe It's A Bigger, Better Updated ...
Twitter account @SimpsonsQOTD gained 634,000 followers sharing daily jokes from "The Simpsons." After nine years, its owner is shutting it down.
It's also innaccurate if the cultural connotations (ie. the "Simpsons" references) are stripped from the word or phrase as they develop or pass on to people, or already have their own standard non-Simpsons definitions -- most proteins aren't genes, they are the translations of genes, ergo generic words aren't memes, they're words.
After 35 years of bringing life to some of The Simpsons’ most beloved characters, Pamela Hayden is retiring her microphone. Her final performance on the iconic FOX series will air on Sunday ...