Simpson, eh? Homer voted greatest American

Worldnet Daily ^ | 6/15/03 | Worldnet Daily

[stimpyone]

Aye Carumba!

Homer Simpson, the beer-drinking, donut-scarfing, bumbling nuclear-power plant technician of the Fox cartoon "The Simpsons" is the leading choice in an online poll to be named the "greatest American."

The animated buffoon ranks ahead of real-life heroes including Presidents Abraham Lincoln, Thomas Jefferson and George Washington.

The poll is part of an upcoming broadcast by the British Broadcasting Corporation which will "confront the critical question at the heart of the 21st century – what does the world think of America?"

The program, which airs Tuesday night in the UK and will be available for download from the BBC website, will undoubtedly serve as a sounding board for those opposed to the U.S.-led military operation in Iraq.

The BBC created a shortlist of ten candidates based on nominations it received from the public, and the top votegetters rank in this order:

1. Homer Simpson 2. Abraham Lincoln 3. Martin Luther King Jr. 4. Thomas Jefferson 5. Mr. T of the "A-Team" 6. Bob Dylan 7. George Washington 8. Franklin D. Roosevelt 9. Benjamin Franklin 10. Bill Clinton

Ironically, not only is Homer Simpson a fictional character, he apparently is also not an American.

His creator, cartoonist Matt Groening, told an audience in Montreal that Homer was named for Groening's real-life own father, Homer Groening, who hails from Canada.

"That would make Homer Simpson a Canadian," Matt told the Winnipeg Sun. "I hope Canadians won't hold it against the show now that they know."

A fan of the show noted, "Homer eats foods commonly associated with Canada: Donuts, beer, bacon, and has been know to have a glass of maple syrup for breakfast."

[stimpyone]

Doh!

[lowbridge]

My votes for greatest brits:

Wallace and Gromit

Benny Hill

Margaret Thatcher

("Now is not the time to go wobbly" - Mrs. "Iron Lady" Thatcher advising President Bush (Senior) on going to war with Iraq)

[exile]

The list of greatest Englishmen has to include the Doctor from Doctor Who. (of course, he's not from earth, so that probably disqualifies him.)

[stimpyone]

Let us not forget John Cleese, Michael Palin, Terry Jones, and Graham Chapman.

[ricpic]

Excellent. Excellent. My scheme for world domination continues as planned. With attention diverted to that Simpson buffoon I can continue building more dirty nuclear plants, corner the power market, jack up my prices unapposed, and bring the world to it's knees. Ah ha ha. Ah ha ha ha ha ha ha ha.............

[cake_crumb]

LOL! Maybe the BBC can next air a documentary about how the idea that Homer is American was STAGED by the US military.

[Homer Simpson]

Woo Whoo!

[b4its2late]

The Simpsoms must just be hitting the UK airwaves, huh?

[circles]

"Homer...has been known to have a glass of maple syrup for breakfast."

Homer: Marge? Since I'm not talking to Lisa, would you please ask her to pass me the syrup?

Marge: [Wearily] Dear, please pass your father the syrup, Lisa.

Lisa: Bart, tell Dad I will only pass the syrup if it won't be used on any meat product.

Bart: [To Homer] You dunkin' your sausages in that syrup homeboy?

Homer: Marge, tell Bart I just want to drink a nice glass of syrup like I do every morning.

Marge: Tell him yourself, you're ignoring Lisa, not Bart.

Homer: Bart, thank your mother for pointing that out.

Marge: Homer, you're not, not talking to me, and secondly, I heard what you said.

Homer: Lisa, tell your mother to get off my case!

Bart: Uhhh, Dad. Lisa's the one you're not talking to.

Homer: Bart! Go to your room.

[Ebenezer]

"Excellent. Excellent. My scheme for world domination continues as planned. With attention diverted to that Simpson buffoon I can continue building more dirty nuclear plants, corner the power market, jack up my prices unapposed, and bring the world to it's knees. Ah ha ha. Ah ha ha ha ha ha ha ha............."

Mr. Burns? Is that you?

[lowbridge]

More Brit nominations: The cast of "Are You Being Served?"

[Between the Lines]

You would think that Dwight D. Eisenhower and George Patton would be at the top of any list of Great Americans as seem by the BBC.

[Conan the Librarian]

my vote was for Ben Franklin and John Addams.

[Spruce]

Marge: Homer we've got someone coming to help!

Homer: Batman?

Marge: No, not batman. A scientist.

Homer: Batman was a scientist.

Marge: It's not batman!

[1rudeboy]

Which one?

[Revolting cat!]

And don't forget this illustrious pair:

[vetvetdoug]

For decades Robert E. Lee was considered the greatest American who ever lived. The voting of Homer Simpson just illuminates the dumbing down of the British Empire. The liberals in Britain are winning.

[exile]

Most people would recognize #4, but my favorite is #7.

[Conservomax]

I can say from living in London that britons are good people who know how to live. However, a number who I encountered were at least slightly arrogant, adolescent, and suprisingly unmotivated people - that turned me off to a lot of them. I assume taht that is extremely different outside of the cities, however, I never really got to know anyone personally out there.
Most of their attitude for America comes from their viewing it as a precocious child. They all seem to like Americans and those who have been here love it, however they don't take us that seriously because all they really know about America is what they see on TV: Homer, Springer and Tony Soprano.

[1rudeboy]

There were 7? I'll have to do some reasearch . . . I think my favorite was #3 (the "white" guy).