Name: Film Theory: We FOUND The SIMPSONS!
Uploaded: 2018-07-17T07:15:53.000Z
Duration: 12 min 49 s
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Hi, I was hoping you could tell me what state Springfield is in?

Listen you! When I get a hold of you, I'm gonna' use your head for a bucket, and paint my house with your brain

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The show that proves you can turn watching Netflix reruns into a job.

And while reruns are the only way to enjoy most of our favorite shows from the 90's.

Unless, you know, someone is eager for a quick cash grab based on brand awareness

"The Simpsons" came out in a simpler time

A time when cellphones where the size of bricks

and the word "fleek" hadn't earned itself a place in the dictionary.

Homer's catchphrase of "Do'h" was actually added a few years ago

And it's the common useage of the word 'meh' comes from

From the Kwik-E-Mart, the prototype of internet trolls...

And yet, after nearly 3 decades, of one HUGE mystery about the series

We all know they live in Springfield, that parts obvious...

The show has taunted viewers for YEARS...

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By giving information that would make it virtually for anyone

to determine exactly where Springfield is

Notice though, that I said, virtually impossible

because after sifting through the evidence

there is more than enough proof to deduce where the Simpsons

on one of prime time's longest running riddles

now hold on to your comment hand you walking Simpsons encyclopedias

Matpat is so cool from Golden Marcus  lol

in the Simpsons that contradict each other

what about that time in the Simpsons movie for instance

when Flanders says that the four states that border Springfield are

the running jokes on where Springfield is

are mostly there to throw off would be theorists

so if we wanted to determine where Springfield really is

we need to look for evidence for when the show isn't joking

preference also goes to episodes that where older

both because they are less likely to present springfield

consider episodes after season 9 to be non- canonical

because the show changes executive producers

since the Simpsons takes so much pride in never revealing its big mystery

our best tactic to prove where Springfield is

is to work backwards and eliminate where it isn't

50 states is a lot to cover so let's knock out a bunch right off the bat

and gets to choose between a grand price of $10,000 or an elephant

and Homer gets stuck in the la brea tar pit

so what's this have to do with Springfield's location?

well the radio station Bart calls is named "KBBL"

and it is referenced in a number of other Simpsons episodes

so we can say that it is indeed a permanent fixture in Springfield

and not some one off joke a random  writer came up with

well in the early 1920's federal communications commission

established a system for radio station call letters

all states east of the Mississippi start with the call letters W

and stations west of the mighty mississippi start with the letter K

Springfield's KBBL thus could not be one of the 26 states eastof the Mississippi river

Minnesota and Louisiana are the exceptions

but still there goes half the country in one fell swoop

how has no one figured this out yet? Seriously people do your research

we get some good geographical clues from the season 7 episode "Bart on the road"

and ends up getting himself and his friends stranded in Knoxville, Tennessee

on the road from Springfield to Knoxville

the group drives through Branson, Missouri

stopping to listen to the smooth crooning of Andy Williams

and if you are wondering who Andy Williams is