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11-21-2022, 09:44 PM
https://householdquotes.co.uk/reimagining-the-simpsons-house/
“Ah, Bartholomew, out for another day of whimsical japes,” begins British Homer in the (unofficial) British Simpsons (https://youtu.be/66w6GTFB8FU) – demonstrating the supposed cultural gulf between the cartoon sitcom and the greyness of UK life.
And yet The Simpsons is phenomenally popular in Britain, where one-third of viewers reckon the inhabitants of 742 Evergreen Terrace to be their “favourite TV family. (https://www.freeview.co.uk/blogs/ay-caramba-uks-favourite-tv-family-revealed)” So, what would the Simpsons’ home look like if they were to relocate to the UK? Maybe not so grey at all.
HouseholdQuotes (https://householdquotes.co.uk/) decided to find out by redesigning the iconic Simpsons home in eight British housing styles. Part hopeful fantasy, part guide to British architectural history, we’ve gathered them in a video and eight annotated cartoon artworks below.
If you don’t know your Tudor Manor from your Burns Manor (https://simpsons.fandom.com/wiki/Burns_Manor), your art deco from your Artie Ziff (https://www.cbr.com/the-simpsons-arti-ziff-homer-marge-marriage/), this is where to start.
“Ah, Bartholomew, out for another day of whimsical japes,” begins British Homer in the (unofficial) British Simpsons (https://youtu.be/66w6GTFB8FU) – demonstrating the supposed cultural gulf between the cartoon sitcom and the greyness of UK life.
And yet The Simpsons is phenomenally popular in Britain, where one-third of viewers reckon the inhabitants of 742 Evergreen Terrace to be their “favourite TV family. (https://www.freeview.co.uk/blogs/ay-caramba-uks-favourite-tv-family-revealed)” So, what would the Simpsons’ home look like if they were to relocate to the UK? Maybe not so grey at all.
HouseholdQuotes (https://householdquotes.co.uk/) decided to find out by redesigning the iconic Simpsons home in eight British housing styles. Part hopeful fantasy, part guide to British architectural history, we’ve gathered them in a video and eight annotated cartoon artworks below.
If you don’t know your Tudor Manor from your Burns Manor (https://simpsons.fandom.com/wiki/Burns_Manor), your art deco from your Artie Ziff (https://www.cbr.com/the-simpsons-arti-ziff-homer-marge-marriage/), this is where to start.