2008 Woodie Awards
Homer Simpson for President?
Nicole D'Andrea
Issue date: 11/10/04 Section: Arts & Entertainment
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Citizens of Britain have voted that the next President of the United States should be no one other than Mr. Homer Simpson, American television hero and all-around family man. The poll was allowing British television viewers to vote who they thought would be the next American President, but were only allowed to pick characters from television.
As Americans pondered tax and security issues, among others, from President Bush and Democratic rival John Kerry ahead of the November 2 election, they can rest assured that the British population has faith in all of their candidates, with a popular magazine, Radio Times, choosing to do a survey about a joke of an American president.
Simpson is a nuclear power plant worker who is the head of a dysfunctional American family, one which has become a part of American television history, like The Brady Bunch or The Partridge family, although which chronicle Homer's trips to the bar after work, his son Bart's constant trouble-making in and out of school and his youngest daughter Maggie's adventures as a baby who can only crawl but always winds up in the trickiest of situations.
President George Bush said that American families should be "closer to the Waltons than the Simpson's." The Walton's represent all things pure about the American family, which is a complete contrast to the beer-guzzling, belching, constantly belligerent Homer Simpson and his equally dysfunctional but highly entertaining family.
The Simpson's has been around since 1989 and is the longest running animated series and also sitcom in television history with 335 episodes and 15 seasons. The show has made its way across the pond to British television stations, where it is shown several times a week.
Radio psychiatrist Dr. Frasier Crane was third followed by Sergeant Bilko from "The Phil Silvers Show." Gil Grissom from "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation" was fifth with 10 percent of the vote. Other favorites were Jack Bauer from "24," "The Cosby Show's" Dr. Cliff Huxtable, Phoebe Buffay from "Friends" and "The Sopranos'" Tony Soprano.
As Americans pondered tax and security issues, among others, from President Bush and Democratic rival John Kerry ahead of the November 2 election, they can rest assured that the British population has faith in all of their candidates, with a popular magazine, Radio Times, choosing to do a survey about a joke of an American president.
Simpson is a nuclear power plant worker who is the head of a dysfunctional American family, one which has become a part of American television history, like The Brady Bunch or The Partridge family, although which chronicle Homer's trips to the bar after work, his son Bart's constant trouble-making in and out of school and his youngest daughter Maggie's adventures as a baby who can only crawl but always winds up in the trickiest of situations.
President George Bush said that American families should be "closer to the Waltons than the Simpson's." The Walton's represent all things pure about the American family, which is a complete contrast to the beer-guzzling, belching, constantly belligerent Homer Simpson and his equally dysfunctional but highly entertaining family.
The Simpson's has been around since 1989 and is the longest running animated series and also sitcom in television history with 335 episodes and 15 seasons. The show has made its way across the pond to British television stations, where it is shown several times a week.
Radio psychiatrist Dr. Frasier Crane was third followed by Sergeant Bilko from "The Phil Silvers Show." Gil Grissom from "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation" was fifth with 10 percent of the vote. Other favorites were Jack Bauer from "24," "The Cosby Show's" Dr. Cliff Huxtable, Phoebe Buffay from "Friends" and "The Sopranos'" Tony Soprano.