As if this were breaking news, suddenly people have discovered The Simpsons is the most brilliant show in TV history.

The show’s creators are making an unexpected press circuit after one of its 2010 shows  became politically prescient.

Entitled “Boy Meets Curl,” the series, now in its 29th season, predicted that the U.S. would beat Sweden at the Olympics in curling — which is exactly what happened Saturday.

It’s a great episode, but Simpson prophesy is nothing new.  The Simpsons predicted three different 1990s Super Bowl victories; the fact that Disney would acquire Fox; and a Trump presidency, among other things.

The bigger question now is: What will The Simpsons do with the latest acclaim? In all likelihood, skewer the hell out of everyone caught in the publicity blast radius: Olympic committees and commentators, fans of obscure sports, North-South Korean political tensions, yaddy.

But perhaps the easiest targets are the heroes themselves, the first American curling team to take Olympic gold.

The victory was as poetic and inspiring as any well told Olympic obscurity-to-celebrity story (now that it’s become such a ratings cash cow, how long before Disney spins off a Training for the Games channel on one of ESPN’s innumerable networks?).

Still, there’s no way that writers won’t tease the, er, athletic build of our medal champions. The Olympics are testimony to the marvels of the human body. But there’s not much to marvel at — at least if you’re keen on physiques — in our proud boys. They look as if they’d be just as at home playing for Homer’s bowling league team, The Pin Pals. Hell, they look like they could form the USA Beer Pong team.

 

 

I have an idea: an episode about Marge discovering that her housecleaning skills have made her an Olympic-level athlete…

D’oh!