‘Simpsons’ fan re-edits scene to uncover long-lost joke

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flexed his editing skills, posting the edited and unedited versions of the scene. By removing sound effects and boosting Marge’s voice in Adobe Audition, Rayburn, who works as a professional video editor, unveiled Marge’s stark warning.“Well, all right, but make sure [Bart and Lisa] don’t pick up any of the band’s attitudes toward liquor, religion, politics … really, anything,” Marge says in reference to the show’s headliners — mockumentary rock group Spinal Tap.Rayburn’s tweet earned 1 million views and more than 20,000 likes.I used my audio editing skills to recover a buried @TheSimpsons joke. #Simpsons pic.twitter.com/H0gD1qO7vFThe video featured a quote from the Fox show’s producers talking about the nearly eternally-lost joke, saying it took them “a long time to write it,” but ended up drowning it out in the final edit.The cartoon sitcom has been known for predicting future events, such as former President Donald Trump’s arrest and this summer’s highly-anticipated “Barbie” movie.

But the “Simpsons” masterminds say their seeming clairvoyance is just pure luck.“One of our writers, the guy whose episode predicted Donald Trump as president, said it best: ‘If you write 700 episodes, and you don’t predict anything, then you’re pretty bad.