Letter Of Note of the Day: Less than a year after its debut as a half-hour show, The Simpsons was already stoking the ire of some of the country’s most prominent people. In a 1990 interview, Barbara Bush was quoted as saying The Simpsons was “the dumbest thing I had ever seen.”
Not one to take that sort of slight lying down, Simpson family matriarch Marge penned a letter to the First Lady, expressing dismay at the comment.
This response from Bush soon followed:
Dear Marge,
How kind of you to write. I’m glad you spoke your mind; I foolishly didn’t know you had one.
I am looking at a picture of you, depicted on a plastic cup, with your blue hair filled with pink birds peeking out all over. Evidently, you and your charming family — Lisa, Homer, Bart and Maggie — are camping out. It is a nice family scene. Clearly you are setting a good example for the rest of the country.
Please forgive a loose tongue.
Warmly,
Barbara Bush
P.S. Homer looks like a handsome fella!
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