It's amazing how good and timely "The Simpsons" has been over the years. Decades, I mean. A few years back, Homer got caught in a big lie, and Marge was livid. Homer's response?
"But Marge, I didn't mean for you to find out."
A great thing about the show is that occasional jokes mean different things to different groups of people. For example, the episode where Homer's accidental Las Vegas wife visits Springfield, and Marge kicks Homer out to live with her in the treehouse.
Stressed, the new wife helps him relax by making him a late-night sandwich. We find ourselves looking at Marge, lying in bed with the window open, listening to Homer's Freudian moans coming from the treehouse: "oh yeah," "oh god, that's it," "you're doing it like a pro." Even "use both hands."
Of course, that alone was the main humorous aspect of "Three's Company," and most other shows would stop there. It took the creative genius of "The Simpsons" to take it to another level, and we watch Marge staring at the ceiling and commenting to herself: "oh no, she's making him a sandwich."
Kids wouldn't get that joke. Others might not get past the sexual innuendo. But it was a fantastic moment.
The "I didn't mean for you to find out" joke was generational humor, I believe. Anyone Generation X or older got the humor, realizing how funny it was that Homer thought his treachery would be okay if he didn't get caught.
I bet a lot of teenagers, provided they watched something this intelligent, didn't get it.
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