Vice President Kamala Harris
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of The Simpsons Panel in San Diego Comic-Con There was a surprise at the end, and the event ended with a video message from the Vice President. Kamala Harris.
After introducing the final clip as coming from a “super fan,” Matt Groening Mr. Harris, who created the Fox animated series soon to enter its 36th season, prepared footage of Harris laughingly reciting a famous line from an earlier “Treehouse of Horror” episode. The footage was filmed several years ago by a group of University of Chicago students who were challenging elected officials to recite lines from “Treehouse of Horror.” The Simpsons Quote.
“We must move forward, not backward; we must move up, not forward, always spinning toward freedom,” Harris said in the video, which drew loud cheers from the crowd, who mistakenly thought the moment was being filmed for the panel.
The quote comes from season eight’s “Treehouse of Horror VII,” which aired on October 27, 1996, shortly before that year’s presidential election between then-Presidents Bill Clinton and Bob Dole. Part of the episode features aliens Kang and Kodos dressed as the two candidates, with a Clinton impersonator delivering confused messages at a public event.
Social media users recently commented that Lisa Simpson First female president In the 2000 episode “Bart to the Future,” Harris said she hopes to achieve this feat with her own presidential campaign. President Joe Biden Resignation Presumed Democratic candidate Footage from the episode aired on Sunday The Simpsons Since then, a video of Lisa wearing a purple suit and complaining about budget issues has gone viral. President Donald Trump.
The episode aired long before Trump, who will likely face Harris in this November’s election, was elected as the nation’s effective commander in chief in 2016.
The panel featured Groening, Matt Selman, Jessica Conrad, Rob Lazebnik, Tim Bailey, and moderator and longtime fan Kevin Smith.
Sitting on a panel during the event Seth Greentalked about how his company, Stoopid Buddy Studios, is creating a stop-motion character called “Denim,” a parody of the Marvel Comics classic “Venom.”
As seen in a clip shared from the upcoming season’s “Treehouse of Horror XXXV,” denim takes over his body when Homer puts on the creepy pants.
July 27, 2 p.m. Information has been updated about a video of Harris that was filmed several years ago.
