It's 2018, and "The Simpsons'" creators are still spooky. What did they do this time? Thanks for asking. On Feb. 14, 2010, the episode "Boy Meets Curl" aired. In that episode, Homer and Marge joined the USA curling team and led them to gold. The silver medalist? Sweden. Bronze? Russia. Obviously, Switzerland took bronze in this year's Games instead of Russia, but that was probably a red herring from the writers to throw us off the scent.
It's not the first time the writers have given us some spooky predictions. The show predicted President Trump, Lady Gaga's halftime show, Disney buying Fox and the 2016 Nobel Prize winner. There are only two explanations: The writers of the Simpsons are time travelers or we have a "Pagemaster" situation where the words penned come to life. If it's the latter, I have some suggestions for the next episode.
No one could have predicted that the US would win curling gold, right? Actually, the Simpsons did in a February 14, 2010 episode. They beat Sweden, who the US happened to beat to win gold today (H/T @dansnierson) pic.twitter.com/0gkhycQ3xF
— Darren Rovell (@darrenrovell) February 25, 2018
The Simpsons writers are freakin' WITCHES! #curling @TeamShuster https://t.co/wq6sS1O074
— Sam Walker OBX🎙📻📰 (@SamWalkerOBX) February 25, 2018
From 2010's "Boy Meets Curl" which to be fair is set in Canada and features Russians participating under their own flag
— Christopher Brennan (@CKozalBrennan) February 24, 2018
@PatMcAfeeShow Matt Groening is definitely a time traveler! https://t.co/o6WwnJ1fkR
— Kyle McCandless (@Kyle_McCandless) February 25, 2018
This is getting ridiculous. The Simpsons are undefeated on predictions. https://t.co/pGHc437pno
— James (@JamesLUFC) February 25, 2018
Seriously, it's getting weird. Or it's gotten weird. A lot of shows predict things, but they're generally culture shifts. The things that "The Simpsons" nails tend to be weirdly specific.
.@TheSimpsons medal ceremony filmed by us in 2010 pic.twitter.com/0L6HOpVoV6
— Al Jean (@AlJean) February 24, 2018
USA curling has never been particularly competitive, and wasn't expected to make a splash at this year's Games. Indeed, it took an incredible run to make it to the medal round, and an even more amazing one to win gold. It's actually also pretty amazing that "The Simpsons" writers got Canada being left off the podium right. But it's less impressive since they've obviously seen it before.