Pete's mentioning of 'Monorail' got me thinking about the wide range of superb Simpsons characters there have been over the years.
I have three favourites which are Cletus, Sideshow Bob and Apu.
Cletus (the slack jawed yokel) is a stereotype redneck from the South and doesn't appear very often, but when he does it's usually to imply he is inbred or have him doing something minging.
Sideshow Bob is a narcissistic psychopath who I believe tries to kill Bart a lot. Kelsey Grammar does the voice.
Apu is the guy who runs the newsagents. His catchphrase is 'Thankyou come again' I think there was a campaign to get rid of him due to the 'racial stereotype
' but Groening told the campaign to take a long walk off a short pier, deciding to keep the character. Funny how there was never any campaign against Cletus. There's even a documentary about 'the problem' with Apu - I kid you not.
Who is your favourite Simpsons character and why? Aberdeen fans; Neil Simpson does not count.
I have never got into the Simpsons at all even although I have had to sit through it many times
To briefly change the subject I have started to watch reruns of Cheers for the 1st time. On series 2 just now and it is tremendous.