Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Credit: Fox & Disney After questions arose as to whether The Simpsons would still show Homer strangling Bart as a gag, the ...

WASHINGTON — "The Simpsons" is apparently retiring one of the show's longest-running bits. In a recent episode that aired on Oct. 22, Homer Simpson revealed he would no longer choke his eldest son, ...

It became such a big story that the team behind The Simpsons even went on to respond to the idea that Homer would not be strangling Bart with a new sketch of Homer doing just that (and calling the ...

The long-running gag appeared to have been phased out of the Fox show, which began in 1989, when patriarch Homer, voiced by Dan Castellaneta, declared he had stopped strangling Bart because “times ...

Did you hear the news? After years of venting his frustrations at his son by wrapping his hands around his throat, it seems Homer has seen the error of his ways and ...

The Simpsons will not be retiring its use of Homer Simpson strangling Bart. Brooks talked to People about the episode, which has generated a lot of online conversation, “McMansion and Wife.” Brooks ...

"The Simpsons" is retiring its 34-year-long gag of Homer choking his son Bart. In the third episode this season, Homer and his wife Marge pay their new neighbor, Thayer a visit. During the scene, ...