[UPDATE 2] Co-creator and producer of The Simpsons, James L. Brooks, told People that Homer will not stop choking Bart. "Don't think for a second we're changing anything," he said. "Nothing's getting ...

After questions arose as to whether The Simpsons would still show Homer strangling Bart as a gag, the executive producers of the long-running series have spoken. The episode “McMansion & Wife” — the ...

LOS ANGELES - Homer Simpson may be looking for a new way to reprimand his eldest son, Bart, on "The Simpsons." One of the most well-known, long-running gags on the animated series is when Homer ...

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After 35 seasons, “The Simpsons” appears to have released its iron grip on one of the beloved animated series’ longest-running gags. “Times have changed,” Homer Simpson announces to wife Marge in ...

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, ...

Bart strangling Homer for a change isn’t a new joke as he’s done it many times in the past, but The Simpsons Season 35 hits harder this time around thanks to the timing of the joke around all of the ...

Homer Simpson is not about to change his ways. Amid speculation that The Simpsons patriarch is about to stop strangling his son, Bart, the show’s co-creator has confirmed that Homer’s habit will die ...

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 ...

To misquote Mary J. Blige: Don’t need no strangulation, holleration in this dancery. The Simpsons is officially done with Homer strangling his son, Bart. On the third episode of The Simpsons’ 35th ...

"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, ...