In all of our years binge-watching “The Simpsons” as young teens, never before have we thought too much about why the iconic characters are bright yellow. Until now. According to the much-loved US ...

With so much barbecue fluff on television these days, it was nice to see a serious discussion of smoked meat on . . . The Simpsons? The writers obviously did their homework for last night’s episode.

When Bart misses an assignment and fails to intercept a letter that’s being sent home, Bart gets the homework piled on him at school. Homer and Marge disagree on the amount of homework Bart should ...