Less than a year after his “Simpsons” documentary sparked a national conversation, his new Netflix standup special “Warn Your Relatives” is tackling much bigger ideas.
“The Simpsons” continues to face backlash over its racially insensitive portrayal of Kwik-E-Mart owner Apu.
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As the show beats the “Gunsmoke” episode record, “The Simpsons” wants you to make chef and radio host Evan Kleiman’s famous apple pie.
The animated series marks its landmark 636th episode this Sunday.
“My eyes have been opened,” the actor said of the controversy surrounding Apu.
He has thoughts on Apu and “The Simpsons” as well, because of course he does.
After a week-long Twitter war with fans following Sunday’s episode, the showrunner continues to court bad publicity. Now, he’s promised a solution of sorts.
“The ‘argument’ the episode makes is basically things used to be better before political correctness when nobody cared about all these groups,” Bell explains.
As the animated series gets close to its historic 636th episode (beating “Gunsmoke” for most episodes ever), the show’s early choices for Apu have admittedly become problematic.
Even Stormy Daniels and Cambridge Analytica make cameo appearances.
The scientist was also a pop culture icon who appeared on “The Simpsons,” “The Big Bang Theory,” and “Star Trek: The Next Generation.”
