How Cypress Hill turned a 1996 joke from ‘The Simpsons’ into reality

How Cypress Hill turned a 1996 joke from ‘The Simpsons’ into reality

In a nearly 30-year-old episode of The Simpsons, Homer & Co. arrive backstage at the Hullabalooza Festival just as a stage manager walks in with a question. “Who is playing with the London Symphony Orchestra?” the stage manager asks in “The Simpsons” episode “Homerpalooza,” which premiered on May 19, 1996. “Come on, people,” he continues. “Somebody ordered the London Symphony Orchestra … possibly while high? Cypress Hill, I’m looking in your dir…

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12 "The Simpsons" Moments That Went From Fiction to Reality

It's been 35 years since the premiere of this iconic series and many of its scenes have remained for posterity, whether for their witty humor or for having predicted some unusual real-life situation. As the seasons have gone by, more and more moments from the series seem to conceal a prophecy, and in this article, we take a look back at the most famous and spooky occasions when an episode from The Simpsons gave us a glimpse of what's to come.