Simpsons Harbaugh comment

Submitted by Ihatebux on

Just watching the Simpsons.  Homer said he's a sports genius that everyone hates.  Marge said "kinda like Jim Harbaugh".

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schreibee

November 6th, 2016 at 11:05 PM ^

Honestly though - WHO hates Harbaugh?!?!

EVERYONE who's not a Michigan fan, Duh!

Or rather, everyone who's a fan of another team. If you're neutral, I suppose he probably seems pretty cool. And Obv anyone who likes Michigan thinks he's AWESOME!!!!!

I didin't see the Simpsons episode, but as there's likely a Mighigan influence on the Harbaugh bit, I'm guessing it's meant ironically.

Your essay was so very serious...

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MTH1993

November 6th, 2016 at 8:43 PM ^

I was watching as well first time i a couple of years. That line cracked me up. The rest of the episode was also pretty decent. Amazing how they can make such a good product after all the years.

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Ray

November 6th, 2016 at 8:47 PM ^

I went to a party last night and a Clemson couple were there: "We like Michigan but we don't like that Jim Harbaugh." Good! So we're standing for something now! Keep winning and they'll like us even less.

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wahooverine

November 6th, 2016 at 11:52 PM ^

Haha you're laughably wrong.  They are acknowleding that he is a genious.  Would you rather have a genious that "everybody" hates, or an average coach who people like?  Besides, not everybody actually hates him.  Any media personality that actually interacts with him actually ends up loving him. Colin Cowherd actually dressed as him for Halloween last year, as did Michelle Beadle on ESPN's Sportnation this year.  The haters are just moutbreathers from SEC country, rival Big10 fanbases and other uninformed dumb dumbs. Any one that that knows any thing about football at minimum admires the man.

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M-Dog

November 6th, 2016 at 9:25 PM ^

Holy cow, I thought the only Simpsons episodes were reruns from the '80s and 90's.  

I didn't know they were still making new ones.

I thought the Harbaugh quote was as a Colts QB. 

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BeatOSU52

November 6th, 2016 at 10:24 PM ^

I think there was only one episode that aired in the 1980s, not including the Tracey Ullman Show shorts, if I am correct which was the Pilot episode (Christmas special).

 

On a side note, I think starting Thanksgiving day morning on FXX, they're going to air every single episode in a row up until this current season.  

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WolverineHistorian

November 6th, 2016 at 10:59 PM ^

Correct, Christmas of '89.

The show runner of the Simpsons, Al Jean, grew up in Detroit. Usually the Michigan mentions on the show come courtesy of him - Like Homer's half brother running a car company in Detroit, the UM Dearborn mention a couple years ago, the boxes from the box factory getting shipped to Flint, etc.

The Harbaugh shoutout could be another Al Jean thing or maybe someone else on the staff is a fan of one of the schools where Harbaugh has tried to set up his satellite camps...which, as we have learned, puts him right up there with Hitler.

And yes, I know I'm really showing my Simpsons level of fandom here but I don't care. I don't watch the show religiously anymore but seasons 1-15ish will always be gold.



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CompleteLunacy

November 6th, 2016 at 10:41 PM ^

We love Harbaugh becuase he's our crazy person. But to everyone else, he's just crazy and annoying as hell. He's constantly in your face, in the news, doing something crazy that most coaches don't do, The fact that ,on top of all that, all he does is win makes it that much worse. So I get it.

And I do not care. ALL ABOARD THE HARBAUGH TRAIN! CHOO CHOO MFERS!

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Go Blue in NC

November 6th, 2016 at 10:58 PM ^

I think the negativity comes from ESPN always bringing him up and featuring him in all kinds of stories (crazy recruiting stories ala the sleepover, climbing a tree, chain gang; being at the Cubs game; satellite camps; etc). He's in your face ad nauseum. We love him because we know he's genuine but to other people, I could see it being like Tebow or Lebron or Alabama football where ESPN knows Harbaugh drives clicks so they just feature him to the point of exhausting interest and polarizing him to CFB fans. I love him and I'm glad he's our coach but I can see how the constant chatter would grow annoying to people that may already dislike Michigan.

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BiaBiakabutuka21

November 7th, 2016 at 12:09 AM ^

Being mentioned on the Simpsons is only a good thing. We all need to be able to take a joke and take it with pride. No one likes a guy who can't take a critical joke. They called him a sports genius anyways. Everyone knows that Harbaugh could sell a monorail to anyone in Springfield.

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L'Carpetron Do…

November 7th, 2016 at 9:51 AM ^

It's crazy how DANGEROUS the Simpsons was back in the day.  It was so controversial - why?  Who the hell knows?  Probably because it portrayed an American family in a realistic light.  The kids were brats to each other, the dad was fat and lazy, the parents resented the bratty, smartass kids.  Plus it was a cartoon that used (tamely) offensive language and seemed to encourage disrespect. No one had seen anything like that. I remember my parents, grandparents and aunts and uncles yelling at me, brother and sister and cousins to turn it off.  The Bushes thought it was going to bring the country down.  It's absurd to think of it now.

Meanwhile, if people watched it closely they would have realized it was the greatest satire of American culture of all time.  

 Years later when the show got my dad and even my grandpa to crack up I was so proud.  

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socalwolverine1

November 7th, 2016 at 10:42 AM ^

I've watched a hundred hours of games, coverage, and analysis of UM and B1G football this season, just soaking up the sweetness of our run. And, to the point of "Everyone hates Harbaugh", I have yet to hear any of the college football talking heads really give Jim the credit due him for where we are in just his second year with the program. The sports media would rather stay fixated on his latest rant at a ref or a comment he makes at a press conference. If we beat OSU and get into the playoffs, JH is the COY, period.

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