The Simpsons Predicted It!

Lydia Poltney and James Hicks are a married couple who, in 2020, created the popular YouTube channel The Simpsons Theory. In their videos, they focus on mysteries from the show. Both earned a bachelor’s degree of arts: Lydia in film theory and practice, and James in media production. From a three-eyed fish to presidential elections, The Simpsons are known for countless predictions of historical events. This book lets you peek behind the scenes of our favorite cartoon and the lives of the characters we’ve essentially grown up with. Together with Homer, Marge, Bart, Lisa, and the rest of the Simpson family and friends, the series won our hearts—and shocked us with its ability to predict events in the future again and again. How do they do it? A crystal ball? A source of knowledge? The show’s creators are not part of any secret society that can see the future, and they don’t time-travel. Surprisingly, it turns out everything is much simpler…