Perhaps one day we’ll find a real crystal ball in the writing room of “The Simpsons.”Until then, we’ll just have to marvel at the prescience of the long-running cartoon series. In the latest soothsaying credited to the show, news outlets are pointing out that a 2004 episode foretold the liquidation of Toys “R” Us announced in real life last week. In a clip from the installment, above, some Springfield citizens set out to obliterate child-friendliness, breaking a ball pit and tearing down a statue of the animated characters Itchy and Scratchy. But in perhaps the most subversive act of all, they turn around the backward “R” in the toy chain’s logo to make it face correctly ― and kids react in horror.

Source: Huffington Post March 23, 2018 15:43 UTC