Reality TV

General

Reality TV

Comic Story information

Released:	2000
Comic series:	The Simpsons Comic Strips
Pages:	1
Written by:	Barry Dutter Bill Morrison

Reality TV is a The Simpsons Comic Strips story that was first published in 2000. The story is a remake of Fact or Affliction from Bart Simpson's Joke Book.

Synopsis

Homer teaches Bart about the difference between fiction and reality.

Plot

Bart is reading an issue of Radioactive Man when he asks Homer "if a man got exposed to radiation in real life, would he get super powers?" Homer says that depends on if you'd consider baldness a superpower. Bart then asks if it would be possible to survive with a jagged shard of metal stuck in your head. Homer says that he knew a guy who had that happen to him once, but then remembers that it was actually a hot, gooey marshmallow stuck to the roof of his mouth, and he didn't die, but it did make him talk funny. Homer then tells Bart that stuff he reads in comic books is just a bunch of phony baloney, and he needs a healthy dose of reality from television. Homer then puts on the show Bikini Beach, where lifeguard Nikki stops a gang of nuclear terrorists. Bart agrees with Homer that reality is better than fantasy, and Homer is happy to have taught Bart something.

External links

Reality TV at Last Exit to Springfield

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1999
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2000
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2001
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