Epic Win: Bart Simpson for Butterfinger
Submitted by Amy D
Bart Simpson is arguably America’s premier wisenheimer and has been since 1989. Bart did it all: appeared on t-shirts, had his own dance (The Bart-Man), and even pitched for Butterfinger candy bars. However, The Simpsons being what they are-and part of the reason we love them-they eventually bit the hand that fed them. According to Wikipedia:
Bart Simpson and other characters from The Simpsons appeared in numerous advertisements for the product from 1989 to 2001, with the slogans “Nobody better lay a finger on my Butterfinger!”, “Bite my Butterfinger!”, and “Nothin’ like a Butterfinger!” However, following criticism of Butterfingers in season 13, episode 8 of the Simpsons “Sweets and Sour Marge”, Butterfinger dropped the Simpsons as spokespersons because of the controversial scene involving Butterfinger bars burned in the flame.
Not that that slowed them down, they’re still on the air.
Just in case you forgot the Bart Simpson early 90’s media blitz:
Photo via wolfgangsvault
Not every cartoon character makes the cover of Rolling Stone! You may insert your own Britney, Christina, etc., joke here.
The Bart t-shirts were everywhere as well:
Photo via myteespot.com
You can still get one and tell the world “Don’t Have A Cow, Man!”
I remember hearing about schools banning the Bart Simpson “Underachiever and proud of it” tshirts because they encouraged kids not to do their best. Considering the sort of clothing that schools ban these days, gosh, we were so delightfully naive back then.
I agree. My school banned pajama pants. That’s it, they just didn’t want people coming in with pajama pants. Oh, the good old days.
Yeah, our school banned both Bart and pajama pants too. Also slap bracelets. Anything fun, really.
Ah, but did they ban butterfingers? lol
Everything fun got banned at our school. I think it was a conspiracy to keep us in our seats cuz there was always that one genius who’d ruin the fun stuff for everyone else.
Wow. Talk about notslgia for last week.
It was the early 90’s last week? And I MISSED IT?!?!?
AWWW! I have to watch an epi now!!!
when i was in 6th grade my friend got the “i’m bart simpson , who the hell are you?’ shirt for her birthday. the school made her put masking tape over “hell. we just laughed. :0″
I had the same shirt and they made me do that too.
crispity crunchity peanut buttery, Gotta have my butterfinger.
I miss those
Ok, not necessarily nostalgic, but under the category of Great Moments in Simpsons Shilling History must be Marge’s Maxim shoot.
I always loved that for how frumpy Marge is in everyday life, every few years they remind us that she’s actually super hot if she wants to be.
I was at an amusement park in 1990 and they made you turn your t-shirt INSIDE OUT if it was a Bart Simpson shirt. A major amusement park!!
Kinda funny, because I’ll admit…though you have to set limits (no porn for kids, limit violence, etc.), really, I watched ‘The Simpsons’ literally all my life (I’m as old as it is) and sheltering kids often makes them *****ier adults than just letting them have a little fun.
jajajjajajaja I remember it!!
errrm, did anyone else feel uneasy when homer said:
“I’m gonna close my eyes and open my mouth and your gonna give me a big surprise”?
Well, I sure did.
P.S – No, I’m not gay so don’t even think about burning me with the obvious gay jokes.
~Frosty.
Simpsons used to be funny.. sigh
I remember the toys from burger king. I had lisa and my brother had bart.
bart was a real trooper to allow himself to be exploited by his creator to sell junk food.