35 years ago today, on December 6, 1990, The Simpsons aired “Bart the Daredevil” on FOX. The Season 2 episode is one of the most monumental in the entire series for Homer failing to jump over the ...

Announcer in Bart’s dream: Ladies and gentlemen, the ten-year-old who’s brave and bold! When he’s not in class, he’s risking his ass, the world’s greatest daredevil, Bart Simpson!

This episode contains what might be the most well-known, iconic scene from the entire franchise: Homer jumping the Springfield Gorge and failing. It’s a scene the show’s writers have endlessly ...