[UPDATE 2] Co-creator and producer of The Simpsons, James L. Brooks, told People that Homer will not stop choking Bart. "Don't think for a second we're changing anything," he said. "Nothing's getting ...

CNN — (CNN) — Times really have changed. Homer Simpson has, according to the animated character, stopped strangling his son Bart – bringing to an end a long-running (and outdated) gag on the show.

The Simpsons Season 36 premiere, “Bart’s Birthday,” saw an artificial intelligence compiling all the episodes of the animated sitcom, and all of the famous series finales in TV history, to come up ...