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Homer Simpson's stupidity is now officially insulting. In Germany, Switzerland and Austria episodes of The Simpsons featuring the character's more disastrous power plant antics will be taken off the air in the wake of Japan's nuclear crisis. Broadcasters there have been screening episodes to make sure one featuring a meltdown doesn't hit the air.
According to the Hollywood Reporter two episodes have already been pulled: Episode 66, Marge Gets a Job, featuring scientists Marie and Pierre Curie dying of radiation poisoning; and Episode 346, On a Clear Day I Can't See My Sister, where jokes about a nuclear meltdown are made. But how about the opening sequence which shows Homer tossing a radioactive fuel rod from his car? Or radioactive Mr. Burns?
Executive producer Al Jean told EW that Homer would be keeping his job at the plant, but "We have 480 episodes, and if there are a few that they don’t want to air for awhile in light of the terrible thing going on, I completely understand that." He added that Homer Versus the City of New York (you know, this one) was pulled after 9/11.
