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Simpsons House Hoax
According to News.com.au an email has been circulating around Australia claiming that the town of South Morang has built a replica of the house where the Simpsons live. On the cartoon, Homer and Marge live on 742 Evergreen Terrace, and South Morang does have an Evergreen Drive. Apparently many Simpsons' fans have been spotted driving aimlessly around South Morang searching for the house. Unfortunately for these fans, the replica house doesn't exist. The email is a hoax. But if you're a Simpsons fan the place you should actually visit is Portland, Oregon, the boyhood home of Matt Groening, whose streets apparently inspired the names of many Simpsons characters.Posted By: Alex | Date: Mon Oct 04, 2004 | Permalink |
Total Comments: 13
Category: Email Hoaxes, Entertainment
Category: Email Hoaxes, Entertainment
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Actually, the house does exist, just not in Australia. It was a prize for a contest held in the late 90's, and it's in Nevada.
Here's a link:
http://www.lasvegassun.com/dossier/misc/simpsons/
Posted by AqueousBoy on Mon Oct 04, 2004 at 11:40 AM
Here's a link:
http://www.lasvegassun.com/dossier/misc/simpsons/
Well, to refine my statement a little further, perhaps I should have said 'did exist.' For all I know, the winners of the contest may have redone the house (as would most people, except the most diehard Simpsons fans).
Posted by AqueousBoy on Mon Oct 04, 2004 at 12:09 PM
I remember that contest! All my friends sent in application forms and I was very dissapointed when we didn't win - I'm a huge Simpsons fan, along with most of my family.
Posted by Ariel on Mon Oct 04, 2004 at 02:42 PM
omg they have one in las vegas.
i used to live there. http://www.lasvegassun.com/dossier/misc/simpsons/
it was in the newspaper and the news a few years back...
Posted by john in NH on Mon Oct 04, 2004 at 04:59 PM
i used to live there. http://www.lasvegassun.com/dossier/misc/simpsons/
it was in the newspaper and the news a few years back...
whoops i made that sound a little misleading... i used to live in henderson, nevada (outside of las vegas), NOT in the simpsons house.
Posted by john in NH on Mon Oct 04, 2004 at 04:59 PM
Yeah, I remember the Simpsons House Giveaway.. I think part of it was signing a deal that you would *not* remodel or redecorate it, tho....
Posted by Flynn Leek on Tue Oct 05, 2004 at 02:20 AM
Quote from the website linked below:
"The house was given away in a contest in 1997 and has since been repainted."
Posted by AqueousBoy on Tue Oct 05, 2004 at 11:29 AM
"The house was given away in a contest in 1997 and has since been repainted."
I was never allowed to watch this show when I was little...so when I got older, it didn't interest me. But I have a friend who has The Simpsons champagne flutes that he used for his toast at his wedding. His wife is really laid-back. Otherwise he would NEVER have been married!
I don't really think it's such a good show. Kind of degrading and offensive at the same time, no matter what you believe. I realize a lot of the stuff is a joke, but some things should just be left alone.
Posted by Maegan in Tampa, FL, USA on Wed Oct 06, 2004 at 10:56 AM
I don't really think it's such a good show. Kind of degrading and offensive at the same time, no matter what you believe. I realize a lot of the stuff is a joke, but some things should just be left alone.
This isn't about the Simpsons, Meagan, it's about the Simpson's House.
Posted by john in NH on Wed Oct 06, 2004 at 01:26 PM
the whole deal with the simpsons house contest was that the winners had to remodel the house as part of the contest, not sure why but thats what i read about it
Posted by Dan Rice in Rochester, NY on Thu Sep 08, 2005 at 07:24 AM
actually, they didn't have to remodel or HAVE to keep it the same.
the outside was repainted to "fit in" better with the neighborhood. & i believe i read that the novelty items inside were sold.
Posted by nicole in los angeles on Wed Jan 18, 2006 at 11:52 PM
the outside was repainted to "fit in" better with the neighborhood. & i believe i read that the novelty items inside were sold.
Why would you paint it and sell the stuff?
Blasphemy!
Posted by Daphne on Thu Feb 23, 2006 at 12:26 PM
Blasphemy!
Hello David Mirkin here and neither Matt or I have heard anything about this mysterious house, but I do know there is the FOX themepark in Australlia don't know where specifically, but know it's there. This house might be somewhere near there, there was also as you all should know a house we built in a city outside Las Vegas this was though unfortunatley torn down by the idiot owner he probably doesn't even know what the Sampsons... I mean Simpsons is.
So long
David Mirkin, Iconic Showrunner
Posted by The Mirkster in Burbank California on Sat Feb 16, 2008 at 09:20 PM
So long
David Mirkin, Iconic Showrunner
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