The Simpsons also predicted Disney purchasing 21st Century Fox

The soothsayers in The Simpsons’ writers room may soon add another item to their list of predictions that came to pass: In addition to foreseeing the Trump presidency, Lady Gaga’s Super Bowl act, and a Nobel Prize winner, the animated sitcom also called the Disney-21st Century Fox merger that’s been in and out of talks. The 10th season episode, “When You Dish Upon A Star,” which saw Homer sucking up to Alec Baldwin and Kim Basinger, featured a billboard/sign that declared 21st Century Fox—then 20th Century Fox—a “division of Walt Disney Co.” Twitter user @rwmead offered up the screenshot evidence not long after the acquisition news broke.