The Simpsons will arguably always be the best TV show possible when it comes to pop culture references and crossovers, from the shared Family Guy episode to Futurama crossing over into Springfield to Bart & Co. getting haunted by Krusty’s Pennywise in the IT Halloween special. And that’s not even counting examples like the Rick and Morty opening and other applicable couch gags. As such, it’s always nice when other shows return the love.
Such as it went over the weekend, where Adult Swim’s fan-fave comedy Smiling Friends delivered a fun in-episode homage to TV’s longest-running scripted series, which was presumably in direct response to The Simpsons’ own winking nod to Zach Hadel and Michael Cusack’s weird ass series. Let's look at the back and forth below.
