D’oh! Homer pledges to stop strangling Bart on ‘The Simpsons’ — fans react By David Landsel Published Nov. 4, 2023, 11:23 a.m. ET ...

Homer Simpson, who has often strangled son Bart for laughs on Fox’s long-running animated series, seemed to suggest he would change his ways on the episode “McMansion & Wife,” which aired on ...

After a 35-year time jump, the audience learns that Marge has died, Bart and Lisa are estranged, and Homer Simpson, the family’s dad, is living in a retirement home.