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And the winner is…
COMPILED BY NIMI KURIAN
Photo: AP
At Springfield, Vermont: The Simpsons Movie.
Welcome home to Springfield, Vermont, Homer and Marge Simpson. The Vermont town recently beat 13 other Springfields from around the U.S. in an online vote for the right to host the premiere of the upcoming Simpsons movie featuring the popular television cartoon family. The New England town, with a population of about 9,500, won with a video showing a Homer Simpson look-alike chasing a giant, pink doughnut through the town. It also boasted similarities to the cartoon Spring
field, such as having a nuclear power plant nearby.
“After 18 years, it’s good to finally welcome the Simpsons home. Vermonters love The Simpsons,” Democratic Senator Patrick Leahy of Vermont said. “Homer, Marge, Bart, Lisa and Maggie will look great on that yellow carpet with the green mountains as a backdrop.”
The creator of the TV series, Matt Groening, located Homer, Marge and their children Bart, Lisa and baby Maggie in the fictional town of Springfield after noting that this was one of the most common U.S. town names. Some already had a claim to fame, such as Springfield, Illinois, which was home to Abraham Lincoln, and Springfield, Massachusetts, known as the birthplace of basketball.
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