publication date: Wednesday, December 11, 2019 (part of Winter 2020)

category: Movies

clue: His Canadian documentary warned about the dangers of corporate overreach.

explanation: Film producer Simpson is best known for his well-received documentary The Corporation. more…

intended difficulty: medium

solved by: Russ Wilhelm, Steve West, LaVonne Lemler, Samir Mehta, Chris Lemler, Matthew Preston, and Erik Bates

Springfield IRL: After two seasons of shorts, The Simpsons debuted as a series on December 17, 1989. Celebrate the show's thirtieth anniversary with this theme of seven people who could have walked out of the show into real life, and don't have a cow, man.


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