In an unusual coincidence, the season premiere episode of long-running animated comedy The Simpsons made a reference to the late famed golfer Arnold Palmer, who passed away on Sunday — the same day the episode aired — at 87. In the oddly prescient scene, Homer enthusiastically describes one of his bizarre schemes to Marge, and it all revolves around Palmer’s namesake drink.
“I’m going to fill a Super Soaker full of lemonade, Karl’s going to fill one with iced tea and we’re going to Arnold Palmer Lenny when he walks in!” he begins.
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“Arnold Palmer Lenny? You’re going to Arnold Palmer Lenny?” she asks, unclear.
“Yeah, you see, Arnold Palmer was a golfer and he made up this drink where it’s not a full glass of lemonade or a full glass of iced tea,” Homer then explains about the now-classic beverage.
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Twitter users were quick to point out the eerie reference, calling it “scary” and “weird,” especially since Palmer hadn’t particularly been in the news recently. The episode, the first in the show’s 28th season, had been written prior to Palmer’s passing.
There was an Arnold Palmer reference tonight on The Simpsons. So weird. http://pic.twitter.com/4obYfm2B5T
— Kirk Nawrotzky (@KirkNawrotzky) September 26, 2016
Homer had to explain to Marge who Arnold Palmer was on the Simpsons tonight, and then he passed away. :'-(
— Will Holder (@ThrillHolder) September 26, 2016
RIP Arnold Palmer
EERIE!! Simpsons predicts Arnold Palmer deathhttps://t.co/AWmrPXm9Ld @Paulhaider74 @chasethegroove @RobertWoelfel75 @CFraase @MLBIpa
— Amy Gallop (@AmyGallop66) September 26, 2016
The Arnold Palmer jokes on The Simpsons tonight are scary... I can't even think of an adjective.
— Alan Henry (@AlanHenry) September 26, 2016
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