One Vermont campaign is over faster than you can say Cowabunga, baby. Our Springfield has won the chance to host the premiere of The Simpsons Movie, beating out all those other states with lesser Springfields.
Gov. Jim Douglas released this statement upon receipt of the good news this afternoon: "To all the other Springfields, I say, 'Don’t have a cow, man.'"
Now you might think Douglas is the sort never to have seen The Simpsons, but gubernatorial spokesman Jason Gibbs says that's not so. Douglas recalls fondly the episode in which George H.W. and Barbara Bush move in next door to the Simpsons after leaving the White House.
Imagine if that were true, that the elder Bushes moved to Springfield, Vt. Then, it would seem, their son, George W., would have had to visit Vermont and ours would not be the only state the president has not visited.
The movie will premiere at the Springfield Movie Theatre on July 21, when the filmmakers will walk the yellow carpet. You can view the nail-biting results
HERE.
In the interest of full disclosure I am the one who has never seen the Simpsons. Doh.
- Terri Hallenbeck
