Marge Simpson's sister comes out

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Owen Gibson, media correspondent
Tuesday February 22, 2005
The Guardian

With her predilection for lumberjack shirts and love of golf, the revelation that Marge Simpson's sister Patty is a lesbian didn't come as much of a shock to US fans of the series.

But not for the first time the show provoked fevered debate as it took a satirical look at the issue of gay marriage, lampooning middle America's stereotypical view of lesbians along the way.

The name of the gay character was a closely guarded secret up until the show went out on Sunday, with internet fan sites and bookmakers speculating furiously on their identity.

Waylon Smithers, loyal assistant of nuclear power plant owner Montgomery Burns, was an early favourite before being dismissed as too obvious - previous episodes have made no secret of his unrequited longing for his boss and shown him holidaying at men-only resorts.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/usa/story/0,12271,1419606,00.html

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1. there were bookmakers???!!!!

I knew it was patti since the episode where she dated skinner, i would have made a fucking fortune

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2. Where is Margaret Spellings when we need her?

After her kindergartenish tirade against PBS for their rather subdued look at a lesbian family in "Postcards from Buster"...where is her fucking moral outrage at Faux for broadcastinïîe Simpsons? It's only a cartoon?