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Accidental Heroes of the 20th Century; 6: Homer Simpson, cartoon character

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From: The Independent - London
Date: 19980919
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IF EVER anyone's hero status could be said to be accidental it is Homer Simpson's. When news of the Simpsons phenomenon first reached Britain in the late Eighties we were given to understand that the hero was the spiky haired young upstart Bart, who showed his disrespect through catchphrases like "eat my shorts" and "don't have a cow, man".

Homer's secondary importance to the enterprise was apparent in the fact that nobody bothered inventing colourful catchphrases for him. He had to make do with the single syllable "doh", filched from the James Finlayson character in the Laurel and Hardy ...

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