Aurora Borealis?!

[Regan MacNeil]

An oral history of maybe the funniest few minutes in TV history.

An Oral History of ‘Steamed Hams,’ the Funniest ‘Simpsons’ Scene Ever

 

[Songbird]

It really is one of the best comedy bits of all time.

 

[Songbird]

The thing is, at the time, I didn’t even know if it was funny. The table read for the episode wasn’t all that successful, but we decided to do it anyway. After it broadcasted, we never really heard anything about it for years afterwards. Steamed Hams didn’t even become a thing until 2016, when some Australian grocery store kept getting calls from people asking for steamed hams.​

Guess they have no idea that SJ exists.