The lifespan of an internet meme is a precarious thing. Some go viral within a tiny community and become an in-joke. Others flare up, burn brightly, then quickly fade away again. Some get revived ...

One iconic meme from “The Simpsons” still doesn’t make perfect sense, even to the man who created it. Two decades after it first aired, the “steamed hams” scene — where Principal Skinner attempts to ...

There's no shortage of memorable moments from the long history of The Simpsons, but without a doubt, "Steamed Hams" sums up everything great about the show. The segment--and the episode it aired ...

An oral history of a scene that’s also an oral history of a meme? How delightfully devilish, MEL. This piece on The Simpsons’ “Chalmers Vs. Skinner,” a segment from the classic 1996 episode “22 Short ...

JAMES PALEOLOGOPOULOS: It's been 30 years since America and the world learned a special expression that reportedly came from upstate New York. If you're from Utica, you've probably never heard of ...

If you’ve been on the Internet over the past month or so, odds are you’ve seen something tied to The Simpsons‘ Steamed Hams sketch. But as it turns out, the iconic segment from the Season Seven ...