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@GlutzahnLP
3 жыл бұрын
Hey Lydia, is an Audiobook planned for your book? I would love to listen to it via Audible (maybe if possible even narrated by you :)
@MajusFederation
3 жыл бұрын
Funny cuz it it says it's not available in my province here in Canada
@TheSimpsonsTheory
3 жыл бұрын
@@GlutzahnLP yes there will be an audiobook version out in December. I'll be recording the introduction. The rest will be done by a professional narrator I chose 🙂
@TheSimpsonsTheory
3 жыл бұрын
@@MajusFederation that's a shame! Hopefully Amazon gets more stock in soon across Canada. I've been informed that there are issues with a shortage of truck drivers
@GlutzahnLP
3 жыл бұрын
@@TheSimpsonsTheory perfect, thanks :) looking forward to it
@edophoenix92
3 жыл бұрын
Lenny: Bart paid me and Carl 1000 bucks to kiss each other. Carl: Hey did we ever get that money?
@angelxcutiee69
3 жыл бұрын
0_0
@amyisom5109
3 жыл бұрын
True
@monicabierman9242
2 жыл бұрын
Not true but it's sweet
@carrot3063
2 жыл бұрын
so this is the sonic community
@grishernandez6373
2 жыл бұрын
@@monicabierman9242 it did happen in the show tho?
@erikas.6790
3 жыл бұрын
"Ah, everybody makes mistakes. That's why they put erasers on pencils" and that's why everyone loves Lenny 🤣
@silyknow
3 жыл бұрын
“I don’t know where Carl ends and I begin!” “See this is why people think we’re gay” Also I definitely think they have a little something going on, just a little
@hawkticus_history_corner
3 жыл бұрын
They are old school home boys. It looks kinda gay, but its not gay.
@hydro7373
3 жыл бұрын
@@hawkticus_history_corner I think Lenny is gay/bi, but Carl is probably straight
@adubz6662
3 жыл бұрын
@@hydro7373 stop saying that everytime someone has a friend they are gay
@silyknow
3 жыл бұрын
@@adubz6662 how about you stop using gay as an insult? ^-^
@charlestownsend9280
3 жыл бұрын
@@adubz6662 there's having a friend and then there's having a friend.
@lanternsown3525
3 жыл бұрын
Lenny without Carl is like Sherlock Holmes without Doctor Watson.
@SpaceBunnyVinn
Жыл бұрын
I would say it's more like Mabel without Dipper their both equally Homer's idiot friends
@saranissen6210
3 жыл бұрын
Lenny and Carl are awesome. I always saw them as a bromance; as close friends as you can get without being romanticaly involved etc.
@kingofhedgy9421
3 жыл бұрын
agreed
@harrydresden6258
2 жыл бұрын
Agreed
@kingofhedgy9421
2 жыл бұрын
@@tropicalslav931 Same thing
@pippen1001
9 ай бұрын
Not everything has to be sexual...
@Thierrydaoust1607
2 жыл бұрын
Lenny : "nothing left for Lenny" Carl: "I wouldn't be so sure" Lenny: "ah, Carl 😍"
@amadnakateh
2 жыл бұрын
Aw what episode 😍😍😍
@adamazzalino5247
10 ай бұрын
Gasp! Carl Carlson!
@ILoveRedPandas95
2 жыл бұрын
In a recent episode where Smithers gets a boyfriend Lenny asked Smithers's boyfriend "what do you think of my top" To which Smithers's boyfriend looks past Lenny to Carl and says "I think he's rather lovely"
@shaycrowley3262
9 ай бұрын
😂
@kurtfelix1412
8 ай бұрын
Well the merged popsicle sticks confirmed that Carl is the top
@CatsEyethePsycho
3 жыл бұрын
I simply can’t imagine Lenny without Carl
@jmdt027
3 жыл бұрын
Or Carl without Lenny
@Cyril29a
3 жыл бұрын
But Carl isn't Carl anymore. They changed his voice and as such he has died, same with Dr Hibbert and Apu. It is a real shame.
@apauljuice
3 жыл бұрын
i can, theres been a lot of moments with Lenny and not Carl, like "please dont tell anyone how i live" or "not lenny" or "theres been quite a buzz about lenny"
@jinoratheairnomad9777
3 жыл бұрын
Or Cenny without Larl
@apauljuice
2 жыл бұрын
Jinora The Air Nomad you good?
@matthewknights7083
3 жыл бұрын
Love when Homer becomes a gay marriage minister and Marge says he mustn’t push them
@RandomBattler
3 жыл бұрын
Lenny - "Remember when we used to kiss like that, Carl? With our respective girlfriends."
@AthosJosue
2 жыл бұрын
That is a great joke.
@amadnakateh
2 жыл бұрын
What episode?
@DawnSkyStudios
3 жыл бұрын
Homer's drinking companions are like four temperaments: Moe is choleric, Barney is sanguine, Lenny is phlegmatic, Karl is melancholic.
@rheubarbarum5423
3 жыл бұрын
Carl fits phlegmatic role more accurately, he is really less vulnerable and slightly insensitive out of two. Lenny occasionally seems to feel down and concerned, plus more emotionally open, so he closer to melancholic. In fact, *Moe* with his constant depression even more appears as melancholic, that makes Lenny, possibly, sanguinic.
@BossySwan
3 жыл бұрын
@@rheubarbarum5423 not Lenny
@circe9981
2 жыл бұрын
i think barney is melancholic, lenny is sanguine and carl is phlegmatic
@BigBob_21
3 жыл бұрын
Pls do Smithers he has such an interesting life.
@TheSimpsonsTheory
3 жыл бұрын
I'll add him on the list 🙂📃
@BigBob_21
3 жыл бұрын
Omg thank you
@elizabethocallaghan2151
3 жыл бұрын
Smither’s is a interesting person I agree
@metak5258
3 жыл бұрын
@@TheSimpsonsTheory There is a list?!?!?
@Devngel653
3 жыл бұрын
Yea do Smingers next hahaha
@KevinKlineisawesome
3 жыл бұрын
There’s something about Lenny that reminds me of Homer only skinnier (and both have a 5 o’clock shadow).
@TheSimpsonsTheory
3 жыл бұрын
I see what you mean haha
@BisexualPlagueDoctor
3 жыл бұрын
The beard.
@rheubarbarum5423
3 жыл бұрын
Lenny is, probably, supposed to mirror Homer, by being skinnier, more competent in work, little more successful version of him in early episodes.
@cirpura7430
3 жыл бұрын
Im guessing Karl is as much into Lenny as Lenny into him, but he's a bit afraid and doesn't accept that. If either of them would make a move the other would be like 'i didn't knew you felt the same' and start something. Just a thought.
@cirpura7430
3 жыл бұрын
I was dumb, homophobic child and even back then i sensed something there. It's too obvious lol
@waynemarvin5661
2 жыл бұрын
Is that what happened to you?
@Mcdude02
3 жыл бұрын
Historians will be like "They were good friends"
@ellekowalski4062
3 жыл бұрын
They should do more episodes dedicated to this friendship, an episode about the friendship of Lenny and Carl would be good(well there is already one but you know what I mean) we will be able to see the true essence of it, they would have more opportunities for episodes with this.
@Dayyyjoey26
3 жыл бұрын
I definitely feel like we’ll get some really good Lenny and Carl action towards the end of the show when they get super sentimental about all the characters.
@kingsenju7136
3 жыл бұрын
" Hey Moe get me another beer" "quit making me fat!"
@JF-nb8yd
2 жыл бұрын
I love that they have the same timeline bc they never are apart
@Adog00
3 жыл бұрын
The only duo no one can beat
@JW-zr4ju
3 жыл бұрын
I like Carl, but as for Lenny I'm sure Flanders once called him a jerk and how can you argue with Ned? Lol. Anyway, I don't think there is anything secretive between them. I think when there is such a close friendship, one will always adore the other a lot more and this is just exaturated.
@TheSimpsonsTheory
3 жыл бұрын
Yes I should have included that Flanders scene 😂🤣
@JW-zr4ju
3 жыл бұрын
@@TheSimpsonsTheory 😂
@jeremiahbaker6580
3 жыл бұрын
What about Lenny being a military hero
@JW-zr4ju
3 жыл бұрын
@@jeremiahbaker6580 then he needs decorating with puddings lol
@jeremiahbaker6580
3 жыл бұрын
@JW 92 lol I agree but I just wanted to know more on Lenny's military past
@thenerdbeast7375
2 жыл бұрын
As someone who is bi myself, I have a strong feeling these guys both are too but the differences in their personalities effects their differences in expression. Lenny also might like guys more than Carl does which might explain why the attraction is lop-sided, but Carl definitely likes Lenny to some degree.
@nathan51782
Жыл бұрын
Another bi man pitching in here to agree and vouch for this comment
@elitecoder955
Жыл бұрын
Stop making everyone gay
@nathan51782
Жыл бұрын
@@elitecoder955 pay me
@joshuaW5621
3 жыл бұрын
Did you know the dinosaur Lenny drew is a sauropod? That’s the name given to the group of dinosaurs with long necks. It is likely an Apatosaurus, which Brontosaurus was once mistaken to be a synonym of.
@waynemarvin5661
2 жыл бұрын
Uh, that's not what synonym means. If you're going to try to be a pedant, do some research.
@c.d.rstudios4691
2 жыл бұрын
Every one knows it's a sauropod, like how a T-rex's arms where actually really strong
@sniper21223
3 жыл бұрын
I didn't know lenny was divorced but I do remember a episode showing him living behind a squash court. It's nice that he got an upgrade from that house with a wall that fell over.
@ChestersonJack
2 жыл бұрын
It’s the season 14 episode Helter Shelter! Ironically, it’s one of the few times Homer (or anyone other than Burns) seems to prefer Carl over Lenny, as he wanted the family to stay with Carl, but mixed up their names and suggested Lenny instead.
@zuglymonster
3 жыл бұрын
I think the Simpsons likes teasing us with the "are they gay" "best friends" "is Lenny in love with Carl, but Carl just sees him as a friend but doesn't want to hurt him" and other ideas. I can't decide. Sometimes I am sure they're in love or at least Lenny is, other times I just think they've found their un romantic soul mate, you know that best friend that you are closer to than anyone else. I think it would be fun if they were gay, or at least bi-sexual
@Irishstile
3 жыл бұрын
The story of Lenny and Carl, is pretty interesting. I don't understand why they had to switch brains though. I can understand if one of them was actually dying, or something like that. But, that's just my opinion. And let's not forget, in the same episode where Lenny Carl we're meant to pair up, they had a fistfight, in the parking lot, over a little disagreement that they had. That's why, when they were paired up later in the episode, Carl said "Aw, nuts!" Good episode!
@OGimouse1
2 жыл бұрын
But you have to remember the old saying, "Boys will be boys!" In a show heavily burdened by stereotypes. Guys show affection by being selfish, violent creatures, right? And you see with all other couples that fighting I'd thr best foreplay. Just throwing it out there.
@PinkCerberus
2 жыл бұрын
when i was around 7-8, before I knew exactly what being gay was. I had thought that Lenny and Carl were in a relationship, I was always wondering if they were going to show the origin story of their relationship. The episode Half-Decent Proposal pretty much confirmed it for me.
@SonicAndMarioFan-ds6gq
9 ай бұрын
Which Was Confirmed Are They Gay Or Just Friends?
@Middleman0000
3 жыл бұрын
You know those co-op games when you both can't leave the screen? I kind of think these two have something like that, they can't separate!
@hydrahugs
3 жыл бұрын
Personally I think there is def something there. More likely on Lenny's side, but their differing personalities and life experiences lead Carl to be a much more reserved person with a tendency to push others away. It makes sense he would be scared to approach what he and Lenny have, especially if he's concerned about potentially ruining their friendship if they turned it into something more. Carl seems content just spending time with Lenny, and Lenny is more than happy to go at Carl's pace. I think that's pretty neat.
@uniformsyter927
3 жыл бұрын
Lenny has to be my favorite.
@jacobbarrett7302
3 жыл бұрын
Lenny and Carl is the best duo on the simpsons
@RachelG5627
2 жыл бұрын
i CAN imagine life without Lenny and Carl together No you can’t Mr. Simpson no one can
@QueenOfFandoms
3 жыл бұрын
I love your timeline videos so much, they're fantastic snippets into the characters lives and with this one focussing on both Lenny AND Carl, there's the perfect balance between them both. I voted for Skinner for the next one because I'm ready for my feels to be broken and my heart to be ripped out going back and re-living how the show did him and Edna dirty and ruined their relationship. 😭
@Aeneiden
3 жыл бұрын
When Marge is about to save Lenny and Homer from that burning oil rig. Lenny doesn't want to climb onto the helicopter. Lenny "there's nothing up there for me" Carl "don't be so sure!"
@Hello-dt9fq
3 жыл бұрын
I think is funniest scene is we’re they fought with nuclear bars like they were lightsabers and fighting Carl saying that the phantom menace was worse(I think) but Lenny saying that the attack of the clones was worse( I think)witch I agree with Lenny
@OGimouse1
2 жыл бұрын
Y'know, "swordfighting"
@coomer2658
3 жыл бұрын
I love the Mt. Carlmore joke because you’re supposed to think it’s in Lenny’s imagination 😆 “I carved that one beautiful summer”
@ethansloan
3 жыл бұрын
Lenny: The fire's heading for the Flammable District! Carl: Our mom works there! What the hell does that mean?
@OGimouse1
2 жыл бұрын
It means one of them calls the other one's mom "Mom"
@monicabierman9242
2 жыл бұрын
I think Lenny and Carl share a bond that can never even when they die will break upart
@garthdavis4320
3 жыл бұрын
This is the first time Carl broke the fourth wall at 6:59.
@spacewolfe1906
3 жыл бұрын
I think Lenny really likes Carl, In a romantic way, however, Carl only sees it as platonic
@oliverpuppetproductions8753
3 жыл бұрын
what I'd think would be a nice conclusion is in the last episode it's revealed that they'd been dating the entire series
@amadnakateh
2 жыл бұрын
Same I love them both
@jeremiahbaker6580
3 жыл бұрын
I love these little short but I havea little reminder for her and that's Lenny is a war hero it has been mentioned a few times in the series you even had the scene cause when burns asked homer to throw the pudding homer says but he is a war hero
@mr.strawberry13
3 жыл бұрын
I always imagine lenny as ,,skinny homer with hair" because that's basically what he is
@OGimouse1
2 жыл бұрын
I always kinda took that as confirmation of Lenny's "confirmed bachelorhood" because of Homer's episode about how great his life would have been if he never had kids.
@edloteyro5563
3 жыл бұрын
Please do a video about Bart's relationship with Edna Krapable 😆
@ChestersonJack
2 жыл бұрын
Frankly… While I think the interest is there on Lenny’s side, I actually think in terms of romantic chemistry, his best odds are forming a throuple with Homer and Marge.
@LokeSandwall
3 жыл бұрын
Early!! I bet this video is just as awesome as the other timeline ones, looking forward to the next 15 minutes!
@TheSimpsonsTheory
3 жыл бұрын
Thanks Loke 👍
@LokeSandwall
3 жыл бұрын
@@TheSimpsonsTheory Thanks for another great video! I am already looking forward to the next video!
@stardustshine1977
3 жыл бұрын
i think maybe lenny and carl might love each other but like you said carl hides his emotions so it makes sense he would do that with his love of lenny afraid lenny might not love him back because of how he is with all his friends
@isabelreed8873
3 жыл бұрын
there needs to be more fanfics about Lenny and carl
@CVZemo
2 жыл бұрын
When will there be a Gil Gunderson Timeline? He has a fascinating past and continually pops up in incredible ways. C’mon, Lydia! Can’t ol’ Gil get a break?
@KINGHB190
3 жыл бұрын
You should do the timeline of Grandpa Abe (and his many many origins)
@TheSimpsonsTheory
3 жыл бұрын
Hopefully by the end of the year
@KINGHB190
3 жыл бұрын
@@TheSimpsonsTheory 🤞🤞🤞
@chrisloose2956
3 жыл бұрын
Subscribed. Anyone who does so much work in videos deserves to be appreciated. Especially if it's about a fun topic like the Simpsons :).
@HELyasss
Жыл бұрын
For Lenny, it's a potential romance. For Karl, it's a bromance
@Neut-fu1kl
3 жыл бұрын
Yesssss a new timeline nice video Lydia as always 😁 (kinda late but congrats on 100k)
@TheSimpsonsTheory
3 жыл бұрын
Thanks so much ☺️
@legendarythepoet8483
2 жыл бұрын
You are really awesome and I love this channel. Will you be making a video on Snake??? In fairness, Mr. Burns doesn't much like anybody lol Their personalities balance each other out.
@bmd3232
3 жыл бұрын
the best duo
@DUTCHess01
3 жыл бұрын
Best duo EVER
@Invalid-user13k
3 жыл бұрын
Yes thank you for showing us this
@darkmask5933
2 жыл бұрын
My guess is Lenny is pansexual but doesn't even realize it, he seems fairly passive most of the time and probably enjoys romances based on friendship and compatibility rather than gender, that being said Lenny also doesn't go out of his way to really socialize other than with his established friends so he doesn't make a lot of close connections. Carl I honestly think is pretty much straight, he seems aware Lenny might have a thing for him but also doesn't let it bother him because Lenny doesn't act on it, its like Carl knows Lenny has a crush on him but Lenny himself doesn't know he has a crush, he just thinks of Carl being his best friend.
@fredlittleton7232
3 жыл бұрын
Great job on the video, amazing work
@TheSimpsonsTheory
3 жыл бұрын
Thanks Fred
@poppinpatty2507
3 жыл бұрын
The biggest Simpsons fan I know is my friend Lenny, he is super tight with our friend Kyle. Close enough, LMAO. Great video as always Lydia! Ahoy Springfieldians🕺🕺
@JennRighter
2 жыл бұрын
I’m surprised about the subscriber to watcher ratio. I subscribed after the second video I watched and then started binging every video.
@HaroldF2006
3 жыл бұрын
The best timeline for the best characters for the best channel
@DankAssPicklePop
3 жыл бұрын
"Please don't tell anyone how I live" ~ Lenny, 1997
@frisk1061
2 жыл бұрын
Kromor
@candykyujung
2 жыл бұрын
I came here and subscribed, and all because youtube recommended bart's timeline
@share_accidental
2 жыл бұрын
lenny is funny without even trying. also, i remember reading somewhere that he's the only character asides homer that has a 5 o'clock shadow.
@reesequigley4104
3 жыл бұрын
Yes I have been waiting for this
@TheSimpsonsTheory
3 жыл бұрын
Hi Reese ✌️
@reesequigley4104
3 жыл бұрын
@@TheSimpsonsTheory hiiiii
@reesequigley4104
3 жыл бұрын
@@TheSimpsonsTheory I’m rewatching the Simpsons and have successfully watched 30 full seasons and up to the Christmas episode in season 31
@TheSimpsonsTheory
3 жыл бұрын
@@reesequigley4104 that's awesome 😀👍
@nightmarekiller3699
3 жыл бұрын
Can I suggest a video? A history of homers jobs like in timeline order of homer
@flexiblenerd
2 жыл бұрын
I was legit wondering if you were gonna cover their potential romance while you were introducing the vid. CALLED IT.
@jare3459
3 жыл бұрын
throwing Pudding at Lenny 100% ok but Carl is to fare
@astrovisionbroadcastingunion
3 жыл бұрын
I think Lenny is definitely loving Carl but Carl is only seeing Lenny as his best friend and nothing more
@MrT_Rex
3 жыл бұрын
What a story !! You have a nice character
@gretathuumberg
2 жыл бұрын
11:45 I thought Karl was the smooth voiced assistant
@amitysluzara2022
3 жыл бұрын
Ah yes the best couple on the show
@missyjean4279
3 жыл бұрын
I have been waiting for this one❤️❤️ I can’t wait to watch x
@SellavinAtoms
3 жыл бұрын
Can you please do one of your next videos on Edna crabapple because she was essential character from The Simpsons until her voice actor died and plus they brought it back earlier this year in the flashback.
@ASentientBlockofSwissCheese
3 жыл бұрын
Omg thank you thank you thank you Lydia! My wish came true!
@johnnyrottenpiss
3 жыл бұрын
"The future. Have you heard about this lnternet thing? Yeah. It's the inner netting they invented to line swim trunks. It provides a comforting snugness."
@TheSimpsonsTheory
3 жыл бұрын
😂
@LittleShoesLin
3 жыл бұрын
"I'm Lenny, and this is my hetero life mate, Carl Carlson." If nothing else, they are life mates.
@MrBallerinakaka
3 жыл бұрын
One Of The Greatest Duos Of TV History 👍🏻
@callumdraper9910
2 жыл бұрын
Can you make a timeline for Mr Burns, Senior Wolf castle or Professor Frank?
@Gadgetman1989
3 жыл бұрын
If there's one thing I realize is that Springfield has a town full of genius people who act dumb to fit in (comic book guy, for a recent example)
@Letmeseethattron
3 жыл бұрын
I really think Lenny and Carl are just bros. As close as two guys can get without being romantic. Almost family due to the length of time that they have known each other. Lenny might have issues expressing this and goes too far sometimes (Mt. Carlmore) which annoys Carl sometimes, but each would give the shirt off their back to the other if needed.
@rheubarbarum5423
3 жыл бұрын
Lenny's just weirdo and goes overboard with his self-expression and large gestures. Making face-lifting on a whim? Blow all his winnings on banquet for whole town? Imbed diamond in his tooth? Engrave best friend face in massive rock? One can see why Carl can get concerned and "not discuss" anything.
@kakashilover9231
3 жыл бұрын
Carl & Lenny! Lenny & Carl!
@weethypop
2 жыл бұрын
Can you please do a timeline of mr burns that’d be so interesting!
@bmx_bros5288
2 жыл бұрын
Name a more iconic duo I'm waiting
@mathieuleader8601
3 жыл бұрын
Nice touch having those pink sprinkled donuts on the table
@TheSimpsonsTheory
3 жыл бұрын
Haha thanks Matt! We ate those donuts immediately after recording the video haha
@saavity
3 жыл бұрын
Have you done groundskeeper willie?
@TheSimpsonsTheory
3 жыл бұрын
Yes I've made a video on Groundskeeper Willie. Just search Groundskeeper Willie timeline into KZitem 🙂
@JamesJ422
3 жыл бұрын
kzitem.info/news/bejne/0ouEm35pj4lhi4Y
@paintkim9211
3 жыл бұрын
Lenny and Carl more like Harold and Howard McBride from The Loud House
@CRAIGKMSBISMARCKTIRPITZ533
3 жыл бұрын
Karl Is Just Up HimSelf 😂. That's Why He Keeps On Seeing HimSelf In Dreams,Ect 😂
@Alliepenguins
2 жыл бұрын
I think they definitely have a secret thing for each other, the same way Smithers and mr burns do
@OGimouse1
2 жыл бұрын
I honestly think this is why he likes Carl. The same way he likes Smithers.
@Mach5Johnny
2 жыл бұрын
Carl and Lenny are like the mature Simpsons version of Beavis and Butthead! Haha
@Polycomical
3 жыл бұрын
My eye! I'm supposed to get quality content in it!
@TheSimpsonsTheory
3 жыл бұрын
😂
@lorenzolevy4708
3 жыл бұрын
Pls do mr. Burns! He has such a long and interesting life!
@SuportRabbit3069
3 жыл бұрын
Love your channel! Can you plz do skinner?
@TheSimpsonsTheory
3 жыл бұрын
He's on the list 📃
@FLAMEandICE_
3 жыл бұрын
Since Johnny 2 Cellos made a video about Bart & Lisa's sibling relationship. U should make one about the siblings' love lives. Each one of them has gone through a lot of partners & potential partners. I love to c u cover the topics & give your personal opinion about their love lives
@TheSimpsonsTheory
3 жыл бұрын
We've actually been planning a similar video for a while now. Especially with Lisa's relationships 🙂
@FLAMEandICE_
3 жыл бұрын
@@TheSimpsonsTheory 😮, did I just predict a Simpsons Theory video? WOO-HOO!!! Hope u still decide to do Bart's as well
@blueraccoon1088
Жыл бұрын
When lenny was put in charge reminds me of something i said in a lenny compilation
@jthighs420
3 жыл бұрын
Fun fact they all met at a summer camp with moe and Homer
@rheubarbarum5423
3 жыл бұрын
I wonder what's supposed to be that theory on why Mr. Burns hates Lenny, but I definitely have theory on results of Lenny putting with all that abuse. Will see if it will be touched in that future video)) On the subject what's going on between the characters, there was actual official answer from somebody of executives in some interview pre-movie 2007, and it's basically "depending on writers", writer staff prefers to play around the idea of ambiguity and make "screw the audience" jokes. Given how whole existence of characters is based on them being subsidiary characters to serve as foils to Homer's antics, and as with many others of secondary and tertiary cast, their background, details of lives and such changing from director to director, writer to writer, and there's apparently no much consensus with their portrayal in general. One my assumption, whole idea of ambiguous relationships comes from "Simpsons" connection to "Life in Hell" comic of Groening, where two identical characters, Akbar & Jeff, sometimes serve as foils to main character Binky, who is, with his female lover and illegitimate son Bongo, a precursor of Homer and his family (early Simpsons even reference elements "Life in Hell", related to Bongo, in connection of Bart). Akbar & Jeff are also inseparable, look completely identical (unlike Lenny & Carl, but then, idea of having him in pairing, apparently, didn't appeared since beginning and developed later) and described as "brothers, or lovers, or both" due to indefinite intimate bond between two. This is just assumption, of course, but Patty & Selma also similarly fit that bill (and even more so). Probably, in process of establishing roles, Carl & Lenny were decided to be positioned as parallels to role Selma & Patty serve for Marge, pair of confidants of main character, and eventually that recurring joke about their (almost) constant closeness was developed. All and all, the core of it is life-long friendship eventually becomes undistinguishable from marriage. Main relationship of series *is* nuclear family, so it's not stretch to see how many of relationships within the series getting likened to family ties/marriage (and series has a lot of jokes with various pairs of characters that works as analogy of marriage, it's just not as notable because most of these relationships aren't obvious/don't have a room for being interpreted literally). And aside of jokes, their interactions most of time ring as ones between siblings, rather than lovers, and given how scrupulously series explore sibling or otherwise blood-woven relationships (see Bart & Lisa or, once again, all three Bouvier sisters, or Homer and Herb), interpretation of two life-long friends as surrogate "brotherhood" seems plausible at least in some cases. As I said, there is no apparent consistency and iron rules to have portray tertiary supporting cast.
@nicholassealy251
2 жыл бұрын
Carl and Lenny is like ed, edd, and eddy
@sbgrudeboyghostfacexll2903
3 жыл бұрын
I'm not accusing anything but I think Lenny and Carl might be gay couples just to think of it just kind of disturbing at times homer just really dumb and eats food out of sin
@MidnightPhantom
3 жыл бұрын
I feel like they are in a relationship that is a fusion between a normal romance and a bromance.
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