Cypress Hill just made a 1996 joke from The Simpsons a reality – 11 insanely classy reactions
The Simpsons has a spooky track record of predicting the future – from President Trump to a mystery Asian-originated flu that makes a whole town sick. Not Covid-19 exactly, but uncomfortable close to it.
The episode mentions Donald Trump being president before Lisa, and caused a budget crisis that Lisa inherits, seemingly foreshadowing of Trump’s future run for president in 2015. However, the episode was produced during Trump’s 2000 third-party run. pic.twitter.com/WN5Y7dXUy7
— On This Day in Simpsons History (@dailysimpsons) March 20, 2020
Now another of The Simpsons’ gags has come to pass – 28 years after first featuring in an episode. This one isn’t necessarily a prediction so much as it is inspiration, but it’s still really neat, as Marge Simpson would say.
Hip-hop group Cypress Hill appeared in the 1996 episode ‘Homerpalooza’; that’s the one where Homer joins a touring ‘pageant of the transmundane’ (erm, a freak show). There are a lot of musical guest stars throughout the episode, include Cypress Hill.
25 years ago this week, The Simpsons aired the Homerpalooza episode featuring Peter Frampton, Sonic Youth, Cypress Hill and The Smashing Pumpkins. pic.twitter.com/htWssY6PCi
— Eric Alper (@ThatEricAlper) May 21, 2021
In one scene, a backstage hand announces that the London Symphony Orchestra (LSO) has arrived to play back-up to one of the featured artists.
He says: “Come on, people. Somebody ordered the London Symphony Orchestra….possibly while high. Cypress Hill, I’m looking in your direction.”
The band then play some of their iconic track, ‘Insane In the Brain’, with orchestral support.
28 years in the making….Cypress Hill is actually gonna play with the London Symphony Orchestra after the Simpsons prediction in 1996 pic.twitter.com/rM33GrL2Y4 https://t.co/KXeq3Yz4lh
— Wu Tang is for the Children (@WUTangKids) July 10, 2024
Cut to this week, where Cypress Hill have performed at the Royal Albert Hall…with the backing of the London Symphony Orchestra.
Did somebody order the London Symphony Orchestra at the Royal Albert Hall last night
pic.twitter.com/7IQsn6Ch0M https://t.co/6CGXeysAFv— Wu Tang is for the Children (@WUTangKids) July 11, 2024
In a 1996 episode of The Simpsons, the show’s famously prescient writers created a sequence in which Cypress Hill accidentally booked the London Symphony Orchestra for a gig.
On Wednesday, the hip-hop act turned that joke into a reality → https://t.co/892Iv6vZl0 pic.twitter.com/4lfwblCh3k
— CONSEQUENCE (@consequence) July 11, 2024
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Journalist Antoine Allen spoke to the band earlier this week before the concert, in which they talked about how The Simpsons gave them the idea for the show.
Someone ordered the London Symphony Orchestra… Cypress Hill I am looking in your direction!@cypresshill spoke to me about their iconic @TheSimpsons Episode.
And finally turning fiction to reality- tonight they play with the LSO at the Royal Albert Hall.
Interview on @itvnews pic.twitter.com/fWrydYxV3j— Antoine Allen (@AntoineSpeaker) July 10, 2024
And fans are here for the classy performance.
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I can’t stop watching the conductor https://t.co/AEQyfFdSHc
— Michael Roston (@michaelroston) July 12, 2024
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Ok, Cypress Hill with the London Symphony Orchestra at Royal Albert Hall in London! Whoa pic.twitter.com/zzgV9vs21Y
— Darrell Craig Harris Pro Bassist (@DarrellCBassist) July 12, 2024
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Did anyone order the London Symphony Orchestra? Possibly while high? Cypress Hill I’m looking in your direction pic.twitter.com/FNsb8xwjci
— Thomas (@newmandate) July 10, 2024
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Cypress Hill, the famed California hip-hop group, played with the London Symphony Orchestra — 28 years after “The Simpsons” dreamed up the collaboration. “We came for the meme,” one fan said. “We stayed for the music.” https://t.co/DKa0ynZHLJ
— The New York Times (@nytimes) July 12, 2024
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AN INSANE NIGHT
Yesterday ourselves and @CypressHill brought the Simpsons to life at the @RoyalAlbertHall performing their Black Sunday album in full.
Thanks to everyone who came and partied with us
Photos: Andy Paradise pic.twitter.com/oDn71wQL0U
— London Symphony Orchestra (@londonsymphony) July 11, 2024
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Years after that classic @TheSimpsons episode we finally got to see the unlikeliest of collaborations between @cypresshill and @londonsymphony at @RoyalAlbertHall . The boys and the LSO did themselves proud. It was sheer genius. I’m ready to do that over again next year pic.twitter.com/AlV60qGwqV
— Nick Wakeman (@wakeman_nick) July 10, 2024
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I can’t believe Cypress Hill played with the actual London Symphony Orchestra. It finally happened. pic.twitter.com/ufEF2mfwnK
— dan hett (@danhett) July 11, 2024
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It finally happened: 28 years after Homerpalooza, Cypress Hill play live with the London Symphony Orchestra https://t.co/qON6wSmErW pic.twitter.com/nk13wBTqZI
— David (@davidclewis) July 11, 2024
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