“The Simpsons has a long, grand tradition of sending Homer, Marge and the kids to exotic locales in order to make fun of them. Sunday night, the show got around to Dayton, Ohio, which is definitely a locale, but hardly exotic. Dayton is about as middle as Middle America gets, which made it a pretty nice place to grow up. Companies routinely test-market products there to gauge the reaction of “everyday” consumers. Although the word “boring” is used several times to describe the city, my fellow Daytonians — who, by the way, include poet Paul Laurence Dunbar and the Wright brothers (who, admittedly, probably didn’t see the show), Olympic champion Edwin Moses and “West Wing” cast members Allison Janney and Martin Sheen — seem to have taken the joke well. The local FOX affiliate, WRGT-TV, says it hasn’t received any complaints about Sunday’s episode.” Read More >>>
