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What's Next? Beavis and Butthead?

April 25, 2009 Posted by John at 7:02 PM

I realize that postage stamps are not issued, these days, with the same serious intent as when they featured George Washington, Abraham Lincoln and so on. But really--the Simpsons? This stamp series will be issued on May 7:

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I'm probably one of the last people in America who has never seen an episode of The Simpsons. I've heard it's a funny show. But is this really the sort of achievement that we should use postage stamps to commemorate?