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Abe Simpson Talking To Kids, also known as Grandpa Simpson Telling A Story or Hey Everybody, An Old Man Is Talking, is an exploitable image and memorable scene from a 1995 episode of The Simpsons in which Homer's father, Abe Simpson, starts to tell a story to kids in front of a lemon tree. On the Internet, the scene has been repurposed into a series of reaction images often used on X, former Twitter, in humorous tweets about old trends, memes, news or stories that are considered nowadays as "old."

Origin

On May 14th, 1995, The Simpson's season 6 episode 24: Lemon of Troy first aired on Television, which featured a scene of Abe Simpson sitting in front of a lemon tree while talking to a group of kids. The scene was posted on YouTube^[1] on October 12th, 2015, by user @ThingsICantFindOtherwise, who titled the video "Hey Everybody, An Old Man Is Talking," amassing more than 86,000 views and 1,300 likes in nine years

A few months later, on September 8th, 2015, an unknown uploaded a still image of the scene on Imgur^[2], amassing roughly 218 views in nine years.

Spread

The scene grew into a popular exploitable meme in early 2019, as Imgur^[3] user @crazy3 posted the still image of Grandpa Abe telling a story, captioning "You used to have to read a map for driving directions." The post (seen below) amassed over 102,000 views and 1,700 upvotes in five years.

Abe Simpson's meme gained traction again in early October 2024, especially on X and Threads, as people used the scene as a reaction image for humorous tweets about feeling old around other people. For example, on October 13th, 2024, Threads^[4] user @josie_exposie used the Abe Simpson meme accompanied by a caption on the cable channel The CW, writing that "they made teen dramas and supernatural shows, and the shows went on for +7 seasons, which were released annually." The post (seen below) received roughly 27 likes and 2 reposts in a week.

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