Brooks also indicated that Homer was not going to stop throttling his son’s neck, saying “He’ll (Bart) continue to be strangled— [if] you want to use that awful term for it. He’ll ...

Times really have changed. Homer Simpson has, according to the animated character, stopped strangling his son Bart – bringing to an end a long-running (and outdated) gag on the show.

Homer Simpson declares that he will not strangle Bart in episodes of "The Simpsons," marking the end of a nearly 40-year-old gag.

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