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The secret 'McBain' movie hidden inside 'The Simpsons' is its best joke yet

The Simpsons has been popping around in the news a lot recently, largely because it appears to offer a glimpse into the future. It didn’t just predict that Donald Trump would become President one day, after all, it also nailed Lady Gaga’s Super Bowl halftime performance and finished it all by sneaking-in a subtle Falcons joke.

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Now, it’s leading fans to re-discover one of the show’s best-ever secret jokes: The hidden McBain movie.

McBain is a fictional character within the show; a movie actor, one we only see in fleeting glances (usually at the start of the show) of his various action movies. But that’s where it gets interesting: Take all the apparent toss-away clips, stitch them together, and what you’ll be left with is a fully coherent miniature movie, with plot lines and everything. That’s right: The Simpsons literally HID A SECRET MOVIE INSIDE A TELEVISION SHOW.

The proof:

Genius.

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