Sports Figures on The Simpsons
Joe Frazier
SI.com takes a look back at every sports figure to appear on the longest-running prime-time show in television history, now in its 23rd season, starting with Joe Frazier, who has the distinction of being one of the few celebrities, sports or otherwise, to appear on The Simpsons as themselves on more than one occasion.
Episode: Brother, Can You Spare Two Dimes?First aired: Aug. 27, 1992
Memorable Moment
After announcing Homer as the winner of the Montgomery Burns Award for Outstanding Achievement in the Field of Excellence, Joe Frazier has a beer with a depressed Homer at Moe's Tavern.
Homer: "I miss my couch."
Frazier: "I know how you feel. You lost the couch. I lost the heavyweight championship."
Homer [scoffs]: "Heavyweight championship. There's like three of those. That couch was one of a kind."
Frazier: "Homer, I know things are tough now. But one day, you'll be walking along, and you'll see a piece of furniture you can love just as much."
Barney: "Hey Frazier, shut up!"
Frazier [getting angry]: "Barney, you've been ridin' my back all night."
Barney: "Oh yeah! Care to step outside?!"
Frazier: "Let's do it."
The two exit the bar and before the door can swing shut, a punch is heard hitting Barney and his blood splats on the door. As Homer exits the bar, he sees Barney upside down in a trash can exclaiming: "Alright, a peanut!
