Jared Williams: The Simpsons Already Did That

After seeing this article, I have only one thing to say to Jared Williams. I’m sorry, dude, but The Simpsons already did that.

As you’ll see if you read the article, Jared Williams is in a bit of trouble in Utah for running an illegal bar out of his garage for years. This was apparently a pretty big operation, since the article reports that police seized “106 bottles of liquor, 77 cans of beer, a Jagermeister shot machine, nearly $750 in cash[,] and a cash register.”

I’m guessing this was all a fight over the fact that Utah’s liquor laws won’t let people have a bar near where Williams lives (due to its residential nature) and Williams wanted a bar closer to home. That was apparently fine for years, until he sold liquor to undercover officers. The article talks a lot about how much public outcry there has been, but I’m wondering about that given the fact that this bar operated for years.

Regardless, I just want to remind Jared Williams about “Homer the Moe,” episode 3 of season 13 of The Simpsons. In that episode, Moe decides to class up his bar after a visit back to his old bar tending school. This drives Homer and his friends away, so Homer opens his own bar in his garage.

Let’s have a quote:

Homer: [to Marge] Barkeep!

Marge: I thought this was gonna be your bar.

Homer: It’s a family bar, right, kids? [scene shows Bart and Lisa washing glasses and cutting up lemons]

Lisa: Can we go to bed now?

Homer: As soon as you finish cutting up those lemons.

Lisa: But you’re not even using them.

Homer: [in mock baby-talk] She’s so sweepy, she doesn’t even know what she’s saying.

Carl and Lenny: Aww.

Anyway, that’s all I’ve got to say to Jared Williams. The Simpsons homage is cool and all, but I’m not sure it was worth him getting arrested.