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In the sun Friday afternoon in the park overlooking Silver Lake Reservoir in Los Angelesabout 30 people—including three dressed as Uncle Sam, Darth Vader, and Elsa from Cold-gathered to hear Dan Greaney’s first stump, representative about the 2028 US presidential election.
“My fellow Americans,” Greaney began, standing at the lectern in front of a line of American flags fluttering in the gale. After the opening, he added, “Yeah, let’s go with it.
A little self-introduction aside is the kind of thing you’d expect from a seasoned TV writer. The Simpsons since the golden age in the 1990s. Besides writing classics such as “Summer 4 Ft. 2” and “King-Size Homer,” Greaney is also known for writing “Bart to the Future,” a flash-forward episode, which aired in 2000, where Lisa Simpson is the new president of the US and is struggling with the financial crisis she left behind. “As you know, we’ve taken a lot of money from President Trump,” he explains.
Because of this joke, Greaney is often cited as predicting the unlikely reality of Trump going to the White House. “It was a warning to America,” he said The Hollywood Reporter at the beginning of the 2016 election season. “It was established because it was in line with the vision of America gone mad.”
For months, Greaney has been leaning on his “Prophet” of change, posting his Instagram videos. predicting the fall Mr. Trump and his Old Testament counterparts are gray beards and wigs. On Friday, however, he wore the casual suit and tie of a politician running for office. And his message was sincere.
“It’s too stupid for me to be president,” he said. “It’s the kind of thing an artist father would do – someone like, you know, Peter Griffin,” he said with a smile, referring to the patriarch. Family Family not Homer Simpson. Still, Greaney went on to say, he was motivated to stand up for values he believed the majority of Americans still shared. “I think democracy is under attack, and in many ways (it’s been torn down) by a tyrannical Supreme Court, by an unconstitutional president, and by the billionaires who work for them,” he told the crowd, made up mostly of friends and entertainment associates.
“It’s not a joke,” Greaney said of his campaign, though his long career in comedy dates back to when he served as president of the Harvard Lampoon. (He has also worked as a journalist and practiced law.) “Comedy is not just funny,” he continued. “Comedy is real The SimpsonsOne of the things we all tried to do was tell the truth about American life, look behind the humbug and hoopla and tell the truth about America with love and humor in a way that people saw and connected to, and that’s what I hope to do here.
“So, yes, it’s ridiculous, but it’s not a joke,” he added. And, in fact, it is an act of conscience.
Greaney concluded his remarks by saying, “I invite you all to join my team in creating an America that works for all, including Darth Vader.”
