About
Bart Simpson’s Chalkboard Parodies are a series of exploitable images based on a memorable scene from The Simpsons in which Bart is shown writing on a chalkboard as punishment during after-school detention.
Origin
The first time Bart Simpson was shown writing on a chalkboard in The Simpsons occurred in Season 1, Episode 2 titled “Bart the Genius”[1], which originally aired on January 14th, 1990. During the episode’s opening sequence, Simpson is shown writing “I will not waste chalk” repeatedly on a school chalkboard (shown below).
The earliest known customization app titled “Bart Simpson Chalkboard Sign Generator” was posted on the image macro site Txt2Pic[6] in August of 2007, which allowed users to create custom images specifying the text shown on Simpson’s chalkboard (shown below).
Spread
On April 21st, 2008, Newgrounds Forums[7] member Officer submitted a thread titled “Bart Simpson Chalkboard Generator,” which invited other members to submit custom chalkboard images using the image macro generator site AddLetters.[8] On November 9th, 2009, the website BartsBlackboard[5] was launched to host an archive of each chalkboard writing from The Simpsons. On April 7th, 2010, Ebaumsworld[9] user dan_richard13 created a gallery of notable Bart Simpson’s chalkboard images. On November 19th, 2011, several custom chalkboard images were highlighted on the humor site JokeLibrary[10] (shown below).
On December 16th, Tumblr[4] user blueshadowmaker22 published a Simpson blackboard image with the phrase “I am not ‘Tumblr famous’” repeated several times (shown below). Within one year, the post received over 5,600 notes.
Notable Examples
Additional examples can be found on DeviantArt under the tags “simpson chalkboard”[2] and “simpson blackboard.”[3]
Live-Action Parody
On May 13th, 2010, the workclubtv YouTube channel uploaded a video titled “Bart’s blackboard at World Club,” in which a man dressed as Bart Simpson covers a black wall in every chalkboard line from The Simpsons (shown below).
Search Interest
External References
[1]Wikipedia – Bart the Genius
[2]DeviantArt – simpson chalkboard
[3]DeviantArt – simpson blackboard
[4]Tumblr – blueshadowmaker22
[5]BartsBlackboard – Archive of Bart Simpsons Chalkboard Writings
[6]Txt2Pic – Bart Simpson Chalkboard Generator
[7]Newgrounds – Bart Simpson Chalkboard Generator
[8]AddLetters – Bart Simpson Chalkboard Generator
[9]Ebaumsworld – The Best From Bart Simpons Chalkboard
[10]JokeLibrary – Bart Simpson at the Chalkboard
[11]Fiverr – I will have your message written by Bart Simpson on a chalkboard for 5