Can we all just take a moment to appreciate the fucking unbelievably talented writers on this show? Almost four fucking decades and they still make me laugh until I'm in tears, just like Bart laughing and Itchy & Scratchy.

Apu made his long-awaited return for a Halloween-styled episode (I can't remember if it was an official "Treehouse of Horror" one or not) and he was introduced as the masked villain in Halloween costume who it turned out was murdered by the entire town.

I recognized the mask/helmet/whatever the fuck you call the Daft Punk headgear. But I didn't even notice the robe he was wearing.

It wasn't until Apu stated that his costume was "Daft Monk" that I made the connection. It caught me by surprise like a 2x4 to the face.

Daft. Monk.

Fucking brilliant. Why the fuck didn't I think of that??

I laughed until I was in tears.

The Simpsons are like comfort food for me. Eight hundred episodes. Sure, not every episode resulted in belly laughs, but just about every one of them made me smile.

When they finally go off the air eventually, that's going to be a gut-punch for me and I suspect a lot of other GenX/Xennials/Millennials.