--- title: The Simpsons Premiere: Watch Homer Mention Arnold Palmer description: In an odd coincidence, the series premiere of the animated show featured a reference to the late golfer's classic namesake beverage. canonical: https://time.com/4507810/simpsons-arnold-palmer/ author: Raisa Bruner article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-09-26T15:43:45.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:36:59.961Z og:title: 'The Simpsons' Premiere Weirdly Mentioned Arnold Palmer og:description: In an odd coincidence, the animated show's premiere referenced the late golfer. og:url: https://time.com/4507810/simpsons-arnold-palmer/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: 'The Simpsons' Premiere Weirdly Mentioned Arnold Palmer twitter:description: In an odd coincidence, the animated show's premiere referenced the late golfer. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # _The Simpsons_ Season Premiere Coincidentally Referenced Late Golfer Arnold Palmer  by [Raisa Bruner](https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner Sep 26, 2016 3:43 PM UTC  by [Raisa Bruner](https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner Sep 26, 2016 3:43 PM UTC In an unusual coincidence, the season premiere episode of [long-running animated comedy](http://time.com/4505787/the-simpsons-every-600-episode-13-days-fxx/?iid=sr-link1) _The Simpsons_ made a reference to the [late famed golfer Arnold Palmer,](http://time.com/4507133/golfing-legend-arnold-palmer-dies-aged-87/?iid=sr-link2) who passed away on Sunday — the same day the episode aired — at 87\. In the oddly prescient scene, Homer enthusiastically describes one of his bizarre schemes to Marge, and it all revolves around Palmer’s namesake drink. “I’m going to fill a Super Soaker full of lemonade, Karl’s going to fill one with iced tea and we’re going to Arnold Palmer Lenny when he walks in!” he begins. “Arnold Palmer Lenny? You’re going to Arnold Palmer Lenny?” she asks, unclear. “Yeah, you see, Arnold Palmer was a golfer and he made up this drink where it’s not a full glass of lemonade or a full glass of iced tea,” Homer then explains about the [now-classic beverage.](http://time.com/4507209/arnold-palmer-drink-history/?iid=sr-link1) Twitter users were quick to point out the eerie reference, calling it “scary” and “weird,” especially since Palmer hadn’t particularly been in the news recently. The episode, the first in the show’s 28th season, had been written prior to Palmer’s passing. > [](https://twitter.com/KirkNawrotzky/status/780208114687700993) > [](https://twitter.com/ThrillHolder/status/780215157226110980) > [](https://twitter.com/AmyGallop66/status/780235705792421888) > [](https://twitter.com/AlanHenry/status/780255807237681152) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4507810/simpsons-arnold-palmer/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4507810/simpsons-arnold-palmer/"},"headline":"The Simpsons Season Premiere Coincidentally Referenced Late Golfer Arnold Palmer","datePublished":"2016-09-26T15:43:45.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:36:59.961Z","description":"“Yeah, you see, Arnold Palmer was a golfer...\"","url":"https://time.com/4507810/simpsons-arnold-palmer/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Entertainment","Television"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Raisa Bruner","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4507810/simpsons-arnold-palmer/","name":"The Simpsons Season Premiere Coincidentally Referenced Late Golfer Arnold Palmer"}}]}] ```