Springfield's most confirmed bachelor Waylon Smithers will finally come out to the withered object of his affection, Mr. Burns, in the next episode of The Simpsons, "The Burns Cage."
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Of course, even a casual Simpsons viewer knows that Smithers is super gay and has been harboring a crush on his boss for nearly the show's entire 27-year run. One need only see a naked Monty Burns popping out of a birthday cake but once to really get the point not only driven home, but parked on your goddamn mental front lawn.
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But Mr. Burns, being the oldest man alive, has remained either oblivious or completely ignorant to Smithers's feelings--until episode 17 of season 27. According to the episode's official synopsis:
When Smithers is devastated by Burns' lack of affection towards him, Homer makes it his mission to find him a boyfriend. Meanwhile, after Bart orchestrates the removal of the lead in the school's stage production of Casablanca, Milhouse serves as a terrible understudy, which frustrates his co-star, Lisa.
"In Springfield now, most people know he's gay, but obviously Burns doesn't," executive producer Al Jean told TV Line last September. "We deal with that in two episodes....We actually do a lot with Smithers this year; he gets fed up with Burns not appreciating him and considers his options."
Tune into The Simpsons on April 3 at 8pm on Fox to see what kind of men Homer tries to set Smithers up with--fingers crossed we get to go back to the gay steel mill!
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OH, BE NICE!