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I was sure I read that Smithers' name was related to Wayland the Smith. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.170.218.234 ( talk) 20:24, 18 September 2010 (UTC)
There is also no source given for the reference that he was named after the puppeteer. 2601:806:4301:C100:5CC9:7D44:20AB:AF35 ( talk) 16:42, 29 January 2017 (UTC)
He was born in 1954. In S08E21 (The Old Man and the Lisa). Burns blames Smithers for not forewarning him about the 1929 stockmarket crash. Smithers says the event was 25 years before he was born. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 116.30.148.107 ( talk) 02:36, 1 January 2011 (UTC)
Will the episode "Flaming Moe" lead to an update on his sexuality? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 65.1.66.28 ( talk) 01:32, 17 January 2011 (UTC)
Have I dreamt that in the episode regarding Smithers senior and his radiation death, doesn't Smithers reveal that Mr Burns had told him that his father had crashed into the Amazon rain forest and been hacked to death by a tribe of Amazon women? Mr Burns suggests that this subterfuge will have had no long term effect on young Smithers who replies to the effect "We'll never know will we, we'll never know.
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I was sure I read that Smithers' name was related to Wayland the Smith. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.170.218.234 ( talk) 20:24, 18 September 2010 (UTC)
There is also no source given for the reference that he was named after the puppeteer. 2601:806:4301:C100:5CC9:7D44:20AB:AF35 ( talk) 16:42, 29 January 2017 (UTC)
He was born in 1954. In S08E21 (The Old Man and the Lisa). Burns blames Smithers for not forewarning him about the 1929 stockmarket crash. Smithers says the event was 25 years before he was born. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 116.30.148.107 ( talk) 02:36, 1 January 2011 (UTC)
Will the episode "Flaming Moe" lead to an update on his sexuality? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 65.1.66.28 ( talk) 01:32, 17 January 2011 (UTC)
Have I dreamt that in the episode regarding Smithers senior and his radiation death, doesn't Smithers reveal that Mr Burns had told him that his father had crashed into the Amazon rain forest and been hacked to death by a tribe of Amazon women? Mr Burns suggests that this subterfuge will have had no long term effect on young Smithers who replies to the effect "We'll never know will we, we'll never know.
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