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The last AfD was in 2010, when inclusion standards were much lower than today. This is essentially a list of jokes, not much different from The Simpsons billboard gags (deleted in 2010), and The Simpsons chalkboard gags (deleted in 2008). We can deduct that it's WP:TRIVIA from that the gags are not listed in the season articles, and that they only appear in the infobox in ep articles (without further discussion). Sure, there are sources that discuss the couch gags in general, but all of that can be and is covered in The Simpsons opening sequence#Couch gag. Meanwhile, this list of trivia is getting bigger each season; a split was proposed in August 2019, but no discussion is happening (nor did the split proposal get removed). Time to call it for this piece of en.wiki history? – sgeureka t• c 10:40, 30 December 2019 (UTC)
Groening revealed that the couch gag was inspired by the classic “ Mickey Mouse Club” opening that concluded with Donald Duck banging a gong. The animation changed episode-to-episode, and Groening thought, “If I ever get my own show, I’ll do a Donald Duck-style gong gag.”*
Every episode of The Simpsons begins with the family congregating on the couch in front of the TV, and every episode includes a different gag during the iconic couch sequence.*
The Simpsons couch gags at the start of every episode have become iconic.*
As the odometer hit 300, USA TODAY published a two-page report – “300 reasons to love ‘The Simpsons’” – that listed, among other things, 35 couch gags*
The Simpsons' take their couch gag to Middle Earth in 'Hobbit' spoof . . . On Sunday night, the Simpson family will take trip to the same old place they end up every week — their couch.*
each week the "couch gag" involves doing something silly*
The list of memorable “Simpsons” couch gags includes Disney movies, the Game of Life, Letterman and “Breaking Bad.” At one point, the whole town showed up to join the Simpson family on the couch for some evening TV watching. And on another occasion, two Simpson families appeared.*
The famous credits gag is given a whimsical French tinge*
In advance of The Simpsons‘ 28th season premiere (Sunday, 8/7c), Fox has released the episode’s highly anticipated couch gag*
Sunday's season finale of The Simpsons will feature a couch gag crossover with Adult Swim's Rick and MortyThats not one source picking up on one fluke gag, those are all different sources. Clearly notable. This is wikipedia at its finest. Compiling information from a multitude of sources and keeping a coherent log that we will save. We don't have that kind of detailed information about the aforementioned Mickey Mouse Club because nobody at the time thought it was important enough to save. Maybe the Smithsonian should throw out all those old things taking up space in those rooms. And you idiots want to destroy that cataloging work and all that history. How do you sleep at night? Trackinfo ( talk) 04:52, 2 January 2020 (UTC)
The result was delete. Tone 11:23, 6 January 2020 (UTC)
[Hide this box] New to Articles for deletion (AfD)? Read these primers!
The last AfD was in 2010, when inclusion standards were much lower than today. This is essentially a list of jokes, not much different from The Simpsons billboard gags (deleted in 2010), and The Simpsons chalkboard gags (deleted in 2008). We can deduct that it's WP:TRIVIA from that the gags are not listed in the season articles, and that they only appear in the infobox in ep articles (without further discussion). Sure, there are sources that discuss the couch gags in general, but all of that can be and is covered in The Simpsons opening sequence#Couch gag. Meanwhile, this list of trivia is getting bigger each season; a split was proposed in August 2019, but no discussion is happening (nor did the split proposal get removed). Time to call it for this piece of en.wiki history? – sgeureka t• c 10:40, 30 December 2019 (UTC)
Groening revealed that the couch gag was inspired by the classic “ Mickey Mouse Club” opening that concluded with Donald Duck banging a gong. The animation changed episode-to-episode, and Groening thought, “If I ever get my own show, I’ll do a Donald Duck-style gong gag.”*
Every episode of The Simpsons begins with the family congregating on the couch in front of the TV, and every episode includes a different gag during the iconic couch sequence.*
The Simpsons couch gags at the start of every episode have become iconic.*
As the odometer hit 300, USA TODAY published a two-page report – “300 reasons to love ‘The Simpsons’” – that listed, among other things, 35 couch gags*
The Simpsons' take their couch gag to Middle Earth in 'Hobbit' spoof . . . On Sunday night, the Simpson family will take trip to the same old place they end up every week — their couch.*
each week the "couch gag" involves doing something silly*
The list of memorable “Simpsons” couch gags includes Disney movies, the Game of Life, Letterman and “Breaking Bad.” At one point, the whole town showed up to join the Simpson family on the couch for some evening TV watching. And on another occasion, two Simpson families appeared.*
The famous credits gag is given a whimsical French tinge*
In advance of The Simpsons‘ 28th season premiere (Sunday, 8/7c), Fox has released the episode’s highly anticipated couch gag*
Sunday's season finale of The Simpsons will feature a couch gag crossover with Adult Swim's Rick and MortyThats not one source picking up on one fluke gag, those are all different sources. Clearly notable. This is wikipedia at its finest. Compiling information from a multitude of sources and keeping a coherent log that we will save. We don't have that kind of detailed information about the aforementioned Mickey Mouse Club because nobody at the time thought it was important enough to save. Maybe the Smithsonian should throw out all those old things taking up space in those rooms. And you idiots want to destroy that cataloging work and all that history. How do you sleep at night? Trackinfo ( talk) 04:52, 2 January 2020 (UTC)