Day: July 16, 2011

“Wait a second, is that a bong? . . . You have asthma? . . . Alright, move along.” – Principal Dondelinger The care that The Simpsons put into every episode remains impressive all these years later.  Take Principal Dondelinger, a bit part created to act as the unwitting matchmaker for Homer and Marge back at Springfield High School in the 1970s.  Early in the episode, he catches Homer and Barney smoking regular cigarettes in the bathroom.  In response, he gives them detention and calls them “Springfield’s answer to Cheech and Chong”.  Later in the episode, he confronts a nameless…