Overview
- In early February 2026, a clip from The Simpsons episode The Computer Wore Menace Shoes recirculated with a line about “creeps on an island” that viewers highlighted online.
- Posts on X and Reddit linked the gag to Jeffrey Epstein’s private island, reviving the familiar “Simpsons predicted it” meme.
- Commentators pointed out the episode’s parody lineage, noting its riff on conspiracy tropes and on the TV series The Prisoner.
- Some users resurfaced 2019 unsealed court records in which Virginia Giuffre described being asked to give Matt Groening a foot massage on Epstein’s jet, as previously reported by Business Insider.
- Outlets including the Daily Dot and the New York Post documented the renewed speculation, while noting there is no new corroborating evidence or legal development tied to the clip.