Akbar and Jeff

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Akbar and Jeff

Akbar and Jeff was a surrealistic (and absurdist) story arc involving the characters of the same name, begun in 1984 by Matt Groening in his comic strip Life in Hell.

1 Profile
2 Appearances
- 2.1 The Simpsons
- 2.2 Futurama
3 External links

[edit] Profile

Akbar and Jeff are a gay couple, and their sexuality is part of the plot of many of the cartoons, though they swing between love and hate pendulously, often expressing both in a single strip. They never express any physical affection save touching fingers when they need to express their love for each other.

Many of the Akbar and Jeff strips included recurring gags, such as Akbar and Jeff establishing a business operation in a hut (where the type of business operation would be quite odd to include the word "hut" in its name). Many of the gags revolve around their trademark fezzes.

[edit] Appearances

[edit] The Simpsons

In Homer's Triple Bypass, the finger puppets Homer uses to describe his surgery to Bart and Lisa resemble Akbar and Jeff, except neither puppet wears a fez.
In Mom and Pop Art, Homer and Marge are wandering through a museum, where Homer finds Akbar and Jeff in a large, framed comic strip. Homer quotes "Matt Groening? What's he doing in a museum? He can barely draw!", at which a large pencil eraser rubs his head. Homer thinks he's being "erased" when, actually, two guys are moving in a large pencil as an exhibit in the museum.