The executive producer of 'The Simpsons' had denied the theory if Homer Simpson being stuck in a coma since the '90s.
The fan idea theorizes that the character Homer has been in a coma since a 1993 episode where he was hospitalized, and everything that has been happening since then was a dream, Tmz.com reported.
Now, Al Jean has said that though it was "intriguing," it was not true, as that would mean "back in 1993 the show was going on for years and years more and right before we left, threw this hidden monkey wrench in for all our successors.
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