The Simpsons producer defends showing Homer Simpson as a 1990s teenager in a flashback scene

Digital Spy

As fans pointed out, the latest episode would make Homer younger than his son Bart. But producer Matt Selman explained on Twitter before Sunday's episode aired that "The Simpsons is a 32-year-old series where the characters do not age, so the 'canon' must be elastic / contradictory / silly. This does not mean other beloved classic @TheSimpsons flashback shows didn't happen. None of this happened. It's all made up. Every episode is its own Groundhog Day that only has make sense for that story (if that)."