The Simpsons Make Fun of Joe's Hospital Commercial

The story goes: Joe Hawley, a member of SAG, has done a few commercials in his day. One of them was him singing in a Children's Hospital commercial. There is an episode of The Simpsons entitled "Rosebud" that briefly mimics the scene Joe did. Although there's no proof that it was indeed a mock of the commercial, the similarities were enough to get some people, including Joe, wondering about the possibility.

In a recent (July '08) conversation, however, Joe indicated his opinion these days is that the chances are very slim and he doesn't necessarily hold the belief that it's true.

The scene in question is at the 17:50 mark on this video when Principal Skinner says: "Hey everybody, let's go sing at the hospital!" And the crowd begins singing "We've got high hopes! We've got high hopes!"