Vermont town named Simpsons' hometown, will host movie premiere

Vermont town named Simpsons' hometown, will host movie premiere

By JOHN CURRAN
Associated Press Writer
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SPRINGFIELD, Vt. (AP) -- Maybe it was the pink doughnut. Maybe it was the clever homemade video, or small-town charm.

Maybe Homer just figured it was time to go green.

Whatever the reason, this much is true: Tiny Springfield, Vt., beat out 13 other like-named cities Tuesday, including one in western Ohio, for the right to host the premiere of "The Simpsons Movie" by winning an online poll it wasn't even invited to participate in.

On July 21, the town's 100-seat movie theater will play host to the movie, which opens July 27.

"Vermont wins," read the purple lettering beside the doughnut-chomping patriarch of America's favorite dysfunctional family on "The Simpsons Movie Springfield Challenge" Web site.

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Vermont is as good a place as any for Springfield to be in. I think only California and Vermont would be open-minded enough to have a city full of such eccentrics.

:D