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Hip-hop act Cypress Hill make 28-year-old Simpsons joke come true (www.bbc.co.uk)

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 months ago

It was back in 1996 when an episode of The Simpsons featured a joke where Cypress Hill believed they had mistakenly booked the London Symphony Orchestra, whilst under the influence.

On Wednesday night, that joke becomes a reality at the Royal Albert Hall.

After years of fan pressure, the American hip-hop group reached out to the LSO over social media and a deal was struck.

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I went to meet the band at their rehearsals in central London.

"It's been something that we've talked about for many years since the Simpsons episode first aired," B-Real (real name Louis Mario Freese) told the BBC.

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The British connection goes beyond the LSO. In the episode, it was actually Peter Frampton, best known for his 1976 album Frampton Comes Alive, who was the guy trying to book the orchestra.

Cypress Hill laughed when I asked if he was on the guestlist.

"Yes, actually, we've been trying to invite him," B-Real said.

It's like life has become one long Simpsons episode.