In 1922, Otto Schnering was a man with a simple dream - to invent a chocolate bar with enough sugar in it to send anyone who ate it into a spiral of loathing. From 1988 until 2001, The Simpsons were shilling hard for the bar, with Bart, in particular, putting away more of them than The Simpsons family doctor recommended. Here in Australia, the Butterfinger is harder to find - for this review episode, James had to go to a candy store that specialises in imports and drop down a whopping $6 for the two bars. What follows is a deep dive into the bar's history, the nature of art, and an examination of the bar through the theoretical framework of Marshall McLuhan.

Also we eat the Butterfingers and talk about it, and I edited out most of the gross chewing noises. We sound genuinely unwell by the end. Come endure our suffering!

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