Australia's Eleven television network shared a four-hour livestream featuring an endless loop of a single scene from "The Simpsons." Photo by Jim Ruymen/UPI | License Photo

April 13 (UPI) -- A television station in Australia challenged its viewers to sit through a four-hour livestream of a single scene from The Simpsons.

Eleven television network set out to test how long its Facebook followers would be willing to withstand a loop of Homer Simpson realizing the importance of his job's dental plan.


"Just "Lisa needs braces" on loop. How long can you last?" Eleven asked.

The network did not initially set a timeframe for the stream, but realized about three hours into the stream that Facebook would not allow them to continue much longer.

"Good/bad news. Due to Facebook's restrictions, we will have to stop the stream soon," the station said. "Trust us, we'd run this literally forever if we could."

The stream reached 1,000 active viewers at one point and eventually accumulated 553,661 views 3,623 shares and more than 13,000 reactions.

When the stream ended the station asked hinted at a repeat performance by asking what scene fans would like them to loop next.