Homer's Odyssey is the third full-length Simpson's episode ever made, and aired on January 21, 1990 - 23 years ago. One mistake made by color stylist Gorgi Peluci, 23 years later, would still plague the Simpsons as coming off mildly racist.
For those of you that don't know, Mr Burns is an extremely wealthy business man, and Walon Smithers is essentially his butler. In the first episode ever featuring Walon Smithers, he was the color of the African American's in the show - an embarasing error by Gorgi Peluci
Despite the obvious resemblance to the skin tone of Dr Hibbert, producers of the show have stated that Smither's was originally going to be a 'very tanned' character. Look at the picture, do you think this minor slip up could be seen as racist?