One Episode Has Saved Lives
The boldest promise to transform the planet Alex Bencze, a character from The Simpsons, is a possibility. Bencze was 8 years old in 1992 when one of the Simpsons' most well-known episodes aired. The 17th episode of season three, "Homer at the Bat," featured one of the best tunes in the show's history as well as cameos by a number of professional baseball players.
Homer almost passes out at the start of the episode after choking on a donut as everyone ignores him. Lenny then appears to point to a poster showing the Heimlich maneuver, but the joke is that he is actually concentrating on a form for signing up for softball. The episode goes on and Homer heals himself.
Bencze actually choked on an orange while he was with his brother in real life. Chris, Chris' 10-year-old brother, recognized the episode's poster and gave Alex the Heimlich maneuver to save his life. A life was genuinely spared by that amusing sight joke. When a toddler choked on a sandwich in England in 2007, the same thing occurred once more.
