'Sussex' mentioned on The Simpsons?

[Gully]

The Canadian Prime Minister lives on Sussex Drive in Ottawa.

 

[Hockley Blues]

Also entioned by the janitor in an episode of scrubs when he was pretending to be "British"

"Up high two times. One's for buns, one's for the sex part of Sussex! "

 

[Robot Chicken]

In an American sitcom I used to watch called "The Nanny", the young boy was called Brighton Sheffield.

 

[Robot Chicken]

Re: the sex bit...
why not Essex then?

I think it's because there are several Sussex counties in the US, so there's a degree of familiarity.

 

[Lord Bracknell]

The Canadian Prime Minister lives on Sussex Drive in Ottawa.

And the official residence of the President of India is Willingdon Crescent, New Delhi.

 

[Porky]

Saw a new Simpsons for the 05 Season last night on the U.S. Fox Channel
Homer becomes an ordained minister via the Internet so that he can officiate at same sex marriages for $200 a po.
Just think of Homer in a "dog's collar"

 

[Porky]

In Eastern Ontario there is a Brighton and a Hatings County. Also a Brighton just outside Detroit, Michigan.

 

[Porky]

Make that HASTINGS County. Just a senior moment. Sorry about that.

 

[Le Premier Cru]

I think it's because Sussex is one of the few British names they haven't used in America already so when they want to talk authentically about our nation, it often comes up

Useless fact: There are 15 towns (or cities, as they prefer to call them, whatever the size) in the USA called Brighton.

 

[Publius Ovidius]

huddersfield

 

[Cheeky Monkey]

Useless fact: There are 15 towns (or cities, as they prefer to call them, whatever the size) in the USA called Brighton.

Went to one of the 'Brightons' on the East Coast when over there a few years back in the hope of getting a college style top with 'BRIGHTON' written on it only to blink and miss it. The Brighton in question was a road junction with a church and about three houses!

 

[fatbadger]

Re: the sex bit...
why not Essex then?

I heard this reference, too - but the girl they then had on the show appeared to have an Essex accent to me. After all, the implication was that the girls they were talking about were slappers...

I thought it was a cock-up, myself - confusing Sussex and Essex. I expect better of the Simpsons.

 

[The Large One]

In an American sitcom I used to watch called "The Nanny", the young boy was called Brighton Sheffield.

There was also a General Brighton in an episode of M*A*S*H once. So there.