The 30-minute pilot was titled Black Bart, perhaps in the hopes there would be fewer direct comparisons to the movie. It starred Louis Gossett Jr. as Bart, who has since relocated to Paris ...

It can only be called the African-Americanization of Bart Simpson. Young black folks across the country have adopted the wisecracking lad from The Simpsons — that wildly popular cartoon satire ...

Black Bart is the new T-shirt hero ... James was wandering Coliseum Mall in Hampton dressed in a shirt showing the cartoon character in Nikes with his arms folded across his chest.