Old-school teen idol Bobby Sherman has died at 81

This was within the context of the episode wherein Lisa develops an obsession with calling the Corey Hotline, having developed her Corey crush through the in-world magazine "Non-Threatening Boys." Sure, we'll throw you another "Simpsons" clip.

This was the idea of Bobby Sherman. He was a jokey pop culture reference in a "Simpsons" episode being posited as an unremarkable non-threatening boy of a bygone era. Bobby passed away at the age of 81 after a stage 4 cancer diagnosis a few months ago.

His widow Brigitte Poublon Sherman posted the news on Instagram, which got a bigger audience after it was reposted by Bobby's friend John Stamos. 

Sherman had his peak in 1969 and 1970 as he was truly a significant force for the burgeoning teenaged audience. Yes, particularly the girls who bestowed safe heartthrob status upon him. 

Sherman rose to fame on the ABC show "Here Come the Brides," but it being his jumping-off point is now the thing that gives the show any relevance. He had done some singing prior to that, and with his newly-minted fame Sherman's bubblegum pop career took off. In that two-year span that we mentioned earlier, Sherman had four top-10 hits. His biggest hit, "Little Woman," reached number three.

"Julie, Do Ya Love Me" only reached number five, but it's considered his signature song. Some random low-fi rip of a video of him singing it has over one million YouTube views, so that seems about right.

Of course, being a teen idol is fleeting. Sherman was basically done as a singer before the '70s were even half over, and he wasn't really acting much past then, and mostly his acting career involved bit parts on TV.

Sherman instead became a paramedic and trained police officers in CPR for years. He occasionally popped up to perform some of his old songs, but mostly he lived a private life it would seem. 

At the very least, he had Marge Simpson's love. R.I.P. Bobby.