Season 23 Information Thread

[Diversity Pumpkin]

Bart and Milhouse are assigned on a mission to access a sacred extract on a distant planet. They morph into the land’s indigenous one-eyed avatars, but when Bart finds love and an eternal mate abroad, he is caught in planet warfare in the all-new “Treehouse of Horror XXII” episode of THE SIMPSONS airing Sunday, Oct. 30 (8:00-8:30 PM ET/PT) on FOX.

OH GREAT, another "Bart gets a girlfriend" episode. Can they come up with any original ideas??? Not watching!

[The Governor]

OH GREAT, another "Bart gets a girlfriend" episode. Can they come up with any original ideas??? Not watching!

Oh, it won't be that bad...I hope. Although, I think there'd be a "Homer-Gets-a-job-that-causes-a-marrige-crisis-which-causes-bart-to-run-away-with-a-new-girlfriend" episode at some point.

[Blobulle]

[Alex_Of_Darkness]

Thank you Blobulle

[Who Shot Me ?]

I really hope Avatar parody will be more funny than the Twilight one...

[Brad Lascelle]

I really hope Avatar parody will be more funny than the Twilight one...

How could it NOT be more funny?
Last year's THOH was just awful.

[lolcats]

Twilight = Stupid
THOH + New Simpsons + Twilight = No. Just no...

[Jesse Pinkman]

about the "bart getting a girlfriend" thing; that segment is parodying Avatar, isn't it? i mean, if so, then it makes sense that either Bart or Milhouse would get a 'mate', like the character in Avatar (Jake and Nyeteri, or whatever her name is). it might not be the most creative thing, but i don't see how that's any worse then having Bart have a girlfriend in any other episode of the series

[Dark Homer]

diversity pumpkin was being tongue-in-cheek

[The Governor]

Insert joke bout tentacle snuggling here.

[Jesse Pinkman]

diversity pumpkin was being tongue-in-cheek

my bad then.

[6F01]

[PABF12] A Totally Fun Thing Bart Will Never Do Again
Director: Chris Clements
Storyboard: Ralph Sosa

Source: David Silverman on Twitter: http://twitpic.com/7077w8

[Oh, that's raspberry!]

Just saw a promo on FOX for THOH XXII in which Homer is trapped by a boulder on his arm like that movie 127 Hours or whatnot. It showed him putting on what appeared to be plastic vampire teeth and somehow his free arm gets cutoff...

[bhartman36]

Twilight = Stupid
THOH + New Simpsons + Twilight = No. Just no...

Amen to that. I was really disappointed they decided to do that kind of episode, especially after "Stealing First Base", when (I had hoped) the writers said how they really felt about Twilight. If they felt they had to do a Twilight episode, they really should've lampooned it more. They made Vampire Boy way too sympathetic.

[bhartman36]

Ned Flanders as a Dexteresque character. That might work.

[lionelhutz123]

I still think the editing on that sequence is really awkward ^. It almost looks like a poor fan-made video.

[Diversity Pumpkin]

What do you mean? You've seen the Dexter intro, right?

[lionelhutz123]

Yeah I know the dexter intro. I understand the idea is to make it seem all "killer-like" and then reveal just an everyday routine, but the way it's done is kind of lazy. It's like they created each scene, but didn't give it a sense of style. Instead, they just tediously put the scenes one after another, and seem to have slapped Dexter's theme song over it. It doesn't blend well together. Even when Ned's praying, I feel like his inaudible speech is a result of drowning out a scene from a past episode, which is why I originally did think it was one of those fan-made crossover videos between two shows.

I dunno, no big deal though.

[The Governor]

Just saw a promo on FOX for THOH XXII in which Homer is trapped by a boulder on his arm like that movie 127 Hours or whatnot. It showed him putting on what appeared to be plastic vampire teeth and somehow his free arm gets cutoff...

The joke at the beginning of Scary Movie 4 was funnier than that.

[SimpsonArgentina]

Deleted Scene: Homer Simpson vs. a Lion Seal... sure of the Antarctica episode
http://twitter.com/#!/mattselman/sta...146624/photo/1

[Cartoonnetwork]

Yeah I know the dexter intro. I understand the idea is to make it seem all "killer-like" and then reveal just an everyday routine, but the way it's done is kind of lazy. It's like they created each scene, but didn't give it a sense of style. Instead, they just tediously put the scenes one after another, and seem to have slapped Dexter's theme song over it. It doesn't blend well together. Even when Ned's praying, I feel like his inaudible speech is a result of drowning out a scene from a past episode, which is why I originally did think it was one of those fan-made crossover videos between two shows.

I dunno, no big deal though.

I think the main problem is the boring, rigid animation of these days. The choice of shots is not incredibly cinematographic but the lack of better animation makes it feel more tedious.

It's a shame cause I actually think the situations and the ending of the scene are kinda funny on their own, but the visual execution is a little poor.

Making it faster and a bit longer would have helped too.

[Cartoonnetwork]

From the look of that Antarctica scene, I'm happy they deleted that.

[biffwestwood]

wvah.com has given us a broader description for the November 6th episode "Replaceable You"

"Lisa's science fair project is overshadowed by Bart's mechanical baby seal; Homer's new assistant ends up stealing his job"

What we first knew about this episode is likely the subplot while there is a much different main plot.

[SimpsonArgentina]

"Replaceable You" full plot from Foxflash:
--“THE SIMPSONS”—(8:00-8:30 PM ET/PT) CC-HDTV 720p-Dolby Digital 5.1


HOMER’S EVIL ASSISTANT GETS PROMOTED

ON AN ALL-NEW “THE SIMPSONS”

SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 6, ON FOX



GLEE’S Jane Lynch Makes a Guest Voice Appearance



BART’s (Nancy Cartwright) science fair project, a mechanical baby seal, outshines LISA’s (Yeardley Smith) brainy asteroid model and becomes a popular pet among the retirement home patrons. Meanwhile, HOMER (Dan Castellaneta) gets a new and eager assistant Roz (guest voice Lynch), but when Homer quickly loses his job to her and discovers her evil past, he and FLANDERS (Harry Shearer) team up to reveal her true dark colors in the all-new “Replaceable You” episode of THE SIMPSONS airing Sunday, Nov. 6 (8:00-8:30 PM ET/PT) on FOX. (SI-2221) (TV-PG D, L, V)



Voice Cast: Dan Castellaneta as Homer Simpson; Julie Kavner as Marge Simpson; Nancy Cartwright as Bart Simpson and Nelson; Yeardley Smith as Lisa Simpson; Harry Shearer as Skinner; Pamela Hayden as Milhouse; Tress MacNeille as Dolph


Guest Voice Cast: Jane Lynch as Roz

[Blobulle]

The story of Bart&Lisa sounds more interesting than the story with Homer and Roz.
But overall this episode seems to be good.

[Toomanygrandmas]

when Homer quickly loses his job to her and discovers her evil past

Oh God, I hope her past isn't revealed via an overuse of flashbacks, à la 'The Falcon and the D'ohman'. Also, her 'evil' past best not be something stupid. Since Flanders is somehow getting dragged into this, her past might have something to with something Ned sees as anti-Christian or something along those lines.

Bart's mechanical baby seal

Uhh, okay... Slightly random...

[Oh, that's raspberry!]

I usually like episodes where Homer and Ned team up....well I liked the last one anyway(Sex, Pies)...so the episode description certainly intrigues me. Kinda meh on the Bart/Lisa story currently.

[That Don Guy]

November 6, 2011:   NABF20 - The Food Wife
November 13, 2011:  NABF21 - Replaceable You
November 20, 2011:  NABF22 - The Book Job

Fox has announced that "Replaceable You" and "The Food Wife" have switched places (i.e. NABF21 airs on 11/6, and NABF20 on 11/13). ("The Book Job" will air on 11/20.)

[SimpsonArgentina]

Fox has announced that "Replaceable You" and "The Food Wife" have switched places

Again?

[Marge-Fan]

"Replaceable You" will air 11/6, not 11/13.
It's official.