Season 23 Information Thread

[Blobulle]

Thanks again Mr. Homer for these precious informations.

I guess the season premiere will begin with the end of The Nedliest Catch.

[Oh, that's raspberry!]

Thanks for the info! Was hoping the premiere involved Ned but oh well, I guess they'll just give Nedna results. In before Avatar parody bashing...except to point out Al Jean himself said he didn't like recent parodying things LIKE AVATAR in the audio commentary for Half-Decent Proposal....

Anyway that Homer spider bite segment reminds me of one I read in one of the ToH comics a while back. Definitely sounds the most interesting of the 3 segments to me.

[HMS pinafore]

Is the spider one a parady?

[Oh, that's raspberry!]

I suppose it could be, but aside from Spiderman I don't know of what...

[SimpsonArgentina]

Bart is a tentacled alien in the Avatar parody?
This segment could be titled something like A-Bart-ar
Surely this week we will get the first promos of the Season.

[biffwestwood]

Thanks again Mr. Homer for these precious informations.

I guess the season premiere will begin with the end of The Nedliest Catch.

According to the wvah.com website, The Nedliest Catch will be shown on September 11th. They will probably reveal the results on that day.

It sure took a long time for FOX to decide to rerun that episode.

[Blobulle]

Oh ok thanks.

[Jesse Pinkman]

didn't they say they would reveal the results sometime during the premiere?

anyways, those all sound at least somewhat decent, i think. when i saw "In before Avatar bashing" in Oh, that's Raspberry's! post, i thought they were parodying it in an actual canon episode, but to know it's a THOH, it actually sounds good imo. all the ideas sound at least half good, to me at least.

[Oh, that's raspberry!]

I only wish they'd take it easier on the tv show/movies parodies outside the horror genre in ToH. It isn't even like they've used every horror thing imaginable but oh well. I definitely predict Kang/Kodos will appear in the Bart segment though.

Also, if you do the math the show, even if not renewed, should still have around 8 holdovers if it is a 22 episode season. Anyone think one of these might be Treehouse of Horror XXIII?

[Jesse Pinkman]

i kinda just stopped caring whether or not they actually parodied horror films/tv shows. i guess it would be nice if they did so, but i really just don't care anymore. usually i love the THOHs but the most recent like 2 or 3 were really boring. i'm just excited that the three this year sound good

[Matty]

Sounds like Bart's avatar will visit Rigel 7 and some kind of Spider-man/ Charlotte's Web mix-up. Or maybe the spiderbite segment will be a parody of 'Autopsy Room Four' and Homer will communicate trough his boner

Bart helps Chalmers get his job back?

[The Governor]

October 30, 2011: NABF19 - Treehouse of Horror XXII
In the three Halloween stories: Homer gets paralyzed after a spider bite and finds a unusual way to communicate with his family, Homer tricks Flanders into murdering his enemies in the Dexter parody, Bart is a tentacled alien in the Avatar parody.
Written by: Carolyn Omine, Directed by: Matthew Faughnan

Well, Bart living as Kang/Kodos type alien on Rigel 7 might be interesting. The rest, not so much.

[Gran2]

Lady Gaga to be shoehorned in.

[The Governor]

Lady Gaga to be shoehorned in.

Goddamnit, Eric! Bring back the fucking "THUMBS DOWN!" option!

Weird Al already did a better job parodying this freak show than Al Jean could ever do. Like I said million times before--if pop culture had a dick, Zombie Simpsons's writers would be sucking it.

JEAN:
Yes! Yes! Oh, gawd, Ga Ga, yes, oh Mike this sure beats working 20 hours days and being satirical! Oh, yes I can feel it in the back of my throat! Two years of non-relevance never tasted so goooood. 'gulp' 'gulp' 'gulp'

RIESS:
So, uh...do you need a napkin?

[biffwestwood]

Lady Gaga to be shoehorned in.

My opinion on worst musical guest star on The Simpsons is N*SYNC. Not only is N*SYNC a terrible band, but their scenes were a total waste.

I have a feeling Lady Gaga could dethrone N*SYNC for that title.

[Oh, that's raspberry!]

The idea of her being on bothers me, but considering I haven't heard any of her music in what seems like years and never paid her any real attention to begin with I'm not sure why. I should be indifferent until the episode comes out, but if she is a major part of it I can't help but think it is going to be bad, really bad.

[Dark Homer]

Lady Gaga to be shoehorned in.

I had no idea yeardley was doing a play

[Ray Jay Jonah]

Plot sounds really crappy for the Lady Gaga episode. And the THOH, it would be good if the Avatar segment is just a kind of mild mirror story line, with one or two references or jokes at the actual Avatar. Then again, the current writing staff can't spell subtle.

[Dark Homer]

Goddamnit, Eric! Bring back the fucking "THUMBS DOWN!" option!

Weird Al already did a better job parodying this freak show than Al Jean could ever do. Like I said million times before--if pop culture had a dick, Zombie Simpsons's writers would be sucking it.

JEAN:
Yes! Yes! Oh, gawd, Ga Ga, yes, oh Mike this sure beats working 20 hours days and being satirical! Oh, yes I can feel it in the back of my throat! Two years of non-relevance never tasted so goooood. 'gulp' 'gulp' 'gulp'

RIESS:
So, uh...do you need a napkin?

this post

[biffwestwood]

Plot sounds really crappy for the Lady Gaga episode. And the THOH, it would be good if the Avatar segment is just a kind of mild mirror story line, with one or two references or jokes at the actual Avatar. Then again, the current writing staff can't spell subtle.

We already had an Avatar couch gag last season. Will it be much of the same artwork or will they alter it with lets say making the characters green.

[Blobulle]

http://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lis...psons_episodes => Season 23

I guess it's a new fake ?

[The Governor]

this post

It's not my fault the show nowadays puts out souless, passionless work and as much as I hate to say this--Scully's worst episodes were at least produced with some fucked up love compared to the last 4 seasons the Jean tenure. A string of dick jokes would be funnier than the flaccid shit the writers are pumping out (no, I don't meant the Smithers / Dick Cheny kind) and to the people who think the past 4 seasons 'are good enough', I say: 'when did banality and mediocrity suddenly become good enough?'. And some people like to think:

"But-But Jake...the Simpsons is like eating your favorite food over and over and y-you're just getting tired of it!"

Fuck that. This isn't the same "food" I've been eating, it's a cheap substitute we're dared not to like out of some fear of being labeled a CBG.

[jet]

A string of dick jokes would be funnier than the flaccid shit the writers are pumping out

and yet your post wasn't

[hammster]

so Jake's sorta crazy, huh?

[The Governor]

and yet your post wasn't

If you're under the delusion the show is still written 'above' that type of humor, of course you won't find what I said "funny."

EDIT: Stop your internal dialog, Jetty Boy...I'm not saying Dick jokes are God's gift to comedy, I'm saying the Simpsons writing sucks so bad now, it makes Dick Jokes look funny. Okay? Cool? Understand? Good, cool! So, stop the internal dialog about the grandeur and majesty of how the Simpsons is still somehow above 'crude' humor, 'k?

[Simpsons Forever!]

According to this article, the Lady Gaga episode is titled "Lisa Goes Gaga" and will air in the Spring.

http://insidetv.ew.com/2011/08/23/lady-gaga-the-simpsons-exclusive-photo/?iid=rcfooter-tv-'simpsons'+goes+gaga%3A+first+pic!

[jet]

oh that's a relief. i thought you were saying that dick jokes were the pinnacle of comedy writing, even greater than the seemingly insurmountable comedy prowess of jean-era simpsons.

glad we got that sorted out

[The Governor]

According to this article, the Lady Gaga episode is titled "Lisa Goes Gaga" and will air in the Spring.

http://insidetv.ew.com/2011/08/23/lady-gaga-the-simpsons-exclusive-photo/?iid=rcfooter-tv-'simpsons'+goes+gaga%3A+first+pic!

Goddamn shibboleth.

[Matty]

To Jake, the Simpsons is no longer the "same food"; it's more like a shitty dick. He still keeps putting it in his mouth, though.

[The Governor]

To Jake, the Simpsons is no longer the "same food"; it's more like a shitty dick. He still keeps putting it in his mouth, though.

Ha, funny. Now get back down your knees, bro.

EDIT: Fuck it, at least these barbs are funnier than S23. At least the people talking shit have some character compared to that showrunner.