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| "Treehouse of Horror XVII" | |
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| The Simpsons episode | |
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| Episode no. | Season 18 |
| Directed by | David Silverman and Matthew C. Faughnan |
| Written by | Peter Gaffney |
| Original air date | 2006-11-05 |
"Treehouse of Horror XVII" is an episode of The Simpsons, It is the seventeenth Treehouse of Horror episode. Sir Mix-a-Lot, Dr. Phil McGraw, Richard Lewis, Fran Drescher and Maurice LaMarche guest star in this episode.
Synopsis
Opening Segmement
- After a parody of the opening of Tales from the Crypt, Mr. Burns as the Crypt Keeper welcomes viewers to the show. He proclaims himself to be the master of "scare-amonies" to the delight of zombie Smithers. A bound Moe interrupts in protest and is killed by an iron maiden. His blood spills onto the floor and spells out "Treehouse of Horror XVII."
Married To The Blob
- A meteor falls to Earth and cracks open, revealing a green goo resembling a melted marshmallow. After Homer eats it, he turns into a rampaging blob with a never-ending appetite that even Dr. Phil McGraw can't stop. At one point Kent Brockman says "Downtown the blob rules" is this a reference to the band Black Sabbath's 1981 album The Mob Rules? Mayor Quimby then uses the voraciously hungry Homer to rid Springfield of the homeless. The title is a parody of the 1988 movie Married to the Mob and the segment is a parody of the 1958 movie The Blob.
You Gotta Know When To Golem
- After an episode of Krusty's show, Bart goes backstage to complain about an acid spraying Krusty alarm clock. There he finds the Golem of Prague, a creature adapted from Jewish folklore made of clay who does anything written on a scroll if placed in its mouth. Bart steals the Golem by writing a command for it to come to his home at midnight. From then on, Bart uses it to carry out his bidding until Lisa's scroll orders the Golem to "Speak". The Golem (voiced by Richard Lewis) reveals that he feels guilty about being used to commit heinous acts. To make him feel better, The Simpsons create a female Golem out of Play-Doh (voiced by Fran Drescher). The two are married by Rabbi Hyman Krustofski and convince Chief Wiggum not to press charges by offering him Latkes. The segment is a parody of 1915's The Golem, and the title is a parody of a line in Kenny Rogers' song "The Gambler".
The Day the Earth Looked Stupid
- Kang and Kodos invade Springfield circa 1938. Unfortunately, the people are slow to react as they just went through a panic caused by Orson Welles' infamous War of the Worlds broadcast. The title is a play on the title of the movie The Day the Earth Stood Still and besides references to Orson Welles' War of the Worlds radio broadcast, it recalls his movie Citizen Kane (parodying Rosebud with nose-bud). The end of the episode provides a critical metaphor of the Iraq War. At one point the script called for Kodos and Kang to look over the smoking ruins of Springfield and say "This sure is a lot like Iraq will be." Fox network didn't have any objection to the line, but it was rejected by some of the writers as too obvious and was cut from broadcast. [1] "The Day the Earth Stood Stupid" is also the name of a season 7 episode of Futurama
Anachronisms
The segment The Day the Earth Looked Stupid is set in 1938 (the year of the radio broadcast of The War of the Worlds) but some aspects do not fit in that year.
- The segment begins with the song “Gloomy Sunday” which was written by Rezső Seress in 1933 but the version used in the show was Billie Holiday's which was not released until 1941.
- Chief Wiggum dismisses Orson Welles' warning with "Tell it to the Great Gildersleeve." This is a reference to a popular radio character Throckmorton P. Gildersleeve voiced by Harold Peary. Though the character first appeared on Fibber McGee and Molly which began in 1935, the phrase and the name of the spin-off The Great Gildersleeve did not appear until 1941.
Trivia
- Welles is voiced by Maurice LaMarche, who has also provided the voice of Orson Welles in the movie Ed Wood and parodied Welles in The Critic and Pinky and the Brain and hey Arnold. LaMarche was a regular on Matt Groening's Futurama where he voiced Kif Kroker and Calculon.
Broadcasting Information
- 1st Airdate: Sunday, November 5, 2006 with a Nielsen rating of 6.0/9.
- 1st Airdate: Sunday, November 12, 2006
References
- ^ Redeker, Bill (Oct 23, 2006). "'Simpsons' Halloween 'Horror' Could Hit GOP". ABC News.
External Links
http://www.thesimpsons.com/treehouse/
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