You knew they'd have to get around to it sooner or later. The final segment of the upcoming Simpsons "Treehouse of Horror" episode on November 5 will take a few not-so-subtle shots at the current conflict in Iraq as aliens Kang and Kodos (who are featured in every "Treehouse of Horror") attack Springfield before the humans can get their hands on "weapons of mass disintegration". The connection to the Iraq war is made obvious, and there's even a line at the end in which a character evokes the actual Iraq debacle. Executive producer Al Jean says the line may be too obvious and not make it into the episode. It'll be interesting to see how the show handles the segment, though I wonder why they didn't try to tackle this subject as a full "regular" episode, which I think they could have done fairly easily. Then again, they may still have plenty of time to do just that.Simpsons take aim at Iraq war in new Treehouse of Horror
You knew they'd have to get around to it sooner or later. The final segment of the upcoming Simpsons "Treehouse of Horror" episode on November 5 will take a few not-so-subtle shots at the current conflict in Iraq as aliens Kang and Kodos (who are featured in every "Treehouse of Horror") attack Springfield before the humans can get their hands on "weapons of mass disintegration". The connection to the Iraq war is made obvious, and there's even a line at the end in which a character evokes the actual Iraq debacle. Executive producer Al Jean says the line may be too obvious and not make it into the episode. It'll be interesting to see how the show handles the segment, though I wonder why they didn't try to tackle this subject as a full "regular" episode, which I think they could have done fairly easily. Then again, they may still have plenty of time to do just that.
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10-21-2006 @ 12:37PM
hessian said...
The great thing about the TREEHOUSE episodes is that the writers don't have to stretch decent ideas into full length episodes. They can poke fun at the Iraq situation without the burden of building an entire episode around it. Plus, if it doesn't work, there are two other stories that might.
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10-21-2006 @ 1:58PM
dwacon said...
Bart signs up for what he thinks is summer camp and winds up in the reserves in Iraq.
"Eat my shorts, insurgents"
The episode closes with Rumsfeld issuing slingshots to the troops.
I'd watch it.
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10-23-2006 @ 9:57AM
Chris W said...
SPOILER ALERT
I just saw the promotional screener FOX sent out. The whole episode was generally funny, with an appearance by Maurice LaMarche (aka Brain from Pinky and the, aka every Orson Welles impersonation in cartoons). I definitely had some hard chuckles, but the Iraq thing fell so flat.
The whole segment wasn't about Iraq, but when Kodos and Kang swoop in, they make a few allusions that WERE funny. But the punchline was awful. It was like, 1) setup, 2) funny allusion, 3) clever parallel, 4) "This is what Iraq will look like next year".
There was no grace about it at all, and it sucks because it's at the end and it kind of made me forget how funny the rest of the episode actually was. I really hope they take it out or change it by air time (it was a voice over anyway), not because it's controversial (which it isn't, really), but because it's not funny.
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11-01-2006 @ 10:40PM
Kyle said...
I disagree, I just watched the episode too, and I think that the last line is really needed. Its a tough time in the world and Simpson's is an important show. It's a great episode that brought me back (especially during the first skit) to the good ol' days of the mid 90's when the show was constantly funny... and then like in the old school episodes, it ended with a lesson learned. I hope they keep it in, it will catch you off guard, but I think that that's perfect. Congrats simpsons
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