Creator of "Futurama" to appear on "Simpsons"

http://www.usatoday.com/life/2004-03-25-coming-attractions_x.htm

    After 15 seasons of The Simpsons, creator Matt Groening
    finally gets a guest spot (Fox, April 4, 8 p.m. ET/PT).
    "The writers wrote it in as a goof. I thought, 'I'll show them.
    I'll do it,' " he says.

    He has supplied a couple of sounds - Maggie's pacifier, a
    Ned Flanders scream - but this time Groening plays himself.
    He's identified as the creator of Futurama. (He couldn't be the
    creator of The Simpsons on The Simpsons or "the whole universe
    would implode.") Though Groening didn't draw his picture, it's
    closer to real life than one earlier depiction as "an eyepatch-wearing,
    head-shaved, right-wing gun nut."

He's wrong about the universe-imploding thing though. "The Simpsons" popped up as a show on "Futurama," so now he's appearing on a show as the creator of another show that references a show he appeared on as the creator of a show that references a show he appeared on as the creator of a show that references a show....

And so on.

-Jay

"Jay G" wrote in news:106kgff6ougep81 @corp.supernews.com:

Fox has changed their schedule. April 4 will see two repeats, and not the episode with Groening in it. (I don't know when his episode will air.)

Jim

It will air, after they censor the F word.

According to epguides.com on April 18th.

(F for Futurama)

I think there are still a few eps I've not seen. What one was this? Was it just a momentary thing--or like South Park's The Simpson's Already Did it First ep?

TS ([email]) wrote: :

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In "A Big Piece of Garbage," they find a pile of Simpsons merchandise on the trash ball heading toward Earth. There may be others eps.

Michael Kieras wrote:

There's probably a list of these somewhere... 1ACV13 - opening cartoon is the Tracey Ullman "Making Faces" short... 1ACV11 - Bart and Homer dolls at Fry's old "university" 1ACV08 - as mentioned, Bart dolls with official blue shirts, one of which tells Bender to eat his shorts, and he does 2ACV05 - "From the network that brought you 'The Simpsons'" as the opening gag 1ACV01 - when Fry walks around NNY, there's a sign that says "No Homer Zone" - possibly suggesting no crossovers allowed

And in 1ACV01, Matt's head was in a jar.

Any others?