12/19 - GASP!!! TRIPLE FEATURE ------------------------------ 7:00 - Lisa Simpson, This Isn't Your Life * This was originally planned to air on 12/26 at 8:00, but Fox decided not to burn off more than one episode of "Running Wilde" on Sunday nights at 7:00
7:30 - Treehouse of Horror XXI (MABF16) Bart and Milhouse cause board games to come to life and attack everyone; Homer and Marge's second honeymoon at sea is interrupted by a man who claims someone tried to poison him, but when they get to the scene, the evidence seems to show something else; Lisa falls for Dracula's son
8:00 - MoneyBART (MABF18) Bart's Little League team makes it to the state championship game, but Bart won't be playing after having a falling out with the new manager - Lisa, who is under the impression that there is no such thing as "too many extracurriculars" on an Ivy League application
12/26 - The Fight Before Christmas (MABF22) When Bart wants revenge on Santa for not delivering the dirtbike he wanted, he gets a ride on the Polar Express to meet the man face-to-face; a WWII-era Lisa links her dislike of Christmas trees to her mother having to serve on the front lines in Europe; Marge gets help from Martha Stewart in getting things festive; in a live-action sequence featuring Simpsons puppets and Katy Perry, the family's planned trip to Hawaii hits a snag when Homer reveals he told Mr. Burns he was sick, and Burns shows up * This replaces the previously scheduled "Lisa Simpson, This Isn't Your Life"
STUFF for "Donnie Fatso" (MABF19) --------------------------------- Written by Chris Cluess Directed by Ralph Sosa Billboard: Luxury Cars Missing One Window / No Cops (Snake) Blackboard: CANDY CANES ARE NOT ELF BONES Couch: An Advent calendar shows various characters, with the last window showing the Simpsons and Santa on the couch Special Guest Voice: Jon Hamm, Joe Mantegna Also Starring: Pamela Hayden, Tress MacNeille, Karl Wiedergott Overseas Animation: Rough Draft TV Rating: TV-PG-DLSV
The Simpsons TiVo makes another appearance.
On one of the tickets Homer received, the "ticket issuer" was MABF19.
In Samoa, they celebrate the new year before the USA, not after.
Based on what Marge and Chief Wiggum said, the Fiesta Bowl starts at about 3 PM Springfield time, but the Fiesta Bowl is always played at night - the only non-night BCS bowl game is the Rose Bowl.
Chief Wiggum's computer looks like an iMac.
Moe's already has a ladies' room.
When Fat Tony calls Moe's, Moe's face appears on Fat Tony's cellphone's screen.
The Springfield Mob: Fat Tony D'Amico Lefty Righty Louie Legs Jimmy "The Axe" Dante Calabresi "The Hat" Don Vittorio Jimmy the Snitch Primo "The Scar" Johnny Tightlips Tommy the Face Shooter Mayor Quimby "Luigi?" Snake Krusty
The Advent Calendar: 1 - Moe with a wreath of Duff cans at Moe's 2 - Comic Book Guy finishing his Gingerbread Death Star 3 - Snowball II dressed as a reindeer 4 - Costington's 5 - Kang or Kodos shooting Santa's sleigh 6 - the Jebediah Springfield statue dressed as Santa 7 - Ralph inside his Christmas stocking 8 - Krusty passed out over a sewer grate 9 - Springfield Elementary "closed for the holidays" 10 - the Flanders house, with a giant Jesus and Santa on the roof 11 - Nelson and a very small Christmas tree 12 - Mr. Teeny as baby Jesus 13 - Homer choking Bart, both wearing Santa caps 14 - Kent Brockman dressed as an elf 15 - Lisa putting an angel atop Marge's decorated hair 16 - Snake robbing a sidewalk Santa at gunpoint 17 - Rabbi Krustovski and Crazy Old Man eating sushi 18 - Otto driving an airborne school bus being pulled by reindeer 19 - Kearny on Santa's lap 20 - Smithers on Santa's lap 21 - Santa on Smithers's lap 22 - Dr. Hibbert sewing "Happy Holidays" on Hans Moleman 23 - Moe with a "Kiss Me" hat that has mistletoe hanging in front of it 24 - The Simpsons on the couch with Santa (Maggie is on Santa's lap)
FAT TONY'S PHONE CALL TO MOE'S Yuri Nater? Yuri Nater? Hey, my mouth is begging for a Yuri Nater! (Barney: Be careful what you wish for!) Why you...I'm gonna chop you into little pieces and make you into a Rubik's cube, which I will never solve!
-- Don S1.1 MAG+++ LIS++ BAR+ SKI+ MrsK+ MissH+ P&S# FLA- (heresy!) f+++ n+++ Ilps(w) $+++ M48 Apparently, Fox decided not to "burn off" any new Running Wilde's on Sundays - the one they aired was a repeat