Did the WTC attack ruin a perfectly good Simpsons episode?

I suppose this means that the episode where The Simpsons go to New York City and Homer's car is parked between the two towers will no longer be aired, forever until the end of time now? Because I've seen that episode several times and I just can't see how they could edit it to make it work. Homer gets yelled at by residents of both towers, then he drinks too much and has to go try to take a piss in Tower 1, but the bathroom is closed so he goes to Tower 2, when he looks down he sees his car getting yet _another_ ticket and the officer who he needed to see doing it. Cut to commercial.

I can't see how in the heck they will make this episode work now. Bye-bye episode, I guess.

It can't,.. the whole punchline was the twin towers,...

"Alex Cain" wrote in message news:[email]...

It will probably be out of the rotation for the near future, but I'm sure it will be back within a couple of months (or maybe a year...)

Yes, but edited or not? That's my question. If they are going to edit it because of this, I simply can't see any way for them to do so and keep the episode intact. They'd have to cut out at LEAST a good five minutes.

   Editor: Thanks to modern editing techniques, we can use existing
           footage to complete the film without Milhouse!
            [shot of assistant and director staring blankly]
           Watch.  [rolls film]
            [a band of Road Warrior-esque toughs faces the duo in a
           cave]
  Rainier: Looks like we're in trouble, Fallout Boy.
            [scene switch to field in springtime]
 Milhouse: Jiminy jillikers, Radioactive Man.
            [back to cave]
  Rainier: We'll have to fight our way out.  Are you ready?
            [switch to Milhouse on a couch]
 Milhouse: Yes.
            [switch to Radioactive Man and Fallout Boy fighting alien
           slugs]
   Editor: Seamless, huh?
Assistant: [pause] You're fired.
   Editor: And with good cause!

Furious George aka Queso

I guess you'll just have to deal with Mountain Dew, dude.

"Alex Cain" wrote in message news:[email]...

sure it

That's ridiculous... The show is the way it is.... Do they go back and cut out all fictional references to the Soviet Union from all the old James Bond movies because the Soviet Union fell? No, of course not... The episode will now have the added interest of being from a time when the towers still stood...

It may not air for a while... on that I agree... but it's downright silly and if not somewhat dangerous to even plan on going back and editing all cultural references to the towers...

More or less, Kyle

Danger X wrote:

Very good point, but they will probably edit the "When Buildings Collapse" moment in the episode where Lisa finds out about the Simpson gene.

"Jason Saslow" wrote in message news:[email]...

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"When Buildings Collapse" made it to the air in NYC today. It didn't make me go running for cover. It was a lot less offensive than this weeks TV guide cover.

I agree -- remember everyone thought the JFK Jr. episode of Seinfield would be permanently shelved? It was back in about six months after his death...

THOSE BASTARDS MUST DIE!!!

Oops... sorry.

In article , [email] wrote:

*I suppose this means that the episode where The Simpsons *go to New York City and Homer's car is parked between *the two towers will no longer be aired, forever until *the end of time now? Because I've seen that episode *several times and I just can't see how they could edit *it to make it work.

Why would it be edited? I've seen reports saying that current and future TV and movie releases will be edited to eliminate footage of the WTC, but I haven't heard anything about people going back to erase all mentions of the WTC from existing shows. The specific examples I've heard about have been the "Spider-Man" trailer and the opening credits for a New York-based cop show; have you heard something about older shows being affected?

                                             ----j7y

Where's the hemlock? I can't go on.

Wouldn't the episode New Kids on The Bleech be more offensive?Missles blowing up Mad Magazine.I think that would offend people more.

Dude, it's _only_ Mad Magazine.

In article , [email] wrote:

No, it's Madmoiselle, we're buying our sign on the installment plan.

David Z Houston TX

On Sat, 15 Sep 2001 05:57:41 GMT, Alex Cain wrote:

Probably for a couple of months. But, after that, it should be no problem. It's not as if the episode dealt with terrorists or death or anything. It just used the towers as a humorous bathroom gag. Nothing offensive or painful there.

I think the "Man has always loved his buildings...but what happens when the buildings say 'NO MORE!'?" scene is the most "offensive" scene in light of recent events...

Neil

On Sat, 15 Sep 2001 05:57:41 GMT, Alex Cain wrote:

It will be back when we rebuild the towers.

Brian