Upcoming Episodes plus HALLOWEEN NAMES (and other stuff) for "Treehouse of Horror XIV"

S15E01 Treehouse of Horror XIVliveNov 3, 2003, 12:44 AM ET5 hours after the credits20 posts by 12 posters
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Don Del Grande
11/9 - DOUBLE FEATURE (note times are different from 11/2)
7:00 - "The Emmy Award Winning" 3 Gays of the Condo (EABF12)
    After yet another Homer and Marge fight which leads to yet another
    time Homer leaves the house, he moves into a condo with two
    homosexuals...and seems to be picking up their lifestyle
 *  NOTE: Some cities in the Eastern and Central time zones will get
    this episode in progress, or even pre-empted, because of NFL
    football (the only city that will definitely get it "in progress"
    is Minneapolis; Cincinnati, Jacksonville, Kansas City, and
    Nashville will also get it "in progress" if the local football
    games sell out, and might get it "in progress" anyway)
8:00 - My Mother the Carjacker (EABF18)
    Glenn Close returns as the voice of Homer's mother, who's on her
    way to jail...until Homer hijacks the bus that's taking her there
STUFF for "Treehouse of Horror XIV" (EABF21)
--------------------------------------------
Written by Triple Admiral John Swartzwelder
Directed by Steve Dean Morbid
Chalkboard: none
Couch: none
Special Guest Voices: Oscar de la Hoya, Jennifer Garner,
                      Dudley Hershbach, Jerry Lewis
Also Starring: Hellraiser Hayden, Terror MacNihil, "Maggoty" Roswell,
               Russi "I'm in the Well" Taylor, The Lurker
Overseas Animation: Rough Draft
Rating: TV-PG-DLV
REVIEW: A-minus - not quite up to the effort of, say, "Treehouse of
        Horror II", but definitely one of the better efforts this show
        has put out, not in the least because (a) they don't have to
        "follow the rules", and (b) they don't have to worry about
        padding a story out to a full half-hour.  Only, what was with
        that last scene?

REFERENCES Peanuts (Charlie Brown and Lucy costumes; Bart says "Good Grief") Reefer Madness (first story title) The Meaning of Life (Death is at the front door - "I am Death") The Benny Hill Show (chase scene with music) Curb Your Enthusiasm ("I'll curb him without enthusiasm") The Three Stooges (blocking an eye poke) 700 Club (Frink Sr. called Flanders this) "Stop the World, I Want to Get Off" (third story title) TV Guide "Simpsons" covers 9F16 (Marge's hair chopped off, leaving a "flat top")

DYNs
...the chimney in Kang and Kodos's ship had a figure on it with
   one of them eating Santa and another eating a reindeer?
...Homer's bowling ball says "HJS"?
...God couldn't tell Patty from Selma?
...the shark bite on Frink's father had "healed", or at least had
   been coated with something?
...neither Lenny nor Carl were wearing seat belts?
...Skinner wears briefs?

GOOFS / FREEZE FRAME / WHATNOT Not only is there really a Dudley Hershbach, but he voiced himself, and yes, he did win a Nobel Prize (Chemistry, 1986).

Why didn't the rest of Homer's skin disappear?

Why didn't the man who stopped Homer's eyepoke die when his hand touched Homer's?

Was this the first Halloween special in which a story specifically referenced a previous story in the same episode (when Homer wished he was Death near the end of "Frinkenstein")?

Why did Moe order a pizza and leave money on the bar, since apparently he thought he would be dead by the time it got there?

In the commercials, when Santa's Little Helper has Death's leg, you can hear the noise made when Death hops after him, but this sound effect is not in the episode itself.

Dr. Hershbach's credit only appeared for 1/10 second (at least in the west coast); it's not clear if this was just a glitch in the tape, or somebody decided to speed through it for some reason. (The audio was muted during that "glitch" as well.)

SPECIAL CREDITS
Created by BAT GROENING
Developed by JAMES "JUST ONE HUG" BROOKS
             BAT GROENING
             SAM "SAYONARA" SIMON
Co-Executive Producers IAN AX-THROWIN' GRAHAM
                       MATT SKELETON
                       THE CLAIREVOYANT DAN GREANEY
                       CAROLYN "EMBRYO HOST" OMINE
                       GRIM LONG
                       INCREDIBLE FRINKING MAN
                       DECAPITATIN' DON PAYNE
                       DANA GHOULED
                       KEVIN SPLATRICK CURRAN
Supervising Producers LOZENA NORMSON
                      THE EVIL THAT IS BRIAN KELLEY
                      HERE LIES J. STEWART BURNS
                      PSYCHO PRICE
Producers GOUGE EYER
        RUN, HAUGE!
        TOMB GAMMILL
        AXE PROSS
        EVERYBODY LOVES MIKE SCULLY
        DECADENT DAVE MIRKIN
        ABBOTT & COSTELLO MEET MIKE REISS
        MARC "O.J." WILMORE
        JOEL "HALLOWEEN APPLES" COHEN
Consultant TRIPLE ADMIRAL JOHN SWARTZWELDER
Supervising Director JIM REAR WINDOW
Produced by RICHARD [3 skulls & crossbones] RAYNIS
            BIG BAD VOODOO BONNIE
            DENISE, EMPRESS OF PLANET SIRKOT
            RICHARD RAGS SAKAI
Written by TRIPLE ADMIRAL JOHN SWARTZWELDER
Directed by STEVE DEAN MORBID
Closing credits:
Starring DAN (YOUR AD HERE) ANETA
         KADAVER KAVNER
         BLOOD CURDLING CARTWRIGHT
         crab noodle
         HANGED AZARIA
         and HARRY "I WANT TO OWN ALL THE MEDIA IN THE WORLD" SHEARER
Also Starring HELLRAISER HAYDEN
              TERROR MacNIHIL
              "MAGGOTY" ROSWELL
              RUSSI "I'M IN THE WELL" TAYLOR
              THE LURKER
Animation Producers THE REMAINS OF LAURIE BIERNACKI
                    R.I.P. POLIZZI
Animation Executive Producers JOHN "THE MOLE" HYDE
                              MIKE MEAN WOLF
Story Editor SPLAT GONE-SPURTIN'
Associate Producers BLACK KITTY CAT BRO
                    "FANG"LICIA NALI"BITE"SKY
Theme by ELFMUNSTER
Music Decomposed by SHERR TERROR CLAWS-SON
Original Casting by NIGHTMARE ON WEST PICO
Editors NICK TOSH
        BAD TO THE BONE BAROZZO
Animation Co-Producer DREW SCARE-ISON
Post Production Supervisors THE DUKE OF HURL
                            SASQUATCH
Dialogue Story Editors BOBBY "THE SCARY MOOK" MACKSTON
                       SCARY TERRY GREENE
                       NORMAN "BATES" MACLEOD
Music Slicers STILLBORN READY LEDESMA
              BOB BLEEDER
Sound Effects Editor TRAVIS EVIL POWERS
Re-Recording Mixers R. SCARED SMITH
                    FRANKENFREESH
Creative Consultant BAT GROENING
Executive Creative Consultant JAMES "JUST ONE HUG" BROOKS

-- Don S1.1 MAG+++ LIS++ BAR+ SKI+ MrsK+ MissH+ P&S# FLA- (heresy!) f+++ n+++ Ilps(w) $+++ M41 Why is it that there hasn't been a direct play on Yeardley Smith's name in the past few years?

Don Del GrandeDon Del Grande

I knew there were some I forgot:

(at the start of the closing credits)

Executive Producers AL "HALLOWEEN NAMES ARE BACK" JEAN
                    JAMES "JUST ONE HUG" BROOKS
                    BAT GROENING
                    SAM "SAYONARA" SIMON
-- Don
Matt GarveyDon Del Grande

Don Del Grande wrote:

I believe that's 9F15...

Hmm...that could be added as a ref to EABF03...

I was trying to think about that...aside from the framing stories in 7F04, 8F02, 9F04 (all "real"), and 1F04 (hosting), the only thing that seems to tie stories together is the Groundskeeper Willie bit in 2F03 - specifically, when he says "Oh, I'm bad at this [saving people from death, as he keeps getting axed]."

Matt GarveyMatt Garvey

Matt Garvey wrote:

Oops! I was thinking of a different episode (with Marge's hair being cut by the helicopter blade) but thought yours was a p-code error...then I remembered the hedge trimming thing as inspiration for Little Barbershop of Horrors...so it's a twofer then!

Don Del GrandeMatt Garvey

Matt Garvey wrote:

It's in both. In 9F15, the top is chopped off by Mr. Burns's helicopter; in 9F16 (the one I was thinking of), Homer does it while trimming a hedge.

-- Don
YamaDon Del Grande

Why didn't the man who stopped Homer's eyepoke die when his hand touched Homer's?

Maybe they have to be touched in the eye. Otherwise, Homer could kill himself by scratching his butt.

Was this the first Halloween special in which a story specifically referenced a previous story in the same episode (when Homer wished he was Death near the end of "Frinkenstein")?

Why did Moe order a pizza and leave money on the bar, since apparently he thought he would be dead by the time it got there?

He played a joke on the pizza delivery guy. I think he'd get a shock out of seeing a hanged man. Moe probably thought the same. Besides, dying alone isn't fun.

DavidDon Del Grande

On Mon, 03 Nov 2003 05:44:49 GMT, Don Del Grande wrote:

One of the ToHs had a running gag in which Willie was killed in every segment. Does that count?

Maybe because he failed at it so many previous times

CindyLoverDon Del Grande

Don Del Grande :

Less range (have they done "Scaredly Smith"? Or "Boneyardly Smith"? That's about all I can think of), maybe. What I want to know - apart from why the special credits went AWOL the last two times - is: why is he called Triple Admiral John Swartzwelder?

CindyLover

Steve BrownCindyLover

[email] (CindyLover) wrote in message news:...

Yeardley was once credited as "Graveyeardley Smith" and I think that was in THOH V. I personally think that seeing her credited as "crab noodle" or "your mom" is funny. And about Swartzwelder, I think the "Triple" is reffering to the fact that he wrote all 3 segments this year.

Matt GarveySteve Brown

Her previous names (TOH II through XI) were: YOWLING YEARDLEY SMITH YEARDLEY PSYCHO SMITH SCABBY YEARDLEY SMITH GRAVE-YEARDLEY SMITH SCUDLEY SMITH THE REAPER YOUR MOM THE CANKER (THE ARTIST F.K.A. YEARDLEY) ELEANOR ROOSEVELT Add to that "crab noodle" and that's 5 out of 11 that have nothing to do with her name.

Steve Brown wrote:

CindyLoverSteve Brown

Yes, but he's received that credit on earlier Treehouses, and this is the first one he's written for since he did "Attack Of The 50 Ft. Eyesores." Maybe he's contractually obliged to write at least three episodes a year now that he's in advertising (cf "My Life As A 10 Year Old Boy").

CindyLover

Benjamin RobinsonSteve Brown

In alt.tv.simpsons, on the "Re: Upcoming Episodes plus HALLOWEEN NAMES (and other stuff) for "Treehouse of Horror XIV"" thread, Steve Brown wrote:

He was also called that in "TOH IX," a year in which wasn't the lead writer for any segment. I think it's a reference to the Dreaded Rear Admiral, myself.

Benjamin Robinson [email] This message may or may not contain sarcastic content; your burden to decide "Save the SUVs" -- bumper sticker

"Don Del Grande" wrote in message news:[email]...

Who can?

Moe ordered the pizza because he hoped the pizza guy would arrive and find him dead, then inform everyone else.

Of course, Homer would have found him eventually, but this way things go a little faster.

marikaOrson Wells as CitizenCain

"Alex Cain" wrote in message news:...

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a 2 Carat Top Quality Burmese Ruby appraised at US$1,000.

In article ,

Hmm, looking at the local FOX stations for Toronto. Buffalo ..., 3 Gays is on at 8:30 not 7:00. Same for Seattle

And showing up in the on-line TV listings is The President War Pearls at 8 PM on the 16th, and Bart of War at 8:30 pm, both on Fox Buffalo and Fox Seattle.

Nick

Don Del GrandeNicholas Fitzpatrick

Nicholas Fitzpatrick wrote:

Here's what happened: Fox decided that "The Ortegas" wasn't quite ready for a November premiere, so they moved "The Bernie Mac Show" to the 8:30 Sunday time slot (and put a Simpsons rerun in at 7:00 while waiting for "Oliver Beene"). However, yesterday they decided that Bernie Mac won't start again until November 30; the Simpsons reruns will air at 8:30, and "King of the Hill" reruns at 7:00.

-- Don
Benjamin RobinsonDon Del Grande

In alt.tv.simpsons, on the "Upcoming Episodes plus HALLOWEEN NAMES ..." thread, Don Del Grande wrote:

Hold the presses -- one man was credited as lead writer for all three segments? That's a first.

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Jerry P.Don Del Grande

Over here on the east coast, the credit lasted for a full second (exactly 30 frames).

Jerry P. http://members.aol.com/jibberuski

S1.3 BAR+++ LIS+++ HOM+++ MRG+ MIL+ f++/+++ n+ $0 M22 (s12:) CABF01, CABF08, CABF09, CABF14 (s13:) DABF01, DABF04, DABF13, DABF15 (s14:) EABF03, EABF05, EABF07, EABF17