'Thanksgiving of Horror' is set to air on Fox in the US on Sunday, November 24. The opening segment of the episode, which was leaked onto the internet weeks before the episode aired,[2] features Homer voting for Barack Obama. The Simpsons’ Thanksgiving of Horror Special Is Its Longest Episode The Simpsons ’ episodes are usually between 21 and 24 minutes long (there has to be some space for ads, after all), but “Thanksgiving of Horror” went a bit further and had some extra seconds of holiday nightmares. Web design by Pro Blog Design. The episode provides examples of: This is a parody of the "wah wah wah" voice that is used for adults in the various Peanuts specials. Just like in “White Christmas,” Homer fast-forwards the time inside the tube, which leaves Marge alone for years with no one to talk to while only a few seconds transpire in the real world. Subscribe to our channel: For all of the amazing and classic episodes that The Simpsons has given us over the years, there is nothing quite like the Treehouse of Horror Halloween specials. Thanksgiving, in a future where Earth has become uninhabitable and a colonization vessel is already a thousand light years away from the planet. This leaves Maggie upset and an outraged Homer shoves Krusty in retaliation, sending him flying into a wood chipper to be shredded alive. A spokesperson for the GLSEN said "many people say gay without even realizing what they're saying is bad, we're trying to educate people that this is a term that is hurtful to young people when used in a negative way. The thing is, as gimmicky as the episode seems to be, it is also one of the best horror episodes the show has done in years. We even see Maggie playing with a Waldo stuffed doll from “The Waldo Moment”, the episode about a satirical late-night comedy show with a blue CGI bear mascot that becomes a political contender. However, when Tom Turkey learns that people eat turkeys on Thanksgiving, he vows revenge and starts angrily chasing children around the school, devouring some of them whole as Marge wishes the viewers happy holidays. Canning wrote, "this segment may not be all that gory, but it's funny and, quite honestly, it will just make you feel good",[10] and Bentley described it as "a dead-on comedy assault of the Charlie Brown animated Halloween special. Not only are the Simpsons and most of your favorite Springfield residents turkeys, but they all speak through gobbles. Of course, the alien-set-loose-on-a-spaceship plotline is straight out of Alien, and indeed the segment ends with Bart and Lisa putting the monster on the airlock and throwing it out into space – which is how the original Alien ended. The segment references a number of sci-fi films and TV shows, with a couple of nods devoted to, First, the segment begins with an opening narration by Lisa, who says “Ship’s log. Thanksgiving of Horror 1 Trivia 2 Cultural References 2.1 A-Gobble-ypto 2.2 The Fourth Thursday After Tomorrow 2.3 The Last Thanksgiving The title is a reference and a spin-off to the Treehouse of Horror series. "Treehouse of Horror XIX" is the fourth episode of the twentieth season of The Simpsons. The segment references a number of sci-fi films and TV shows, with a couple of nods devoted to Star Trek. With Dan Castellaneta, Julie Kavner, Nancy Cartwright, Yeardley Smith. A total of 12.48 million viewers tuned in to watch during its first airing, more than any other episode since "The Wife Aquatic". “At the time my first draft was finished, I realized that it was much more influenced by the more recent movie called Life,” Vebber told us. [13] At the end of the segment, she says to the audience that they can send complaints to an address which she only says in more muted trombone noises. Interplanetary colonization vessel: humanity’s hope,” in reference to the many “Captain’s log” from the sci-fi TV show. [11] The commercial "Planet of the Taste" is a parody of the 1968 film Planet of the Apes. [12] When Marge first speaks, she uses a muted trombone. In the episode, Martin decides that the cranberry monster is the ultimate life form, and helps it kill his classmates before getting killed by the blob himself. “She was so into it she was really just laughing her head off. The episode begins with Marge introducing three spooky tales of horror and warning the audiences not to let their kids watch – just like in the good old days. Later on, the children from The Simpsons wake up from hypersleep and decide to make Thanksgiving dinner by putting a can of cranberry juice in a “matter replicator” which is a device from Star Trek that can create and recycle things. Created by MATT ROASTING Developed by JAMES L. COOKS / MATT ROASTING / SAM SIRLOIN Executive Producer MATT SERVED HAM Executive Producer JOHN "FRESH TURKEY" FRINK Co-Executive Producer J. SKEWER TURKEY BURNS Co-Executive Producer MICHAEL "SLICED CHICKEN" PRICE Co-Executive Producer JOEL H. COOKING OVEN Co-Executive Producers CORN-ON-A-COB LAZEBNIK Co … Simpsons Under Fire for Gay Crack", "Nelson Owes Milhouse Apology for "Gay" Slur", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Treehouse_of_Horror_XIX&oldid=1000737993, Cultural depictions of Edward G. Robinson, Fictional depictions of Abraham Lincoln in television, Short description is different from Wikidata, Television episode articles with short description for single episodes, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, This page was last edited on 16 January 2021, at 13:26. Shouts Lou, but then a murder of crows descends upon them and kills them, in a reference to Hitchcock’s The Birds. The episode begins with Marge introducing three spooky tales of horror and warning the audiences not to let their kids watch – just like in the good old days. The episode was written by Dan Vebber, and was directed by Rob Oliver. These include a TV playing a live report where Mayor Quimby is standing next to a pig with his pants down, which is a reference to the very first episode of, Likewise, there is a “San Junipero” poster on the dining room wall, which is a nod to the, The last segment gives us the last (or first?) device to help Marge with making Thanksgiving dinner. The only thing is that the device has an A.I version of Marge with all her memories living inside an Amazon Alexa-like tube. It also had the advantage of allowing us to say that because it’s a gelatin-based creature and gelatin is made out of bones, it all sort of made sense. After Lisa sees everyone at school having a Halloween party, she grows tired of waiting and leaves in frustration. When Flanders Turkey walks up to Homer and says gobble, gobble, gobble, you know Ned well enough to know that what he’s saying is ‘Howdy-do neighborino!’”. Affiliate links used when available. It first aired on the Fox network in the United States on November 2, 2008 and in the United Kingdom on [Sky 1]] on November 30, 2008. Homer takes Maggie to a daycare and encourages her to enjoy a mural featuring Krusty the Clown to make her feel better while she is away from her parents. The Simpsons face various Thanksgiving nightmares, including the first Thanksgiving, an A.I. It could not be titled "It's the Great Pumpkin, Milhouse" to exactly match its namesake because of a "big legal issue", according to Al Jean. "Treehouse of Horror XIX" is the fourth episode of the twentieth season of The Simpsons. Dignity The Simpsons returns for its 31st season; more daring and delightful than ever. “That was based on a Star Trek episode where a creature would suck the salt out of a person,” Vebber told us, referencing the episode “The Man Trap” from the first season of the show. First, the segment begins with an opening narration by Lisa, who says “Ship’s log. The latest example takes the long-running “Treehouse of Horror” and repeats it just a month after this year’s proper “Treehouse” episode, but with a Thanksgiving setting. She was having the best time.”, While Alien is the more obvious reference, Vebber confesses that he was inspired by a different and more recent sci-fi horror film. In Heaven, the dead celebrities are outraged by this and stage an attack on the living, with Homer as their main target. Instantly, all the dinner guests and friends of the Simpsons pull out their phones and we see a shot of Marge and a graphic for her “social rating” quickly go down, as a narrator says “social rating nosediving.”, This is a nod to the Black Mirror episode “Nosedive” which starred Bryce Dallas Howard and deals with a world where everyone shares everything they do on social media, and every action can be given a rating, which affects one’s socioeconomic status. Jasper sticks a patriotic-themed "I voted" sticker on Homer's forehead. Thanksgiving, in a future where Earth has become uninhabitable and a colonization vessel is already a thousand light years away from the planet. The episode received mixed reviews from critics, with "It's the Grand Pumpkin, Milhouse" generally regarded as the best segment; critic Matt Zoller Seitz cited the segment as one of The Simpsons' "flashes of greatness" in the later seasons. A redesigned version of Santa's Little Helper can be seen sleeping on top of his dog house and Homer is seen sleeping on top of his house in a manner similar to Snoopy. Milhouse' prayer to the Grand Pumpkin is similar to the Nicene Creed. In a parody of Transformers, Bart buys Lisa a Malibu Stacy convertible as a Christmas present. "Thanksgiving of Horror" Rob Oliver: Dan Vebber: November 24, 2019 () YABF17: 5.42: A Thanksgiving take on Treehouse of Horror looking at the past, present and future of the holiday. "[9] Hal Boedecker of the Orlando Sentinel gave the episode a 4/5 and called the final segment a "witty parody of Charlie Brown's Halloween classic. "[17] Film and television critic Matt Zoller Seitz has cited the segment as one of The Simpsons' "flashes of greatness" in the later seasons, writing in 2016 with Alan Sepinwall that "Whenever you're about to count The Simpsons out, it produces a magnificent segment like... 'It's the Grand Pumpkin, Milhouse'". Turkeys are slaughtered by pilgrims during the first Thanksgiving, Homer purchases an A.I. As Homer escapes the slaughter, Lou and Eddie start chasing after Homer, until they knock over a scarecrow. In what is a direct parody of, As Dan Vebber explains it, the segment is mostly a riff on the “White Christmas” episode of, “The idea of the episode was to make the audience root for the fake version of Marge instead of the real one,” Vebber said. And then when it was animated, we certainly talked about how the attack should look like the movie The Birds.”. Yes No | Share this. The Simpsons are forced to face various Thanksgiving nightmares, including the first Thanksgiving, an artificial intelligence mishap and a dangerous space mission complicated by a sentient cranberry sauce. “And it was his idea to take the movie Apocalypto and do it with turkeys.”, Of course, when Vebber says it’s Apocalypto with turkeys, the episode goes all the way. These include a TV playing a live report where Mayor Quimby is standing next to a pig with his pants down, which is a reference to the very first episode of Black Mirror, “National Anthem,” where the prime minister is blackmailed into having sex with a pig on national TV. The episode begins with a segment that’s a very clear parody of Mel Gibson’s Apocalypto, the movie about a man who is captured by Mayan conquerors and taken to a big city to be sacrificed to the gods. Thanksgiving of Horror Thanksgiving of Horror is the eighth episode ofSeason 31. The Simpsons opened its 31st season in a pretty epic way earlier this year, with a 'Treehouse of Horror' episode that parodied some modern horror hits. Thanking Marge, the two factions of sentient machines work together to overthrow humanity and use Springfield's residents in a game of human foosball. "[21] The spokesperson added, "Nelson should send an apologetic e-card to Milhouse. "[10], "It's the Grand Pumpkin, Milhouse" was regarded by reviewers as the best segment in the episode. The footage is accompanied by very creepy music that somehow perfectly fits the visuals of a giant Bart floating above the street. “Like the moment you took it down, real birds come down and kill you. “That started as a joke about what if a scarecrow worked instantly,” Dan Vebber explained. “Of course the idea was to do a monster-on-a-spaceship-type story like Alien, but I was more inspired by how Life begins with this kind of blob that is kind of cute.” Indeed, the movie begins with the discovery of an alien creature which looks like a blob and becomes the movie’s equivalent of Baby Yoda, with the entire world becoming obsessed with it, with a group of school children naming the alien “Calvin.” “So then we have Milhouse be the one to get too close to it and lose his arm as the blob sucks the bones out of his arm. It was this segment that sparked the idea for the episode. [14] The dance scene during the Halloween party is a parody of the dance scene in A Charlie Brown Christmas right down to Kang and Kodos in a nonspeaking cameo as the twins 3 and 4. Logo Concept by: Illumination Ink. 18 of 19 found this interesting Interesting? The thing is, as gimmicky as the episode seems to be, it is also one of the best horror episodes the show has done in years. Shouts Lou, but then a murder of crows descends upon them and kills them, in a reference to Hitchcock’s, “That started as a joke about what if a scarecrow worked instantly,” Dan Vebber explained. "[14] Show Patrol wrote "The nostalgia factor makes “Grand Pumpkin” the best of these amusing bits for me, but they all lack that trademark “Simpsons” brand of satirical smartness. Then Homer witnesses his fellow Turkeys being sacrificed in probably the bloodiest scene in the show’s history. mishap and a dangerous space mission complicated by a sentient cranberry sauce. The last segment gives us the last (or first?) He devours Homer as he carves a pumpkin, then marches to the school and eats Nelson and Groundskeeper Willie. After six attempts to vote (including actually voting for McCain once in the hopes that it would register for Obama), Homer heads out to report the mishap, but the machine sucks him in and kills him to hide the truth, then shoots his body out of the voting booth. However, the car turns out to be a Transformer. It first aired on the Fox network in the United States on November 2, 2008 and in the United Kingdom on [Sky 1]] on November 30, 2008. The season premiere features John Mulaney, the 666th episode Treehouse or Horrors XXX, Thanksgiving hosts a second Trilogy of Terror and other guests include Jason Momoa, Michael Rappaport, John Legend and Chrissy Teigen and the return of Jon Lovitz as Artie Ziff, finally … The main theme to Peanuts "Linus and Lucy" is played several times. “We wanted it to feel like if you’re a turkey, Thanksgiving is pretty much a horror movie where you’re being hunted down and slaughtered.” Vebber said. It’s an odd decision to combine horror and the titular holiday, and it does mean this special captures less of the Thanksgiving mood … It was the highest rated episode since season 18's "The Wife Aquatic". “Mat Selman, our executive producer wanted to do three Thanksgiving stories that would be scary,” Dan Vebber told /Film over the phone. 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