"Homer the Whopper" is the season primere of season 21 and will air on September 27, 2009.[1][2][3]
Plot
Comic Book Guy creates a new superhero called Everyman who takes powers from other superheros. Homer is cast as the lead in the film adaptation. To get Homer into shape, the movie studio hires a celebrity fitness trainer, Lyle McCarthy to help him.[1] Homer gets into great shape but the film is canceled, and his life falls apart.[4][5][6]
Production
Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg, writers of the film Superbad, asked the producers of The Simpsons if they could write an episode. They were invited to the writers room where they pitched several episode ideas. One was accepted, and they wrote an outline with the help of some feedback from the regular writers.[7] The table read took place in August 2008, and production on the episode began soon after that.[8] Rogen later said "we sat down for a read-through and three hours later I'm in a studio improv-ing with Homer Simpson, it was the single greatest day of my life."[9]
References
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<ref>tag; no text was provided for refs namedFlash - ↑ Dan Snierson. "'The Simpsons': Coldplay's Chris Martin, Sarah Silverman among season 21 guests", Entertainment Weekly,. Retrieved on 2009-07-25.
- ↑ name=futonprem>http://www.thefutoncritic.com/news.aspx?id=20090806fox02
- ↑ April MacIntyre. "'The Simpsons' Al Jean interview, new season begins September 28", Monsters and Critics,. Retrieved on 2008-09-25.
- ↑ James Hibberd. "MacFarlane, Groening face the critics", The Hollywood Reporter,. Retrieved on 2008-07-15.
- ↑ Alynda Wheat. "Comic-Con: 'The Simpsons'...coming to an end?", Entertainment Weekly,. Retrieved on 2008-07-26.
- ↑ Liam Burke (2008-04-30). From Superbad To Superheroes - Evan Goldberg on Hornet and The Boys. Empire. Retrieved on 2008-04-30.
- ↑ Jami Philbrick (2008-07-26). “Superbad” writers Rogen and Goldberg to pen episode of “The Simpsons”. Comic Book Resources. Retrieved on 2008-08-01.
- ↑ Evan Fanning (2008-09-14). Why Seth Rogen is on a high. Irish Independent. Retrieved on 2008-09-17.
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