"Simpsorama" | |
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The Simpsons episode | |
Episode no. | Season 26 Episode 6 |
Directed by | Bob Anderson |
Written by | J. Stewart Burns |
Production code | SABF16 |
Original air date | November 9, 2014 |
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Episode features | |
Chalkboard gag | Replaced with the Futurama opening caption: "A show out of ideas teams up with a show out of episodes". |
Couch gag | The Simpsons sit on the couch, but it turns out to be Hedonismbot. |
"Simpsorama" is the sixth episode of the twenty-sixth season of the animated television series The Simpsons, and the 558th episode of the series overall. The episode was directed by Bob Anderson and written by J. Stewart Burns. It originally aired on the Fox network in the United States on November 9, 2014.
In this episode, the Planet Express crew comes to the present to prevent an incident in the future. This episode is a crossover with creator Matt Groening's other animated series Futurama that previously aired on Fox, and had aired its then-series finale "Meanwhile" on Comedy Central on September 4, 2013. The episode's title is a portmanteau of the titles of each series. John DiMaggio, David Herman, Maurice LaMarche, Phil LaMarr, Katey Sagal, Lauren Tom, Frank Welker, and Billy West reprised their roles from that series. The episode received mixed reviews.