"Waiting for Duffman" | |
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The Simpsons episode | |
Episode no. | Season 26 Episode 17 |
Directed by | Steven Dean Moore |
Written by | John Frink |
Production code | TABF10 |
Original air date | March 15, 2015 |
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Episode features | |
Couch gag | The family is repeatedly sucked into a portal above the couch until Bart eventually separates from the rest, avoids getting beamed up, and closes the portal via a remote control. He then finds a severed Homer head. |
"Waiting for Duffman" is the seventeenth episode of the twenty-sixth season of the American animated television series The Simpsons, and the 569th overall episode of the series. The episode was directed by Steven Dean Moore and written by John Frink. It originally aired on the Fox network in the United States on March 15, 2015. The title is a play on Waiting for Guffman.
In this episode, Homer wins a contest to replace Duffman but learns he must be sober on the job. R. Lee Ermey reprises his role of Colonel Leslie Hapablap from "Sideshow Bob's Last Gleaming". Stacy Keach guest starred as H.K. Duff VII. The episode received mixed reviews.
"Waiting for Duffman" was dedicated in memory of Sam Simon, a developer of The Simpsons, who died seven days before it aired.