The Simpsons may not be must-see TV for me like it was a few years back, but I still try to make a point of watching the annual Halloween special, the Treehouse of Horror. Even though it usually airs after Halloween (thanks a lot, World Series), it keeps me in the spooky holiday mood with clever horror parodies.
I'm especially excited for this year's (19th!) episode because it includes a takeoff on one of my favorite Halloween traditions: It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown. The producers even got the rights to use the film's classic score, which is basically burned into my brain from years of watching the TV special.
There's also a Transformers parody, and another of Mad Men called "How to Get Ahead in Dead-Vertising," which features Homer Simpson falling through the sky just like Don Draper in the opening credits. Will you be watching this year's Treehouse? You can watch a snippet of the Mad Men parody if you read more.
Nuovegioie
Mulberry
Luella
Is that a lollipop Homer's holding in the end?
1CBS needs to play our Charlie on the day or eve of the Holiday. I don't think anyone would be upset to preempt the crap they air
2Thanks for preview, Buzz. I'll be recording this one.
3well at least we know that the simpsons is still trying to be relevant right? i haven't watched the show in AGES, but i did see the movie, so maybe i should try to get back into it for the holiday season.
4Wow...that Simpson-ized Mad Men sequence is fantastic (love the donut and then the lollipop). I've missed the Halloween special the last 2 years but I think I'm going to have to catch this!
5Love The Simpson's will definitely be watching the Halloween episode their the best, so creative
6I love how this show still manages to stay so fresh after so many years on TV. They really have so many terrific people working on it tirelessly, I'm sure
7Loved the lollipop at the end of the clip. I thought the little clip afterwards was just ok...not great but not awful either, but I loved the opening scene montage though.
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