The Simpsons Season 21
Series	The Simpsons
Country of origin	USA
Network	Fox
Original run	September 27, 2009[1] –
Previous season	20

The Simpsons' twenty-first season began airing on Fox starting on September 27, 2009.^[1][2] The season established The Simpsons as the longest-running American primetime television series, replacing Gunsmoke for that distinction.^[3]

Contents 1 Episodes 1.1 Known titles 1.2 Known plots and guest stars 2 20th anniversary 3 References

[edit] Episodes

#	Original title	Directed by	Written by	Original airdate	Prod. code
442 - 1	"Homer the Whopper"	Lance Kramer	Seth Rogen Evan Goldberg	September 27, 2009[4]	LABF13
Comic Book Guy creates a new superhero called Everyman who takes powers from other superheroes. 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. Homer gets into great shape but Homer's life falls apart when his fitness trainer quits and the movie bombs at the box office. Guest stars: Seth Rogen, Matt Groening and Kevin Michael Richardson
443 - 2	"Bart Gets a 'Z'[6]"	Mark Kirkland	Matt Selman	October 4, 2009[7]	LABF15
Mrs. Krabappel is fired for drinking alcohol on the job (thanks to kids in her class spiking her coffee as revenge for confiscating their cell phones) and replaced with a hip, young teacher named Zachary Vaughn. [5]
444 - 3	"The Great Wife Hope"	Matthew Faughnan	Carolyn Omine	October 11, 2009[9]	LABF16[10]
When the men and boys of Springfield become obsessed with Ultimate Fighting, Marge leads a protest against it when she catches Bart fighting in school -- and ends up fighting the head of the Ultimate Fighting syndicate in order to have it banned. [8] Guest star: Chuck Liddell
445 - 4	"Treehouse of Horror XX"	Mike B. Anderson Matthew Schofield	Daniel Chun	October 18, 2009 [9]	LABF14
Dial M for Murder or Press "#" to Return to Main Menu - In this homage to Alfred Hitchcock's supense/murder mysteries, Lisa teams up with Bart to get revenge on their teachers after Ms. Hoover sends Lisa to detention, but the plan goes awry when Bart kills Ms. Hoover and wants Lisa to murder Mrs. Krabappel. Don't Have a Cow, Mankind - In this send-up of such zombie/apocalypse horror films as 28 Days Later and Children of Men, Krusty the Clown introduces a new hamburger that zombifies the entire town -- except for Bart, whose natural immunity to the burger becomes the key to stopping the zombie attacks. There's No Business Like Moe Business - In this Sweeney Todd-esque musical, Moe creates a new beer that becomes a sensation -- thanks to Homer being impaled on the microbrew machine and bleeding into the beer supply.
446 - 5	"The Devil Wears Nada"	Nancy Kruse	Tim Long	November 15, 2009	LABF17
Marge becomes a sex symbol after pin-up pictures of her appear on a calendar, which embarrasses Bart and stirs lust in every man in Springfield -- including Ned Flanders. Meanwhile, Carl Carlson is chosen as the Springfield Nuclear Plant's newest supervisor, and Homer gets hired as Carl's assistant.[11]
447 - 6	"Pranks and Greens"	Chuck Sheetz	Jeff Westbrook	November 22, 2009	LABF18
Bart tracks down an immature man named Andy Hamilton who was once hailed Springfield Elementary's best prankster. Meanwhile, Marge is chastised by the other mothers in her social circle for not serving healthy snacks. [11] Guest star: Jonah Hill
448 - 7	"Rednecks and Broomsticks"	Bob Anderson Rob Oliver	Kevin Curran	November 29, 2009[9]	LABF19
Lisa befriends three practicing Wiccans and must save them from being persecuted for their beliefs. Meanwhile, Homer starts hanging out with Cletus the Slack-Jawed Yokel after discovering that Cletus and his friends make moonshine. Guest star: Neve Campbell[12]
449 - 8	"O Brother, Where Bart Thou?"	Steven Dean Moore	Matt Selman	December 13, 2009[9]	MABF01
Jealous of Lisa and Maggie's sisterly bond, Bart goes looking for a surrogate baby brother to call his own.[9][13] Guest stars: Eli Manning, Peyton Manning, Cooper Manning, Kim Cattrall, Jordan Nagai, Huell Howser and the Smothers Brothers[14]
450 - 9	"Thursdays with Abie"	TBA	TBA	January 3, 2010	MABF02
Grampa meets a journalist who begins writing columns about his life. Guest star: Mitch Albom[15]
451 - 10	"Once Upon a Time in Springfield"	TBA	TBA	January 10, 2010[18]	LABF20[19]
Krusty the Clown hires an actress to play Princess Penelope, a new "Krusty the Clown Show" character created to net more female viewers. Guest stars: Anne Hathaway, Jackie Mason,[16] and Eartha Kitt.[17]
452 - 11	"Million Dollar Maybe"	TBA	TBA	January 31, 2010[20]	MABF03[21]
Homer wins the lottery, but worries when he realizes that he ditched Marge at a wedding to get the winning ticket. To cover his tracks, Homer begins spending his windfall on anonymous gifts for the family, one of which is hiring alternative rock band Coldplay to perform for Bart. Meanwhile, the winning entry for The Simpsons create-a-new-character contest is revealed as the Springfield Nuclear Plant's newest safety inspector. Guest stars: Coldplay[17]

[edit] Known titles

• MABF04 - "Postcards From the Wedge"^[22]
• "The Greatest Story Ever D'ohed"^[23]
• "Moe Letter Blues"^[24]
• "To Surveil With Love"^[25]
• "The Bob Next Door"^[26]

[edit] Known plots and guest stars

• An episode to air in February and coincide with the 2010 Winter Olympics will feature Marge and Homer taking up curling and participating in a mixed-doubles event with Agnes and Seymour Skinner.^[27] The writers wanted an Olympics-themed episode and the script was written by Rob LaZebnik. LaZebnik originally considered having the plot revolve around Homer competing in four-man bobsled but decided a curling episode would allow for the plot to revolve around Homer and Marge.^[28]
• Sarah Silverman will play Bart's new girlfriend "who alternately loves him and hates him for no reason."^[17]
• Gary Larson,^[29] Bob Costas and Angela Bassett are to guest star in yet to be announced episodes.^[17][4]
• Sacha Baron Cohen is to play an Israeli tour guide in an episode entitled "The Greatest Story Ever D'ohed" in which the family visit the Holy Land and Homer becomes convinced he is the Messiah. The episode is tentatively scheduled be broadcast on March 28, 2010 (Palm Sunday).^[23] In March 2009, executive producer Al Jean said that the writers wanted to produce an episode where the family visits the Holy Land because they had not been there yet. He added, "The premise will be that the Christians, the Jews and Muslims are united in that they all get mad at Homer. It's the only thing they can agree on."^[30]
• The band Coldplay will guest star in "Million Dollar Maybe" which sees Homer win the lottery and hires the band to play for him and Bart.^[17] Coldplay drummer Will Champion commented on the appearance: "We actually went to [watch] a read-through for an [other] episode about seven years ago. We were staying in Los Angeles and our friend—our manager—I think knows someone to do with the whole program. So we just went down and had a listen, while all the actors were reading their lines and we were just blown away that we were even there. From then, we just thought it would be amazing to make it on an episode. It's definitely one of those moments where you have to pinch yourself. It's been around for so long."^[31] It will air January 31, 2010.^[20]
  • The episode will feature a new character created by the winner of the "Best. Character. Ever." contest, in which fans could submit their own ideas for a new, and possibly recurring, Simpsons character.^[32][33] Over 25,000 entries were sent in. The winner of the contest was Peggy Black from Orange, Connecticut, who created the character Ricardo Bomba. She described Ricardo as "someone that all the women love and all the men want to be." Black's inspiration for the character came from the fact that there were no characters like him on The Simpsons, and she thought Springfield needed "something like a Casanova." As part of the winning prize, Black was sent to work with the show's producers in Los Angeles. She worked with the animators to bring the character to life; "I described the character and they drew him so I could see if that was my vision of him. It's amazing to see how they captured what I imagined. He's over the top." Executive producer Al Jean was one of the judges of the contest, which he described as "a thank you to loyal fans." Jean also noted that there is a possibility the Ricardo character might appear on the show again.^[20]
• Kelsey Grammer will return as Sideshow Bob in an episode where he becomes a neighbor of the Simpsons.^[34]

[edit] 20th anniversary

In 2009, to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the premiere of The Simpsons, Fox announced earlier in the year that a year-long celebration of the show titled "Best. 20 Years. Ever." would run from January 14, 2009 to January 14, 2010.^[35] As part of the celebration, documentary filmmaker Morgan Spurlock will direct and produce The Simpsons 20th Anniversary Special - In 3-D! On Ice!, a documentary special that will examine the "cultural phenomenon of The Simpsons". It will air on January 10, 2010 on Fox.^[36][37] Production began at Comic-Con 2009. It will include interviews with the cast and fans of the show. Despite the title, Spurlock says the special "most likely will not be in 3-D nor on ice."^[38] For the week of November 9, several Fox shows (including House, Lie to Me, Bones and Fringe) featured clues and homages to the show as part of an "on-air scavenger hunt". Viewers who spot the clues can win prizes at Fox.com.^[39] Marge also appeared on the cover of the November issue of Playboy.^[40]

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