As part of the Simpsons upcoming live episode on May 15th, fans can dial a number to call Homer Simpson live and talk to him for three minutes, Entertainment Weekly reports. Dan Castellaneta, who plays Homer, will be on the other end of the line, taking questions from fans as Homer Simpson, and fans will be able to watch him react to their questions live. The stunt will take place after an episode of the Simpsons where Homer tries to be be an improv comic. Jean added that the May 15 show will be a live portion for the East and West coast broadcasts and that the scene will look like the rest of the episode. The only difference is that Homer be speaking about current events. The lovable oaf will be televised live at the conclusion of “The Simpsons'” May 15 broadcast.
The family took up the offer and traveled back to Brazil, where Homer ended up calling the final and helped ensure the game went off without a hitch. The May 15 episode of Fox’s warhorse of an animated comedy series will feature a live segment, with Homer providing his thoughts on the events of the day . Variety reports that leading up to the historic event, views of The Simpsons can tweet questions to Homer using the hashtag #HomerLive from Sunday, May 1, through Wednesday, May 4. One of these "predictions" went viral in 2018 under the belief that The Simpsons had predicted a World Cup match between Mexico and Portugal -- both of whom were doing well in that year's FIFA tournament in Russia. However, as written about by SB Nation, fans online began to claim the episode called for a Mexico vs. Portugal final match. Unfortunately for them, this "prediction" didn't pan out, with neither team even making the quarterfinals.
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Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. As Christmas approaches, Marge transforms the house into a bed and breakfast after Springfield becomes the only town in America to receive snowfall; Lisa vows to give her loved ones modest gifts that come from the heart.
The live three minutes will have Homer talking about topical news and possibly answering questions from social media. Fox's The Simpsons has a wild history with the FIFA World Cup -- with Homer Simpson serving as a referee and even predicting the 2014 Final winner. Holiday / 7 hours agoWhether you’re looking for toys or tech, here are the 100 best gifts for kids this holiday season.
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Now, you’re probably asking yourself, how is it possible that an animated show can go live? Well, according to Al Jean, the show’s executive producer and showrunner, Homer will be live thanks to motion capture technology. This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated.
Meanwhile, Reverend Lovejoy seeks converts after church attendance plummets, and Maggie is haunted by a spooky Christmas toy. The Simpsons.com is a compilation of episodes that was released on November 27, 2000 on VHS and on August 16, 2004 on DVD as part of the UK-only series The Simpsons Classics. Holiday / 3 hours agoTo get an edge on the competition, many stores are already offering pre-pre-holiday sales. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. While just three minutes, Homer going live is another example of TV shifting its focus to more live moments and events. “He’ll be saying something current like, ‘can you believe Donald Trump shot a man today’ or whatever is going on,” Jean laughed.
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The Simpsons' tendency to preview the future has come up in discussions online that have resulted in plenty of wild theories about the series. When an impromptu speech by Lisa about her father's better qualities went viral, its mention of Homer's integrity on the field attracted the attention of FIFA. Beset by charges of corruption across the organization, they decided it'd be a good look if someone as "honorable" as Homer served as the referee in the World Cup.
On the surface, the episode was another example of Homer's ridiculous job history and a fun excuse to include the Simpson family in one of the world's biggest sporting events. But it was also a consistently snarky episode, frequently making references to FIFA's notorious history of bribery accusations. The episode did successfully predict the World Cup final winner in Germany, though it got their opponent wrong by pitting them against Brazil instead of Argentina. It also quietly predicted the internal turmoil at FIFA as corruption scandals have erupted in the years since. The sheer litany of Simpsons jokes told across three decades of comedy have ended up actually predicting real events years later. Gags about Disney owning 20th Century Fox or Donald Trump running for President were oddly prescient of real life.
The show has impacted other art, language and cultural touchstones. In the eyes of some audience members, it's also proven bizarrely accurate in predicting the future of politics, entertainment and even sports. Grease and The Wiz and NBC’s other recent musical productions were broadcast live. And Stephen Colbert went live on Late Show last Sunday night after the Super Bowl. Still, it seems a bit of a reach to have guessed that this current trend might extend to the world of animation.
TV & Video / 3 hours agoThe key component of a home entertainment system is the TV. Here are the best deals you can get on TVs just in time for the holidays. Jean explained that the longest running sitcom in TV history will be using the tech to have Dan Castellaneta, the actor who has voiced Homer since 1989, act out the character in real time.
The Simpsons is now 27 seasons and 587 episodes into its run, which makes the idea of taking things in such an unusual direction , hold such promise. No word yet on whether Bart will also get his own live segment in which he dutifully fills out the blackboard from the opening credit sequence. Here are the questions Homer answered during West Coast air of "Simprovised."
Notably, Homer was offered multiple attempts to throw the game via bribery and resisted out of the belief that doing so would destroy the supposedly noble image of him in Lisa's mind. Even when he learned the truth, he decided to live up to the idealized version of himself Lisa spoke of in the first place. While the series didn't get the 2018 World Cup, The Simpsons was on more the money with 2014 and FIFA as a whole. The rest of the broadcast, which took eight months to produce, will be a normal animated episode. Krusty tries to impress his daughter as they spend Christmas with the Simpsons.
In-universe, Homer technically worked for FIFA and was a major figure in the 2014 World Cup finals. Some fans may have been disappointed when The Simpsons failed to accurately predict the 2018 FIFA World Cup finals. Back then, the series dedicated an entire episode to FIFA that not only accurately guessed the tournament's victor, but also referenced a scandal that eventually blew up in real life. After being on the air for so long, The Simpsons has become an undeniable piece of modern culture.
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