Wednesday, October 08, 2014

Remember the Treehouse of Horror 8 title sequence?

Coming out of the last post, we head out of an election year and into 1997.

This year gave a little more of an opening, taking us into the life of a FOX censor, skimming through the latest Simpsons' script...

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...and censoring it...

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...and loving the comedy...

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...then cutting the comedy out.

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He then explains that thanks to his work, the Halloween Special will be rated G.

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And then the rating retaliates.


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And escalates the show's rating.

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Finally, the censor is fully censored.

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His blood rolls over the edge of the desk, and it forms the title.

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Into the couch gag, as the family jumps onto the couch and it converts over to be an electric couch, of sorts.

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A less swift opening, allowing for a renewed jab at the show's censoring. And it proves to be a fun and gruesome opening. Not as simple and to the point as the last years was, but evocative.

But it doesn't hold back this year's tales.

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The last of which gives us Marge the Witch.

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And the origins of Trick or Treating.

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Now on to Year IX!


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