Difference between revisions of "Homer the Whopper"

|Written By=Seth Rogen

"'''Homer the Whopper'''" is the season primere of ''[[The Simpsons]]''<nowiki>'</nowiki> [[The Simpsons (season 21)|twenty-first season]] and will air on September 27, 2009.<ref name=Flash/><ref name=coldplay>{{cite news|url=http://hollywoodinsider.ew.com/2009/07/24/the-simpsons-coldplays-chris-martin-sarah-silverman-among-season-21-guests/|title='The Simpsons': Coldplay's Chris Martin, Sarah Silverman among season 21 guests|date=2009-07-24|accessdate=2009-07-25|work=[[Entertainment Weekly]]|author=Dan Snierson}}</ref><ref name=futonprem>http://www.thefutoncritic.com/news.aspx?id=20090806fox02</ref>  

[[Comic Book Guy]] creates a new superhero called Everyman who takes powers from other superheros. [[Homer Simpson|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.<ref name=Flash/> Homer gets into great shape but the film is canceled, and his life falls apart.<ref name=Jean>{{cite news|url=http://www.monstersandcritics.com/smallscreen/features/article_1432969.php/The_Simpsons_Al_Jean_interview_new_season_begins_September_28|title='The Simpsons' Al Jean interview, new season begins September 28|publisher=Monsters and Critics|accessdate=2008-09-25|date=2008-09-25|author=April MacIntyre}}</ref><ref name=mcfarlane>{{cite news|author=James Hibberd|title=MacFarlane, Groening face the critics|work=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]|date=2008-07-14|url=http://www.thrfeed.com/2008/07/seth-macfarlane.html|accessdate=2008-07-15}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|author=Alynda Wheat|title=Comic-Con: 'The Simpsons'...coming to an end?|publisher=''[[Entertainment Weekly]]''|url=http://popwatch.ew.com/popwatch/2008/07/comic-con-the-s.html|accessdate=2008-07-26|date=2008-07-26}}</ref>

[[Seth Rogen]] and [[Evan Goldberg]], writers of the film ''[[Superbad (film)|Superbad]]'', asked the producers of ''The Simpsons'' if they could write an episode. They were invited to the writers room where they pitched several episode ideas. One was accepted, and they wrote an outline with the help of some feedback from the regular writers.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.empireonline.com/news/story.asp?NID=22486 |title=From Superbad To Superheroes - Evan Goldberg on Hornet and The Boys|author=Liam Burke |publisher=''[[Empire (magazine)|Empire]]''|date=2008-04-30|accessdate=2008-04-30}}</ref> The [[Read-through|table read]] took place in August 2008, and production on the episode began soon after that.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://live.comicbookresources.com/2008/07/26/superbad-writers-rogen-and-goldberg-to-pen-episode-of-the-simpsons/ |title=“Superbad” writers Rogen and Goldberg to pen episode of “The Simpsons”|author=Jami Philbrick |publisher=Comic Book Resources|date=2008-07-26|accessdate=2008-08-01}}</ref> Rogen later said "we sat down for a read-through and three hours later I'm in a studio improv-ing with Homer Simpson, it was the single greatest day of my life."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.independent.ie/entertainment/film-cinema/why-seth-rogen-is-on-a-high-1475161.html |title=Why Seth Rogen is on a high|author=Evan Fanning |work=[[Irish Independent]]|date=2008-09-14|accessdate=2008-09-17}}</ref>