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Season 19

Season Information Original run: September 23, 2007 - May 18, 2008 No. of episodes: 20 Previous season: Season 18 Next season: Season 20

The nineteenth season of The Simpsons started in September 2007 and ended in May 2008. This is the first season to air after The Simpsons Movie.

Episodes

Picture # Original title Original airdate Directed by Written by Prod. code 125px 401 - 1 "He Loves to Fly and He D'ohs" September 23, 2007 Mark Kirkland Joel H. Cohen JABF20 Homer gets to fly in Mr. Burns's private jet and likes it so much that he decides to never fly commercial again. He tries to find a job that involves flying in a corporate jet, and hires a life coach named Colby Krause to assist him with his goal. Special Guest Voices: Stephen Colbert as Colby Krause and Lionel Richie as himself. 402 - 2 "The Homer of Seville" September 30, 2007 Michael Polcino Carolyn Omine JABF18 While receiving treatment for an injured back at the hospital, Homer discovers that he has beautiful opera voice. Even though Homer must sing while lying on his back for his voice to sound operatic, Mr. Burns hires him to sing at the Springfield Opera House, where he quickly becomes a star. Through his newfound stardom, Homer develops a large throng of fans including the lovely Julia, an obsessive and dangerous stalker.

• "He Loves to Fly and He D'ohs" - September 23, 2007
• "The Homer of Seville" - September 30, 2007
• "Midnight Towboy" - October 7, 2007
• "I Don't Wanna Know Why the Caged Bird Sings - October 14, 2007
• "Treehouse of Horror XVIII" - November 4, 2007
• "Little Orphan Millie" - November 11, 2007
• "Husbands and Knives" - November 18, 2007
• "Funeral for a Fiend" - November 25, 2007
• "Eternal Moonshine of the Simpson Mind" - December 16, 2007
• "E Pluribus Wiggum" - January 6, 2008
• "That '90s Show" - January 27, 2008
• "Love, Springfieldian Style" - February 17, 2008
• "The Debarted" - March 2, 2008
• "Dial "N" for Nerder" - March 9, 2008
• "Smoke on the Daughter" - March 30, 2008
• "Papa Don't Leech" - April 13, 2008
• "Apocalypse Cow" - April 27, 2008
• "Any Given Sundance" - May 4, 2008
• "Mona Leaves-a" - May 11, 2008
• "All About Lisa" - May 18, 2008

International airings

• Season 19 began on RTE2 in Ireland on November 9, 2011.^[1]

Production

The WGA strike

In November 2007 the WGA (Writers Guild America) went on strike. The season was originally going to have 23 episodes but due to the strike only 17 episodes were finished after "Treehouse of Horror XVIII" aired, the last episode before the strike. Luckily, episodes still went through post-production as FOX edited the scripts after production was finished.

Returning characters

Various returning characters who appeared this season include Sideshow Bob, Cecil Terwilliger Francesca Terwilliger and Gino Terwilliger who all appear in "Funeral for a Fiend". Dr. Velimorovic, the plastic surgeon, appears in "Husbands and Knives" while Gloria, Snake's girlfriend from "A Hunka Hunka Burns in Love", appears in "I Don't Wanna Know Why the Caged Bird Sings". Mona Simpson appears in "Mona Leaves-a" and Lurleen Lumpkin also returns in "Papa Don't Leech".

Guest stars

Guest stars who appear in this season are Stephen Colbert, Lionel Richie, Placido Domingo, Maya Rudolph, Matt Dillon, Steve Buscemi, Ted Nugent, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Maurice LaMarche, Alan Moore, Art Spiegelman, Dan Clowes, Jack Black, Kelsey Grammer, David Hyde Pierce, John Mahoney, Jon Stewart, and Dan Rather, "Weird Al" Yankovic,Topher Grace, Kurt Loder, Glenn Close, Beverly D'Angelo and The Dixie Chicks.

References