Difference between revisions of "The Ziff Who Came to Dinner"

|Episode Number     = 327

|productionCode     = FABF08

|originalAirdate   = March 14, 2004

|blackboardText     = I will not speculate on how hot teacher used to be

|couchGag           = In a parody of the 1977 science short film, Powers of Ten, the Simpsons sit down on the couch as normal when suddenly, to 'Also Sprach Zarathustra', a long overhead shot of the house, an overhead shot of the neighborhood, an overhead shot of the United States, an overhead shot of the North American continent and the Western Hemisphere, an overhead shot of the Earth, the solar system, and Kang and Kodos standing next to a broken spaceship. Soon, many stars fill the screen as they form into the Milky Way. Other galaxies form and turn into atoms, which turn into simple molecular structures, which turn into more complex molecular structures, which turn into DNA helices, which pan out into a blank yellow expanse, which reveals to be Homer’s bald head and returns to the couch scene. Homer stares blankly for a moment, then utters, “Wow...”

|Written By         = Deb Lacusta & Dan Castellaneta

|Directed By       = Nancy Cruse

[[Homer]] takes [[Bart]], [[Lisa]], and [[Rod Flanders|Rod]] and [[Todd Flanders]] to see the movie ''[[The Re-Deadening]]'', as a result of meeting [[Lenny Leonard]] at the ticket booth and learning he has a speaking part. As a result, [[Bart]] and [[Lisa]] are scared when they go to bed and then they hear a noise from the attic. It's [[Artie Ziff]]. Artie gives his company to Homer when they are playing cards, Homer is unaware that Artie's company is shut down and he is sent to jai. Everyone hates Artie for it. But he finds love with [[Selma Bouvier]]. He dumps her in order to save Homer. And when he does, Artie is placed in jail. And put's out a bunch of jailbird's cigars, they start to circle around him, leaving his fate ambiguous.