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The Simpsons Take the Bowl

Special Information Original Airdate: September 12, 2014 Celebrating: Hollywood Bowl Special Guest Voices: Jon Lovitz Beverly D'Angelo "Weird Al" Yankovic Matt Groening Conan O'Brien Kipp Lennon Gay Men's Chorus of Los Angeles

The Simpsons Take the Bowl was a special live show that was shown during the Hollywood Bowl on September 12, 13 and 14 2014. Hank Azaria was the host of the show.

Opening Scene

"25 years ago... in a gorge far, far away..."
Homer's jump of the Springfield Gorge and the subsequent failed rescue scenes is shown ("Bart the Daredevil").
"And now...".
The Simpsons family arrives at the Hollywood Bowl's parking lot and get trumped by many cars getting in. The family proceeds through gates and then walks to the seats, while Bart and Lisa keep repeating "Are we at our seats yet?" and Homer answers "No". They see a bottle of Beer going down the steps and Barney go down with it, bowling over the orchestra then saying "Thanks the Beatles" and burping. They arrive at their seats that are on top of the Springfield sign. Homer shouts D'oh after eagle steals their show programme and the sign gets destroyed and only DOH remains.

Synopsis

Hank Azaria was joined by Nancy Cartwright and Yeardley Smith to perform live. Scenes from all seasons were shown as well as new content written for the Hollywood Bowl. Jon Lovitz, Beverly D'Angelo and "Weird Al" Yankovic all performed and Matt Groening gave behind the scenes anecdotes to the audience.^[1] Spider-Pig also made an appearance, singing his theme tune.^[2] Conan O'Brien performed "The Monorail Song" with the Gay Men's Chorus of Los Angeles.^[3] Music editor Chris Ledesma conducted a part of the convert devoted to Alf Clausen and his contributions to The Simpsons.^[4]

Show

The American anthem is played by the orchestra, and afterwards Matt Groening arrives, introducing the show and Hank Azaria.

Hank starts making the voices of Moe, Comic Book Guy, Bumblebee Man and Chief Wiggum, singing Let It Go too with Wiggum's voice.

Songs

• "The Monorail Song" - Conan O'Brien, Hank Azaria and the Gay Men's Chorus of Los Angeles
• "Jack & Diane parody" - "Weird Al" Yankovic
• "Spider-Pig" - Hans Zimmer and the Gay Men's Chorus of Los Angeles
• "Minimum Wage Nanny" - Yeardley Smith, Nancy Cartwright and Hank Azaria
• "We Do (The Stonecutters' Song)" - Gay Men's Chorus of Los Angeles
• "Stop the Planet of the Apes, I Want to Get Off!" - Jon Lovitz
• "Happy Birthday, Lisa" - Kipp Lennon and Nancy Cartwright
• "Who Needs the Kwik-E-Mart?" - Hank Azaria
• "Bagged Me a Homer" - Beverly D'Angelo
• "Homer and Marge" - "Weird Al" Yankovic
• "See My Vest" - Gay Men's Chorus of Los Angeles

Production

Matt Selman posted on twitter a picture of the script cover of this special show. Rehearsals were taking place in the final week before the show.

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  Script Cover

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  An image from the rehearsal

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  An image from the rehearsal

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  An image from the rehearsal

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  Title screen for the show

Promo Videos

• The Simpsons Take the Bowl - Sept 12-14 at the Hollywood Bowl at YouTube

References