Bart's New Friend

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	Season 26 Episode
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"Bart's New Friend"

Episode Information Title screen: The Pieman and the Cupcake Kid (Homer and Bart) fly by. Billboard gag: You Tried The Rest-- Now settle for Luigi's Pizza Showrunner: [[{{{showrunner}}}]]

"Bart's New Friend" is the 11th episode of season 26. It was written by Judd Apatow. It was aired on January 11, 2015.

Synopsis

"Homer is hypnotised to think he's 10 years old and becomes friends with Bart."

Production

In an interview on Conan O'Brien's Internet show, Serious Jibber-Jabber, Judd Apatow stated that he wrote the episode in 1990 and "[he] got a call from The Simpsons, saying "We're going to shoot that episode next year".

During an interview with Slashfilm, Apatow revealed elements of the plot, saying that "they [The Simpsons] went to see a hypnotism show and at the hypnotism show, they made Homer think he was the same age at Bart. And then the hypnotist had a heart attack. So now Homer and Bart became best friends and they spent the rest of the show running away because Homer didn't want responsibility and didn't want to be brought back to his real age."

The table reading took place on April 25, 2014.

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  Script for the Episode

International airdates

Country Date Channel Note Latin America May 31, 2015 Fox Latin America

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  Deleted scene

References

← Season 25 Season 26 Episodes Season 27 →

Clown in the Dumps • The Wreck of the Relationship • Super Franchise Me • Treehouse of Horror XXV • Opposites A-Frack • Simpsorama • Blazed and Confused • Covercraft • I Won't Be Home for Christmas • The Man Who Came to Be Dinner • Bart's New Friend • The Musk Who Fell to Earth • Walking Big & Tall • My Fare Lady • The Princess Guide • Sky Police • Waiting for Duffman • Peeping Mom • The Kids Are All Fight • Let's Go Fly a Coot • Bull-E • Mathlete's Feat