The Children's Book Job - Revision history

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‎Plot: it happened at school

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 [[Marge]] swears an oath to become part of the parent-teacher association at [[Springfield Elementary]], but [[Superintendent Chalmers]] announces that the school is closing down at the end of the year due to the low test scores and owl infestations, and all teachers will be fired. Marge vows to collaborate to save the school, but they refuse. At home, she tries to come up with a solution with the rest of the family.
-A PTA meeting occurs at the [[First Church of Springfield|church]], where [[Dewey Largo]] proposes reaching out to [[Constance Clavinger]], creator of the beloved children's book ''[[The Plucky Little Goat]]'', who has agreed to come to the book fair to read the sequel to her book, ''[[The Further Adventures of the Plucky Little Goat]]''. During the preparations for the book fair, [[Helen Lovejoy]] throws a fit over books that have words hinting at the seven deadly sins. Marge is called in to rescue the fair and has to find a substitute to pick up Constance, so she gets [[Homer]] focused enough to go pick her up at the [[Springfield International Airport]].
+A PTA meeting occurs at the school, [[where [[Dewey Largo]] proposes reaching out to [[Constance Clavinger]], creator of the beloved children's book ''[[The Plucky Little Goat]]'', who has agreed to come to the book fair to read the sequel to her book, ''[[The Further Adventures of the Plucky Little Goat]]''. During the preparations for the book fair, [[Helen Lovejoy]] throws a fit over books that have words hinting at the seven deadly sins. Marge is called in to rescue the fair and has to find a substitute to pick up Constance, so she gets [[Homer]] focused enough to go pick her up at the [[Springfield International Airport]].
 He manages to arrive in time, but Constance says she has to freshen up. Time passes, and Homer notices her at The Pilot's Room, drunk. On the way home, she keeps vomiting, and they stop at a boutique, [[Imperfect Kingdom]], to purchase a new outfit, but they get arrested after she shoplifts. With the help of [[Snake Jailbird|Snake]], they sneak out, but Snake steals Homer's car, where the book is.

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 She manages to arrive at the fair, and Homer tries to stop her, remembering reading her book to his children, but she doesn't yield until she sees him with the family and decides to tell the story of what happened that day between her (as the goat) and Homer (as a hippopotamus). In the end, Homer gets a tattoo of the goat on his butt while Constance gets one of the hippopotamus.
 == Gallery ==
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 File:The Children's Book Job promo 11.png
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 == References ==

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 |prodcode= [[Production season 37ABF|37ABF10]]
 |airdate= September 27, [[2026]]
-|guests= [[Emma Thompson]] as [[Constance Clavinger]]<br>[[Colin Jost]] as {{Ch|Colin Jost|himself}}
+|guests= [[Colin Jost]] as {{Ch|Colin Jost|himself}}<br>[[Emma Thompson]] as [[Constance Clavinger]]
 |showrunner= Matt Selman
 |corunner= Michael Price
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 }}
-'''The Children's Book Job''' is the first episode of [[Season 38|broadcast season 38]] of ''[[The Simpsons]]'' and the eight hundred tenth episode overall. It originally aired on September 27, [[2026]]. The episode was written by [[Dan Vebber]] and directed by [[Matthew Nastuk]]. It guest stars [[Emma Thompson]] as [[Constance Clavinger]] and [[Colin Jost]] as {{Ch|Colin Jost|himself}}.
+'''The Children's Book Job''' is the first episode of [[Season 38|broadcast season 38]] of ''[[The Simpsons]]'' and the eight hundred tenth episode overall. It originally aired on September 27, [[2026]]. The episode was written by [[Dan Vebber]] and directed by [[Matthew Nastuk]]. It guest stars [[Colin Jost]] as {{Ch|Colin Jost|himself}} and [[Emma Thompson]] as [[Constance Clavinger]].
 == Synopsis ==

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 |prodcode= [[Production season 37ABF|37ABF10]]
 |airdate= September 27, [[2026]]
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+|guests= [[Emma Thompson]] as [[Constance Clavinger]]<br>[[Colin Jost]] as {{Ch|Colin Jost|himself}}
 |showrunner= Matt Selman
 |corunner= Michael Price
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-'''The Children's Book Job''' is the first episode of [[Season 38|broadcast season 38]] of ''[[The Simpsons]]'' and the eight hundred tenth episode overall. It aired on September 27, [[2026]]. The episode was written by [[Dan Vebber]] and directed by [[Matthew Nastuk]]. It guest stars [[Emma Thompson]] as Constance Clavinger and [[Colin Jost]] as {{Ch|Colin Jost|himself}}.
+'''The Children's Book Job''' is the first episode of [[Season 38|broadcast season 38]] of ''[[The Simpsons]]'' and the eight hundred tenth episode overall. It originally aired on September 27, [[2026]]. The episode was written by [[Dan Vebber]] and directed by [[Matthew Nastuk]]. It guest stars [[Emma Thompson]] as [[Constance Clavinger]] and [[Colin Jost]] as {{Ch|Colin Jost|himself}}.
 == Synopsis ==
 {{Synopsis|[[Marge]] hopes to save [[Springfield Elementary]] by inviting a reclusive British children's author to appear at the school's book fair. But [[Homer]] botches his assignment of picking the author up at the airport, and the drunken pepper pot leads him on a desperate wild chase to get her to the school on time.}}
-A PTA meeting occurs at the [[First Church of Springfield|church]], where [[Dewey Largo]] proposes reaching out to [[Constance Clavinger]], creator of the beloved children's book [[The Plucky Little Goat]], who has agreed to come to the book fair to read the sequel to her book, [[The Further Adventures of The Plucky Little Goat]]. During the preparations for the book fair, [[Helen Lovejoy]] throws a fit over books that have words hinting at the seven deadly sins. Marge is called in to rescue the fair and has to find a substitute to pick up Constance, so she gets [[Homer]] focused enough to go pick her up at the [[Springfield International Airport]].
+== Plot ==
 He manages to arrive in time, but Constance says she has to freshen up. Time passes, and Homer notices her at The Pilot's Room, drunk. On the way home, she keeps vomiting, and they stop at a boutique, [[Imperfect Kingdom]], to purchase a new outfit, but they get arrested after she shoplifts. With the help of [[Snake Jailbird|Snake]], they sneak out, but Snake steals Homer's car, where the book is.
-Homer and Constance manage to grab [[Hans Moleman]]'s car and follow the tracker in the car to reach where Snake took it. Homer saves the book (and a sandwich) from being crashed, only to discover the sequel's plot, in which the goat is fed into a sausage grinder. She created it out of spite for people hounding her and because her husband has a tattoo of the book on his butt cheeks. Homer refuses to take her to the book fair, but she convinces [[Arnie Pye]] to take her there in his [[Channel 6 helicopter|helicopter]].
+Homer and Constance manage to grab [[Hans Moleman]]'s car and follow the tracker in the car to find where Snake took it. Homer saves the book (and a sandwich) from being destroyed, only to discover the sequel's plot, in which the goat is fed into a sausage grinder. She created it out of spite for people hounding her and because her husband has a tattoo of the book on his butt cheeks. Homer refuses to take her to the book fair, but she convinces [[Arnie Pye]] to take her there in his [[Channel 6 helicopter|helicopter]].
-Homer follows them in Hans' car, causing accidents to slow Arnie down, but Constance throws herself out of it, failing to activate her "[[Mary Poppins]] powers", and tumbles down the side of the road. Homer tries to follow her but tumbles the car down the road. Upon exiting, he has a concussion and starts seeing the world like a fantasy book while following her on foot.
+Homer follows them in Moleman's car, causing accidents to slow Arnie down, but Constance throws herself out of it, failing to activate her "[[Mary Poppins]] powers", and tumbles down the side of the road. Homer tries to follow her but tumbles the car down the road. Upon exiting, he has a concussion and starts seeing the world like a fantasy book while following her on foot.
 She manages to arrive at the fair, and Homer tries to stop her, remembering reading her book to his children, but she doesn't yield until she sees him with the family and decides to tell the story of what happened that day between her (as the goat) and Homer (as a hippopotamus). In the end, Homer gets a tattoo of the goat on his butt while Constance gets one of the hippopotamus.
 == Gallery ==
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 File:The Children's Book Job promo 11.png
 </gallery>
 == Production ==
 The episode was revealed in ''[[The Simpsons]]'' {{W2|D23|Disney}} panel on August 15, 2026. The episode is a homage to the film ''{{W|Get Him to the Greek}}''. The episode also features homages to popular children's books by {{W|Richard Scarry}}, ''{{W|Make Way for Ducklings}}'', and ''{{W|The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales|The Stinky Cheese Man}}''.<ref name="D23 Panel 2026">[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L0xCNt00gAE The Simpsons: Stories from Springfield – Full Panel | D23: The Ultimate Disney Fan Event 2026]</ref>
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 [[Category:Episodes written by Dan Vebber]]
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 |snumber= 1
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 |airdate= September 27, [[2026]]
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 Homer follows them in Hans' car, causing accidents to slow Arnye down, but Constance throws herself out of it (failing to activate "[[Mary Poppins]] powers", and thumbles down the side of the road. Homer tries to follow her but tumbles the car down. Upon exiting he has a concussion and starts seeing the world like a fantasy book while following her on foot.
-She manages to arrive at the fair and Homer tries to stop her remembering reading her book to her children but she doesn't yield.
+She manages to arrive at the fair and Homer tries to stop her remembering reading her book to her children but she doesn't yield until she sees him with the family and decides to tell the story of what happened that day between her (as the goat) and Homer (as an hippopotamus). In the end Homer gets a tatoo of the goat on his ass while Constance gets one of the hippopotamus.
 == Gallery ==