Difference between revisions of "Married to the Blob"

Episode number:	540
Season number:	S25 E10
Production code:	SABF03
Original airdate:	January 12, 2014
Title screen:	Maggie, representing the new year (2014), parachutes gently toward the ground, while Grampa, who represents 2013, is carried away by a gust of wind (similar to broadcast season 23 episode, "Politically Inept, with Homer Simpson", with the Grampa as 2011 and Maggie as 2012).
Billboard gag:	Lard Lad Donuts - Discreetly Super-Christian
Chalkboard gag:	Original viewing: Judas Priest is not "death metal" International versions: If you haven't broken your Christmas presents yet, you're not trying
Couch gag:	"Channel Changer"
Guest star(s):	Harlan Ellison as himself Maurice LaMarche as Milo Stan Lee as himself
Showrunner:	Al Jean
Written by:	Tim Long
Directed by:	Chris Clements

"Married to the Blob" is the tenth episode of broadcast season 25 of The Simpsons and the five-hundred and fortieth episode overall. It originally aired on January 12, 2014. The episode was written by Tim Long and directed by Chris Clements. It guest stars Harlan Ellison as himself, Maurice LaMarche as Milo, and Stan Lee as himself.

Synopsis

While lamenting over being single, Comic Book Guy meets Kumiko, an attractive young Japanese woman and manga fan. The two of them get into a relationship and grow closer. But when Homer almost ruins their relationship by telling Kumiko's father about Comic Book Guy, Homer sets out to convince her father to accept their relationship.

Production

The couch gag was created by Bill Plympton.^[1] The episode's original title was "The Fat and the Furious: Tokyo Drift".^{[citation needed]}

Script with the original title of the Episode
Script for the Episode

Reception

"Married to the Blob" was nominated for a 2014 Annie Award for Outstanding Achievement for Writing in an Animated Television/Broadcast Production. However, it lost to Mickey Mouse.^[2]

Sound mixers Mark Linden and Tara A. Paul received a nomination for a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Comedy or Drama Series (Half-Hour) and Animation in the 66th Primetime Emmy Awards for the episode. However it lost to "The Lady with the Lamp" from Nurse Jackie.^[3]

International premieres

Country	Date	Channel	Note
Latin America	July 6, 2014^[4]	Fox Latin America

Gallery

References

External links

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← Season 24 Season 25 Episodes Season 26 →
Homerland • Treehouse of Horror XXIV • Four Regrettings and a Funeral • YOLO • Labor Pains • The Kid Is All Right • Yellow Subterfuge • White Christmas Blues • Steal This Episode • Married to the Blob • Specs and the City • Diggs • The Man Who Grew Too Much • The Winter of His Content • The War of Art • You Don't Have to Live Like a Referee • Luca$ • Days of Future Future • What to Expect When Bart's Expecting • Brick Like Me • Pay Pal • The Yellow Badge of Cowardge

← Season RABF Production season SABF Episodes Season TABF →
White Christmas Blues • The Kid Is All Right • Married to the Blob • Yellow Subterfuge • Steal This Episode • Specs and the City • The Man Who Grew Too Much • Diggs • The Winter of His Content • The War of Art • You Don't Have to Live Like a Referee • Luca$ • Days of Future Future • What to Expect When Bart's Expecting • Pay Pal • Simpsorama • The Wreck of the Relationship • The Yellow Badge of Cowardge • Super Franchise Me • Clown in the Dumps • Treehouse of Horror XXV • Opposites A-Frack

[1] Bill Plympton Twitter post

[Annie2014-2] The Annie Awards - "42nd Annie Awards" (archived on Wayback Machine)

[3] Television Academy - "Outstanding Sound Mixing For A Comedy Or Drama Series (Half-Hour) And Animation - 2014"

[4] The Simpsons - Entutele.com

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