The Wayz We Were
"The Wayz We Were" is the fourth episode of the thirty-third season of the American animated television series ''The Simpsons'', and the 710th episode overall. It aired in the United States on Fox on October 17, 2021. The episode was directed by Matthew Nastuk and written by Joel H. Cohen. In this episode, Moe reunites with his former love Maya while the Simpsons deal with the traffic in their neighborhood. Pamela Reed guest starred as Ruth Powers. Musician Trey Anastasio appeared as himself. The episode received mixed reviews. Plot Evergreen Terrace's street is overcome by a major traffic jam and everyone is miserable. Meanwhile, Moe Szyslak is sitting in his car waiting for the traffic to move when he sees a maroon car behind him and believes he remembers it from his past. Later that night, the Simpson family call the entire neighborhood to discuss the traffic problem, and learn that the entire family is highly disliked due to their annoying antics. After realizing the neig ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Matthew Nastuk
Matthew Nastuk is an American animation director on ''The Simpsons''. He started directing during the tenth season, and has since directed over two dozen episodes and continues to direct today. ''The Simpsons'' episodes He has directed the following episodes: Season 10 *"D'oh-in' in the Wind" *"Make Room for Lisa" Season 11 *"Grift of the Magi" Season 12 *"Treehouse of Horror XI" *"Worst Episode Ever" Season 13 *"Brawl in the Family (The Simpsons), Brawl in the Family" *"The Sweetest Apu" Season 14 *"Barting Over" Season 15 *"The Fat and the Furriest" *"Milhouse Doesn't Live Here Anymore" *"Catch 'Em If You Can" Season 16 *"She Used to Be My Girl" *"The Seven-Beer Snitch" Season 17 *"The Last of the Red Hat Mamas" *"Homer Simpson, This Is Your Wife" Season 18 *"Ice Cream of Margie (with the Light Blue Hair)" *"Homerazzi" *"You Kent Always Say What You Want" Season 19 *"Midnight Towboy" *"The Debarted" Season 20 *"Lisa the Drama Queen" *"Father Knows Worst" Season 21 *"On ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Eeny Teeny Maya Moe
"Eeny Teeny Maya Moe" is the sixteenth episode of the The Simpsons season 20, twentieth season of the American animated television series ''The Simpsons''. It originally aired on the Fox Broadcasting Company, Fox network in the United States on April 5, 2009. Moe Szyslak, Moe falls in love with a woman named Maya, whom he met over the Internet. When Moe meets her in person, she turns out to be a Dwarfism, little person. They remain in love, but his tactless attitude to her size eventually drives her away. Meanwhile, in an attempt to spend more time with Maggie Simpson, Maggie, Homer Simpson, Homer inadvertently drops her off at a playground full of bullies. This episode is best known for making the series surpass ''The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet'', which had 435 episodes. Plot Homer Simpson, Homer attempts to spend more time with Maggie Simpson, Maggie and ends up bringing her to Moe's Tavern. Moe Szyslak, Moe is cleaning up the bar for a date, and finds out he actually has ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Screen Rant
''Screen Rant'' is an entertainment website that offers news in the fields of television, films, video games, and comic books. It is owned by Valnet, parent of publications including Comic Book Resources, Collider, MovieWeb and XDA Developers. History ''Screen Rant'' was launched by Vic Holtreman in 2003, and had its office in Saint-Laurent, Quebec, Canada. In February 2015, ''Screen Rant'' was acquired by Valnet, an online media company based in Montreal, Quebec. It was combined with its sister site, ''Game Rant'', in 2019, when Valnet acquired the other publication. After agreeing to sell Screen Rant to Valnet, founder Vic Holtreman, who had served as the company's CEO, retired. ''Screen Rant'' features a video series called ' by YouTube comedian Ryan George. By 2025, the series included over 400 videos, garnering a combined 400 million views. In the series, George Dual role, plays both a screenwriter and a film producer in a Pitch (filmmaking), pitch for a film or television ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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The Strong Arms Of The Ma
"The Strong Arms of the Ma" is the ninth episode of the fourteenth season of the American animated television series ''The Simpsons''. It originally aired on the Fox network in the United States on February 2, 2003. It is the 300th episode to be broadcast; though " Barting Over" is indicated on-screen to be the 300th episode, it is actually the 302nd. In the episode, Marge develops agoraphobia in response to a traumatic mugging and overcomes the fear through exercise and bodybuilding, which leads to her taking anabolic steroids and experiencing a change in personality. Carolyn Omine wrote the episode, and Pete Michels directed. Pamela Reed guest starred as recurring character Ruth Powers. Plot The Simpson family goes to Rainier Wolfcastle's bankruptcy garage sale. Homer asks Rainier if he has anything that will increase in value when he dies, and is shown an old weight-lifting set, complete with dumbbells and bench press, which he ends up buying. While loading the car with the ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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The Simpsons Season 14
The fourteenth season of the American animated sitcom ''The Simpsons'' aired on Fox between November 3, 2002 and May 18, 2003. It was produced by Gracie Films and 20th Century Fox Television. The show runner for the fourteenth production season was Al Jean, who executive produced 21 of 22 episodes. The other episode, " How I Spent My Strummer Vacation", was run by Mike Scully. The fourteenth season has met with mostly positive reviews and won two Primetime Emmy Awards, including Outstanding Animated Program (For Programming less than One Hour), four Annie Awards and a Writers Guild of America Award. This season contains the show's 300th episode, " Barting Over". Production Writers credited with episodes in the fourteenth season included J. Stewart Burns, Kevin Curran, John Frink & Don Payne, Dana Gould, Dan Greaney, Brian Kelley, Tim Long, Ian Maxtone-Graham, Carolyn Omine, Mike Scully, Matt Selman, John Swartzwelder, Matt Warburton and Marc Wilmore. Freelance writers include ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Marge On The Lam
"Marge on the Lam" is the sixth episode of the fifth season of the American animated television series ''The Simpsons''. It originally aired on the Fox network in the United States on November 4, 1993. After Marge invites her neighbor Ruth Powers to attend a ballet recital, they become friends. Homer grows jealous of their friendship and pursues them, resulting in a police chase led by Chief Wiggum that ends in near-disaster. The episode, which serves largely as a parody of ''Thelma & Louise'' and the '' Dragnet'' franchise, was written by Bill Canterbury and directed by Mark Kirkland. Phil Hartman, Pamela Reed and George Fenneman were the guest stars. Plot After donating money to a telethon, Marge receives complimentary ballet tickets. Marge guilts Homer into accompanying her by reminding him of how he once volunteered as a test subject in a United States Army experiment to avoid visiting Patty and Selma with her. However, Homer gets both of his arms stuck in a pair of vendin ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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The Simpsons Season 5
The fifth season of the American animated sitcom ''The Simpsons'' aired on Fox Broadcasting Company, Fox between September 30, 1993 and May 19, 1994. The showrunner for the fifth production season was David Mirkin who executive produced 20 episodes, with the season being produced by Gracie Films and 20th Century Fox Television. Al Jean and Mike Reiss executive produced the remaining two, which were both hold overs that were produced for the The Simpsons season 4, previous season. The season contains some of the series' most acclaimed and popular episodes, including "Cape Feare", "Lisa vs. Malibu Stacy", "Homer Goes to College", "Deep Space Homer", and "Rosebud (The Simpsons), Rosebud". It also includes the 100th episode, "Sweet Seymour Skinner's Baadasssss Song". The season was nominated for two Primetime Emmy Awards and won an Annie Award for Best Animated Television Program as well as an Environmental Media Awards, Environmental Media Award and a Genesis Awards, Genesis Award. ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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The Simpsons Season 4
The fourth season of the American animated sitcom ''The Simpsons'' aired on Fox between September 24, 1992 and May 13, 1993. It began with " Kamp Krusty". The showrunners for the fourth production season were Al Jean and Mike Reiss, with the season being produced by Gracie Films and 20th Century Fox Television. The aired season contained two episodes which were hold-over episodes from season three, which Jean and Reiss also ran. Following the end of the production of the season, Jean, Reiss and most of the original writing staff left the show. The season was nominated for two Primetime Emmy Awards and Dan Castellaneta would win one for his performance as Homer and Barney in " Mr. Plow". The fourth season was released on DVD in Region 1 on June 15, 2004, Region 2 on August 2, 2004, and in Region 4 on August 25, 2004. Development The season was executive produced by Al Jean and Mike Reiss, who had also run the previous season. Several of the show's original writers who had bee ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Animation Magazine
''Animation Magazine'' is an American print magazine and website covering the animation industry and education, as well as visual effects. The print magazine is published 10 times a year in the United States. History ''Animation Magazine'' was founded in August 1987 by Terry Thoren, inspired by the success of the newspaper ''Animation News'', which had been distributed over the previous six months to help promote Thoren's short-film compilations, Tournees of Animation. The print edition is published 10 times a year in the United States. Editorial covers all forms of animation: 2D animation, 3D for animation and visual effects, and stop-motion. A digital version www.animationmagazine.net was created in 2006. The company also publishes a daily weekday newsletter that covers the world of animation art, business and technology including software reviews. Profile Animation Magazine Inc, publishes annual Tradeshow Calendars, A Career and Education guide and 5 special Oscar and Emmy ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Tom Root
Thomas R. Root (born September 20, 1973) is an American screenwriting, writer, television producer, producer, television director, director and voice acting, voice actor for ''Robot Chicken''. Early life Root was born in Iowa City, Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa. He attended Central Michigan University, graduating with a degree in journalism. While at CMU, Root edited the student newspaper ''CM Life''. Career Root was one of the original staffers of ''ToyFare'' magazine, and was a staff writer and copy editor for Wizard Entertainment's family of publications. While at ''ToyFare'' he was a co-writer of the magazine's 's popular ''Twisted ToyFare Theatre'' feature. Root co-wrote ''Writers on Comics Scriptwriting'', vol. 2, with Andrew Kardon in 2004. He also wrote Archie Comics' 200th issue of ''Jughead Jones, Jughead'' in 2010. Root and ''Robot Chicken'' co-creator Matthew Senreich created the Adult Swim series ''Titan Maximum'' which premiered on September 27, 2009. He was a writer on L ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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John Harvatine IV
John Harvatine IV is an American producer, director and stop-motion animator best known for his work on the television show ''Robot Chicken''. In 2010, Harvatine, Eric Towner, Matthew Senreich, and Seth Green launched Stoopid Buddy Stoodios, as part of Stoopid Monkey LLC. Harvatine is represented by The Gotham Group. In 2016, as of the executive producers for ''Robot Chicken'', Harvatine received an Emmy Award in the category "Outstanding Short-Format Animated Program" for his work on the " Born Again Virgin Christmas Special" episode of ''Robot Chicken'', as well as in 2018 for ''Robot Chicken'' in the same category. Harvatine and Towner are directing ''Superbago'', a mixed stop-motion and live-action film developed with Sony Pictures Animation. Development began in 2014. Stoopid Buddy is also developing ''Extraordinary Believers'' as an Xbox Original and '' WWE Slam City'', which was formerly a web series, for Nickelodeon. He has also guest directed for ''The Simpsons'' on tw ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |