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Author: Julia Alexander
Couch gags play an instrumental role in each episode of The Simpsons, and this Sunday’s episode is one of the most ambitious in the show’s 31-season history.
The new couch gag is a nod to the situation people around the world currently find themselves in: stuck at home and looking for any kind of entertainment to pass the time. For The Simpson family, that means using VR headsets to go on a series of different adventures around Springfield. Homer is flying a plane, Marge is surfing, Bart is snowboarding down a mountain, Lisa is swimming with whales, and Maggie is riding her tricycle through the empty streets of their hometown.
Easily the most notable aspect of the short is the animation style. This isn’t the fuzzy, warm cartoon that S...
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Couch gags play an instrumental role in each episode of The Simpsons, and this Sunday’s episode is one of the most ambitious in the show’s 31-season history.
The new couch gag is a nod to the situation people around the world currently find themselves in: stuck at home and looking for any kind of entertainment to pass the time. For The Simpson family, that means using VR headsets to go on a series of different adventures around Springfield. Homer is flying a plane, Marge is surfing, Bart is snowboarding down a mountain, Lisa is swimming with whales, and Maggie is riding her tricycle through the empty streets of their hometown.
Easily the most notable aspect of the short is the animation style. This isn’t the fuzzy, warm cartoon that S...
Continue reading…
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