"Homerazzi" is the sixteenth episode of the eighteenth season of The Simpsons, which originally aired March 25, 2007. It was written by J. Stewart Burns and directed Matthew Nastuk. Guest starring J.K. Simmons as the Tabloid editor, Betty White as Herself and Jon Lovitz as Enrico Irritazio. The full-length opening sequence and couch gag ran for over 2 minutes and 20 seconds, making it one of the longest in the history of the show.^[1] Simpsons redirects here. ... Image File history File links Size of this preview: 495 × 599 pixel Image in higher resolution (833 × 1008 pixel, file size: 694 KB, MIME type: image/png) Promotional artwork for Simpsons episode Homerazzi. ©2007 Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation This is a copyrighted image that has been released by a... March 25 is the 84th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (85th in leap years). ... 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era. ... 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Synopsis

After failing to blow out all the candles on his birthday cake, an exhausted Homer falls asleep, igniting his party hat on the flames. The burning house is saved by the Springfield fire department who inspire Marge to purchase a fire-proof safe to protect the family's valuables. Each family member puts one special item inside the safe, Marge choosing the family photo album; Homer, an old bottle of cologne; Lisa, an electric Malibu Stacy car; Bart, a walking Krusty doll. When they lock the safe, Bart's doll was switched on, which walks into the car, turning on its headlights which heat the cologne and cause the safe to explode, destroying everything inside. Refusing to accept the loss of all their memories, Marge decides to re-stage all of the family's photographs, and when the family spot a celebrity dating scandal captured in the background of one of their photos, the Simpsons strike tabloid gold. Tasting success and seeing money to be made, Homer takes to the streets as one of the paparazzi. Homer Jay Simpson is a fictional character in the animated television series The Simpsons, voiced by Dan Castellaneta. ... Marjorie Marge Simpson (née Bouvier) is a fictional character featured in the animated television series The Simpsons and is voiced by Julie Kavner. ... Lisa Marie Simpson is a character in the animated television series The Simpsons, voiced by Yeardley Smith. ... Although The Simpsons is itself a show populated by fictional characters (see: List of characters from The Simpsons), save celebrities who make cameos as themselves, there are a number of characters within the shows universe who are fictional to the Simpsons characters themselves (see also: Show-within-a-show). ... Bart and his sister Lisa Simpson as news anchors. ... Congressman Herschel Pinkus Yerucham Krustofski (Hebrew: הרשל שמויקל פינקוס ירוחם קרסטופסקי, born c. ... For the 2006 game, see Paparazzi (game). ...

Overnight, Homer becomes Springfield's most valued tabloid photographer, staging incriminating photographs of, amongst others, Drederick Tatum and Rich Texan's daughter, Paris Texan (a parody of Paris Hilton). After Homer gatecrashes Rainier Wolfcastle's wedding, the town's celebrities decide to seek revenge against Homer by having top paparazzo Enrico Irritazi follow him around taking humiliating pictures. After seeing his own behaviour published in a tabloid magazine, Homer gives up the paparazzi business until re-inspired by Moe to continue. For recurring characters who are associated with the Mafia, see Springfield Mafia. ... For recurring characters who are associated with the Mafia, see Springfield Mafia. ... In contemporary usage, a parody is a work that imitates another work in order to ridicule, ironically comment on, or poke some affectionate fun at the work itself, the subject of the work, the author or fictional voice of the parody, or another subject. ... Paris Whitney Hilton (born February 17, 1981) is an American celebrity and socialite. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ...

Bursting into a decadent celebrity nightspot, Homer takes a slew of compromising photos. Rainier Wolfcastle asks him how the celebrities can stop the photos from making the papers and Homer agrees not to publish them in exchange for them treating the public with more respect and not taking their fans for granted. Rainier invites the Simpsons to a BBQ party on his ship. Marge asks Rainier to look at a screenplay she wrote called "Mrs. Mom". Rainier says that he doesn't read unsolicited scripts, but then makes the film himself, crediting himself as the writer. Marge sighs that "Well, at least it got made." and walks off with Homer.

Casting

In the original Fox press release, Peter Wolf and Harry Hamlin were announced as guest stars for this episode.^[2] However, neither of them made an appearance in the broadcast version. This episode marks the return of several guest stars; it is the ninth appearance of Jon Lovitz and the second of J.K. Simmons and Betty White. J.K. Simmons had previously guest-starred in "Moe'N'a Lisa", playing another editor. In both episodes his character was a parody of his J. Jonah Jameson from the Spider-Man movies, though the one in this episode bears less of a physical resemblance to Jameson. Peter Wolf (born Peter Blankfield on March 7, 1946) is an American rock and roll musician, best known as the lead vocalist for the J. Geils Band from 1967 to 1982. ... Harry Hamlin (born October 30, 1951) is an American actor. ... MoeNa Lisa is an episode from the eighteenth season of The Simpsons. ... J. Jonah Jameson (also known as J.J., Jolly Jonah Jameson , or J.J.J.) is a fictional supporting character featured in Marvel Comics’s Spider-Man series. ...

Cultural references

• The title is a reference to the word "paparazzi".
• Sideshow Mel was eating an American flag. This might be a reference to the Futurama episode A Taste of Freedom, when Dr. Zoidberg does the same thing twice.
• The couch gag is a parody of the music video for Fatboy Slim's Right Here Right Now and the Rite of Spring sequence from Disney's Fantasia.
• The "Happy 1987" restaged picture shows Homer, Lisa, Bart, and Maggie as they were from the Tracey Ullman Show.
• The song played at Rainer Wolfcastle's wedding is Johann Pachelbel's "Canon in D".
• When the family reenact the Star Trek: Voyager series finale party, Lenny is dressed as Seven of Nine and Dr. Hibbert is dressed as Tuvok.

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References

1. ^ http://popwatch.ew.com/popwatch/2007/03/simpsons_evolut.html
2. ^ [1]

External links

• "Homerazzi" at TV.com