Attention all Canadian "Simpsons" fans! Hope you're sitting down (on a couch, natch).
To celebrate the 24th season of the longest-running scripted show in TV history, Global Television, 20th Century Fox Television and Gracie Films are inviting Canadian fans to develop their own “couch gag” segment for "The Simpsons" opening credits.
One lucky contest winner will have his or her idea brought to life and featured in the Canadian season finale, airing in May 2013.
Fans are encouraged to submit written ideas (50 words or less) from December 5 to 24. Submissions will be reviewed, and written summaries of the top three picks will be posted online in January. Fans will then vote for their favourite; the fan-favourite submission will be animated and premiere during the Canadian season finale episode.
In addition to having his or her couch gag featured in the season finale, the winner will receive a four-day/three-night trip for two to Los Angeles to visit "The Simpsons" animation studio Film Roman, a seat at a script read with "The Simpsons" cast and crew and a one-of-a-kind illustration from his/her winning couch gag plus a special prize pack.
"The Simpsons" airs Sunday nights at 8 p.m. EST/PST on Global TV in Canada.
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The Simpsons Season 24
In the 23rd annual "Treehouse of Horror," we go back to ancient times when a Mayan Homer and Marge are witness to the prediction that 2012 will be the end of the world, the Springfield Subatomic Supercollider creates a black hole that terrorizes the city, a little unholy pact Marge when she was younger makes things go bump in the night and Bart travels to 1974 to buy a comic book at cover price but inadvertently disrupts Homer and Marge's courtship in the all-new "Treehouse of Horror XXIII."
The Simpsons Season 24
In the 23rd annual "Treehouse of Horror," we go back to ancient times when a Mayan Homer and Marge are witness to the prediction that 2012 will be the end of the world, the Springfield Subatomic Supercollider creates a black hole that terrorizes the city, a little unholy pact Marge when she was younger makes things go bump in the night and Bart travels to 1974 to buy a comic book at cover price but inadvertently disrupts Homer and Marge's courtship in the all-new "Treehouse of Horror XXIII."
The Simpsons Season 24
In the 23rd annual "Treehouse of Horror," we go back to ancient times when a Mayan Homer and Marge are witness to the prediction that 2012 will be the end of the world, the Springfield Subatomic Supercollider creates a black hole that terrorizes the city, a little unholy pact Marge when she was younger makes things go bump in the night and Bart travels to 1974 to buy a comic book at cover price but inadvertently disrupts Homer and Marge's courtship in the all-new "Treehouse of Horror XXIII."
The Simpsons Season 24
The Simpsons Season 24
In the 23rd annual "Treehouse of Horror," we go back to ancient times when a Mayan Homer and Marge are witness to the prediction that 2012 will be the end of the world, the Springfield Subatomic Supercollider creates a black hole that terrorizes the city, a little unholy pact Marge when she was younger makes things go bump in the night and Bart travels to 1974 to buy a comic book at cover price but inadvertently disrupts Homer and Marge's courtship in the all-new "Treehouse of Horror XXIII."
The Simpsons Season 24
In the 23rd annual "Treehouse of Horror," we go back to ancient times when a Mayan Homer and Marge are witness to the prediction that 2012 will be the end of the world, the Springfield Subatomic Supercollider creates a black hole that terrorizes the city, a little unholy pact Marge when she was younger makes things go bump in the night and Bart travels to 1974 to buy a comic book at cover price but inadvertently disrupts Homer and Marge's courtship in the all-new "Treehouse of Horror XXIII."
The Simpsons Season 24
The Simpsons Season 24
In the 23rd annual "Treehouse of Horror," we go back to ancient times when a Mayan Homer and Marge are witness to the prediction that 2012 will be the end of the world, the Springfield Subatomic Supercollider creates a black hole that terrorizes the city, a little unholy pact Marge when she was younger makes things go bump in the night and Bart travels to 1974 to buy a comic book at cover price but inadvertently disrupts Homer and Marge's courtship in the all-new "Treehouse of Horror XXIII."
The Simpsons Season 24
Marge Simpson.
The Simpsons Season 24
Maggie, Lisa and Bart Simpson.
The Simpsons Season 24
Home Simpson.
The Simpsons Season 24
The Simpsons.
The Simpsons Season 24
Bart travels to New York City to reconnect with his long-lost love, Mary Spuckler (guest voice Zooey Deschanel), who left Springfield and her back woods family to reinvent herself in the Big Apple in the "Moonshine River" season premiere.
The Simpsons Season 24
Bart travels to New York City to reconnect with his long-lost love, Mary Spuckler (guest voice Zooey Deschanel), who left Springfield and her back woods family to reinvent herself in the Big Apple in the "Moonshine River" season premiere.
The Simpsons Season 24
Bart travels to New York City to reconnect with his long-lost love, Mary Spuckler (guest voice Zooey Deschanel), who left Springfield and her back woods family to reinvent herself in the Big Apple in the "Moonshine River" season premiere.
The Simpsons Season 24
Bart travels to New York City to reconnect with his long-lost love, Mary Spuckler (guest voice Zooey Deschanel), who left Springfield and her back woods family to reinvent herself in the Big Apple in the "Moonshine River" season premiere.
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By Chris Jancelewicz | Posted: 12/05/2012 1:54 pm EST