A Star Is Born Again
| "A Star Is Born Again" | |
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| The Simpsons episode | |
| Episode no. | 304 |
| Directed by | Michael Marcantel |
| Written by | Brian Kelley |
| Showrunner(s) | Al Jean |
| Production code | EABF08 |
| Original air date | March 2, 2003 |
| Couch gag | The Simpsons are marionettes, who fail to reach the couch when they get caught up in each other’s strings. The camera pans up to reveal Matt Groening as the puppet master, who throws down his marionettes in frustration. |
| Commentary |
Al Jean Brian Kelley Ian Maxtone-Graham Matt Selman Dan Castellaneta Michael Marcantel Mike B. Anderson David Silverman |
| Guest appearance(s) | |
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Helen Fielding as herself |
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Season 14 episodes
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Helen Fielding as herself
James L. Brooks as himself
Marisa Tomei as Sara Sloane
"A Star Is Born Again" is the 13th episode from The Simpsons' fourteenth season. It first aired on the Fox network in the United States on March 2, 2003. The episode owes much of its plot to Notting Hill (1999). While that film is about an actress (Julia Roberts) finding happiness with the owner of an independent bookstore, the Simpsons episode features Hollywood movie star Sara Sloane (Marisa Tomei) falling for Ned Flanders after visiting the Leftorium. The episode title is a reference to being born again, meaning a person who has converted to a personal faith in Jesus Christ for salvation.
This is the only Simpsons episode in which the same person has been accredited with two different names, where James L. Brooks is credited as the Executive Producer and Executive Creative Consultant, and again as Jim Brooks as a Special Guest Voice.
During the annual Jellyfish Festival, which welcomes back the Stinging Red Jellyfish to the shores of Springfield, Ned Flanders becomes depressed because he is alone. The other adults have partners with whom to spend a romantic evening at the Jellyfish Cotillion, and this is Ned's first festival without his wife Maude.
Ned returns to the Leftorium to work on his taxes and take his mind off things. There he meets a woman named Sara Sloane, who is after a pair of left-handed eyelash curlers. After chatting with Ned she asks him out on a date. After she leaves Ned notices a movie poster with Sara's face on it, which she is a movie star.
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