Gump Roast

"Gump Roast"
The Simpsons episode
Episode no.	286
Directed by	Mark Kirkland
Written by	Deb Lacusta and Dan Castellaneta
Showrunner(s)	Al Jean
Production code	DABF12
Original air date	April 21, 2002
Couch gag	The couch is a slot machine that shows Homer, Marge, Bart, and Lisa in the windows. Maggie, however, is replaced by lucky number 7 as a jackpot siren is heard and a pile of gold coins spill out
Commentary	Matt Groening Al Jean Matt Selman John Frink Don Payne Deb Lacusta Tom Gammill Max Pross
Guest appearance(s)
Alec Baldwin as Himself Kim Basinger as Herself *NSYNC as Themselves U2 as themselves Stephen Hawking as Himself Ron Howard as Himself Elton John as himself Lucy Lawless as Herself Larry Mullen, Jr. as Himself Joe Namath as Himself Elizabeth Taylor as Maggie Simpson (All recorded in previous episodes)
Season 13 episodes November 6, 2001 – May 22, 2002 "Treehouse of Horror XII" "The Parent Rap" "Homer the Moe" "A Hunka Hunka Burns in Love" "The Blunder Years" "She of Little Faith" "Brawl in the Family" "Sweets and Sour Marge" "Jaws Wired Shut" "Half-Decent Proposal" "The Bart Wants What It Wants" "The Lastest Gun in the West" "The Old Man and the Key" "Tales from the Public Domain" "Blame It on Lisa" "Weekend at Burnsie's" "Gump Roast" "I Am Furious (Yellow)" "The Sweetest Apu" "Little Girl in the Big Ten" "The Frying Game" "Poppa's Got a Brand New Badge"
Seasons
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28

Alec Baldwin as Himself
Kim Basinger as Herself
*NSYNC as Themselves
U2 as themselves
Stephen Hawking as Himself
Ron Howard as Himself
Elton John as himself
Lucy Lawless as Herself
Larry Mullen, Jr. as Himself
Joe Namath as Himself
Elizabeth Taylor as Maggie Simpson (All recorded in previous episodes)

"Gump Roast" is the seventeenth episode of The Simpsons’ thirteenth season. It originally aired on the Fox network in the United States on April 21, 2002. In the episode, Homer Simpson is honored by the townspeople at a Friars' Club Roast, until it is interrupted by Kang and Kodos.

The episode was directed by Mark Kirkland and was written by Dan Castellaneta and his wife Deb Lacusta. The plot idea for the episode came about when The Simpsons cast members were on hiatus following a payment dispute. This is the fifth and, so far, the last clip show The Simpsons has produced. Instead, the series implements one "trilogy episode" each season. When it was first broadcast, "Gump Roast" received a 5.7 rating and was watched by 12.2 million viewers, making it the 16th most watched television show of the night. However, following its release on DVD and Blu-ray, the episode received negative reviews from critics.

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