Homerazzi
| "Homerazzi" | |
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Promotional artwork for "Homerazzi". In the photos, top to bottom: the tabloid editor, Enrico Irritazio and Betty White.
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| Episode no. | 394 |
| Directed by | Matthew Nastuk |
| Written by | J. Stewart Burns |
| Showrunner(s) | Al Jean |
| Production code | JABF06 |
| Original air date | March 25, 2007 |
| Chalkboard gag | "Global Warming did not eat my homework" |
| Couch gag | Homer goes from prehistory to modern history as he starts out as a unicellular being and evolves into many creatures until he finally reaches the modern day and evolves into the present Homer. When he comes in the house, Marge asks Homer, "what took you so long?” and Homer sighs in exhaustion. |
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J. K. Simmons as Tabloid editor |
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Season 18 episodes
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J. K. Simmons as Tabloid editor
Betty White as Herself
Jon Lovitz as Enrico Irritazio
"Homerazzi" is the sixteenth episode of the eighteenth season of The Simpsons. It originally aired on the Fox network in the United States on March 25, 2007. It was written by J. Stewart Burns, directed by Matthew Nastuk, and guest starred 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.
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, and Marge purchases a fire-proof safe to protect the family's valuables as a precaution. Each family member places one item in the safe, but after it is closed, the items combine to start a fire that destroys both them and the safe. Refusing to accept the loss of all their memories, Marge decides to restage all of the family photos. One shot captures a celebrity sex scandal (Duffman dating Boobarella, despite Duffman being in a committed relationship with a homosexual man) and allows the Simpsons to strike tabloid gold. Tasting success and seeing money to be made, Homer takes to the streets as one of the paparazzi.
Overnight, Homer becomes Springfield's most valued tabloid photographer, provoking several local celebrities to commit embarrassing or criminal acts and then snapping pictures of them. After he gate-crashes Rainier Wolfcastle and Maria Shriver Kennedy Quimby's wedding, the celebrities turn the tables on him by hiring top paparazzo Enrico Irritazio to get photos of Homer on his worst behavior (showering at a fire hydrant, letting Maggie drive while trying to beat up Enrico, and burning a jury duty card). Seeing these photos in the tabloids prompts Homer to give up the paparazzi business temporarily, but Lenny and Carl persuade him to resume his work, using a camera that Moe had hidden in the ladies' room of his tavern. Immediately after Moe gives Homer the camera, two women enter the bar and ask to use the restroom so they can trade bras and [ redirect to:undergarments|panties]], infuriating Moe since he's no longer have the camera to spy on them.
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