"Wedding for Disaster" | |
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The Simpsons episode | |
Episode no. | 435 |
Directed by | Chuck Sheetz |
Written by | Joel H. Cohen |
Showrunner(s) | Al Jean |
Production code | LABF05 |
Original air date | March 29, 2009 |
Chalkboard gag | My piggy bank is not entitled to TARP funds |
Couch gag | Four dinner courses resembling Homer, Lisa, Marge, and Bart, and an after-dinner mint resembling Maggie, are served to the Comic Book Guy. He tosses down his napkin after wiping his mouth; its stains form a picture of the family on the couch. |
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Season 20 episodes
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Kelsey Grammer as Sideshow Bob
"Wedding for Disaster" is the fifteenth episode of the twentieth season of The Simpsons. It originally aired on the Fox network in the United States on March 29, 2009. In the episode, Marge and Homer's second marriage turns out to be invalid, so they decide to get married again. Right before the remarriage, Homer goes missing, and Bart and Lisa suspect that he has been kidnapped by Sideshow Bob. The episode was written by Joel H. Cohen and directed by Chuck Sheetz. It features a guest appearance by Kelsey Grammer as Sideshow Bob. Since airing, the episode has received mostly positive reviews from television critics. It was viewed by 6.58 million viewers in its original American broadcast.
The June 28, 2009 rerun of the episode featured a brief alternate opening. Following the death of Michael Jackson three days prior, on June 25, the music video for "Do the Bartman" was shown, followed by a title card in memory of Jackson, showing a still of his appearance as Leon Kompowsky (the big, bald mental patient who was put in the insane asylum for believing he really was Michael Jackson) from the episode "Stark Raving Dad".
His Holiness the Parson, the head of the Presbylutheran denomination, tells Reverend Lovejoy that due to a lapsed ministerial certification various ceremonies he performed are invalid. This affects Homer and Marge, who turn out not to be married as they previously thought. Homer vows to give Marge the perfect wedding he did not give her either of the first two times they got married. Marge is thrilled to be able to plan her dream wedding, but it is not long before she turns into a bridezilla, shooting down all of Homer’s ideas, making impossible demands and mowing down everyone who gets in her way. The day of the wedding finally arrives, and everything is perfect except for one small detail — Homer is missing. At first it appears that Marge has driven him away, but Bart and Lisa stumble on a clue that leads them to believe their father was kidnapped: a keychain with the initials "S.B.".