Halloween means different things to different people: Candy, Costumes, Sluts, More Candy, Drinking, Super Sluts, Slutty Slut Sluts. But here at BWE.tv, Halloween brings to mind only one thing: The Simpsons Treehouse of Horror Special. This year, the long running cartoon is up to their 19th THOH, and as luck would have it, we were able to catch a sneak peek of it’s gory goodness.
The verdict? Pretty hilarious. But one thing that stuck out to me more this year than years past was just how hip The Simpsons are. The show is famous for its references, but Treehouse of Horror XIX is chock full of shockingly timely homages. The show opens with Homer Simpson attempting to vote for Barack Obama — convenient as the episode airs on November 2, two nights before election day — and goes on to parody the Transformers franchise.
But by far the HIPPEST thing about the new THOH episode? Simpsonizing the addictive Mad Men opening credits.
Yup, that’s Homer’s shadow, nicely filling out the sleek 6-packiness of Don Draper.
The Simpsons meets Mad Men screencaps continue ahead!
The segment is called “How To Get Ahead in Dead-Vertising”, and the credits are PERFECTION. Not only were they able to snag the theme song, A Beautiful Mine by RJD2, they captured and reimagined each and every frame to fit beautifully with both Mad Men and The Simpsons.
Who knew that two things I loved so dearly would come together so beautifully. Check out the original opening here for comparison.
Make sure to check on The Simpsons Treehouse of Horror XIX on November 2 at 8 PM on Fox for the entire opening credits montage!
