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Simpsons fans may remember a particular couch-gag from last month’s episode, “Diggs,” created by French animator Sylvain Chomet. It was a stylistically distinct, hand-drawn take on the gag and it made ...

Indie animation king Bill Plympton just couldn’t stay away from “The Simpsons.” The Oscar nominee returns to animate the couch gag for Sunday’s episode, “22 for 30,” which is a spoof of ESPN’s ...

The Simpsons showrunner explains why the iconic and elaborate couch gags don’t appear every episode, and why story always ...

While the limited animation of The Simpsons is no match for the lush rubbery beauty of 1930s Disney theatrical shorts, the show’s opening couch gag this week is a fair homage to the extraordinary ...

Couch gags play an instrumental role in each episode of The Simpsons, and this Sunday’s episode is one of the most ambitious in the show’s 31-season history. The new couch gag is a nod to the ...

Homer (Dan Castellaneta), Marge (Julie Kavner), Lisa (Yeardley Smith), Maggie, and Bart (Nancy Cartwright) sit on the couch on The Simpsons - Fox As of this writing, "The Simpsons" has been on the air ...

For 23 seasons, part of watching The Simpsons is wondering what might happen during the opening credits when the Simpsons arrived in their living room and piled on the couch together. There's no way ...