"The Simpsons"
Bonfire of the Manatees (2005)

Director:

Mark Kirkland

Writers:

Matt Groening (creator)
James L. Brooks (developer) ...
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TV Series:

"The Simpsons" (1989)

Original Air Date:

11 September 2005 (Season 17, Episode 1)

Genre:

Animation | Comedy

Plot:

When Marge leaves Homer because he allowed an adult movie being shot in their house, she seeks self fulfillment in protecting manatees. |

Plot Keywords:

Manatee | House | School Groundskeeper | Young Boy | Ganesh Statue

Cast

Dan Castellaneta	...	Homer Simpson / Frosty the Snowman (voice)
Julie Kavner	...	Marge Simpson (voice)
Nancy Cartwright	...	Bart Simpson / Homer's cousin's son (voice)
Yeardley Smith	...	Lisa Simpson (voice)
Hank Azaria	...	Bum #2 / Johnny Tightlips / Moe Szyslak / Santa Claus / Director / Carl Carlson / Victor / Homer's cousin / Jetskier #2 (voice)
Harry Shearer	...	Sportscaster / Elf / Lenny Leonard / Jetskier #1 / Mr. Burns / Waylon Smithers (voice)
Alec Baldwin	...	Dr. Caleb Thorn (voice)
Joe Mantegna	...	Fat Tony (voice)
Pamela Hayden	...	Saultery Stevens (voice)
Tress MacNeille	...	Angela Dare / Gwen the waitress / Homer's cousin's wife (voice)
Karl Wiedergott	...	Bum #1 / Jetskier #3 (voice)

Directed by
Mark Kirkland

Writing credits
Matt Groening		(creator)
James L. Brooks		(developer) &
Matt Groening		(developer) &
Sam Simon		(developer)

Produced by
James L. Brooks	....	executive producer
Alexander Duke	....	associate producer
Matt Groening	....	executive producer
Sam Simon	....	executive producer

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Matthew Faughnan	....	assistant director

Art Department
Lisa S. Waggoner	....	assistant color designer

Animation Department
Lucas Gray	....	storyboard artist
Mary Orario	....	character layout artist

Editorial Department
Larry Field	....	telecine colorist

Music Department
Danny Elfman	....	composer: theme "The Simpsons"
Chris Ledesma	....	music editor

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Matt Groening		creator

Produced by
John Bush	....	animation executive producer
Joel Kuwahara	....	animation co-producer
Josh Lieb	....	co-executive producer
Bonita Pietila	....	producer (1999-)
Michael Price	....	producer (2001-)
Michael Price	....	supervising producer (2001-)
Julie Thacker	....	co-executive producer (2003)
Jon F. Vein	....	animation executive producer

Film Editing by
Tim Long

Production Management
Richard Chung	....	animation production manager: Gracie Films (as Richard K. Chung)

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Davy Lauterbach	....	assistant director

Art Department
Jeff 'Swampy' Marsh	....	storyboard artist (multiple episodes)
Chris Reccardi	....	storyboard artist (1992-1993)
Lance Wilder	....	design supervisor (1989-)

Sound Department
Tracy Bolt	....	sound recordist (1998-1999)
Alek Bromke	....	voiceover recording assistant
Colin Cooper	....	voiceover recordist
Colette Dahanne	....	adr mixer
Jesse K-D. Dodd	....	adr recordist
Yuri Gorbachow	....	adr recordist (1991)
Louise Jaffe	....	sound mixer
Ken Kobett	....	sound re-recording mixer
Michael Miller	....	adr recordist
Conner Moore	....	adr recordist
Roger Morris	....	adr mixer
John Rotondi	....	sound engineer: Y4
Eric Shemkovitz	....	adr recordist
Reuben Simon	....	sound effects editor (1998-1999)
Jonathan Sola	....	sound effects editor
Wade Wilson	....	sound editor (1998-2000)

Visual Effects by
Simon de Jong	....	visual effects
Adam Howard	....	digital compositor
Andy Jolliff	....	digital compositor
Steven J. Scott	....	digital compositor

Camera and Electrical Department
Ron Eisenberg	....	still photographer

Animation Department
Lolee Aries	....	animation producer
Marcos Asprec	....	character layout artist
Jeanette Bose	....	character layout artist
Arnold Doong	....	background layout artist (2000)
Julie Forte	....	animator
Erick Geisler	....	background color key (season 1)
Aimee Major	....	character layout artist (2004-2005)
Ted Mathot	....	character layout artist (1994-1995)
Nollan Obena	....	character layout artist
William Powloski	....	animator
Anthony Ho Wong	....	character layout artist
Gary Yap	....	animator

Casting Department
Jenifer Newman	....	casting assistant (1994-1995)

Editorial Department
Patrick Buchanan	....	color timer
Geoffrey Mark	....	post-production coordinator

Music Department
Frank Bennett	....	orchestrator
Brad Dechter	....	orchestrator
Jason Lloyd	....	scoring assistant
Don Nemitz	....	orchestrator
Gregory Prechel	....	orchestrator
John Rodd	....	orchestral scoring recordist
John Rotondi	....	scoring engineer: Y4
Tom Steel	....	scoring assistant
Damon Tedesco	....	scoring assistant

Other crew
Greg Camilleri	....	executive assistant to vice president of production
Justin J. Carter	....	assistant to producer
Joel H. Cohen	....	story editor
Kim Everett	....	assistant to producers
Michael Gerard	....	retakes
Kelly Helstrom	....	assistant: David Mirkin
Claudia Hitchcock	....	assistant: Mr. Scully
Lawrence Jonas	....	assistant to producer
Kian Kaul	....	assistant to writer
Ani Martirossians	....	production assistant
Jessica Petelle	....	assistant to producer

Production Companies

• 20th Century Fox Television
• Gracie Films

Runtime:

Argentina:30 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Certification:

Argentina:Atp

Company:

20th Century Fox Television

Movie Connections:

References The Bonfire of the Vanities (1990)

Soundtrack:

Car Wash

One of the best recent episodes in memory

This one has everything, sea cows, rubes, Alec Baldwin, this episode is absolutely great. I never tire of watching it. It is one of those episodes that starts out completely off the wall and keeps going from there. **SPOILERS** Marge leaves homer and goes to the sea, where she meets a manatee expert played by Alec Baldwin. He shows her his world, and invites her to join him as he saves the dugones. We find out that they are quite stupid simple creatures and are definitely not helping their own survival. Homer finally comes to his senses and comes after her, first stopping by Santa's little helpers cousins house to visit. hilarity ensues as he continually refers to everyone as rubes, finally of course reuniting with Marge in the end for a happy ending. worth checking out.