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The Simpsons: Season 15, Episode 14

The Ziff Who Came to Dinner (14 Mar. 2004)

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Artie Ziff turns out to be hiding out in the attic of the Simpsons.

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Homer Simpson (voice)
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Homer takes Bart and Lisa (along with Rod and Todd) to see a horror film at the local multiplex. Traumatised, Bart and Lisa believe the attic to be haunted but, it turns out to be Artie Ziff whose been hiding there after becoming bankrupt. Homer and Marge reluctantly allow him to stay with the family. Written by Gaius Antarcticus

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Homer takes Artie Ziff to Moe's tavern. We see Professor Lombardo, Aristotle Amadopoulis, Llewellyn Sinclair and Jay Sherman sitting at the bar. They all, along with Ziff, were voiced by Jon Lovitz in other episodes. See more »

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Homer Simpson: Don't tell my kids I'm going to jail. Tell them I joined the Blue Man Group. I'm the fat one.
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Spoofs 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) See more »

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"Mambo No. 5"
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