"The Simpsons" Funeral for a Fiend (2007)

Director:

Rob Oliver

Writers:

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

"The Simpsons" (1989)

Original Air Date:

25 November 2007 (Season 19, Episode 8)

Genre:

Animation | Comedy | Family

Plot:

Bart is responsible for Sideshow Bob's death after his latest attempt at revenge is foiled, but is his death actually part of the plan? |

Plot Keywords:

Fugitive | Television Commercial | Vendetta | Cremation | Nitroglycerin

Cast

Dan Castellaneta	...	Homer Simpson / Itchy / Krusty / Talking Frog (voice)
Julie Kavner	...	Marge Simpson (voice)
Nancy Cartwright	...	Bart Simpson (voice)
Yeardley Smith	...	Lisa Simpson (voice)
Hank Azaria	...	Moe Szyslak / Luigi Risotto / Cletus / Chief Wiggum / Snake Jailbird / Wes Doobner / Car Stereo Salesman / Camcorder Salesman / Cashier / Bailiff (voice)
Harry Shearer	...	Kent Brockman / Judge Snyder / Lenny Leonard / Dr. Hibbert / Commercial Announcer (voice)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Kelsey Grammer	...	Sideshow Bob (voice)
Pamela Hayden	...	Milhouse Van Houten (voice)
David Hyde Pierce	...	Cecil Terwilliger (voice)
Tress MacNeille	...	Dame Judith Underdunk / Opal / Gino Terwilliger / Female Circuit Circus Employee (voice)
John Mahoney	...	Dr. Robert Terwilliger, Sr. (voice)
Keith Olbermann	...	Himself (voice)
Karl Wiedergott	...	Circuit Circus Employee / Ryan Lief / Lawyer (voice)

Directed by
Rob Oliver

Writing credits
Matt Groening		(creator)
James L. Brooks		(developer) &
Matt Groening		(developer) &
Sam Simon		(developer)
Michael Price		(written by)

Produced by
Larina Adamson	....	supervising producer (as Larina Jean Adamson)
James L. Brooks	....	executive producer
J. Stewart Burns	....	co-executive producer
Daniel Chun	....	producer
Joel H. Cohen	....	co-executive producer
Kevin Curran	....	co-executive producer
John Frink	....	co-executive producer
Tom Gammill	....	producer
Dan Greaney	....	producer
Matt Groening	....	executive producer
Ron Hauge	....	co-executive producer
Al Jean	....	executive producer
Brian Kelley	....	consulting producer
Rob LaZebnik	....	co-executive producer
Tim Long	....	executive producer
Ian Maxtone-Graham	....	executive producer
David Mirkin	....	producer
Bill Odenkirk	....	co-executive producer
Carolyn Omine	....	consulting producer
Don Payne	....	consulting producer
Bonita Pietila	....	line producer
Michael Price	....	co-executive producer
Max Pross	....	producer
Richard Raynis	....	line producer
Mike Reiss	....	producer
Richard Sakai	....	line producer
Mike Scully	....	producer
Matt Selman	....	executive producer
Sam Simon	....	executive producer
Denise Sirkot	....	line producer
Matt Warburton	....	supervising producer
Jeff Westbrook	....	supervising producer
Marc Wilmore	....	co-executive producer

Original Music by
Alf Clausen

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Mark Kirkland	....	supervising director

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

Sound Department
Alan Decker	....	sound re-recording mixer
Mark Linden	....	sound re-recording mixer

Animation Department
Karen Carnegie Johnson	....	retake director
Drew McPhail	....	assistant retake director
Dane Romley	....	character layout artist

Editorial Department
Larry Field	....	telecine colorist
Kurtis Kunsak	....	assistant editor

Music Department
Scott Clausen	....	orchestrator
Dell Hake	....	orchestrator
Chris Ledesma	....	music editor
Steven L. Smith	....	music preparation

Other crew
Greg Saraceno	....	production accountant
Erica Volk	....	production assistant

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Matt Groening		creator

Film Editing by
Tim Long

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

Sound Department
Alek Bromke	....	voiceover recording assistant
Colin Cooper	....	voiceover recordist
Colette Dahanne	....	adr mixer
Jesse Dodd	....	adr recordist (as Jesse K-D. Dodd)
Yuri Gorbachow	....	adr recordist (1991)
Louise Jaffe	....	sound mixer
Conner Moore	....	adr recordist
Roger Morris	....	adr mixer
John Rotondi	....	sound engineer: Y4
Eric Shemkovitz	....	adr recordist

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

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

Animation Department
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

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
Michael Gerard	....	retakes
Lawrence Jonas	....	assistant to producer
Kian Kaul	....	assistant to writer
Ani Martirossians	....	production assistant

Production Companies

• Gracie Films
• 20th Century Fox Television

Distributors

• Fox Network (2007) (USA) (TV) (original airing)
• Pro 7 (2008) (Germany) (TV)
• TV6 (2008) (Hungary) (TV)

Runtime:

30 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

USA:TV-PG (1997-Present)

Company:

Gracie Films

Trivia:

John Mahoney also played father to Kelsey Grammer and David Hyde Pierce on "Frasier" (1993).

Goofs:

Continuity: During the court scene, the hair of the man sitting to the left of Mr. Smithers changes from light to dark brown.

Quotes:

Sideshow Bob:Sideshow Bob, hoisted on his own petard.
Lisa Simpson:Actually, that's hoisted *by* his own petard.
Sideshow Bob:Oh, get a life.

Movie Connections:

References Schindler's List (1993)

Soundtrack:

We Gather Together

For Season 19, The Chills of Sideshow Bob Still Arise

For Season 19, Funeral for Fiend with the masterminding, cunning and sadistic Sideshow Bob is another great chilling, comedy which I still love. Man even When he disguised as Wes Doobner with the line "Hello.... Simpsons". That gives me the creeps.

The Next Sideshow Bob Plot sets out as The Simpsons family buy cable T.V and they skip every commercial to watch all their favorites shows in one piece. Though one night, Marge gets a terrible vision of a commercial man telling her to watch the commercials and she does so. After they gets sucked into a Wes Doobner Commercial. (Side Show Bob disguising as Wes) They then go to the restaurant *Trap* and Side Show Bob has them trapped once again. Then throughout the entire episode it lacks though it still manages to have an excellent plot.

This episode is good. I suggest you try it 7/10