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| "'''Gump Roast'''" is the seventeenth episode of the ] of the American animated television series '']''. It originally aired on the ] in the United States on April 21, 2002. In the episode, ] is honored by the townspeople at a Friars' Club ], until it is interrupted by ].<ref>{{cite book |last1=McCann |first1=Jesse L. |author-link2=Matt Groening |first2=Matt |last2=Groening |title=] |publisher=] |year=2005 |isbn=0-06-081754-2 |pages=46–47}}</ref> | |||
| The episode was directed by ] and written by ] and his wife ]. The plot idea came about when ''Simpsons'' cast members were on hiatus following a payment dispute. This is the fifth and, to date, the last ] ''The Simpsons'' has produced. Despite receiving a 5.7 rating and 12.2 million in viewership when first broadcast, the episode received negative reviews from critics. | |||
| “'''Gump Roast'''” is the seventeenth episode of '']''’ ], and the second of four episodes written by Simpsons voice actor ] and his wife ]. The episode aired on ], ]. | |||
| ==Plot== | ==Plot== | ||
| ] sits ], when ] appears to arrest him for impersonating a movie character. Homer begins to tell a story from his past, but Wiggum is uninterested until Homer begins to use flashbacks. The Simpson family then arrives to take Homer to the Friars' Club, where he is ] by ] and other prominent citizens of ]. Among them are ] and ] and ] (whose attempt to warn the people of Springfield about Homer's incompetence is taken as a joke, much to his dismay). The roasters utilize more clips from previous episodes. | |||
| ] is on a park bench, telling a story that ] isn’t interested in, but he builds interest when Homer uses flashbacks (clips from previous episodes) to help him tell the story. | |||
| Soon, ] arrive at the roast and declare that humans are stupid, as demonstrated by more clips. However, when they probe ]'s brain and see her memories through a monitor, they are moved to tears (though Kodos dismissively claims they are vomiting from their eyes). Maggie's mind also reveals more clips, this time featuring various celebrities. A starstruck Kang and Kodos make a deal with the citizens of Springfield: they will spare the Earth if the townspeople give them tickets to the ] and the ]. They do, and Kang and Kodos are seen enjoying an award ceremony. | |||
| The family then arrives to take him to the Friars’ Club, where Homer is roasted by ] and other prominent citizens of ]. Among those roasting him are ] and ], ] and ], and, ] and ] in a ]-like act, and even ]. The roasters utilize more clips from previous episodes. | |||
| The episode ends with the song "They'll Never Stop the Simpsons", which recounts additional past plots, possible future plots, and an apology for airing this clip show. | |||
| Soon, ] arrive at the roast and declare that humans are stupid, as demonstrated by more clips. However, when they probe Maggie's mind (via more clips), they find something on Earth that makes it worth sparing: celebrities. | |||
| ==Production== | |||
| The episode ends with a song, “They’ll Never Stop the Simpsons,” sung by ]. The song recounts additional past plots, possible future (and ridiculous) plots, and an apology for airing this episode as a clip show. | |||
| ] wrote the episode with his wife ].]] | |||
| "Gump Roast" was co-written by ] and his wife ], while ] served as director. It was first broadcast on the Fox network in the United States on April 21, 2002.<ref name="Jean">Jean, Al. (2010). Commentary for "Gump Roast", in ''The Simpsons: The Complete Thirteenth Season'' . 20th Century Fox.</ref> The idea for the episode came about when Castellaneta and the other main ''Simpsons'' cast members were on hiatus while renegotiating their salaries. Lacusta and Castellaneta, discussing the film '']'', wondered if the stories Gump told actually happened or if he made them up. They realized that Gump was similar to Homer, who's also dimwitted and has "fumbled into" an array of larger-than-life situations. When the cast members settled the salary issue and returned to work, Castellaneta and Lacusta presented their script to ] ], who put the episode into production.<ref name="Lacusta">Lacusta, Deb. (2010). Commentary for "Gump Roast", in ''The Simpsons: The Complete Thirteenth Season'' . 20th Century Fox.</ref> | |||
| The scene in which Homer skis down a mountain (from S11E10, "]") is one of the show's most frequently used clips, according to Jean. The appearance of Kang and Kodos marks a rare appearance outside their usual roles in the annual Halloween episodes. "Gump Roast" was the series's last clip show. Instead, as Jean states in the episode's DVD commentary, the show now produces "trilogy episodes", which feature three separate stories based on a given theme. One of these anthology episodes has aired each season since season 14, replacing the clip shows.<ref name="Jean" /> | |||
| The song "They'll Never Stop The Simpsons" that plays at the end of the episode was written by ''Simpsons'' writer ] and sung by Castellaneta. A parody of ]'s “]”, it was originally the same length as that song, but was edited when the episode ended up running long.<ref name="Selman">Selman, Matt. (2010). Commentary for "Gump Roast", in ''The Simpsons: The Complete Thirteenth Season'' . 20th Century Fox.</ref> In 2011, the song was rerecorded with alternate lyrics for a music video after ''The Simpsons'' was renewed for a 24th and 25th season.<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Snierson |first=Dan |title='The Simpsons' promo reacts to two-season renewal -- First Look Video |url=https://ew.com/article/2011/10/13/simpsons-renewal-promo/ |magazine=] |access-date=January 26, 2022 |date=October 13, 2011 |archive-date=January 26, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220126125020/https://ew.com/article/2011/10/13/simpsons-renewal-promo/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Castellaneta recorded eight new takes, which were mixed with some of the original vocals.<ref>{{cite web |last=Ledesma |first=Chris |title=The "Secret Song" Is Out! |url=http://simpsonsmusic500.wordpress.com/2011/10/13/the-secret-song-is-out/ |work=Simpsons Music 500 |access-date=November 1, 2011 |date=October 13, 2011 |archive-date=October 24, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111024202932/http://simpsonsmusic500.wordpress.com/2011/10/13/the-secret-song-is-out/ |url-status=live }}</ref> | |||
| ==Referenced clips== | |||
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| | Homer dreams of being in the womb. | |||
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| | In a flashback, Homer tells how he and Grampa were never close, but still loved each other. | |||
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| | Homer tells how he met Marge in high school. | |||
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| | Homer and Marge dance at Greasers Cafe. | |||
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| | Nude Homer and Marge hide behind some lawn ornaments. | |||
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| | Homer tells how Bart got an elephant. | |||
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| | Homer recklessly drives the car, with the bucket still glued to his head. | |||
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| | Homer tries escaping from Moe's stolen car by rolling out, only to roll over a rock, back in the car, and then drives off a cliff. | |||
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| | Bart and Lisa do Christmas caroling to distract families while Homer steals their Funzo dolls. | |||
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| | Bart and Lisa repeatedly ask Homer to take them to Mt. Splashmore. | |||
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| | The family gets seizures from watching ''Battling Seizure Robots''. | |||
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| | Past scenes of Homer singing. | |||
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| | The crowd watches Homer as he's working, waiting for him to do something stupid. | |||
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| | A fire drill at the ]. | |||
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| | Homer fails at skiing. | |||
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| | Maggie almost chooses the Flanders family just before Marge comes over. | |||
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| | Maggie says her first word, "Daddy" (in this version, ] replaces ] as the voice of Maggie). | |||
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| | Scenes of guest stars that have previously appeared on the show | |||
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| ==Cultural references== | ==Cultural references== | ||
| The opening scene, which shows Homer sitting on a bench holding a box of chocolates, is a reference to the movie ''Forrest Gump''. At one point Homer drunkenly quotes the film '']''. The act that ] and ] are performing at the roast is an homage to the ], who would later appear on ''The Simpsons'' in the episode “]”.<ref name="Jean" /> Moe dresses as ] from the ]. Dr. Hibbert wears a costume of the character ] from the '']'' series,<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.starwars.com/community/news/media/f20070724/index.html?page=3 |title=I Bent My Wookiee! Celebrating the Star Wars/Simpsons Connection |access-date=2011-08-28 |date=2007-07-24 |first=Scott |last=Chernoff |publisher=] |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110724223022/http://starwars.com/community/news/media/f20070724/index.html?page=3 |archive-date=2011-07-24 }}</ref> and Mr. Burns approaches the podium to the sound of "]", aka "Darth Vader's Theme". The song "They'll Never Stop The Simpsons" is a parody of ]'s song "]". | |||
| ==Release== | |||
| In its original American broadcast on April 21, 2002, "Gump Roast" was watched by 12.2 million viewers, according to ], making it the 16th most watched television show of the week, as well as the highest-ranked show on the Fox network.<ref name="nydailynews">{{Cite news |url=https://www.nydailynews.com/2002/04/24/csi-survivor-propel-cbs-to-no-1/ |title='CSI,' 'SURVIVOR' PROPEL CBS TO NO. 1 |date=April 24, 2002 |access-date=March 9, 2011 |last=Huff |first=Richard |website=] |archive-date=August 25, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240825181319/https://www.nydailynews.com/2002/04/24/csi-survivor-propel-cbs-to-no-1/ |url-status=live }}</ref> It received, along with a new episode of '']'', a 5.7 rating among adult viewers between ages 18 and 49, meaning it was seen by 5.7% of the population in said demographic.<ref name=medialife>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.medialifemagazine.com/news2002/apr02/apr22/2_tues/news7tuesday.html |title='Bachelor' tops the night |magazine=] |date=April 23, 2002 |access-date=March 9, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110714065152/http://www.medialifemagazine.com/news2002/apr02/apr22/2_tues/news7tuesday.html |archive-date=July 14, 2011 }}</ref> | |||
| Following the home video release of the thirteenth season of ''The Simpsons'', "Gump Roast" received overwhelmingly negative reviews from critics. Both Ron Martin of 411Mania and Adam Rayner of Obsessed with Film wrote that the episode's premise is "lazy", and Rayner added that he felt "cheated".<ref name="Obsessedwithfilm">{{cite web|url=http://www.obsessedwithfilm.com/reviews/dvd-review-the-simpsons-season-13.php |title=DVD Review: THE SIMPSONS SEASON 13 |date=September 20, 2010 |access-date=March 9, 2011 |last=Raynor |first=Adam |publisher=Obsessed With Film |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101126160306/http://www.obsessedwithfilm.com/reviews/dvd-review-the-simpsons-season-13.php |archive-date=November 26, 2010 }}</ref><ref name="411mania">{{cite web|url=http://www.411mania.com/movies/dvd_reviews/153026 |title=The Simpsons Season 13 DVD Review |date=September 15, 2010 |access-date=May 7, 2020|last=Martin|first=Ron|publisher=411Mania|url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101015004733/http://www.411mania.com/movies/dvd_reviews/153026 |archive-date=October 15, 2010 }}</ref> Andre Dellamorte of '']'' was negative as well, writing that the episode “does a very poor job at justifying its existence".<ref name="collider">{{cite web |url=http://collider.com/the-simpsons-thirteenth-season-blu-ray-review/49587/ |title=THE SIMPSONS: Thirteenth Season Blu-ray Review |date=September 17, 2010 |access-date=March 9, 2011 |last=Dellamorte |first=Andre |website=] |archive-date=March 13, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120313091659/http://collider.com/the-simpsons-thirteenth-season-blu-ray-review/49587/ |url-status=live }}</ref> The episode's plot was criticized by reviewers; Jennifer Malkowski of DVD Verdict called the plot "lackluster" and added that it "doesn't really make sense—and I mean that last part in a bad way!"<ref name="DVDverdict">{{cite web|url=http://www.dvdverdict.com/reviews/simpsons13bluray.php |title=The Simpsons: The Complete Thirteenth Season (Blu-Ray) |date=September 6, 2010 |access-date=March 9, 2011 |last=Malkowski |first=Jennifer |publisher=DVD Verdict |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111209001817/http://www.dvdverdict.com/reviews/simpsons13bluray.php |archive-date=December 9, 2011 }}</ref> Nate Boss of Project-Blu held a similar view, stated that the plot "made no sense" and that the episode as a whole was "complete lameness."<ref name="Project-blu">{{cite web|url=http://project-blu.com/reviews/simpsons13.html |title=The Simpsons: The Thirteenth Season |date=September 8, 2010 |access-date=March 9, 2011 |last=Boss |first=Nate |publisher=Project-Blu |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110622070047/http://project-blu.com/reviews/simpsons13.html |archive-date=June 22, 2011 }}</ref> James Greene of '']'' put the clip show third on his list ''Ten Times The Simpsons ]'', stating that "You'd think by 2002 The Simpsons would've generated enough cash for FOX that they were no longer beholden to archaic penny-saving concepts like the clip show."<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.nerve.com/entertainment/2010/05/07/ten-times-the-simpsons-jumped-the-shark |title=Ten Times The Simpsons Jumped the Shark |first=James Jr.|last=Greene|date=May 6, 2010 |access-date=May 8, 2020 |website=]|url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120220164739/http://www.nerve.com/entertainment/2010/05/07/ten-times-the-simpsons-jumped-the-shark |archive-date=February 20, 2012 }}</ref> Some reviewers considered the episode to be the worst of the season.<ref name="411mania" /><ref name="collider" /><ref name="DVDverdict" /> However, Colin Jacobson of DVD Movie Guide stated that, even though he thought the episode was "a cheap excuse for a new episode", he found that it "provokes more laughs than many of the other season 13 episodes since it quotes better programs from the past."<ref name="DVDmg">{{cite web |url=http://www.dvdmg.com/simpsonsseasonthirteen.shtml |title=<nowiki>The Simpsons: The Complete Thirteenth Season (2001)</nowiki> |date=September 2, 2010 |access-date=March 9, 2011 |last=Jacobson |first=Colin |publisher=DVD Movie Guide |archive-date=April 4, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200404202638/http://www.dvdmg.com/simpsonsseasonthirteen.shtml |url-status=live }}</ref> Furthermore, the song at the end of the episode was well received by Malkowski, who described it as the best moment of the episode.<ref name="DVDverdict" /> | |||
| *The opening act spoofs '']'' including the falling ]. The episode's title is also a reference to the movie.] | |||
| *During the opening act, Moe impersonates '']'' and Dr. Hibbert impersonates ]. Both are arrested because of an ordinance that banned impersonations of movie characters, although Homer is not arrested for his impersonation of Forrest Gump. | |||
| *When ] steps toward the podium, ] is heard. | |||
| * In this episode Kang asserts that the Earth was created 5,000 years ago by ], and ] then make the ]. This is an apparently satirical reference to ]. | |||
| *At the beginning of the clip show song, there is a picture of Homer ], which is a term that describes when a television show has reached its peak and is now declining in quality or has done something to cause a sudden decline in quality. The term is a reference to an episode of '']'' in which ] literally jumped a shark. | |||
| *Agnes Skinner wears the same dress that ] wore to the Grammy Awards in 2000. | |||
| *The song sung at the end is a take-off on ]'s song "]." | |||
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17th episode of the 13th season of The Simpsons
| "Gump Roast" | |||
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| The Simpsons episode | |||
| Episode no. | Season 13 Episode 17 | ||
| Directed by | Mark Kirkland | ||
| Written by | Deb Lacusta Dan Castellaneta | ||
| Production code | DABF12 | ||
| Original air date | April 21, 2002 (2002-04-21) | ||
| Guest appearances | |||
All archive footage:
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| Episode features | |||
| Couch gag | The couch is a slot machine that shows Homer, Marge, Bart and Lisa in the windows. Maggie, however, is replaced by lucky number 7 as a jackpot siren is heard and a pile of gold coins spill out. | ||
| Commentary | Matt Groening Al Jean Matt Selman John Frink Don Payne Deb Lacusta Tom Gammill Max Pross | ||
| Episode chronology | |||
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| The Simpsons season 13 | |||
| List of episodes | |||
"Gump Roast" is the seventeenth episode of the thirteenth season of the American animated television series The Simpsons. It originally aired on the Fox network in the United States on April 21, 2002. In the episode, Homer Simpson is honored by the townspeople at a Friars' Club Roast, until it is interrupted by Kang and Kodos.
The episode was directed by Mark Kirkland and written by Dan Castellaneta and his wife Deb Lacusta. The plot idea came about when Simpsons cast members were on hiatus following a payment dispute. This is the fifth and, to date, the last clip show The Simpsons has produced. Despite receiving a 5.7 rating and 12.2 million in viewership when first broadcast, the episode received negative reviews from critics.
Plot
Homer Simpson sits on a park bench holding a box of chocolates, when Chief Wiggum appears to arrest him for impersonating a movie character. Homer begins to tell a story from his past, but Wiggum is uninterested until Homer begins to use flashbacks. The Simpson family then arrives to take Homer to the Friars' Club, where he is roasted by Krusty the Clown and other prominent citizens of Springfield. Among them are Bart and Lisa and Mr. Burns (whose attempt to warn the people of Springfield about Homer's incompetence is taken as a joke, much to his dismay). The roasters utilize more clips from previous episodes.
Soon, Kang and Kodos arrive at the roast and declare that humans are stupid, as demonstrated by more clips. However, when they probe Maggie's brain and see her memories through a monitor, they are moved to tears (though Kodos dismissively claims they are vomiting from their eyes). Maggie's mind also reveals more clips, this time featuring various celebrities. A starstruck Kang and Kodos make a deal with the citizens of Springfield: they will spare the Earth if the townspeople give them tickets to the People's Choice Awards and the Daytime Emmys. They do, and Kang and Kodos are seen enjoying an award ceremony.
The episode ends with the song "They'll Never Stop the Simpsons", which recounts additional past plots, possible future plots, and an apology for airing this clip show.
Production
"Gump Roast" was co-written by Dan Castellaneta and his wife Deb Lacusta, while Mark Kirkland served as director. It was first broadcast on the Fox network in the United States on April 21, 2002. The idea for the episode came about when Castellaneta and the other main Simpsons cast members were on hiatus while renegotiating their salaries. Lacusta and Castellaneta, discussing the film Forrest Gump, wondered if the stories Gump told actually happened or if he made them up. They realized that Gump was similar to Homer, who's also dimwitted and has "fumbled into" an array of larger-than-life situations. When the cast members settled the salary issue and returned to work, Castellaneta and Lacusta presented their script to show runner Al Jean, who put the episode into production.
The scene in which Homer skis down a mountain (from S11E10, "Little Big Mom") is one of the show's most frequently used clips, according to Jean. The appearance of Kang and Kodos marks a rare appearance outside their usual roles in the annual Halloween episodes. "Gump Roast" was the series's last clip show. Instead, as Jean states in the episode's DVD commentary, the show now produces "trilogy episodes", which feature three separate stories based on a given theme. One of these anthology episodes has aired each season since season 14, replacing the clip shows.
The song "They'll Never Stop The Simpsons" that plays at the end of the episode was written by Simpsons writer Matt Selman and sung by Castellaneta. A parody of Billy Joel's “We Didn't Start the Fire”, it was originally the same length as that song, but was edited when the episode ended up running long. In 2011, the song was rerecorded with alternate lyrics for a music video after The Simpsons was renewed for a 24th and 25th season. Castellaneta recorded eight new takes, which were mixed with some of the original vocals.
Referenced clips
| Episode | Season | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Homer the Heretic | 4 | Homer dreams of being in the womb. |
| Homer Simpson in: "Kidney Trouble" | 10 | In a flashback, Homer tells how he and Grampa were never close, but still loved each other. |
| The Way We Was | 2 | Homer tells how he met Marge in high school. |
| Take My Wife, Sleaze | 11 | Homer and Marge dance at Greasers Cafe. |
| Natural Born Kissers | 9 | Nude Homer and Marge hide behind some lawn ornaments. |
| Bart Gets an Elephant | 5 | Homer tells how Bart got an elephant. |
| The City of New York vs. Homer Simpson | 9 | Homer drives the car on the street of New York, with the boot still on his car. |
| Faith Off | 11 | Homer recklessly drives the car, with the bucket still glued to his head. |
| Dumbbell Indemnity | 9 | Homer tries escaping from Moe's stolen car by rolling out, only to roll over a rock, back in the car, and then drives off a cliff. |
| Grift of the Magi | 11 | Bart and Lisa do Christmas caroling to distract families while Homer steals their Funzo dolls. |
| Brush with Greatness | 2 | Bart and Lisa repeatedly ask Homer to take them to Mt. Splashmore. |
| Thirty Minutes over Tokyo | 10 | The family gets seizures from watching Battling Seizure Robots. |
| Montage sequence | 10–12 | Past scenes of Homer singing. |
| Homer to the Max | 10 | The crowd watches Homer as he's working, waiting for him to do something stupid. |
| Mountain of Madness | 8 | A fire drill at the nuclear power plant. |
| Little Big Mom | 11 | Homer fails at skiing. |
| When You Dish Upon a Star | 10 | Homer goes para sailing. |
| Mom and Pop Art | 10 | Homer fails at building his BBQ pit. |
| Montage sequence | 3–13 | Homer strangling Bart. |
| Children of a Lesser Clod | 12 | Homer chases Bart with a mace. |
| Home Sweet Homediddly-Dum-Doodily | 7 | Maggie almost chooses the Flanders family just before Marge comes over. |
| Lisa's First Word | 4 | Maggie says her first word, "Daddy" (in this version, Nancy Cartwright replaces Elizabeth Taylor as the voice of Maggie). |
| Montage sequence | 9–12 | Scenes of guest stars that have previously appeared on the show |
Cultural references
The opening scene, which shows Homer sitting on a bench holding a box of chocolates, is a reference to the movie Forrest Gump. At one point Homer drunkenly quotes the film Secrets & Lies. The act that Ned Flanders and Reverend Lovejoy are performing at the roast is an homage to the Smothers Brothers, who would later appear on The Simpsons in the episode “O Brother, Where Bart Thou?”. Moe dresses as Austin Powers from the comedy film series. Dr. Hibbert wears a costume of the character Darth Vader from the Star Wars series, and Mr. Burns approaches the podium to the sound of "The Imperial March", aka "Darth Vader's Theme". The song "They'll Never Stop The Simpsons" is a parody of Billy Joel's song "We Didn't Start The Fire".
Release
In its original American broadcast on April 21, 2002, "Gump Roast" was watched by 12.2 million viewers, according to Nielsen Media Research, making it the 16th most watched television show of the week, as well as the highest-ranked show on the Fox network. It received, along with a new episode of Malcolm in the Middle, a 5.7 rating among adult viewers between ages 18 and 49, meaning it was seen by 5.7% of the population in said demographic.
Following the home video release of the thirteenth season of The Simpsons, "Gump Roast" received overwhelmingly negative reviews from critics. Both Ron Martin of 411Mania and Adam Rayner of Obsessed with Film wrote that the episode's premise is "lazy", and Rayner added that he felt "cheated". Andre Dellamorte of Collider was negative as well, writing that the episode “does a very poor job at justifying its existence". The episode's plot was criticized by reviewers; Jennifer Malkowski of DVD Verdict called the plot "lackluster" and added that it "doesn't really make sense—and I mean that last part in a bad way!" Nate Boss of Project-Blu held a similar view, stated that the plot "made no sense" and that the episode as a whole was "complete lameness." James Greene of Nerve put the clip show third on his list Ten Times The Simpsons Jumped the Shark, stating that "You'd think by 2002 The Simpsons would've generated enough cash for FOX that they were no longer beholden to archaic penny-saving concepts like the clip show." Some reviewers considered the episode to be the worst of the season. However, Colin Jacobson of DVD Movie Guide stated that, even though he thought the episode was "a cheap excuse for a new episode", he found that it "provokes more laughs than many of the other season 13 episodes since it quotes better programs from the past." Furthermore, the song at the end of the episode was well received by Malkowski, who described it as the best moment of the episode.
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