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The thirty-second season of the American animated television series The Simpsons premiered on Fox on September 27, 2020, and ended on May 23, 2021. This season contained twenty-two episodes. On February 6, 2019, the season was ordered along with the previous season. This season includes the series' 700th episode "Manger Things".
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Season 32 is the 32nd season of The Simpsons that premiered on September 27, 2020, with "Undercover Burns" and ended on May 23, 2021, with "The Last Barfighter".
It was announced when Al Jean confirmed on his Twitter that there would be a 31st Treehouse of Horror episode of The Simpsons. This season also contains the 700th episode of the show. On February 6, 2019, it was announced that The Simpsons had been renewed for Season 31 and Season 32.
This season consists of seven holdovers from Season 31, most episodes were originally a part of the season supposedly, but were pushed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
On August 10, 2020, the original 20th Television folded due to a rebrand of the former Fox assets by their new owner Disney. The 20th Television name however was kept after 20th Century Fox Television was renamed. However, this season ended up being the last under the 20th Television name, as 20th Television Animation will take full control with the next season, alongside other animated Fox shows. This is also the final season where Al Jean served as a full-time showrunner. He was the showrunner since Season 13.
The series had a panel at the 2020 San Diego Comic-Con, which is being marketed as "Comic-Con @ Home", to promote the season, with Al Jean, Matt Selman, David Silverman, Carolyn Omine, and Mike B. Anderson on the panel, with series regular Yeardley Smith serving as moderator.
The season was produced during the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic which impacted many other television productions, but left animated production largely unaffected. This surprised Yeardley, who thought that the animation process nowadays requires fancy machinery, but was surprised to find out from Anderson that they were able to adapt to working from home really quickly. Anderson mentions that once COVID-19 reached the states, if one of the animators didn’t have a computer, they would have to be provided one from the office, or tech would set them up with one. Thus, within 1 week to a week and half, Anderson explains that they very quickly got the whole thing running from home. As a result, they are the same meetings, but none of them have to drive for them. Carolyn Omine mentions that while the part of her that’s agoraphobic likes this set up, the other part of her misses the energy of in person table reads. She also says that she personally feels more tired nowadays and needs to take naps. Al Jean went on to say that with no end in sight of this pandemic, he doesn’t know when they’ll be back in a writer’s room. He jokes that it is be the worst place to be at the moment because it would mean lots of people in one room.
In the panel, Mike revealed that he used to direct lots of episodes and started on the show doing background clean up. One of the first things he drew was a seat at Moe's Tavern. Selman mentioned that they recorded the panel on the day of the panel.
Al Jean went on say that he is really happy with all their work on The Simpsons now being available to stream on Disney+. Also featured at the panel was “What Happened to the Halloween Candy?”, a snippet of Treehouse of Horror XXXI.
Al Jean revealed during the Q & A portion of the panel that some guest stars coming to Season 32 are: Hannibal Buress, Olivia Colman, David Harbour and Ben Platt among others. Matt Selman mentioned that Sir Michael Palin from Monty Python was someone he always wanted to get on the show, and they finally were able to have pop into the world of The Simpsons. Carolyn Omine mentioned that there’s two people in particular she wants to get on the show, but hasn’t. But since there’s still time to get them to agree, she won’t say their names just yet. However, she did say that her dream guest star would be Elaine May, but she’s semi-retired, so it’s hard.
Carolyn Omine said Cate Blanchett was great and that Sacha Baron Cohen had three different ideas for his character’s voice. She also enjoyed having Don Cheadle, who came with music he had written. Selman states that Jack Black will always have a special place in his heart because Jack had to learn Korean phonetically to sing the song "Goldfinger" in said language. He mentioned that the James Bond people wouldn’t let them sing the song "Goldfinger", even after they animated the scene and sent them the clip, they wouldn’t clear it. Lastly, Carolyn Omine mentions that she also enjoyed having Stan Lee pop up on the show as a fictionalized version of himself.
•This season contains a lot less billboard, couch, and chalkboard gags than previous seasons. This is possibly due to how long the episodes are.
•Due to the George Floyd protests, FOX announced on June 26, 2020 that recurring characters of color (such as Carl Carlson and Dr. Hibbert, among others) would no longer be voiced by white voice actors. For this season, a diverse cast of voice actors were announced for some characters, with black actor Alex Désert voicing both Carl and Lou, Cuban-American actor Eric Lopez voicing Bumblebee Man, Jenny Yokobori voicing Kumiko Albertson, actor Kevin Michael Richardson, who joined the show in Season 21 and voicing minor characters, became the new voice for Dr. Hibbert, Julio, now voiced by Tony Rodriguez and Mario Jose (singing voice) and Dawnn Lewis voicing Bernice Hibbert.
Season 32 is the 32th season of The Simpsons. It started on September 27, 2020 and ended on May 23, 2021. It was announced on February 6, 2019; alongside with Season 31. The 16th episode of this season was the show's 700th episode. This season was included on Disney+ on September 29, 2021 in the United States.
Picture#Original TitleOriginal Airdate685 - 1September 27, 2020686 - 2October 4, 2020687 - 3October 11, 2020688 - 4October 18, 2020 November 1, 2020- "Undercover Burns" Original Air Date: September 27, 2020. On The Simpsons Season 32 Episode 1, Mr. Burns goes undercover and becomes friends with Homer but a jealous Smithers plots to bring the old, bitter Burns back.
- "I, Carumbus" Original Air Date: October 04, 2020. On The Simpsons Season 32 Episode 2, at a museum exhibit of Ancient Rome, Marge and Homer imagine a Roman version of what would happen if Homer was more career-driven.
- "Now Museum, Now You Don't" Original Air Date: October 11, 2020. On The Simpsons Season 32 Episode 3, Lisa stays home from school to explore the wonders of Western art and appears imagines her family in different roles.
- "Treehouse Of Horror XXXI" Original Air Date: November 01, 2020. On The Simpsons Season 32 Episode 4, it's the annual terror-themed trilogy, including a frightening look at the 2020 election and parodies of Pixar and Spider-Man.
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Sep 27, 2020 · Mr. Burns goes undercover as "Fred" at the nuclear power plant and becomes friends with Homer and the gang. Burns implements all sorts of amenities to improve his employees' lives, but a jealous Smithers plots to bring the old, bitter Burns back and destroy Fred. Expand.
S32.E4 ∙ Treehouse of Horror XXXI. Sun, Nov 1, 2020. The 31st annual Simpsons Halloween special includes a frightening look at the 2020 election, parodies of Pixar and Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse and a ninth birthday Lisa just can't get over. 6.4/10 (1.3K)
