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The Simpsons' 19th season (2007 - 2008) began airing on Fox on September 23, 2007.[1] It is the first season after The Simpsons Movie and contains seven hold-over episodes from the Season 18 (JABF) production line. Al Jean will serve as the Executive producer, a position he has held since the thirteenth season.

Season 19 included guest appearances by Stephen Colbert, Lionel Richie, Placido Domingo, Maya Rudolph, Matt Dillon, Steve Buscemi, Ted Nugent, and Julia Louis-Dreyfus. Other guest appearances in the season include Alan Moore, Jon Stewart, Dan Rather, Keith Olbermann, Kurt Loder, "Weird Al" Yankovic, Dan Clowes, Art Spiegelman, Jack Black, Kelsey Grammer, David Hyde Pierce, John Mahoney, Glenn Close, Beverly D'Angelo, Topher Grace, Terry Gross and Amy Winehouse.

List of episodes

# Original title (top)
Alternative title (bottom)		 Directed by Written by Original airdate Prod. code
401 - 1"He Loves to Fly and He D'ohs"Mark KirklandJoel H. CohenSeptember 23, 2007JABF20
Homer gets to fly in Mr. Burns's private jet and likes it so much that he decides to never fly the old way again. Homer decides to find a job that involves flying in a corporate jet, and hires a life coach to assist him.
Guest stars: Stephen Colbert and Lionel Richie. 
402 - 2"The Homer of Seville"Michael PolcinoCarolyn OmineSeptember 30, 2007JABF18
Homer goes to the hospital, where he develops the ability to sing in an operatic voice whenever he is lying on his back. Mr. Burns overhears Homer and immediately hires him to sing the lead in his production of La bohème. Homer wows the crowd at the Springfield Opera House. Homer becomes an enormous celebrity, especially with the ladies and while running from a mob of crazed fans, Homer is saved by a mysterious woman named Julia, who has questionable intentions.
Guest stars: Maya Rudolph and Placido Domingo. 
403 - 3"Midnight Towboy"Matthew NastukStephanie GillisOctober 7, 2007JABF21
Homer ends up having his car towed by a tow truck driver named Louie who introduces Homer to the joy of towing cars for a living. Meanwhile, Marge begins to feel that Maggie is getting too clingy and hires a counselor. The method works a little too well, leaving Maggie with no need for Marge at all.
Guest stars: Matt Dillon.[2] 
404 - 4"I Don't Wanna Know Why the Caged Bird Sings"Bob AndersonDana GouldOctober 14, 2007JABF19
Marge is caught in the middle of a bank robbery, but manages to convince Dwight, the assailant, that she will visit him in prison should he turn himself in. He does so, but Marge, too frightened to go to prison, doesn't fulfill her promise and Dwight breaks out and comes looking for her.
Guest stars: Steve Buscemi, Ted Nugent, Julia Louis-Dreyfus. 
405 - 5*"Treehouse of Horror XVIII"Chuck SheetzMarc WilmoreNovember 4, 2007[3]JABF16
Season 19's edition of the annual trio of Halloween stories.
  • "Mr. and Mrs. Simpson" - Homer secretly lives a double life as a secret agent and is assigned to eliminate Kent Brockman, discovering that Marge is also an agent with the same mission.
  • "E.T. Go Home" - Bart and Lisa find Kodos, who is hiding from the government, and help him obtain devices that he can use to contact his home planet, but Kodos's intentions prove to be less than friendly.
  • "Heck House" - Bart, Lisa and some other kids pull pranks on Halloween night and, after they go too far, Ned Flanders turns the church into a Hell house. Gaining supernatural powers from God, he subjects the kids to his wrath.[4] 
406 - 6*"Little Orphan Millie"November 11, 2007JABF22
Milhouse's parents are lost at sea and presumed dead, so Milhouse decides it’s time to begin acting like a real man. As a result, he has a new attitude which makes him more popular than ever and Bart can't stand that Milhouse has become cooler than him. Meanwhile, Homer finds himself in trouble when he can’t remember the color of Marge’s eyes. 
407 - 7*"Husbands and Knives"November 18, 2007JABF17
A new comic book store, "Coolsville Comics & Toys" opens up directly across the street from Comic Book Guy's store. Meanwhile, Marge opens her own women-only workout center.
Guest stars: Alan Moore, Art Spiegelman, Dan Clowes and Jack Black.[1] 
4?? - ??*"Funeral for a Fiend"KABF??
Sideshow Bob tries to kill the Simpson family, but is caught and put on trial.[5]
Guest stars: Kelsey Grammer, David Hyde Pierce and John Mahoney. 
  • * Episode has not yet aired

Known titles

Note: The episode may not necessarily air during the nineteenth season, but will be a future episode at some point.
  • KABF06 - The Debarted[6]
  • KABF?? - E. Pluribus Wiggum[7]
  • KABF?? - Love, Springfieldian Style[8]
  • KABF?? - N is for Nerder[9]
  • KABF?? - Smoke on the Daughter[10]

Known plots

  • In an episode that will air in February of 2008, there will be a trilogy episode featuring three separate stories, each with a Valentine's Day theme.[11] One story will be a "Sid and Nancy" flashback where Nelson is Sid Vicious, Lisa is Nancy Spungen and Bart is Johnny Rotten from the Sex Pistols.[12]
  • Matt Groening: There will be a Prison Break episode in the near future "with tattoos and everything!"[13]
  • Al Jean: "We have Jon Stewart coming up later in a political show where they move Springfield's primary to first in the nation and the candidates come and invade the town and the town is so disgusted, they all write in 'Ralph Wiggum'."[14] Dan Rather will also guest star in the episode.[14]
  • Michael Price: "We have a great episode that's set as a flashback to the '90s where Homer forms the first grunge band."[14]

Returning characters

Guest stars

References

1. ^ "Season 19 Information", The Futon Critic, 2007-07-22. Retrieved on 2007-07-22. 
2. ^ [1]
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4. ^ [3]
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6. ^ Reg. # PAu003117224 in the U.S. Copyright Records database
7. ^ Reg. # PAu003114065 in the U.S. Copyright Records database
8. ^ Reg. # PAu003112801 in the U.S. Copyright Records database
9. ^ [5]
10. ^ Reg. # PAu003059548 in the U.S. Copyright Records database
11. ^ Anthony C. Ferrante. Exclusive: 'THE SIMPSONS' AL JEAN CELEBRATES 400 EPISODES (AND A '24' PARODY) AND THEY STILL HAVEN'T RUN OUT OF IDEAS. iF Magazine. Retrieved on 2007-05-20.
12. ^ "SDCC 07: The Simpsons Panel", IGN, 2007-07-29. Retrieved on 2007-07-22. 
13. ^ "Madonna set for Simpsons cameo?", Yahoo!, 2007-07-04. Retrieved on 2007-08-05. 
14. ^ Edward Douglas. "The Future of The Simpsons?", Comingsoon.net, 2007-07-20. Retrieved on 2007-07-20. 
15. ^ "Simpsons Writers Dish on Movie and New Season", TV Guide. Retrieved on 2007-07-28. 
16. ^ Larry Carroll. "The Simpsons Movie Trivia!", MTV, 2007-07-26. Retrieved on 2007-07-29.MTV&rft.date=2007-07-26"> 
17. ^ "Dan Gross - Some 'Fresh Air' for 'Simpsons'", Philadelphia Inquirer, 2007-08-22. 
18. ^ Kimberley Dadds. "Winehouse lined up to appear in 'Simpsons'", Digital Spy, 2007-08-08. Retrieved on 2007-08-09. 
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Maya Rudolph

Maya Rudolph (right) with Donatella Versace
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Matt Dillon

Birth name Matthew Raymond Dillon
Born January 18 1964 (1964--) (age 43)
New Rochelle, New York,  United States

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Steve Buscemi

Birth name Steven Vincent Buscemi
Born November 13 1957 (1957--) (age 51)
Brooklyn, New York

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Julia Louis-Dreyfus

Born January 13 1961 (1961--) (age 46)
New York City, New York, United States

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Alan Moore

Moore at a signing in London, October 2006
Pseudonym: Curt Vile
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Jon Stewart

Jon Stewart in December 2000
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Daniel Irvin Rather, Jr. (born October 31, 1931) is the former longtime anchor for the CBS Evening News and is now managing editor and anchor of a television news magazine, Dan Rather Reports, on the cable channel HDNet.
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Keith Olbermann (born January 27, 1959) is an American news anchor, commentator and radio sportscaster. He currently hosts Countdown with Keith Olbermann on MSNBC, an hour-long nightly newscast that reviews the top news stories of the day along with political commentary by
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Kurt Loder (born May 5, 1945) is a film critic, author, and television personality. He has served as editor at Rolling Stone magazine and presently continues to serve as a contributing editor.
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Alfred Matthew "Weird Al" Yankovic (IPA pronunciation: [ˈjæŋ.kəˌvɪk]; born October 23 1959) is an American singer, musician, satirist, parodist, songwriter, accordionist, and television producer.
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Daniel Gillespie Clowes (born April 14, 1961 in Chicago, Illinois) is an Academy Award-nominated American author, screenwriter and cartoonist of alternative comic books, most notably Eightball
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Art Spiegelman

Spiegelman at the 2007 Alternative Press Expo.
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Stockholm, Sweden

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Jack Black

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David Hyde Pierce

David Hyde Pierce at the 1994 Emmy Awards

Born March 3 1959 (1959--) (age 48)
Saratoga Springs, New York, U.S.
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John Mahoney

Born May 20 1940 (1940--) (age 67)
Blackpool, England

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Glenn Close

Glenn Close (right) and Jim Dale in 2006 performing Busker Alley

Born March 19 1947 (1947--) (age 60)
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Beverly D'Angelo

Birth name Beverly D'Angelo
Born November 15 1954 (1954--) (age 54)
Columbus, Ohio

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