There was a very X-Rated joke about Marge and Homer in the latest episode (Picture: 20th Century Fox)
The Simpsons bosses had to replace a very X-rated line in the upcoming Treehouse of Horror XXXV episode, concerning Homer and Marge in the bedroom.
The eagerly-anticipated Halloween special of season 36 is airing in the US tonight, and writers promised that it would be ‘the scariest 35th Halloween special ever’.
It will parody Venom in pretty perfect timing, after the Last Dance was released in cinemas last month, with Homer going up against a pair of evil denim jeans.
Spilling the beans on what we can expect, during an appearance at New York Comic Con, showrunner Matt Selman told Metro and other press that one particular quip had to be replaced.
‘In this Denim episode, Homer is wearing the pants,’ he recalled. ‘The pants don’t want to leave Marge but Homer wants to hook up with Marge.
‘We cut to them in bed satisfied – the original line was, “That was the best dry humping of my life”. … But then we couldn’t say “dry humping,” but then sometimes the replacement is equally funny.
Writers had to swap out the raunchy quip for something a little more subtle(Picture: 20th Century Fox)
‘Marge [instead] goes, “That was the best outer course of my life.” That’s funnier, right?
The Simpsons has been on our screens for close to 35 years, having premiered in December, 1989, and has remained a staple of the TV guide ever since.
Discussing how those in the writers room have adapted their comedic styles in those years, against a backdrop of ever-changing times, Selman explained that they have no desire to compete with other shows.
‘Certainly when we’re doing a Moe show, a lot of unusable material is pitched,’ he quipped. ‘We all channel our inner Moes, it’s a dangerous thing…
The Simpsons’ Treehouse of Horror XXXV is finally here (Picture: 20th Century Fox)
‘I feel like other shows actually can be edgy and dirty and weird so much better than we can.
‘Like Family Guy, or South Park, or Rick and Morty – we’re not gonna out them them.
‘For me, it’s like, let’s do what we do … let’s just do emotional, observant, humanity based comedy, and satire.
‘Stuff that really made the show exciting in the beginning – and not try to out Family Guy Family Guy, because you’re never going to do it.’
Show bosses explained that Family Guy could get away with racier plots (Picture: 20th Century Fox)
Creator Matt Groening also shared that there is one particular gag they are no longer allowed to show, despite other programs – such as Family Guy – being afforded more leniency due to watershed rules.
‘Historically, The Simpsons has been on Sunday night at 8pm,’ he told us. ‘There are things you can do and can’t do at 8pm that you can do at 8:30.
‘For a while, we’d show Homer’s butt and then they said we could no longer do it, but Family Guy could, because they were on at 8:30.’
The Simpsons airs on Fox on Sundays.
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