The Treehouse Man - Original Soundtrack



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The Treehouse Man - Original Soundtrack
'Treehouse of Horror VIII'
The Simpsons episode
Episode no.Season 9
Episode 5
Directed byMark Kirkland
Written byMike Scully
David X. Cohen
Ned Goldreyer
Production code5F02
Original air dateOctober 26, 1997
Episode features
Couch gagThe Simpsons sit on the couch. Metal shackles restrain their wrists and ankles and a metal cap comes down on all of their heads. The family writhes in pain as they get shocked by electricity.[1]
CommentaryMatt Groening
Mike Scully
David X. Cohen
Mark Kirkland
George Meyer
Matt Selman
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'Treehouse of Horror VIII' is the fourth episode of The Simpsons' ninth season. It first aired on the Fox network in the United States on October 26, 1997.[2] In the eighth annual Treehouse of Horror episode, Homer Simpson is the last man left alive when a neutron bomb destroys Springfield until a gang of mutants come after him, Homer buys a transporter that Bart uses to switch bodies with a housefly, and Marge is accused of witchcraft in a Puritan rendition of Springfield in 1649. It was written by Mike Scully, David X. Cohen and Ned Goldreyer, and was directed by Mark Kirkland.[1]

Plot[edit]

Opening[edit]

Season

A Fox censor named Fox Censor is sitting at his desk going through the show's script, censoring some things and explaining to the audience that the episode is rated TV-G with no violence or anything explicit. As he continues talking, a hand reaches with a cutlass from the rating and stabs him many times with the rating changing from TV-G to TV-PG to TV-14 to TV-MA to (the fictional) TV-21 to TV-666. He falls on his desk dead and his blood spells the name of the episode.

The HΩmega Man[edit]

After Mayor Quimby makes an offensive joke about France, the French president launches a nuclear missile directly into Springfield, apparently killing everyone except Homer, who had been inspecting a bomb shelter he was considering buying from Herman. Homer emerges and seems to be the only person left alive. Initially grieving for his loved ones, Homer perks up, realizing that being the last person allows him to do everything he always wanted to. While dancing naked in church, he is confronted by a band of hostile Springfield citizens who have become mutants from the blast. Homer flees back home where he discovers that his family survived as their house was protected by its many layers of lead paint. Marge and the children kill the mutants with shotguns and then the family head off to steal some Ferraris.

Fly vs. Fly[edit]

Homer buys a matter transporter from Professor Frink. Bart sees the family pets inadvertently go through the transporter together, resulting in a DNA mismatch. This gives him the idea to enter the teleporter with a fly, thinking that he will become a mutant superhero. However, the machine simply switches their heads around. Bart appeals to Lisa for help, but she is chased by the fly and cornered in the kitchen. Bart tries to stop the fighting, but is eaten by the fly. Lisa then pushes the fly into the teleporter. Bart comes out the other end, fully restored. Homer furiously chases Bart with an axe for messing with the device.

Easy-Bake Coven[edit]

In 1649, the town is witness to many witch burnings. In the church, the townspeople try to figure out whom to condemn next. People begin accusing others and soon they erupt into chaos, until Marge intervenes. She tries to talk sense into the townspeople, but Moe accuses her of being a witch. Quimby assures her that she is entitled to due process which means she will be thrown off a cliff with a broomstick; if she is a witch she will be able to fly to safety, in which case the authorities expect her to report back for punishment. If she is not a witch, then she will fall to an honorable Christian death. After being shoved off the cliff, Marge flies up on the broomstick revealing that she really is a witch and vows to conquer the whole town. She returns to her sisters Patty and Selma. The sisters watch Ned and Maude Flanders talking about how the witches eat children, which gives them the notion to do just that. They knock on the Flanders' door and demand their sons, but before they leave, Maude offers the witches gingerbread men instead. The witches like these better than the children so they go to each house, getting goodies in exchange for not eating the children. As they fly off, the Sea Captain says that is how the tradition of Halloween and trick-or-treating started.

Production[edit]

The opening segment of the episode had a difficult time getting through the real-life censors.

'The HΩmega Man' was written by Mike Scully,[3] 'Fly Vs. Fly' was written by David X. Cohen,[4] and 'Easy-Bake Coven' was written by Ned Goldreyer.[3] Large portions of the 'Fly vs. Fly' segment were cut, including the original ending where the fly also emerges from the teleporter, but is considerably larger and the Simpson family ride it to the mall.[4]

The producers had trouble with the censors over several segments in this episode. The opening segment of the episode, which features the aforementioned censor Fox Censor being stabbed to death, was pitched by David Mirkin and had a difficult time getting through the real-life censors. They had issues with the size of the knife and the sound effects used.[3] Originally, the TV-rating was supposed to stab Censor with a dagger, but Fox objected because it was too gruesome and was changed to a cutlass.[5] The censors also objected to an unaired scene where Homer does his naked church dance on an altar. The scene was reanimated so that Homer was dancing naked in the front row.[3]

This episode was the only Treehouse of Horror episode that was directed by Mark Kirkland. It was also the last episode Brad Bird worked on; he left the show to direct The Iron Giant. 'Easy-Bake Coven' was storyboarded by Kirkland and the backgrounds were designed by Lance Wilder.[5] Although Kang and Kodos make brief appearances in every Treehouse of Horror episode, their brief appearance in this one was nearly cut. David X. Cohen managed to persuade the producers to leave the scene in.[4]

Cultural references[edit]

As with the majority of the Treehouse of Horror episodes, numerous cultural references are made throughout the episode. 'The HΩmega Man' is an extended homage to film The Omega Man, which was one of Mike Scully's favorite movies as a child.[3] In the same segment, Homer runs over Johnny and Edgar Winter while fleeing the mutants pursuing him, mistaking them as mutants as the Winter brothers are both albino.[3]

The title 'Fly vs. Fly' is a reference to the Mad magazine comic strip 'Spy vs. Spy', while the segment itself is based on the film The Fly.[4] In 'Easy-Bake Coven', the animators referenced the film The Crucible for many of their designs,[5] and Edna Krabappel is wearing a Scarlet A, which is a reference to the novel The Scarlet Letter.[4]

Reception[edit]

In its original broadcast, 'Treehouse of Horror VIII' finished 18th in ratings for the week of October 20–26, 1997, with a Nielsen rating of 11.2, equivalent to approximately 10.9 million viewing households. It was the highest-rated show on the Fox network that week, beating King of the Hill.[6]

'Treehouse of Horror VIII' won a Golden Reel Award in 1998 for 'Best Sound Editing – Television Animated Specials' for Robert Mackston, Travis Powers, Norm MacLeod and Terry Greene.[7]Alf Clausen received an Emmy Award nomination for 'Outstanding Music Composition for a Series (Dramatic Underscore)' for this episode, which he ultimately lost.[8]The A.V. Club named Comic Book Guy's line 'Oh, I've wasted my life' as one of the quotes from The Simpsons that can be used in everyday situations.[9]

References[edit]

  1. ^ abMartyn, Warren; Wood, Adrian (2000). 'Treehouse of Horror VIII'. BBC. Retrieved 2007-10-24.
  2. ^'Treehouse of Horror VIII'. The Simpsons.com. Retrieved 2007-10-24.
  3. ^ abcdefScully, Mike (2006). The Simpsons season 9 DVD commentary for the episode 'Treehouse of Horror VIII' (DVD). 20th Century Fox.
  4. ^ abcdeCohen, David X. (2006). The Simpsons season 9 DVD commentary for the episode 'Treehouse of Horror VIII' (DVD). 20th Century Fox.
  5. ^ abcKirkland, Mark (2006). The Simpsons season 9 DVD commentary for the episode 'Treehouse of Horror VIII' (DVD). 20th Century Fox.
  6. ^Bauder, David (October 31, 1997). 'Strongs series finish boosts NBC'. Rocky Mountain News. p. 11D.
  7. ^'Past Golden Reel Awards'. MPSE.org. Archived from the original on 2009-03-17. Retrieved 2007-10-17.
  8. ^'Primetime Emmy Awards Advanced Search'. Emmys.org. Archived from the original on 2009-02-15. Retrieved 2007-10-24.
  9. ^Bahn, Christopher; Donna Bowman, Josh Modell, Noel Murray, Nathan Rabin, Tasha Robinson, Kyle Ryan, Scott Tobias (2006-04-26). 'Beyond 'D'oh!': Simpsons Quotes For Everyday Use'. The A.V. Club. Archived from the original on 2008-07-09. Retrieved 2008-08-02.CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

External links[edit]

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The Treehouse Man - Original Soundtrack Original

Music from and Inspired by Spider-Man
Soundtrack album by
ReleasedApril 30, 2002
Recorded1999–2002
Genre
Length65:00
LabelColumbia
Producer
  • Butch Walker
  • Will Botwin
  • Jonas Nachsin
  • Lyor Cohen
  • Julie Greenwald
  • Spring Aspers
  • Denise Luiso
Marvel Comics film series soundtrack chronology
Blade II: The Soundtrack
(2002)
Music from and Inspired by Spider-Man
(2002)
Spider-Man: Original Motion Picture Score
(2002)
Singles from Music from and Inspired by Spider-Man
  1. 'Hero'
    Released: March 1, 2002
  2. 'It's What We're All About'
    Released: April 17, 2002
  3. 'Bother'
    Released: March 3, 2003
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]

Music from and Inspired by Spider-Man is a 2002 soundtrack album for the film Spider-Man. Although it contains a portion of the film score by Danny Elfman, a more complete album of Elfman's work was released as Spider-Man: Original Motion Picture Score. 'All in the Suit That You Wear' by the group Stone Temple Pilots was pulled out at the last minute when they could not get it as the lead track.[2]

Track listing[edit]

No.TitleArtistLength
1.'Theme from Spider-Man' (Classic TV Series Theme Song)Paul Francis Webster and Robert Harris1:01
2.'Hero'Chad Kroeger featuring Josey Scott3:20
3.'It's What We're All About' (The Original Version)Sum 41 featuring Kerry King from Slayer3:35
4.'Learn to Crawl'Black Lab3:36
5.'Somebody Else'Bleu3:38
6.'Bug Bytes'Alien Ant Farm3:32
7.'Blind'Default3:11
8.'Bother'Stone Sour (credited as Corey Taylor)4:00
9.'Shelter'Greenwheel3:32
10.'When It Started'The Strokes2:56
11.'Hate to Say I Told You So'The Hives3:22
12.'Invisible Man'Theory of a Deadman2:40
13.'Undercover'Pete Yorn3:59
14.'My Nutmeg Phantasy' (Tom Morello Mix)Macy Gray featuring Angie Stone and Mos Def4:29
15.'I - IV - V'Injected3:03
16.'She Was My Girl'Jerry Cantrell4:18
17.'Main Titles'Danny Elfman3:42
18.'Farewell'Danny Elfman4:43
19.'Theme from Spider-Man'Aerosmith2:57
20.'Like A Gunshot *'Lee-Hom Wang4:03
21.'Even *'Greyhoundz3:46

(*) Asian edition bonus track

Use in other works[edit]

As a tribute to the film, 'Weird Al' Yankovic's album Poodle Hat contains the song 'Ode to a Superhero'; in which he takes the plot of this film but recites it to the tune of Billy Joel's 'Piano Man'.

Chart positions[edit]

Weekly charts[edit]

Chart (2002)Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[3]12
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[4]17
Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista)[5]27
French Albums (SNEP)[6]54
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[7]13
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[8]11
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[9]16
US Billboard 200[10]4
US Soundtrack Albums (Billboard)[11]1

Year-end charts[edit]

Chart (2002)Position
US Billboard 200[12]80

The Treehouse Man - Original Soundtrack Cast

References[edit]

Cats Original Soundtrack

  1. ^Allmusic review
  2. ^'All in the Suit That You Wear'Archived 2009-01-06 at the Wayback Machine. belowempty.com.
  3. ^'Australiancharts.com – Soundtrack – Spider-Man'. Hung Medien. Retrieved October 3, 2020.
  4. ^'Austriancharts.at – Soundtrack – Spider-Man' (in German). Hung Medien. Retrieved October 3, 2020.
  5. ^'Soundtrack: Spider-Man' (in Finnish). Musiikkituottajat – IFPI Finland. Retrieved October 3, 2020.
  6. ^'Lescharts.com – Soundtrack – Spider-Man'. Hung Medien. Retrieved October 3, 2020.
  7. ^'Offiziellecharts.de – Soundtrack – Spider-Man' (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved October 3, 2020.
  8. ^'Charts.nz – Soundtrack – Spider-Man'. Hung Medien. Retrieved October 3, 2020.
  9. ^'Swisscharts.com – Soundtrack – Spider-Man'. Hung Medien. Retrieved October 3, 2020.
  10. ^'Soundtrack Chart History (Billboard 200)'. Billboard. Retrieved October 3, 2020.
  11. ^'Soundtrack Chart History (Soundtrack Albums)'. Billboard. Retrieved October 3, 2020.
  12. ^'Top Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 2002'. Billboard. Retrieved October 3, 2020.

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