Homer Simpson Will Appear Live on THE SIMPSONS in May
The creative team behind The Simpsons is doing something they’ve never done below. Homer Simpson will appear live on the show! The animated character will spend three minutes discussing current events and answering fan submitted questions in the May 15 episode.
The segment will air live on both the east coast and west coast broadcasts, and showrunner Al Jean revealed to THR that they will use motion capture technology to pull it off. Along with the voice of Dan Castellaneta because there is no Homer without Dan. Jean said:
"As far as I know, this is the first time that's been done by any animated show.”
He also notes that the live bit works with the theme of the episode, which explores improv comedy, and according to Jean, Dan is “a great improviser."
Fox wants fans to tweet their questions using the hashtag #HomerLive beginning Sunday, May 1st through Wednesday, May 4th. I’m excited to see how this plays out, it should be fun!