Gump Roast [SEP] series
Gump Roast
"Gump Roast" is the seventeenth episode of "The Simpsons"’ thirteenth season. It originally aired on the Fox network in the United States on April 21, 2002. In the episode, Homer Simpson is honored by the townspeople at a Friars' Club Roast, until it is interrupted by Kang and Kodos.
The episode was directed by Mark Kirkland and was written by Dan Castellaneta and his wife Deb Lacusta. The plot idea for the episode came about when "The Simpsons" cast members were
fuck you" to series creator Matt Groening and stormed out of the studio. Groening recounted this event on a 1994 appearance on "Late Night with Conan O'Brien", and was also quoted by the "New York Daily News" in 2007 as saying "We did 24 takes, but they were always too sexual. Finally Liz said, 'F— you,' and walked out." However, Groening later denied the story in the DVD commentary for the episode "Gump Roast", while Jean stated in a