The Simpsons executive producer Matt Selman is in the egg-hiding mood for the Easter holiday.
A couple weeks ago, bemused Simpsons fans adopted Pontius Comic Book Guy roles, virtually crucifying the show’s continuity minders for messing with the timeline of the 32-year-old series.
“You may have noticed the minor Simpsons fan uproar about the show’s playful ‘elastic continuity’ as recently featured in ‘Do Pizzabots Dream of Electric Guitars,’” Selman wrote to Den of Geek in a direct message. “Anyway, I went back into ‘Pizzabots’ episode and snuck in a silly Easter egg that will delight/enrage anyone who finds it.”
Sure enough…
Head on over to Hulu or Fox.com, to check it out for yourself!
Selman previously issued a “Continuity Alert” about the episode, warning “canonical catastrophes” are to be expected in “32-year-old series where the characters do not age, so the ‘canon’ must be elastic / contradictory / silly.”
In a follow-up tweet, Selman reminded viewers, “”This does not mean other beloved classic The Simpsons flashback shows didn’t happen. None of this happened. It’s all made up. Every episode is its own Groundhog Day that only makes sense for that story (if that). There is no The Simpsons ’canon’ or ‘non-canon.’ There are only stories. If all these crazy things really happened to one family the characters would be in a mental hospital.”
The Simpsons airs Sundays at 8 p.m. on Fox.
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