Not many celebrities have gotten the chance to write an episode for “The Simpsons.” Actually Ricky Gervais was the only person invited to that party, until now.
As reported months ago, Seth Rogen and his writing partner Evan Goldberg got the chance to collaborate with the regular ‘Simpsons’ writers and their episode is finally airing on Sunday’s 21st-season premiere. USA Today gives us a brief synopsis of the episode, “In the episode, Comic Book Guy creates Everyman (seen here next to Rogen’s character) who can gain superpowers by touching the comic book of any superhero. The Everyman comic is such a success it becomes a film, with Homer in the title role. A trainer-to-the-stars, voiced by Rogen, pushes him to get in shape.” That’s right, not only did Rogen get to write the episode but he got to throw down some voice work as well.
Rogen discussed where some of the inspiration for the episode came from, “In a lot of ways it mirrored the situation we were in working with ‘The Green Hornet.’ I had to lose weight and do a lot of physical training. It seemed hilarious to us as it was happening.”
Rogen and Goldberg are, in their own words, “obsessed” with “The Simpsons” and called the show “the funniest single thing ever created.” Needless to say this was a big honor for them as it would be for anyone under 30 who grew up watching Homer, Bart, and the whole Springfield gang. We’ll just have to wait until Sunday to see what happens to Everyman.