Ok, this is kind of random. We haven’t watched The Simpson’s in over a decade aside from a few random moments here and there (oh how they fall from grace), but Spoutblog points us to a new episode called “Any Given Sundance,” where Lisa becomes a fledgling filmmaker and of course the family and her documentary submission (“Capturing The Simpson’s” an obviously play off ‘The Friedmans‘) make their way over to the Sundance Film Festival where Homer has to do his bufoon routine aside people like Jim Jarmusch (“Maybe i can finally meet Jim Jarmoosch and ask him who he is”).
The episode is also replete with a requisite montage sequence filmed by lisa set to Spoon’s appropriately titled, “I Turn My Camera On.”
Durin the episode, the Sundance committee starts to bemoan their film submissions until they get an entry from “vegetarian, intellectual misfit,” Lisa Simpson (and clearly they’re excited).
“We’re getting too many mainstream movies, when are we going to see a submission with a Sundance independent film spirit?,” groans the pretentious and goatee-specked Sundance programmer. “Paul Giamatti (excited gasps from the Sundance submissions committee) plays the world greatest super spy (groans from the committee), who only exists in the mind of an overweight agoraphobic jazz musician (excited gasps), played by Martin Lawrence in a fat suit (groans)” (he then proceeds to throw the film can submission into the fireplace).
Naturally, Lisa’s dysfunctional portrayal of the dysfunctional Simpson’s family is a huge hit at the Utah film festival.
Some choice moments:
Principal Skinner (one of the film’s producers) to Supernintendo Chalmers: “Well, if we can’t get into Sundance, perhaps you’d like to check out their alternative cousin, Slamdance?
Chalmers (their productio company is called “Chalmskin”): “I’d rather die.”
Watch: The Simpson’s “Any Given Sundance”