I love it when celebrities can laugh at themselves. I love it even more when they let Simpsons creators transform their skin into a sickly yellow color before making them run through a roster of self-deprecating jokes. And it totally makes my day when said Simpsonized celebrities are our neighbors.
This previously happened with Pleasantville’s famed crossword-puzzle-constructor, Will Shortz. When Shortz appeared as Lisa Simpson’s cruciverbalist muse, I brought you a clip, and made some predictions about which one of our neighbors would be next to pop up in Springfield.
Guess what? I was right! Fine, maybe not totally, completely, 100 percent right. Martha Stewart was No. 5 on my list of candidates to visit with the Simpson family. And, on Sunday night, she did. Here’s a clip—it begins with how the Simpsons writers imagine her Katonah estate looks when it’s all decked out for the holidays. She then knits herself a jetpack and flies off to help Marge get into the Christmas spirit.
As for the others on my list—Hillary Clinton, Simon Schama, Ralph Lauren, and Ang Lee—you better get your agents over to Fox ASAP.
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