# The new Simpsons Haloween episode...

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-simpsons-haloween-episode/90863>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [November 1, 2001, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-simpsons-haloween-episode/90863 "2001-11-01T04:37:55Z")\
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**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\
**Post date:** [November 1, 2001, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-simpsons-haloween-episode/90863/1 "2001-11-01T04:37:55Z")

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…will include a Harry Potter spoof. Saw it on the news this morning. Just thought you all would like to know.

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**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\
**Post date:** [November 1, 2001, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-simpsons-haloween-episode/90863/2 "2001-11-01T04:55:29Z")

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Oh, poop. I just realized that this thread could possibly require “SPOILER” in the title. MODS! HELP!

Thanks.

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**Author:** ![Ace\_Face](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/858c86/32.png) [@Ace\_Face](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ace_Face)\
**Post date:** [November 1, 2001, 6:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-simpsons-haloween-episode/90863/3 "2001-11-01T06:25:34Z")

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I was wondering, why the heck are they airing it _next_ week?

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**Author:** ![aztec](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ebca7d/32.png) [@aztec](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aztec)\
**Post date:** [November 1, 2001, 6:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-simpsons-haloween-episode/90863/4 "2001-11-01T06:27:45Z")

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after 9-11, baseball postponed play for a week. the World Series should have been over by now.

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**Author:** ![Ace\_Face](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/858c86/32.png) [@Ace\_Face](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ace_Face)\
**Post date:** [November 1, 2001, 7:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-simpsons-haloween-episode/90863/5 "2001-11-01T07:41:34Z")

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> \*Originally posted by aztec \*  
> \*\*after 9-11, baseball postponed play for a week. the World Series should have been over by now. \*\*

(slaps forehead) Of course.

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**Author:** ![bouv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bc8723/32.png) [@bouv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bouv)\
**Post date:** [November 1, 2001, 7:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-simpsons-haloween-episode/90863/6 "2001-11-01T07:49:34Z")

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Yeah, the premier was also suppossed to be this Sunday, but got moved back a week as well. Goddamn baseball. I must be the only guy in America who just doesn’t give a damn and doesn’t see why it’s such a big deal.

(Just wait until I’m president, THEN we’ll see some changes 'round here.)

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**Author:** ![Erroneous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/71c47a/32.png) [@Erroneous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Erroneous)\
**Post date:** [November 1, 2001, 11:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-simpsons-haloween-episode/90863/7 "2001-11-01T11:10:57Z")

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**Secret Service aide:** C’mon, sir, you have to throw the first pitch.

**President bouv:** No!

**Secret Service aide:** Sir, you _have_ to.

**President bouv:** Fine! _lobs the ball into the outfield_ …try to play ball now, ya big buttheads!