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Mr. Burns hires the Simpsons to play his live-in virtual reality family, but excludes Homer so that he may play the father. Now alone, Homer finds a new best friend in girl-next-door Julia, who eats, drinks, and thinks like him. Episode number: 598 Season number: S28 E2 Production code: VABF18 Original airdate: October 2, 2016 Showrunner: Al Jean Written by: J. Stewart Burns Directed by: Lance Kramer Click the link below to contact us, listen to past episodes, merch, and more! https://linktr.ee/AnnoyedGruntBoys⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠https://www.patreon.com/AnnoyedGruntBoys⁠ ***Next Episode: S25 E02 - Treehouse of Horror XXIV***

While calling Animal Control over a badger taking residence in Santa's Little Helper's doghouse, Homer discovers that Springfield has two different area codes—and ends up leading a revolt that splits the town in two. Episode number: 250 Season number: S12 E2 Production code: BABF20 Original airdate: November 5, 2000 Showrunner: Mike Scully Written by: John Swartzwelder Directed by: Shaun Cashman Click the link below to contact us, listen to past episodes, merch, and more! https://linktr.ee/AnnoyedGruntBoys⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠https://www.patreon.com/AnnoyedGruntBoys⁠ ***Next Episode: S28 E02 - Friends and Family***

When Marge, Lisa, and Bart find out how hard Homer struggles to keep a roof over their heads, they enroll him in a Rock & Roll fantasy camp to relax at for a week. But when it comes to an end, Homer wants to keep his rock star lifestyle. Episode number: 293 Season number: S14 E2 Production code: DABF22 Original airdate: November 10, 2002 Showrunner: Mike Scully Written by: Mike Scully Directed by: Mike B. Anderson Click the link below to contact us, listen to past episodes, merch, and more! https://linktr.ee/AnnoyedGruntBoys⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠https://www.patreon.com/AnnoyedGruntBoys⁠ ***Next Episode: S12 E02 - A Tale of Two Springfields***

Marge and Homer's marriage is tested when they travel to a tropical island to compete for a million dollars on Marge's favorite reality competition show. After getting eliminated in the first round, Marge finds out that it was all Homer's fault. Episode number: 641 Season number: S30 E2 Production code: XABF15 Original airdate: October 7, 2018 Showrunner: Matt Selman Written by: Renee Ridgeley & Matt Selman Directed by: Steven Dean Moore Click the link below to contact us, listen to past episodes, merch, and more! ttps://linktr.ee/AnnoyedGruntBoys⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠https://www.patreon.com/AnnoyedGruntBoys⁠ ***Next Episode: S14 E02 - How I Spent My Strummer Vacation***

Homer's enthusiasm skills land him a job at a secretive company with a mind-altering agenda. Episode number: 803 Season number: S37 E13 Production code: 37ABF07 Original airdate: January 4, 2026 Showrunner: Matt Selman Co-showrunner: Brian Kelley Written by: Jeff Westbrook Directed by: Matthew Nastuk Click the link below to contact us, listen to past episodes, merch, and more! ⁠https://linktr.ee/AnnoyedGruntBoys⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠https://www.patreon.com/AnnoyedGruntBoys⁠ ***Next Episode: S30 E02 - Heartbreak Hotel***

Homer revitalizes Bumblebee Man's career when he becomes his secret stuntman. But how much punishment can a Stunt-Bee take before it starts to sting? Episode number: 802 Season number: S37 E12 Production code: 37ABF06 Original airdate: December 28, 2025 Showrunner: Matt Selman Co-showrunner: Cesar Mazariegos Written by: Cesar Mazariegos Directed by: Timothy Bailey Click the link below to contact us, listen to past episodes, merch, and more! ⁠https://linktr.ee/AnnoyedGruntBoys⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠https://www.patreon.com/AnnoyedGruntBoys⁠ ***Next Episode: S37 E13 - Seperance***

The night before Christmas, Bart, Lisa, Marge, and Maggie have dreams. In Bart's dream, he boards the Polar Express to the North Pole, where he meets Santa Claus. In Lisa's dream, it is World War II and Marge is fighting on the front line, where she goes missing in action. In Marge's dream, Martha Stewart helps her turn the house into the ultimate festive grotto. Finally, in Maggie's dream, the family are puppets and are visited by Moe and his new girlfriend, Katy Perry. Episode number: 472 Season number: S22 E8 Production code: MABF22 Original airdate: December 5, 2010 Showrunner: Al Jean Written by: Dan Castellaneta & Deb Lacusta Directed by: Bob Anderson & Matthew Schofield Click the link below to contact us, listen to past episodes, merch, and more! ⁠https://linktr.ee/AnnoyedGruntBoys⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠https://www.patreon.com/AnnoyedGruntBoys⁠ ***Next Episode: S37 E12 - ¡The Fall Guy-Yi-Yi!***

Set in the near future, Marge is competently coping with the hormonal onslaught hitting her now teenage kids when she's suddenly struck by a big life change of her own, leaving Homer as the last sane person in the house... or is he? Episode number: 801 Season number: S37 E11 Production code: 37ABF03 Original airdate: December 14, 2025 Showrunner: Matt Selman Co-showrunner: Brian Kelley Written by: Loni Steele Sosthand Directed by: Chris Clements Click the link below to contact us, listen to past episodes, merch, and more! ⁠https://linktr.ee/AnnoyedGruntBoys⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠https://www.patreon.com/AnnoyedGruntBoys⁠ ***Next Episode: S28 E08 - The Fight Before Christmas***

When Principal Skinner discovers that one of his students is a runaway who has been living in the school library, he has to take the snarky, difficult kid into his home and is forced into a role he never expected or wanted - being a parent. Episode number: 800 Season number: S37 E10 Production code: 37ABF04 Original airdate: December 7, 2025 Showrunner: Matt Selman Co-showrunner: Michael Price Written by: John Frink Directed by: Rob Oliver Click the link below to contact us, listen to past episodes, merch, and more! ⁠https://linktr.ee/AnnoyedGruntBoys⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠https://www.patreon.com/AnnoyedGruntBoys⁠ ***Next Episode: S37 E11 - Parahormonal Activity***

Patty and Bart team up for the ultimate prank: getting Homer declared legally dead. To their chagrin, Homer loves being officially dead - which leads to Patty and Selma having a huge fight and Patty moving away to "Palm Springfield". Episode number: 799 Season number: S37 E9 Production code: 37ABF02 Original airdate: November 30, 2025 Showrunner: Matt Selman Co-showrunner: Rob LaZebnik Written by: Juliet Kaufman Directed by: Gabriel DeFrancesco Click the link below to contact us, listen to past episodes, merch, and more! ⁠https://linktr.ee/AnnoyedGruntBoys⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠https://www.patreon.com/AnnoyedGruntBoys⁠ ***Next Episode: S37 E10 - Guess Who's Coming to Skinner***

After a mysterious buyer purchases every ticket for the KPOP concert Lisa wants to go to, the Simpsons have to figure out the identity of this evil ticket reseller. Episode number: 798 Season number: S37 E8 Production code: 37ABF01 Original airdate: November 23, 2025 Showrunner: Matt Selman Co-showrunner: Rob LaZebnik Written by: Joel H. Cohen Directed by: Mike Frank Polcino Click the link below to contact us, listen to past episodes, merch, and more! ⁠https://linktr.ee/AnnoyedGruntBoys⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠https://www.patreon.com/AnnoyedGruntBoys⁠ ***Next Episode: S37 E09 - Aunt Misbehavin'***

Bart runs against Mayor Quimby's son for student council president, while Lisa learns troubling secrets about the Quimby clan... and about the Simpsons. Episode number: 797 Season number: S37 E7 Production code: 36ABF18 Original airdate: November 16, 2025 Showrunner: Co-showrunner: Tim Long Written by: Ryan Koh Directed by: Michael Polcino Click the link below to contact us, listen to past episodes, merch, and more! ⁠https://linktr.ee/AnnoyedGruntBoys⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠https://www.patreon.com/AnnoyedGruntBoys⁠ ***Next Episode: S37 E08 - The Day of the Jack-Up***

When Bart becomes Professor Frink's lab assistant, the Simpsons are thrown into a world of tech billionaires determined to live forever, with the future of the internet at stake. Episode number: 796 Season number: S37 E6 Production code: 36ABF16 Original airdate: November 9, 2025 Showrunner: Matt Selman Co-showrunner: Brian Kelley Written by: Brian Kelley Directed by: Rob Oliver Click the link below to contact us, listen to past episodes, merch, and more! ⁠https://linktr.ee/AnnoyedGruntBoys⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠https://www.patreon.com/AnnoyedGruntBoys⁠ ***Next Episode: S37 E07 - Sashes to Sashes***

Is Bart Simpson truly a bad seed? Homer and Marge must find out once and for good. Episode number: 795 Season number: S37 E5 Production code: 36ABF17 Original airdate: November 2, 2025 Showrunner: Al Jean Written by: Al Jean Directed by: Eric Koenig Click the link below to contact us, listen to past episodes, merch, and more! ⁠https://linktr.ee/AnnoyedGruntBoys⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠https://www.patreon.com/AnnoyedGruntBoys⁠ ***Next Episode: S37 E06 - Bart 'N' Frink***

Springfield's men are in crisis. Marge turns to a Man Camp to save the men of Springfield from themselves. Episode number: 794 Season number: S37 E4 Production code: 36ABF12 Original airdate: October 26, 2025 Showrunner: Al Jean Written by: John Frink Directed by: Steven Dean Moore Click the link below to contact us, listen to past episodes, merch, and more! ⁠https://linktr.ee/AnnoyedGruntBoys⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠https://www.patreon.com/AnnoyedGruntBoys⁠ ***Next Episode: S37 E05 - Bad Boys... for Life?***