Video: The Simpsons Couch Gag – “Clown In The Dumps”

The new season of The Simpsons got underway with the “Clown In The Dumps” episode that saw a Simpsons character meet their demise. But the famous couch gag bit at the beginning of the episode was the most stand-out thing of the whole thing because of its overall weirdness. This one imagines what the show can be like many, many years into the future, and the results are creepy.

According to Nerdist, the gag was directed by Oscar-nominated animator Don Hertzfeldt. Check it out above.

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